Posts by Irfan Husain
George Galloway’s back!
From the Newspaper
DRIVING to Karachi airport to catch my flight to London last Friday, I was struck by the closed petrol...
April 2, 2012
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A smelly red herring
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AS expected, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s brief meeting with President Barack Obama in Seoul...
March 31, 2012
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Mayhem and morality
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IN the wake of the recent vicious murder of three Jewish children in Toulouse, Palestinian Prime Minister...
March 24, 2012
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The Right to Protect
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As images of the death and destruction being visited by Bashar Al Assad on his own people continue to...
March 12, 2012
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The dangers of denial
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ALONG the way to the Bandarnaike International Airport on the outskirts of Colombo, I saw several large...
March 5, 2012
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As good as gold
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GOLD today is selling for over $1,700 per ounce, up from $35 in 1944, the year in which I was born. In...
March 3, 2012
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The second Colombo Biennale
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Driving past the southern coastal city of Mirissa in Sri Lanka, I could have been at a Mediterranean...
February 20, 2012
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Save us from our defenders
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THE Difaa-i-Pakistan Council (DPC) has announced its aim of defending us against the dangers we face...
February 18, 2012
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Showdown in Syria
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THE bloody events unfolding before us in Syria confirm the old adage that far more Muslims are killed...
February 13, 2012
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Pills that kill
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THE recent death of over 100 heart patients in Lahore because of contaminated medication struck a deep...
February 11, 2012
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Between a rock and a hard place
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AS Pakistan continues its unending exercise in navel-gazing, the threat of further turbulence in the...
February 5, 2012
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Farces and fiascos
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ODDLY, the two institutions that bang the accountability drum the loudest are the very ones that won’t...
February 4, 2012
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A weekend in the wild
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A peacock’s plumage is one of the most gorgeous sights in nature, but the poor bird is cursed with...
January 30, 2012
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Muslims and minorities
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IMAGINE the following scenario: a complex housing a mosque, a madressah, a girls` school and a home for...
January 28, 2012
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The sixth Galle Literary Festival
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HOW would most people react if three of their daughters and a niece were killed by shells fired without...
January 23, 2012
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