Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.(John F. Kennedy)  By Nuzhat Nazar  Pakistan has turned out to be a very fragile state, probably is ranked at 10th number of annual Failed States Index which is quite alarming. Sectarian violence, group grievances, refugees and internally displaced persons due to different calamities i.e. Earth quakes, floods and terrorism etc, attacks on minority groups especially in Baluchistan, political rifts/disputes and ill conceived/planned/failed peace talks between Government and Taliban all considered to be the reasons of this brittleness.

 Abdullah Gul  Pakistan was pushed into the inferno of war on terror by the imperialist USA after 9/11 with ill-intentions. While roots of terrorism were identified in Afghanistan, the war was surreptitiously diverted into FATA, and then into other parts of Pakistan. All this time debate kept raging among Pakistanis whether it was US war or ours. Irrespective of this debate, the fact is that law enforcing agencies have been fighting the menace with all their strength and energy under the ‘do more’ mantra, but despite their best efforts, terrorismRead More

Centreline, by the grace of God, has successfully completed five years of its publication and this is the second issue of its sixth year, which is now in your hands. Let me avail this opportunity to share with you certain facts about Centreline, especially the origin of the title as many of our readers have time and again asked us about the origin of title ”. To begin with, the idea was to bring out a magazine fully dedicated to game of hockey, which is our national sport. Apart fromRead More