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Mullen Memo, Blessing in Disguise for PML-N

By Haris Hashmi • Nov 18th, 2011 • Category: Politics

A nuclear bombshell has dropped in the midst of Pakistani politics and its time for PML-N to part with the principled politics and reach out to the establishment in this dire times and assure them of their support, as the intentions of the PPP has been exposed in broad day light by the infamous Mike [...]



US Ready to Be Flexible

By Haris Hashmi • Nov 9th, 2011 • Category: Politics

There is a major policy shift in the United States recently and that is partially thanks to the tough stance taken by the Pakistan over US demands of do more and also partially due to the movements of Arab Spring, and the Taliban insurgencies in the Afghanistan.
US seems to understand that the dialogue and not [...]



Hillary Clinton Takes Step Towards Peace

By Haris Hashmi • Oct 12th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Pakistan and America are rigorously meeting with each other in different parts of the world and there final deal for now has  been struck with the  help of Saudi Arabia in UAE. The news is that most of the basic contentious issues have been sorted out and now Pakistan and America would jointly offer carrot [...]



Fazlur Tries to Pressurize America, Supports Taliban Terrorists

By Haris Hashmi • Sep 30th, 2011 • Category: Politics

When the Pakistani nation is introspecting and the political leaders try to unite on one point agenda as the NATO and US forces threaten Pakistan and want to take undue advantage of Pakistan’s weak situation, Fazlur Rehman the leading hypocrite of Pakistan is trying to resurrect his dream of becoming Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Just imagine.
Fazlur [...]



Cooler Heads Needed in Pak-America Relations

By Haris Hashmi • Sep 27th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

There is one thing which is common in Obama and Zardari. Both have delegated their policies regarding war on terror to their military and secret agencies. Obama has done so willingly, and here nobody asked Zardari about it, but nonetheless policy and decision making in this regard is done by the military heads.
Politicians are accustomed, [...]



To Cure Karachi, Do Operation in Islamabad

By Haris Hashmi • Sep 12th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

I firmly believe that the decision to shift the capital from Karachi to Islamabad was the biggest blunder ever committed  by the dictators in Pakistan after the debacle of Dacca. From that day on, the Karachi felt deprived and the whole power structure shifted to the Punjab.
Federation is what keeps the Pakistan intact but by [...]



Chaotic Pakistan

By Haris Hashmi • Aug 21st, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The civil war going in Karachi has engulfed more than hundred people in the last four days, and still hundreds of people are missing. Miscreants have formed pickets on the roads. They are stopping buses and cars, checking the id cards of the people, and then kidnapping them. ANP and MQM and PPP have pickets [...]



Our Moguls

By Haris Hashmi • Aug 17th, 2011 • Category: Politics

I have always remained somewhat in doubt about the corruption and the elite status of our politicians. I have always brushed aside the allegations of corruption and looting by calling them as propaganda, but then on daily basis new corruption stories surface.
For example, there was a report that our parliamentarians get brand new zero meter [...]



Settlers in Balochistan

By Haris Hashmi • Aug 15th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Balochistan is the biggest province of Pakistan in terms of size. There is huge unrest in Balochistan right now due to the military operation and the high-handedness of the Frontier Constabulary. Another reason of unrest is the the way successive governments in the Islamabad have ignored Balochistan and its people and have kept it backwards. [...]



Zardari Responsible for Ethnic Differences in Pakistan

By Haris Hashmi • Aug 6th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Go and give your congratulations to those  who are sitting on snugly in the establishment because their brainchild Asif Ali Zardari has put Pakistan in the most dangerous position ever. Asif Zardari through his policies of keeping everybody happy and just saving his own skin has virtually divided the Pakistan.
In Pakistan these days, it [...]