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Posts Tagged ‘extremism’

What Next: There is a wide spread anarchy lurking

By A Khokar • Aug 27th, 2010 • Category: Lead Story

There is no doubt that since the date TTP started with its subversive activities in Pakistan; the other religious and under surface militant groups also picked up their memento and with a short period of time; the extremism has engulfed the entire country. There is a wide spread lawlessness and chaos all over. Although presently; [...]



Horrors of Gojra: Are We Doing Enough to Curb Extremism in Society?

By Hassan Amin • Aug 22nd, 2009 • Category: Politics

The Gojra carnage is yet another reminder that extremism is the biggest threat that we face. This menace of extremism has to be eradicated once and for all, if we ever are to transform into a civilized society.

Unfortunately, after President Musharraf’s departure from office, the new government seems to have given up on the struggle [...]



Jamat Islami: The Apex of Hypocrisy!

By Hassan Amin • Aug 11th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Ever since the inception of Pakistan, Extremist Mullahs have always been vying to hijack the State. When I refer to the term ‘Extremist Mullahs’, I draw a line to separate, ‘Islamist Fanatics with a Political Agenda’ from the simple and true Muslim religious scholars who don’t belong to any fanatic organization or political party. The [...]



Leadership that Inspires

By Guest Blogger • Apr 30th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Land Mafia in collusion with Taliban extremists has again attempted to fuel tensions and violence of all sorts in Karachi. This is considered to be a criminal response of the Land Mafia, to the stern action, that Karachi’s City Government has been taking against the land grabbers. As of last night, around 19 people have [...]



100 Km from Chaos: An Endless Nightmare?

By Guest Blogger • Apr 24th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Taliban Terrorists today entered Bunair district and are said to have gained effective control of that region. The people are terrified, the police and government officials are nowhere to be seen. CNN today reports that the Taliban Terrorists are just 100 Km from the Capital Islamabad.
Isn’t this a nightmare scenario? Alas that even this nightmare has not caused our [...]



Outrageous Incident in Swat - A Wake Up Call

By Guest Blogger • Apr 8th, 2009 • Category: Politics

The outrageous crime, involving torture of a 17 year old girl by Taliban extremists in Swat, as well as the acts of terrorism perpetrated in the past few days, once again underline the fact that extremism is is the greatest threat to our national security, culture and way of life. These evil terrorists don’t even refrain from attacking [...]



Population is not a Problem in Pakistan

By Ali Yar Khan • Jul 25th, 2008 • Category: Politics

I was reading the latest column by Ardsher Cowasjee (to whom TPS has also interviewed) , where he says, “We must accept that we are a nation of 170 million, largely illiterate, brainwashed by bigotry, and highly intolerant of each other. A report in the national press last week made reference to recent studies made [...]



A Matter of Principle

By fzuberi • Mar 2nd, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

As a living occupant of the world’s current status of redefining terminologies like terrorism, extremism…I thought of adding another word to the list…principle.
What are principles? Who is a man (or a woman for that matter) of principle?
What good are they(principles)? Should we have principles?
These are the questions that should come to mind if you are [...]