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Pakistan: Logs, Pot, Broth and Lid
Posted on05. Feb, 2012 by Ghayur Ayub.
By Dr Ghayur Ayub Consider the following items – logs, pot, broth and lid. Logs as fuel, pot to hold the broth and lid to stop the spill over of boiling broth. Now, think of Pakistan and take the logs to be the public; the pot as the democratic system; the broth as composed of the [...]
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Pakistan: The Balloon Stands Bust
Posted on31. Jan, 2012 by Asif H Raja.
Memo and NRO cases gone in hibernation "Justice delayed is justice denied, Honourable Chief Justice. Why the punishments could not be handed down and much earlier? The nation is disappointed after so much of hype, everyone is holding judiciary responsible for this." Raja Mujtaba By Brig Asif Haroon Raja The dawn of 2012 heralded [...]
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Pakistan: Gillani On The Rocks
Posted on18. Jan, 2012 by Asif H Raja.
By Brig Asif Haroon Raja It is now an established fact that PPP as a party claiming to be champions of democracy, rule of law and rights of the poor is in actuality anti-democratic, lawbreaker and anti-people. PPP and democracy repel each other since the two are synonymous. PPP leaders have remained too engrossed [...]
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Pakistan: Politics of Rhetoric
Posted on17. Jan, 2012 by Dr Haider Mehdi.
NOTES FROM A SOCIAL SCIENTIST By Dr. Haider Mehdi “They (become) unable to leave their world, where they (have) spent enormous reserves of energy constructing high walls in order to make reality what they (want) it to be… In order to avoid external attack, they (have) also deliberately limited internal growth.” Paulo Coelho, 1998 novel In [...]
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Pakistan: Ice has begun to melt
Posted on14. Jan, 2012 by Asif H Raja.
By Brig Asif Haroon Raja Pakistan may be the only country in the world where persons involved in heinous crimes including treason not only get away unpunished but also hold top appointments. Whatever little sting the law courts and accountability courts had has been smudged by this government. There is no accountability of the corrupt [...]
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Pakistan: Horns Are Locked
Posted on13. Jan, 2012 by Asif H Raja.
Government is heading for a clash with judiciary-military By Brig Asif Haroon Raja President Zardari and PM Gilani assisted by hawkish leaders of PPP seem to have lost their sense of balance as a consequence to explosive NRO and memo cases pursued by the Supreme Court (SC). They are making frenzied efforts to sabotage [...]
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Pakistan: Mainstreaming Baluchistan
Posted on09. Jan, 2012 by Khalid Iqbal.
There is lot of space between existing circumstance and the point of no return. Through national unity, seriousness of purpose, faith in the aspirations of our people for peace and progress and their ability to persevere and overcome any and all challenges, political space lost to the dissidents can be reclaimed. By Air Commodore ® [...]
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Pakistan: Early Elections The Only Option
Posted on08. Jan, 2012 by Asif H Raja.
"Imran must remember that his popularity is more based on anti PPP and PML-N sentiment, the induction of PML-Q has triggered a series of doubts. He must move with more care, the popularity attained can backfire in retaliation proving a much bigger disaster." Raja Mujtaba By Brig Asif Haroon Raja In pursuance of its policy [...]
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Pakistan: The Tiger Roars
Posted on07. Jan, 2012 by Humayun Gauhar.
Opinion Maker Revolution cannot happen by coopting the targets of revolution. A cancer cannot cure itself, nor can tablets and drips when surgery is needed. If Imran seeks medication from those that have infected the country, the infection will multiply. By Humayun Gauhar When Imran Khan lost the 1997 elections, I wrote: ‘The Tiger Will [...]
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Pakistan: Acid rain for AAZ
Posted on04. Jan, 2012 by Ghayur Ayub.
Lastly if the results implicate Hussain Haqqani in Memogate, would he offer his head on the block or save his skin by becoming an approver? According to Sheikh Rasheed, HH has already offered his services in case of the inevitable. After all, he is a known mega-opportunist and relentless survivor. By Dr Ghayur Ayub Imran [...]
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