By Anwaar Hussain Phew! exclaimed Alice with relief on being awoken, ‘that was some nightmare.’ Except, immediately later, a wave of anxiety swept over her—she would be sleeping again tonight. Will she be back in Talibland? Presently, however, she put the thought away and agreed to accompany her sister to the river bank to pick [...]

By Ishtiaq Ahmed Essential reading with this article : The Rot Within by Anwaar Hussain An Iranian cleric, Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi, has proclaimed a fatwa (ruling) that earthquakes are caused by women dressing immodestly. Why the earth should feel so excited and out of control by such provocation instead of men such as the high-level [...]

By Irfan Husain Consider this demographic projection for the UK, and ponder its implications for a moment: within five years, the majority of babies will be born to unmarried parents. However, before you put this down to yet another example of Western immorality, just remember that all these babies will have the same legal rights [...]

By Anwaar Hussain Listen up Government of Pakistan. If I were a Taliban advisor, this is what I would advise them; First and foremost I would tell Hakimullah Mehsud, the Shadow of God, to raise the golden whip of religion a little higher and continue wielding it at that height flogging all and sundry every [...]

By Anwaar Hussain SitRep is a military acronym for Situation Report. Following is Pakistan’s SitRep for the past fortnight or so. Murder and carnage continues unabated in Pakistan. On May 27, Lahore was struck yet again by a suicide bomber. The primary target seemed to be the ISI building but, owing to good defenses, could [...]

Continued from part-1 By Anwaar Hussain Alice’s shriek of terror surprised every one. It rose from the depths of her soul and escaped her throat with a gut-wrenching force. Everyone froze while it echoed eerily in the cave bouncing from wall to wall. Taking advantage of this brief moment of paralysis, Alice bolted towards the [...]

By Anwaar Hussain Now that the state of Pakistan has effectively rolled over, paws up, at the feet of the beheaders, it is time to get a glimpse into the abyss the state has brought us onto. But before that glimpse, the lessons first. The lesson that other militants draw from the state’s capitulation to [...]