First, I try to translate in verbatim and then try to translate the great sense this Pashto maxim is having. It means that “water-buffalo (viz in urdu: Bhaince, in Pashto: Mikha) will have to fall in love of buffalo” (viz Bhainca, in urdu & Sanda, in Pashto).
Here the water-buffalo implies a wealthy, prominent and a [...]
Let us strike at the root of the trouble. And the only best way-out for resolving our protracted problems is to declare the presently 22 divisions of the country as provinces and each one is declared entitled for equal resources, irrespective of population, topography and area. (Na rahy bans na baji gi bansri).The root cause [...]
According to the Washington Times, CENTCOM Chief General David Petraeus would open the intelligence organization called the Centre for Afghanistan Pakistan Excellence. The organization would be headed by Derek Harvey, a retired colonel in the Defence Intelligence Agency, and would focus on training military officers and covert agents and analysts. In other words, the intelligence [...]
“The failed state”, “the rogue state”, “the epicenter of international terrorism” and “the most dangerous place in the world” are some of the epithets being used for the Pakistani state.
Suffering from deep malaise, the presently the Pakistani society is characterized by multiplicity of fissures. Its components – individuals and groups – are fast losing sense [...]
