Dr. Tanvir Orakzai
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Articles by Dr. Tanvir Orakzai
October 08, 2009
Nearly 100 years ago, Kipling wrote "The Great Game: where Russia was in pursuit of warm water port; while Britain was determined to protect its empire on the Asian subcontinent. In this great game of chess, Pakthuns were used as pawns and it has been so since the days of Alexander the Great
May 15, 2009
Long before 9/11 there has been a variety of ideological issues between the West and Muslim World, however 9/11 has further complicated the intellectual understanding of each other. Being harbinger of the technology and communication; Westerners are exploring cultures beyond their continent where th...
May 15, 2009
When President Regan labeled Soviet Union as an Evil Empire, his main intention was to declare Soviet Union a godless state based on coercion and tyranny; while US a nation of believers fighting for righteousness. The Afghan warriors were glorified as holy warriors affectionately supported by US (an...
May 15, 2009
When US invaded Afghanistan in 2001 to tackle crisis in Middle East, it was repeating an old story that started 2300 years ago by Alexander the Great under similar circumstances.
May 13, 2009
According to Marx all people can work in the same way and can earn the same wages. Such interpretation is appealing to the vast segments of society in the countries; who cannot climb up the social ladder due to a restricted and a classified system created by the ruling elites. The West may practice ...
April 03, 2009
Pasthuns have been living for centuries in the distant mountains and valleys of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Despite being more than 50 million on both sides of the border, Pasthuns have remained a tribal society, where each individual is loyal to his clan only. Divided they may live but for invaders,...
March 03, 2009
From the days of Alexander the Great, FATA (Tribal belt of Pakistan) has been the most important route to the Indian subcontinent. Being a transit route for invaders, the Pasthun tribes in FATA have remained in eternal peril of captivating doom making them suspicious of all foreigners. This sense ...
January 24, 2009
Orakzai are the most peaceful among all the tribal people in Pakistan, scattered from Kohat to Kalaya, Midan (Tirah) Hangu and Parachinar. Unfortunately these days Orakzai Agency is riddled with violence and never ending bombing. This article will look at the root causes of violence that has grippe...
August 16, 2007
The study of HCI includes the interaction between users and computers or systems that may occur at software or hardware level. The user interface definition is much broader than the normal definition. It deals with the following important issues;
• To match the tasks of the users
• ...
July 13, 2007
As the technology continues to grow; Business are making huge IT investments in order to achieve improving sales and achieving efficiency and providing better customer service and solutions. IT being critical companioned of any company is meant to bring tangible benefits for the companies; however...
June 03, 2007
According to the US Census (2007) the volume of business-to-business commerce has increased from US $38 billion in 1997 to US $990 billion in 2006 increasing by 6.3 percent. The total E-commerce revenue in 1999 stood at US$20 billion that increased to $990 billion in 2006. It is predicted that by ...
February 26, 2007
There has been severe criticism against Pakistan for not doing enough; an allegation that is far from true. Pakistan has deployed about 80,000 thousands of army personals along the Pak-Afghan border to stop cross border infiltration. Since 9/11 Pakistan has lost billion of rupees in War on Terror c...
February 12, 2007
The history of MNC (Multinational Corporation) coincides with the rise of globolisation. It was the eve of WWI that spurred the entrepreneurs and firms to drive the manufacturing and production at global scale. However, the true global economy took pace between 1950s and 1970. The Japan economic mir...
December 08, 2006
America is not winning its war on terrorism; finally a truth acknowledged by US new Defense Secretary Robert Gates. It took Bush Administration too long to understand that wars cannot be won only through force. There was a time, when President Mushraff coincided with US policy; but being a realist M...
November 29, 2006
From the days of Alexander the great, the North West Frontier Province has remained key to India. It remained the most important part of the subcontinent, for whoever had command over these wild frontier had won the fertile plains of India. From the days of British Empire to the Russian invasion du...
October 31, 2006
There was some skepticism in the beginning about the FATA (NWFP) peace process, but things seem to be working. One major shift can be seen even in the President Bush rhetoric “change of tactics”; a strategy which has been initiated by NWFP Governor Orakzai earlier. An inherent mistake in US war of t...
October 25, 2006
The American poetry is spanned over 400 years since 1600s, when first colonial poets explored the new world and expressed their hopes and expectations in poetry. American poetry like any other form of literature has been constantly growing through the course of centuries. For Puritans, life had one ...
October 23, 2006
Till Middle Ages, buying for purpose was considered a necessity. Making profit has been considered a cheap and mean practice in early Christianity and Islam alike. Normally the traders were foreigners who earned profit along with the “contempt of the people they served”. Amassing wealth was consider...
August 23, 2006
Human Rights Act was prompted due to the enormous abuse which took place during WWII. It forced the 21 European countries to shape up the Council of Europe and sign the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) in 1951. UK played a crucial role in conscripting the draft, under which 41 states vowed...
August 18, 2006
The foreign policy of Russia that emerged after the collapse of Soviet Union has some parallel with the Soviet Union. In the early 1992 the then foreign minister Andrey Kozrev announced that Russian foreign policy would be different from “Gorbachev’s “new thinking”. Kozrev clearly mentioned that Rus...
August 10, 2006
The situation in NWFP tribal belt is changing mainly due to initiatives taken by President Mushraff and the newly appointed Governor NWFP Gen (R) Ali Muhammad Jan Orakzai. The shift in policy has been the introduction of various incentives. This carrot and stick policy has been working well; and the...
July 19, 2006
Equality of opportunity provides individuals to compete against each other on equivalent terms to achieve their place in a social setup. Compared to caste system where the assumption is that society contains hierarchy, and superior and inferior status is determined by birth; equality of opportunity ...
July 07, 2006
The arrival of information technology has given rise to countless applications in a variety of fields. This world without borders provides every thing, ranging from finding free information to shopping online, trading stocks and entertainment. Information is the most important battlefield of busines...
July 04, 2006
In 1979, the US Big three used to sell 9 out of 10 vehicles in US, but in 2004, foreign firms have overtaken the US auto sector and now local firms sell only 50 percent vehicles in US. By 2005, 60 percent of the US market belonged to Toyota, Honda and Hyundai. The US auto industry is in terminal dec...
July 03, 2006
Globalization refers to the worldwide economical, political and cultural exchange of ideas among the states in the modern world. It is used to describe how world is becoming economically and politically one. The economic aspects of globalization include trade, investment and migration across the cou...
July 03, 2006
Throughout the WWII and post wars era, there has been intensive endeavor to study organization communication in organizational setting. As a result a huge number of workers in 1950s went under communication training initially in the military and then in universities and business environment. Tradit...
June 29, 2006
From ancient times, the survival of the cities depended on population, tribes emphasized on maintaining high fertility due to higher mortality rate. Many of such polices were carried out by dutiful marriage incorporated into religion and mythology, such as bible injunction, be fruitful and multiply,...
June 29, 2006
Telecom industry is the building block of any nation in today’s world. Wireless communication is becoming more widespread than the traditional communication. According to the US Wireless Communication Association, 3.6 million jobs directly or indirectly dependent on the US wireless telecommunicatio...
June 07, 2006
The problem in European identity is EU identity vs national identity. Supporters of EU integration mention shared history and culture which dates back to Charlemagne, Napoleon and Hitler. There are others who mention that the common European literature and great writers, such as Shakespeare and Da...
June 03, 2006
Thailand has been in the news for many reasons, be it violence in the southern province, or consistent bird flu outbreak or the feared Tsunami or political crisis, all of these incidents have placed Thailand in headline news. Despite these predicaments, the Thai economy continues to grow, although a...
May 30, 2006
Alexander is considered one of the most powerful and successful commanders of all the times. Alexander conquered the Persian Empire, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Central Asia, and India. He integrated foreigners in his army and followed the policy of fusion. With Alexander conquests, the frontiers of Europe ...
May 21, 2006
The prophets in the ancient history often appealed to the people to sway the opinion through persuasion. In the early days of Christianity Saint Paul and Saint Augustine also adopted Cicero and Aristotle rhetorical style preaching persuading pagans toward their teachings. In ancient Greece and Rome,...
May 19, 2006
Louis Jolyon West defines ?Cult is a group or movement exhibiting a great or excessive devotion or dedication to some person, idea or thing and employing unethically manipulative techniques of persuasion?. During the Roman Empire Christianity developed, however moving farther from its home and Jesu...
May 16, 2006
The inner working of any society are quite complex. It is not possible to judge the norms of a society from outside, unless a person is part of it. Human acts may seem irrational to one society, can be perfectly right within that particular society, as all human acts have meaning in social contex...
May 14, 2006
North Korea's resumption of its nuclear weapons program has set its neighbors and much of the world including the US in crisis. The immediate response by US, Japan, IMF and World Bank was to put sanctions and deny diplomatic relations. North Korea till 1980s was a developed and industrialized count...
May 13, 2006
In 2005, world economy reached its zenith and the gross world product increased by 4 percent compared to 2004, with a forecast of 3 ? percent. Growth in the developing countries was fast in the last two decades. The high fuel prices have slowed the pace of global economy, influencing the commodities...
May 12, 2006
According to a former French foreign minister, America?s power lies in its ability to ?inspire dreams and desires? due to its eternal presence in media all around the world. In an interconnected world, America more than any other country has acquired status of an empire, turning the world towards Am...
May 11, 2006
Interbrand, the world?s leading brand consultant has ranked Samsung as the fastest growing brand in the world. Within three years time Samsung?s brand value has more than doubled from US$5.2 billion in 2001 to its current $10.8 billion. The interbrand survey of 100 global brand ranks Samsung as worl...
May 10, 2006
There has been a controversy since 19th century in Europe against Hijab (veil). This liberation of Muslim women from the ?cruelty of Hijab? has been portrayed in Western media in quite funny ways. Hijab means ?barrier? or ?screen?. Hijab has been the tradition of Muslim women for centuries. In Ara...