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| Salim Safi |
Power corrupts and tilts towards absolutism when it has no moral, political and legal checks. While absolutism is mostly a story of the past, in Pakistan’s tribal areas it still works with impunity – thanks to the draconian Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR).
On November 1, Pakistan Army Major Imran was martyred during
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| Salim Safi |
The plight of the iconic green-eyed Afghan girl, Sharbat Gula, is a glaring manifestation of the heartless world of global politics. Behind her thousand-yard stare, there is a story of hardship, destitute and tribulation.
Her miseries started in her childhood with the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union. Her parents died in the war and she was left alone, at the age of six, to cope with the vicissitudes of life. It was a time when the Cross met the Crescent
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