Born Pakistani, he died a Hazara
By Amir Mateen QUETTA: Major Shafaat died a sad broken man. Abandoned by his institution. Betrayed by childhood friends. Forsaken by his hometown. His only fault was to have been born different.…
MAUDUDI’S THOUGHT ON JIHAD VERSUS PAKISTAN JAMAAT:SP.REPORT-5
Previous Part; Anti American Stand of Pakistan Jamaat:Sp.Report-4 Written by Amir Mateen Jamaat-i-Islami appears to have isolated itself by refusing to condemn the Taliban who have claimed responsibility for exploding bombs all…
ANTI AMERICAN STAND OF PAKISTAN JAMAAT- Special report – by Amir Mateen – Part-4
Written by; Amir Mateen Jamaat-e-Islami may be mobilising people on the streets on a range of issues but the prime focus of the exercise is the ‘go-America-go’ campaign. Politically, it’s a brilliant…
Special report on Jamaat-e-Islami – by Amir Mateen – Part-3
Wednesday, June 02, 2010 By Amir Mateen MANSURA: Jamaat-e-Islami’s fundamental issue has been how to remain ‘pious’ and yet be popular or how to remain ideologically correct and yet follow the dictates…
Jamaat, a party swinging both ways at the moment: Special Report Part-2
Tuesday, June 01, 2010 By Amir Mateen MANSURA, Lahore: Now Jamaat-i-Islami Ameer Munawar Hassan, years ago, sought a meeting with a group of Islamabad journalists to discuss why had the Jamaat not…
Special report on Jamaat-e-Islami – by Amir Mateen
Monday, May 31, 2010 By Amir Mateen MANSURA: The change of Jamaat-i-Islami’s leadership from Qazi Hussain Ahmad to its new Ameer Syed Munawwar Hassan is a singularly important event that has, so…
It’s all about energy, stupid!
By Amir Mateen Islamabad: As all our attention is focused on Asad Umer’s economic wizardry which will lead us to the proverbial Camelot that he and Prime Minister Imran Khan have promised…
A bad hair day for Imran
Islamabad—We knew it was going to be dirty. But we could never imagine that it would so dirty. Old timers in the Press Gallery agreed that this was arguably the dirtiest ever…
Not so rosy for IK as N League gears into action
Islamabad-N League finally exploded into long-awaited action on Tuesday. It was a no-holds-barred sloganeering that started minutes after PTI won the Speakership with 175 votes, which was almost an expected number. The…
What makes this Assembly different
A new National Assembly taking oath is always a mega event. But this time around it was a way bigger event. Not just because it’s for the first time that the military…