By Anwaar Hussain Meerwala is a small, dusty village in the mostly rural Muzaffargarh District in the south of Punjab province of Pakistan. This small, nondescript village has produced a personality whose name has been reverberating across the globe for some years now. The name of this person is Mukhtaran Bibi (also known as Mukhtar [...]

Read this New York Times report. Then this Truth Spring story. Then compare the truth with the fiction.

By Anas Abbas Aafia Siddiqui was finally convicted on 4th February 2010 for trying to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan.  She is now expected to face a maximum of 60 years in prison. Below is a study that will analyze some important questions that are related to Aafia Siddiqui’s case.  The questions are: What happened [...]

By Anwar Hussain This is a fascinating story so behold. Sultan Fateh Ali Tipu, also known as the Tiger of Mysore, was the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in India. His full name was Sultan Fateh Ali Khan Shahab or Tipu Saheb Tipu Sultan. He was not just a ruler but also a scholar, [...]

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 [...]

TS Note: On this day, in 2007, the most momentous political assassination of our time claimed the life of Benazir Bhutto and plunged a nation into mourning. The article below was written in the aftermath of that ominous event. Here it is once again on her first death anniversary. Whoever killed her, snuffed out the [...]

By Beth Fouhy and Sharon Theimer  AP Dec 18 Former President Bill Clinton laid out a list of big-ticket donors to his foundation Thursday that is heavy with foreign governments and business interests sure to have a stake in the policies that Hillary Rodham Clinton carries out as secretary of state. Saudi Arabia and other [...]