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Muslims Better Off in Jinnah's Pakistan
As Pakistanis celebrate Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah's birthday today on Christmas Day, there are some who are questioning the founder's wisdom in seeking partition of India to carve out Pakistan as an independent nation. The doubters justifiably point to the rising tide of intolerance and increasing… Continue
Added by Riaz Haq on December 25, 2012 at 9:30pm — 21 Comments
Violent Opposition to Social Change in Pakistan
Whether it was the bloody Civil War to abolish slavery in America or the Meiji Restoration that transformed feudal Japan into an industrial giant, history tells us that violent conflict has been an integral part of the process of social change. Pakistan, too, is experiencing a similar violent social revolution. It started well before the terrorist attacks of 911 and the subsequent US invasions of…
ContinueAdded by Riaz Haq on December 18, 2012 at 10:30am — 42 Comments
Eclipse of Feudalism in Pakistan
Eclipse of Feudalism in Pakistan
By Arif Hasan
Mechanisation and middlemen: A customised tractor with a trailer full of harvested sugarcane, in Pakistan.…
Added by Riaz Haq on December 14, 2012 at 8:30am — 6 Comments
Rural Support Programs Network Completes 30 Years of Self-Help Efforts in Pakistan
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime".
Rural Support Network, now a large collection of local NGOs, was founded by Dr. Shoaib Sultan Khan of the Agha
Khan
Network in December 1982. Over the last… Continue
Added by Riaz Haq on December 8, 2012 at 10:13pm — 9 Comments
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The summit meeting of the leaders of China and the United States in Washington appears to signal a rapprochement between the two superpowers. President Trump has repeatedly referred to what he calls "G2", without mentioning "G7" or "G20", the groups that include many more countries. This development is seen as positive for world peace but it diminishes India's significance as a "counterweight to China" and the benefits Indians expected to flow from the US-China confrontation in…
ContinuePosted by Riaz Haq on September 25, 2026 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment
Digital Pakistan: Bridging the Geographic Digital Divide in the Country
Like many other countries, Pakistan has a geographic digital divide. Residents of remote areas of the country have significantly lower access to the Internet than those in the urban centers. While the mobile internet usage in the urban areas has reached 65%, only 50% of those living in rural areas have access to it, according to a recent GSMA report titled "State of Mobile Internet Connectivity 2026". …
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