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Is Jamaat-e-Islami Next Target?

By Farid Masood • Jun 19th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The captured prospect member of team, which attacked Sri Lankan Cricket Team in Lahore during March this year, came before media with concealed face and answered questions.
Mumbai attacks made India Pakistan to use hard words against each other. Our political and administrative leadership were unable to manage the crises time with good diplomatic practices as [...]



Fresh Blood for Pakistan Cricket Team

By Farid Masood • May 25th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Ex-Wicket keeper batsman MR Rashid Latif has said that Pakistan Cricket Team needs fresh blood. Very well said Mr Latif but this should be a continuous process to induct to add fresh blood at regular basis, which, adds up with old bloods and learn to settle & survive within the specified environment tough not much [...]



Resign Mr Tareen

By Farid Masood • May 14th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Government is earning from many heads, petroleum is a major source for enormous and illegitimate earning. Illegitimate in a sense that we import maximum part of daily consumption from other countries, it effect the citizens directly and if the effect is more than it should be then it becomes illegitimate.
We also seek that other [...]



International Manpower Hiring Practices in Bangladesh Textile Industry

By Farid Masood • May 1st, 2009 • Category: Politics

A relative of mine who has a long experience at senior positions in Pakistani Textile Industry applied for a job on one of the Internet job portals. He was offered a job from Bangladesh. That prospect employer had given all references to him required to apply for a visit visa (not a employment visa). Their [...]



Time Heading Towards Stand-Off

By Farid Masood • Mar 16th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Self praise group gathered around the president is not letting him decide in the right way or the President himself don’t want the restoration of Judiciary at level of November 2, 2007 level. But if we virtually make a projection of the scene country has witnessed today for tomorrow, we are heading towards a stand-off [...]



PM’s and President’s Liabilities

By Farid Masood • Mar 15th, 2009 • Category: Politics

President Asif Ali Zardari has a different mindset and will not re-instate Justise Iftikhar Chaudhry as Chief Justice of Pakistan. NRO has safe guard him and he is bound to safe guard NRO vetting personalities. We have witness one as guard of honor to General (Retd) Pervaiz Musharraf and the other ones are products of [...]



Review Petition on Sharifs’ Dis-qualification

By Farid Masood • Mar 15th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Tomorrow, Attoney General of Pakistan Mr Latif Khosa (who was himself participant of long march called by late Benazir Bhutto for Justice Iftikhar re-instatement as CJP) will file an application for the detailed judgement on Sharifs’ dis-qualification case. After this judgement, AG Mr Latif Khosa shall file a petition to review the decision.
The case shall [...]



Lahore: How Caravan Started Long March

By Farid Masood • Mar 15th, 2009 • Category: Politics

PML(N) founder Mian Nawaz Sharif came out of his home (Model Town, Lahore) and talked to the media and asked the workers to stand behind him for the march. The crowd was already charged and hearing the address become cheared up.
Nawaz Sharif started from home a Superintendent of Police stepped ahead and asked Nawaz [...]



Two or Three Tier Leadership Plan for Long March

By Farid Masood • Mar 15th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Participants of Long March have forseen administrative measure to stop march towards Islamabad. House arrests have been ordered of main leadership of political parties.
Participants of long march including political parties and lawyers have defind two or three tier leadership plan for successful march. If first tier leadership is arrested and cannot reach their destination [...]



Long March: Every Step Up-Hill is an Addition in Zardari’s Count Down

By Farid Masood • Mar 14th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

General consensus upon this that President Zardari has not much time to hold the situation in his control neither his regime has time over this year. Every step of long march towards Islamabad is an addition towards his count down. Current problem is that forces controlling Pakistani regime don’t have President Zardari’s replacement.
As the policy [...]