Year: 2013

Victims' Voices

Victims' Voices

The publication - Victims' Voices - is a compilation of a dozen stories of people affected by various forms of violence. It includes those affected by suicide bombings,...

Victims' Voices

Victims’ Voices

The publication - Victims' Voices - is a compilation of a dozen stories of people affected by various forms of violence. It includes those affected by suicide bombings,...

Mourning a murderer

Mourning a murderer

'It is surprising that he would be so missed in death when he was so despised in life,' a British friend based in New York said about Hakimullah Mehsud. This friend ´ quite...

Speaking of sovereignty

Speaking of sovereignty

Pakistan anti-drone stance must be backed by action against militants When UN rapporteur on human rights and countering extremism Ben Emmerson visited Pakistan in March this...

Monthly Report – September 2013

Monthly Report – September 2013

MONTHLY REPORT ´ September 2013 Holding of the long-awaited All Parties Conference (APC) on September 9 was a major development in terms of efforts Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif...

The unusual reign of Gen Kayani

The unusual reign of Gen Kayani

However controversial his reign as the chief of army staff, General Ashfaq Kayani owed his elevation and particularly his second tenure to an overwhelming desire that former...

TESTIMONIALS

I am also a member of National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting. Recently, we held a meeting with the Director General of Radio Pakistan and we told them to initiate such local programs (like Constituency Hour) in regional languages to educate and inform people. Even Indian Radio can be heard in FATA which is being used for propaganda purposes and must be closed. Therefore, we should launch some standard and quality programs like CRSS that will change the taste of the listeners.

Soniya Shams

Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Peshawar