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Did Indira Gandhi really say that? Her statement is quite provocative, and something that would be expected from the ranks of the RSS rather than the Congress party.

‘Parade Lane mosque akin to Masjid-e-Zarrar’ LAHORE: Claiming responsibility for Friday’s attack, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) said the Parade Lane mosque was similar to Masjid-e-Zarrar built in Madina by the munafiqeen, and was “demolished on the orders of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)”...

Zaid Hamid, Ahmed Qureshi et al are well-supported by the military-intelligence establishment.

I think we often get stuck with cliche like "dismantle terror infrastructure" and don't realize to what extent the Kashmir issue has been abused by the Pakistani political class. They are finding it difficult to denounce even the TTP without first identifying them with India/Hindus. It is...

^Interpretation is important. By 'good deeds', he may well be referring to his religious duties.

Conspiracies abound. Each more imaginative than the next. One just hopes that the conspiracy theorists continue to disagree with one another rather than converge on a single theory. That could lead to trouble.

A Nation of Sleepwalkers A Nation of Sleepwalkers A nation of sleepwalkers — The Dawn Blog Blog Archive Nadeem Piracha The day after the terrible terrorist attack at Islamabad’s Islamic University that took the lives of eight innocent students, certain TV news channels ran a footage of a...

Unfortunately, its only in the subcontinent that such delusions of pan-Islamism are given merit. When one experiences the hostility between Iran and the Arab nations, and the naked racism of middle-easterners towards people from the subcontinent, and even worse, towards black muslims, does the...

Most Pakistanis do not infact claim Arab or Turkish heritage. Its the ruling class of Pakistanis, the feudal class, the army officer class and the business owners class who tend to claim foreign heritage. This is actually true to a large extent (how much exactly is difficult to determine). Many...