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Video of Whipping of 17 Year Girl in Swat by Taliban

By Fatima Tassaduq • Apr 3rd, 2009 • Category: Politics

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This grainy footage appears to show a 17-year-old girl being beaten by Islamic radicals in Pakistan’s northwestern region of Swat, where Sharia law was introduced after the government reached a truce with the Taleban in February.
A local Taleban commander in the militant stronghold of Matta, 25 miles from the regional capital, [...]



Whipping of Girl in Swat : Your Take Please

By Fatima Tassaduq • Apr 3rd, 2009 • Category: Politics

Had the four men saw with their eyes the 17 year old girl having illicit activities? Was it done according to the Shariah Rule, the punishment of the girl? Was it right to whip the girl in front of hundreds of men? What is your take on this?
And where is the man who was involved [...]



Terrorists are Terrorists

By Fatima Tassaduq • Mar 30th, 2009 • Category: Politics

As the Drone attacks, military operation and the armed activities of terrorists become a routine in the tribal region of Pakistan, there is a rising talk of having the same situation in the Balochistan province, where the land is fertile for such operation due to the already restive situation.
The recent suicide attack in the Jamrud [...]



Indian Election Commission Does Fine Work : Varun Gandhi Banned

By Fatima Tassaduq • Mar 23rd, 2009 • Category: Politics

He is the only son of the late Sanjay Gandhi and Maneka Gandhi. He is the grandson of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. This only son has exposed the secular nature of India, but thankfully there are some sane elements left in one of the world’s most populous country.
Varun Gandhi, a Bharartiya Janata Party (BJP) [...]



Nazir Naji : Journalist Lota

By Fatima Tassaduq • Mar 17th, 2009 • Category: Politics

If ever someone would create a ‘PML(Q)’ of journalists, Nazir Naji would be its Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain without any doubt. Here is this man, who always salute rising sun and always denigrate setting sun. He has become so adept in this game over the years that he changes his colors at the spur of the [...]



Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary Restored : Pakistan Celebrates

By Fatima Tassaduq • Mar 16th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani in his address has restored chief justice of Pakistan with an executive order and a strong and thunderous wave of happiness and glee has swept across Pakistan. It has saved democracy. It has saved justice and it has surely saved Pakistan. It has not only saved Pakistan but it [...]



Rehman Malik Still Trying to Shoo Away Long March

By Fatima Tassaduq • Mar 14th, 2009 • Category: Politics

The reaction of Rehman Malik, advisor to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in interior affairs (has he ever advised to PM ever?) is not strange viz-a-viz long march, because nothing else could be expected of a semi-literate, third-rate FIA sub-inspector. Just like no one ever dreamt that Asif Ali Zardari would become president, no one [...]



March Pakistani March

By Fatima Tassaduq • Mar 13th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Pakistan People’s Party cannot support the judiciary verdict regarding the ineligibility of Sharif brother and they cannot justify the Draconian measures taken to block the Long March. If PPP justify the both steps, then should accept that the hanging of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was right and they must also accept that the Benazir Bhutto’s style [...]



Patch-up Please

By Fatima Tassaduq • Mar 2nd, 2009 • Category: Politics

The Supreme Court verdict on 25 February 2009 on the ineligibility of the Sharif brothers to hold public office is the crystal clear indication rather a proof of the fact that the Dogar courts have found a new dictator master in the form of Asif Ali Zardari and the Musharraffian legacy is going on with [...]



Journalist Mosa Khankhel Martyred : First Test for Nizam-e-Adal

By Fatima Tassaduq • Feb 18th, 2009 • Category: Politics

The first casuality after the peace accord in the Malakand agency is of the journalist of The News and GEO. Mosa Khan Khel was the man killed in the firing from the unknown side by the unknown people.
This killing not only is the tragic in it’s essence, it is also extremely ominous for the peace [...]