Politics
Why So Many Pakistanis Hate Their Nobel Peace Prize Winner
While official reaction was overwhelmingly positive, on Facebook and especially Twitter, Pakistan’s middle class dredges up old conspiracy theories.
by Chris Allbritton
After Pakistani Malala Yousufzai...
Nobel Lessons for India and Pakistan – Dr Javed Jamil
Congratulations to Malala and Kailash Satyarthi. They deserve the honor. They may now teach their respective governments lessons of peace and peaceful coexistence. They...
Ben Affleck on Bill Maher’s Muslim Problem – Juan Cole
Bill Maher and Sam Harris like to demonize Islam and by association Muslims. Actor Ben Affleck de-demonized them by appealing to the banalities of...
Jeddah-Jazan Train Link to Spur Growth
By P K Abdul GhafourÂ
JEDDAH – Businessmen and officials have welcomed the Saudi Railway Organization’s (SRO) plan to establish a 660-km coastal railway line...
Malala Yousafzai, India’s Satyarthi Win Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize comes at a time when hostilities have broken out between India and Pakistan along the border of the disputed,...