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When was the last time you heard something good a Pakistani movie that makes a point and achieves excellence as far as cinematic expression goes? Probably never….
Khuda Key Liye has done just that. It has excellent direction, thumbs up to Shoaib Mansoor, and thought provoking story line with a somber ending. This is all packaged [...]

Yesterday, 27th December 2007, Benazir Bhutto was assassinated while leaving a political rally for the PPP at Liaquat National Bagh. She had just given a campaign address to party supporters in the run-up to the January 2008 parliamentary elections. After getting into her bulletproof vehicle, Bhutto stood up through the sunroof of the vehicle to [...]

I was honestly surprised to hear this on the radio today but then I pondered for a minute and it all started to make sense. Because of Pakistan’s strategic position in Southeast Asia and the so called “War on Terror”, Pakistan should and must be number one if one looks at the current power struggle.

Every [...]

INTRA FAITH WORKS
ONE FAITH – Nineteen Questions about Shi’i-Sunni Relations by:
Mohamed Nimer, director of research at the Council on American Islamic Relations, is the author of “The North American Muslim Resource Guide: Muslim Community Life in the United States and Canada” (Routledge: 2002).
Asma Afsaruddin, associate professor of Arabic and Islamic studies at the University [...]

I watched Ghosts of Abu Ghraib on Monday at U.C. Berkeley. Nida told me about this documentary and it sounded like another eye-opener and it certainly was. As you can guess by the title of this documentary, it’s about the prison abuse that took place in the city of Abu Ghraib in Iraq.
When the prison [...]