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Learn More About Islam – Tony Blair
On the 4th of June, 2007, Tony Blair gave speech at the “Islam and Muslims in the World Today,” below is the text of his speech and great reading for every Muslim and non-Muslim alike. I would like to thank Cambridge University and their partners, the Coexist Foundation and the Weidenfeld Institute for Strategic Dialogue [...]
Colour Me lndian – Mohsin Sayeed
Aishwarya Rai with her annoyingly plastic and butter-wouldn’t-melt-in-my-mouth (although bigger and more solid things would) smile blowing at us. Abhishek Bachchan with a cat-who-just-licked-the-cream satisfied smile lying seductively in a big circle. No, no, this is not about the wedding or their post-marital relationship, which has been discussed and printed ad nauseum. Because we also [...]
Desperate Measures – Aasim Sajjad Akhtar
It says much about the dynamics of power in this country that 60 years after the country’s creation, the so-called ‘steel frame’ of the British Raj continues to be the predominant actor in politics. There is no question that of the two permanent institutions of the state, namely the military and the civil bureaucracy, the [...]
Genesis of Talibanisation – Raza Rahman Khan Qazi
In the first of a two part series, Dr Sarfaraz argues that the Taliban philosophy is representative of Muslim political thought, except that it is heavily influenced by tribal traditions. In the last few years, our region has seen the resurgence of religious extremism or, more precisely speaking, the phenomenon called ‘Talibanisation’. Although the whole [...]
Censorship and The Judicial Crisis
Editorial from The News The only way forward out of the current crisis emanating from the suspension of the Chief Justice of Pakistan is for the government to withdraw its reference. If it cannot bring itself to do that then it needs to engage in a dialogue with the opposition, and President Musharraf needs to [...]
A Turning Point in History – Ghayoor Ahmed
PAKISTAN may have been created in accordance with the principles of democracy, but it is regrettable that since it became an independent state in 1947, it has been ruled by either members of the feudal elite or army generals. These regimes have been authoritarian in one way or another. Their disregard for democracy is considered [...]
Mullah, military and the masses – M Ismail Khan
When I read this in the paper the other day, I immediately thought about posting it here on Take Back Pakistan.. so here it is.. As the lawyers’ protest against the removal of the chief justice continues to hyperboles into mass agitation seeking change of government, the debate, has once again moved to the very [...]
It’s Not the Critic Who Counts…
A very good friend of mine sent me a wonderful quote that I think would be fitting for everyone in this group to reflect on: “It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit [...]
Heroes Can Come In Many Forms
By Ashfaq Ahmed, Gulf News Staff Reporter Dubai: “My work and my hobby are plants and I believe I cannot live without them,” said Mohammad Nazir, a Pakistani gardener, who won a Dubai Government Excellence Programme Award. Nazir, 63, was among 25 government employees who were dubbed “unsung heroes”. A composed and calm Nazir had [...]
How Do I Get Involved
Getting involved with Take Back Pakistan is very easy because of the platforms that we use to get the message out. We believe that the internet gives us the ability to reach, encourage, and influence Pakistanis around the world, while giving the media a better understanding of the real Pakistan. The Pakistan that does not [...]
What Is It About
I have been really fortunate lately to be able to meet and speak about Take Back Pakistan with different groups of people. Since we started this initiative, we have seen it growing slowly, but what has been interesting have been the conversations that we have had with people; so I wanted to take a moment [...]
The Many Good Things
Back in November of 2005, The News published a series of articles on the good things about Pakistan that we tend to forget in the midst of our everyday lives. What I have done is reproduced each of the articles so that we can start looking at the reasons to be Proud Pakistanis. The many [...]
Proud to Be Here – The People of Pakistan
Back in November of 2005, The News published a series of articles on the good things about Pakistan that we tend to forget in the midst of our everyday lives. What I have done is reproduced each of the articles so that we can start looking at the reasons to be Proud Pakistanis. Proud [...]
As They Do It In Our Part of The Globe
Back in November of 2005, The News published a series of articles on the good things about Pakistan that we tend to forget in the midst of our everyday lives. What I have done is reproduced each of the articles so that we can start looking at the reasons to be Proud Pakistanis. As they [...]
Positives Where Criticism Reigns
Back in November of 2005, The News published a series of articles on the good things about Pakistan that we tend to forget in the midst of our everyday lives. What I have done is reproduced each of the articles so that we can start looking at the reasons to be Proud Pakistanis. Positives where [...]
Flying 8,000m High
Flying 8,000m High, originally uploaded by jzakariya. Pehchan kabhi na bhoolo Sab ki nazron mein Pakistan Kabhi na bhoolo Pakistan hai tumhara Pakistan hai humara – “Jazba Junoon” – Junoon Sphere: Related Content
One Nation, Indivisible with Liberty and Justice for All
Since early childhood, I can remember standing in my classroom at reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. One of the most basic things that I learned in my time in the United States is that they foster national pride at every level of social development. Now, I know that the extremist view here in Pakistan is [...]
Unwelcome Calls from Unknown Numbers
There is a great trend in Pakistan where little kids, and I do include immature men in that category, like to call people at odd hours and ask them to “make friendship with them.” In Pakistan, make friendship is to date them. First off, it takes a small man to call someone up and harass [...]
Cheating is ok for Religious Extremists
The Daily Times, one of Pakistan’s fastest growing English dailies, has run a story today giving us the bare bones of the truth of the extremist call. Back in April 2006, four members of the the Centre for High Energy Physics at Punjab University in Lahore were charged with copying excerpts of an article by [...]
Take Back Pakistan Manifesto
What have I done? About 2 weeks ago, I started a harsh look at my home country of Pakistan. No holds barred. Take no prisoners. I got a lot of emails, phone calls and comments about the postings and the discussion that I had started. Now, when I started this series, I knew that I [...]
Take Back Pakistan
There comes a time in the course of every nation that the citizens must step forward and change the country for the better. I would like to introduce Take Back Pakistan, a citizens-only initiative to change those things that don’t require government assistance, such as social problems and mindsets. We would like to have ALL [...]
Like Sheep to the Slaughter
Can I ask a serious question of all Pakistanis? I mean seriously…. Are we stupid? Don’t we have enough sense to know when people are lying to us and taking us for a ride? Why do we keep supporting and electing the same people to our government and then complain that they aren’t doing anything? [...]
No Civic Sense
Anyone coming to Pakistan for the first time would think that it is a lawless state by the way that people behave, drive and speak to others. When I first came here, I was disgusted by what I saw everyday. We Pakistanis are a dirty people. We would rather throw something on the ground than [...]
The Darkest Day In Pakistan
Yesterday was one of the darkest days in Pakistan’s rich history. One of our most trusted institutions was violated here and here. Yesterday, Geo News was broadcasting the protesters in front of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, in Islamabad, that were objecting to the Judicial hearing against Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftekhar. During this coverage, [...]