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Suicidal attacks in Karak– the land of soldiers

By Anwar Jalal • Mar 1st, 2010 • Category: Politics

The suicide attack on police station  in Karak , the first ever in the  district history, is not  a good  omen   It is  feared  that now on ward  Karak - the most peaceful area of Pashtunkhwa so far  , may also be a target of the terrorists.
This is   naturally a  matter of great concern  for  [...]



Appalling silence over VC abduction of Kohat University of Science & Technology

By Anwar Jalal • Feb 22nd, 2010 • Category: Politics

The vice  chancellor of  Kohat University of Science & Technology  Prof. Dr. Lutfullah Kakakhel, has been abducted  by unknown person on November 6  2009. Till date the government has  found no clue of  him. Though  in the  initial  few days  it was pledge that the  honorable  Vice Chancellor  will be soon recovered  however since  then [...]



Cheers for the prime minister and democracy

By Anwar Jalal • Feb 18th, 2010 • Category: Politics

In 2007  the matter of  judicial reference  against the chief  justice by the then president Pervaiz Musharaff led to a development of crisis which in turn  created a lot of chaos in the country for a long two years.
The creation and  intensification of  that crisis  was mainly caused  because of  a  dictatorial mind set  This  [...]



Larger Than Life, Ajmal Khattak

By Anwar Jalal • Feb 12th, 2010 • Category: Politics

The demise of  Ijmal  Khattak is  really a  shocking  news .That great  Khattak . embodiment of  patriotism, commitment  sincerity ,loyalty, courage  honesty , humbleness ,unwieldiness( in short  epitome of  true  Pashtunwali) spent his  whole  life  fighting and struggling  for  the cause of  his  mother land( Pashtunkhwa ) and its  sons ( Pashtun,s)rights and progress  as [...]



Aitzaz Ahsan Will Preserve His Integrity

By Anwar Jalal • Jan 26th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Aitzaz Ahsan , for his courageous and earnest leading role in the erstwhile movement for the reinstatement of Chief Justice Ifhtikhar Chodhary and other deposed judges has achieved gigantic status across the country and even beyond That momentous struggle was not for few individuals but in reality for lofty  principles , rule of law and [...]



Pashtunkhwa Quandary

By Anwar Jalal • Jan 8th, 2010 • Category: Politics

The issue of renaming NWFP as Pashtunkhwa always lead to a hullabaloo whenever it is proposed either in a constitutional package or raised on official level  Though most of the sections of the province do support its renaming as pashtunkhwa however some quarters have also some reservations regarding the proposed name.
They are of the view [...]



Lakki Marwat Blast and Media Attitude

By Anwar Jalal • Jan 4th, 2010 • Category: Politics

With  Karachi blast (28 Dec) all the TV channels  suspended all their  routine  programs and start covering it.  Even since  then it is  one  of the  main subject of many TV channels.
This  compassionate  attitude  on the part of media and  other sections of the society towards the Karachities is all right  .However, shockingly, no worthy [...]



Imran Khan’s undemocratic proclamation

By Anwar Jalal • Dec 19th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Imran Khan , stated  in Mardan the  other day(13 Dec) that as Nawaz Sharief wanted to become a  civilian dictator  so overthrowing of his  government  by Pervez Musharraf  was a right step. Imran khan these remarks are  highly shocking .He always  talk about the  upholding of  democracy and  supremacy of the constitution while  on the [...]



16th December, A Bright Day

By Anwar Jalal • Dec 18th, 2009 • Category: Politics

16 December  is remembered , regretfully, in Pakistan history  as dark day   because of Dhaka fall on this  date . Now on  16 December  through  the Supreme Court historic  ruling  the  decidedly  detrimental NRO  has been decalred as  null and void  IThis  judgment  of the paex court   is  taken with  hoped  as commencement  of   a [...]



Latest Cabinet Meeting

By Anwar Jalal • Dec 10th, 2009 • Category: Politics

The latest meeting of federal cabinet held the  other day ( 8 Dec) .Since several days  before it some  private TV channels constantly aired  that  in the said cabinet meeting  several drastic decisions would be taken  including the resignation  of some ministers. A reshuffle in the cabinet was also taken for  granted as few weeks [...]