The favourite pastime of the chattering classes in Pakistan is blaming corruption for all the ills in our society. It is not poverty. Not illiteracy either. It is not terrorism or regional peace or climate change or scarcity of water. Neither is it over-population and unemployment. The discourse becomes exceptionally heated when charges of corruption – real […] The post Genesis Of Corruption In Pakistan: A Short History appeared first on The Friday Times - Naya Daur.
Imran Khan and his close political associates are well known for their support and admiration for the Islamist extremist groups in Pakistan. It was no surprise that the Federal Information Minister Mr. Fawad Chaudhry simply aped the radical views of his boss in a speech delivered at a conference in Islamabad, when he absolved the […] The post Populism Must Not Obfuscate Our Existing Madrasah System’s Role In Religious Extremism appeared first on The Friday Times - Naya Daur.