If the US has to establish peace and improve its image, it will have to give up its current policies. Similarly, Pakistani leadership will also have to give up its current policies that have done nothing till to date except causing it a colossal damage. Even a person of ordinary prudence won’t believe that Osama could have hid himself in Abbottabad without security agencies’ cooperation.

“The wearing of the burqa or niqab is not a religious prescription. It is an extreme practice that we don’t want to see growing on the national soil. It prevents women from having a normal social life.”

India and Pakistan consider every inch of their land sacred and swear each morning to defend it. But look at the hoodlum sea that has trespassed to the heart of their holy land that is ‘mother India’ for the one rival and the ‘land of the pure’ for the other!

I am an old man with decades of experience
Whose real life is just a single moment
In which I have lived and experienced
Every happiness of life
I am superior to all the great poets
Who lamented throughout life
The callousness of their beloved
My beloved was a kind goddess of love

It is a tale of two women
One, from the noblest family in town
Pious, religious, and hijab-wearing
The other, a high class concubine
A classic fusion of brain and beauty

Her body was cut wide and stitched
She bled profusely
The pain is huge,
and she is talking to her unconsciousness,
enquiring about her kids!

I am besides her
Listening to this conversation,
Witnessing the power and purity
Of her love
And praising the Lord
For creating such an incredible mother

Mr Irshad Ullah Khan is a symbol of hope for the people of Pakistan – young, middle-aged and older. He was a successful businessman in Singapore at top peaks. In 1989, he returned to Pakistan with a few unique business ideas to support the country’s bankrupt economy and serve the poor.

He pioneered the deep sea fishing earning a name for Pakistan. The country whose sea products have now been banned in Europe and other parts of the world was importing tuna fish to Japan at that time. Gem stone business and a luxurious housing society were other two enterprises that he launched in Pakistan. But he did not know that a nightmare is waiting for him – the corrupt, immoral and greedy politicians and bureaucrats made his life miserable. They hijacked his business.

Shakeel Turabi’s 17-year-old son is missing since Jan 5, 2009. He shares how the family is braving the trauma — without losing hope and faith in God. They are content with their fate to such an extent that they believe, if the son did not come back, God will reward them in another form – here or in the hereafter!

Pol-dev.com has taken a unique initiative – Interviews with the Slices of History! The idea is a senior friend’s brainchild – Michael Godfrey. The title ‘Interviews with the Slices of History’ comes from a very dear journalist friend Ramananda Sengupta. We plan to interview people in the late 60’s and above – with the mission to document their knowledge and wisdom that would otherwise be buried with them if not shared with the present generation. The initiative could serve as an ‘institutional memory’ in our subcontinent to record the thoughts and memories of these people who can provide us the first-hand knowledge of the times that most of us and our children have not seen or heard of. The first interview of this series is with Mr Shaad Ghauri. What’s amazing about him is that he is 84 and still working like young lads! Pol-dev.com would welcome such interviews from its readers that could be sent via email along with pictures to Mohammad Shehzad, yamankalyan@gmail.com or you could simply connect us to such people around you. Please leave your comments on the “Comment Board” of the website.