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Let Hope Live

By Rizwan Nasar • Jan 18th, 2012 • Category: Politics

All over the world in news we saw the photograph of a smiling young Pakistani girl who is with us no more. Today, Pakistan is synonymous with corruption, its ruthless terrorists, its daily bomb blasts, the in-fighting among its institution and its inapt governance. The world media was talking about this little girl who was [...]



We Deserve Better Governance

By Rizwan Nasar • Jan 9th, 2012 • Category: Politics

de•moc•ra•cy [dih-mok-ruh-see] a state of society characterized by formal equality of rights and privileges.
The above definition of democracy comes from an on-line dictionary.  Is that not what Islam also says and was that not what the Quaid said of Pakistan? Then where have we gone wrong as Muslims and as Pakistanis? In over 64 years [...]



Killing in the name of the Beneficent Lord and his Merciful Prophet

By Rizwan Nasar • Dec 4th, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Was that not our prophet who went and inquired about the old Jewish women who used to throw garbage on him daily and when she failed to do so one day? Did his companion not love him enough to destroy someone who would throw garbage on their beloved prophet? Did they?  No they did not! [...]