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“Brand Malala”:  Western exploitation of a schoolgirl As Malala Yousafzai has told the media, that second when she was shot by the Taliban in Pakistan changed her life, (it is also changing the lives of others too), Malala has become … Continue reading →

“I condemn both drone strikes and bombing of civilians, both are equally wrong, both acts of terror and one leads to another”         All Parties Conference (photo left) and Ehsanullah Ehsan, Political Commission with Taliban leader, Hakimullah Mehsud … Continue reading →

Back in December 2010, I wrote an article for Asia Despatch website on the assassination of scientists in Iran’s nuclear industry. In October 2013, I note the killing of yet another person working in this field, Mojtaba Ahmadi, who served … Continue reading →

“The first casualty of peace may be truth”      Victims of bombings and a vigil for families of “enforced disappearances” Pakistan At a time when the All Parties Commission, APC (government and opposition parties) voted for dialogue to end … Continue reading →

Update on the case of Masood Janjua Amina Masood Janjua has been campaigning for eight long years to determine what happened to her husband Masood who disappeared in July 2005 (age 44) alongside his friend 25 year old Faisal Faraz … Continue reading →

Libel: A published false statement that is damaging to a person’s reputation; a written defamation Over the last few days an extraordinary amount of venomous comments have been hurled at Pakistan, Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan following two terrible bombings … Continue reading →

Drones and Contaminated Blood At least let us “own” our collateral damage!        Anti -drone campaigners (Pakistan) and “bad blood” protesters (US) You know an issue is finally making waves when an industry develops around it as with … Continue reading →

     It is hard to believe that it it is over 36 years since the death of Steve Bantu Biko (12th September 1977) a day that brought tears to the eyes of many of us standing against apartheid in … Continue reading →

ALL PARTIES CONFERENCE RESOLUTION BRINGS NEW HOPE     After a decade of escalating violence in Pakistan in the aftermath of 9/11 and submerged under the weight of the US War on Terror (WOT) Pakistani leaders at yesterday’s All Parties … Continue reading →