The Pakistani Spectator

Eid ul Azha, a spiritual sacrificing-act-containing event of Islam is approaching on Saturday but for Pakistan government it’s always a tough task to maintain security all over the country.

For this reason, on Tuesday Minister for Interior, Rehman Malik stated fool-proof security arrangements would be carried out as provincial governments have been asked to [...]

In the late seventies and early eighties my pre-teen and teen years in Karachi are found memories. When I look back it seems I grew up in a different world. My best friends were Michael (a Catholic), Shahrukh (a Parsi), Masood (an ahle-hadees), Haider (a shia), Hiralal (a Hindu) and Amir (an [...]

The part of the world I am living these days celebrated Eid ul Fiter one day before Pakistan, Eid happens to be a day in the calender of Muslims when almost every one try to reach their friends,family, and even foes with any possible means to wish them. This attempt can be [...]

A bargain is after all a bargain; it’s very appalling for me to write that my president is not the man of his words. His hobby is to make promises and then break them, making us to expect more and then wreck our expectations.
On the one side, President Asif Ali Zardari is becoming the [...]

We always talk about revolution in country but never think how?? Just imagine for a moment a nation that celebrates 3 Eid in a country, how they can be united on a single thing. With Group of people in nation makes it really difficult to achieve a single directed aim. At least we should celebrate [...]

As soon as I returned after offering Eid prayers and was about to greet my family, news started flashing on the TV that a suicide bomber struck in Quetta. Again the same images of blood, fire and mayhem, and again the same sense of darkness prevailing over me. I didnt want to be morbid on [...]

Eid ul-Fitr is one of the two festivals that is a day of celebration for Muslims all over the world (the other being Eid al-Adha). Eid ul-Fitr is celebrated on the first day of Shawwaal, which is the 10th month of the Islamic calendar.
It is not a day of joy because Ramadan is over, but [...]

“””Ae chaand!
Jab wo teri taraf dekhen to unhe kuchh yaad dilana
kuchh madhur geet sunana
aur unse kahna
koi aaj bhi tumhe yaad karta hai
teri aarzoo, teri ummeed karta hai
koi aaj bhi tumhe dekhkar EID karta hai “”””
I am copy pasting but i liked the poem.

Notwithstanding the terror miasma in the country and withal of rampant abject poverty and sheer lack of vigor from the national psyche, Eid this year brings added frustration of extreme price hike which has divided the population of Pakistan into two clear stratas. One, the 2%, who could afford to buy a sacrificial animal [...]

In Part 1 of this article, I talked about public support in Pakistan for our role in “war on terror” and gave reasons for which Pakistanis – in general – do not confirm Pakistan’s role in this war. Today, I will talk about our Political forces and role of our media and its support to [...]