Awais Khan
Joined on: Nov 30, -0001
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Articles By Awais Khan
Capturing the Punjabi imagination: drones and “the noble savage” Pakistani novelist Mohsin Hamid may have captured something rather interesting in his short story published this month by The Guardian. And it is not as obvious as it looks. In “Terminator: Attack of the Drone”, Hamid imagines life in Pakistan’s tribal areas bordering Afghanistan under constant attack […]
And yet, Khan is no fundamentalist. The idealized Islamic state he says he would build in Pakistan would focus on justice, fairness and equality for all its citizens before the law. It would, above all, be "humane." Khan often veers between shrewd political calculations — "as a political party, you can’t rule out alliances" — […]
(Reuters) – The road to Imran Khan’s palatial spread in the hills above Pakistan’s capital is a perfect metaphor for his vision of his political career: twisty and pot-holed, but ending in a grand estate. Alone in the beginning but now surrounded by smaller buildings, the house itself is cool and pleasant, with Mughal-era swords […]
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Friday directed the Ministry of Petroleum to ensure that minimum inconvenience is caused to the masses due to gas shortage in the winter.Chairing a meeting here at the PM House, Gilani constituted a high level Task Force led by the Minister for Petroleum to accelerate […]
Stretching does not help muscle soreness Researchers at the University of Sydney in Australia have concluded that stretching in the days following exercise does not produce significant reductions in muscle soreness. The conclusions of the study will be published in next month’s issue of The British Journal of Sports Medicine. Researchers looked at 12 different […]
Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, will receive China’s alternative to the Nobel Peace Prize, the Confucius Peace Prize. The organizers of the award are determined to reward the Russian supremo for his efforts to maintain world peace despite Beijing’s opposition. It was revealed that no award will be presented this year, however, runaway member […]
Drugs should be Legalised When you think about Columbia, who and what comes to your mind? Cocaine and Pablo Escobar comes to my mind. So, you know what came to my mind when I read Columbian president, Juan Manuel Santos’ views on the whole drug trade scenario. The esteemed president has coyly questioned the current […]
Hollywood release headhunting show as unemployment endemic continues Who would have thought that you would be watching a headhunting show on television? Well, no one thought matchmaking shows would be such a hit and it looks likely that headhunting is the new craze. With the American economy embroiled in battle against unemployment, such a show […]
Another revelation in Iran’s mysterious nuclear program Investigations into Iran’s nuclear program have taken another turn. According to International Atomic Energy Agency, this time it seems that the Islamic republic had help from oversees. The name of Russian scientist, Vyacheslav Danilenko, has been rung up in the latest evidence released. However, it cannot be slated […]
The debate continues on foreign born players allowed to represent adopted countries The debate to allow foreign born players with dual nationalities is an old one. There are many who are ‘for’ this while many ‘oppose’ such transgressions. English cricket team is full of foreign nationals, while their Australian and South African counterparts are joining […]
Facebook seeking privacy changes consent Facebook is time consuming, entertaining, hangout place for people of all ages, finding your old college buddies, just to name a few. It is a lot of things and doing a lot more but respecting privacy of the users is not at the top of their agenda. The place to […]
George Orwell and his essays on English cuisine still prevalent in current context The year 2011 marks the lauching of Orwell Prize. It is an award that would celebrate books, journalism and blogs that aims to achieve Orwell’s ambition, that is, "to make political writing into an art". However, in all this drama of political […]
