Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida
on Nov 7, 2009baithak has an aura. sheesha, fireplace, bulging bookshelves, rugs, divan takias and more...

UNDER THE AFPAK VOLCANO, Part 2, Davutoglu’s Doctrine, Wajahat Ali, Robert Fisk,
on Nov 7, 2009Fort Hood killings: Fort Hood has enough victims already - Wajahat Ali - After an American soldier's tragic outburst of violence at Fort Hood, Texas – the army's largest US post, with some 40,000 troops – dominates the headlines, a fear-mongering...

Shafqat Mahmood, Censorship by another name, NAPA students, Trouble with Hakimullah
on Nov 6, 2009Kayani's personality is such that it is difficult to believe he will go into a military campaign before analysing everything in detail and preparing for all eventualities. He may not win everything, but it won't be for lack of deliberation and hard w...

UNDER THE AFPAK VOLCANO, Part 1 : Welcome to Pashtunistan, Reading to the Endgame,
on Nov 6, 2009UNDER THE AFPAK VOLCANO, Part 1 : Welcome to Pashtunistan - A rough beast, its hour come at last, Pashtunistan is already being born across the strategic corridor straddling eastern Afghanistan and western Pakistan. If the Pakistani Taliban and their...

Early video of Jinnah
on Nov 6, 2009There is no sound. Even without it, he appears charming, mesmerising and towering. A digression: Thank Allah for small mercies - in all the available photos that have survived - in not a single one of them Jinnah has a beard!Otherwise, hanging from a...

Rafia Zakaria
on Nov 6, 2009Finally, however, the tense moments following the attack and the discovery of the attacker’s Muslim identity demonstrate how increasingly difficult the position of American Muslims is in a United States which has been drawn into protracted conflict...

Rembrandt van Rijn
on Nov 6, 2009baithak has an aura. sheesha, fireplace, bulging bookshelves, rugs, divan takias and more...

MQM-PML-Q alliance forced NRO change of heart, Sind Archives, Shahen Sehbai
on Nov 5, 2009Perhaps the most important work currently being carried out is the creation of a computerised database that would make thousands of old files available online. Currently, many titles and documents can be seen on the website (http://www.sindharchives.

Learn to play Bridge, Collecting Headlines, Top Ten Geniuses, CIA agents ,
on Nov 5, 2009Learn to Play Bridge I, Fred Gitelman for the American Contract Bridge League This free software program was created by a founder of Bridge Base Online. Players can learn basic rules in five minutes, or go through the entire program and digest the eq...

The 50 best things to eat in the world, and where to eat them, What really happened during the Israeli attacks?
on Nov 5, 2009The 50 best things to eat in the world, and where to eat them - From cake, steak and tapas, to oysters, chicken and burgers, Killian Fox roamed the world to find the 50 best things to eat and the best places to eat them in, with a little help from pr...