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Riaz Laljee Got Kidnapped from Karachi

By Kiran Ali • May 30th, 2010 • Category: Misc

Kidnapping has become a routine in Pakistan, but then there are some kidnappings which have very deep and striking implications, and when the kidnapping is about someone who derives most interest from the NAB and is linked with the President and in some cases of massive corruption and termed as point man of the influential [...]



Fifty Years Progress in Five Years

By Kiran Ali • Sep 18th, 2009 • Category: Politics

A popular phrase by a Latin American leader , ‘Fifty years progress in five years’ , can actually be taken as a theoretical approach to solving many of the ‘Third World’ concerns of being dependent and suffering from issues of
grinding poverty.



The UN and the Puzzle Of World Problems

By Kiran Ali • Dec 28th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The UN, designed right after the Second World War, was basically to serve as a barrier against the third world war. The UN Charter , however , the document which was to serve as the constitution of the world organization , enclosed other functions too , that were binding upon the body. The UN hierarchy , in fact , was designed to [...]



The Great Iraqi Journalist

By Kiran Ali • Dec 18th, 2008 • Category: Politics

It’s funny how it used to be when General Bush used to deliver speeches at the various conferences. They used to consist of numerous motionless faces just looking at what ever the Bushy used to say out to them. I always longed for somebody to get up and smack him in the face .. for the pathetic drama he tryed [...]



Benazir’s Legacy

By Kiran Ali • Dec 17th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Of all the women Asian Leaders , Benazir Bhutto happens to have ended with the most sacrifices that she and her family gave for the cause of Pakistan. Her legacy is not only for enrooting democracy in our country but it also rises to be an example for women through out Pakistan that they too [...]



Treating An Enemy

By Kiran Ali • Dec 15th, 2008 • Category: Politics

An enemy endangering the integrity of our country , the smoke refusing to subside , the leaders unsure of their leadership skills , a UN with out teeth and the old Roman tactics of concocted charges and lies ……. when will India learn the manners of being a neighbour.
International Political Theory has it that realism [...]



Terrorism and the Image of Islam

By Kiran Ali • Dec 13th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Another front page story of terrorism hitting right in to the heart of Islam … tarnishing the image of a peaceful Islamic country.
I have a piece of advice for Islamic Political Parties through out the world … Hezbollah has set quite a good example by not only establishing an impressive social welfare wing system [...]



A chapter from history…

By Kiran Ali • Dec 13th, 2008 • Category: Misc

Reading history may sometimes take you almost automatically to the wintry castles of the middle ages, where the Kings would rejoice grand feasts and celebrations and the stories of the rest would revolve around taxes , hunger , injustice and disease. Battles would be fought on the shoulders of these people where the Kings would [...]



Jamat ud Dawa and the Image of Islam

By Kiran Ali • Dec 12th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Another front page story of terrorism and a wave of questions coming our way. Islamic political parties through out the world must learn a lesson from this that they are under a continuous attack of image tarnishing. They have been projected in front of this world as demons for quite some time now and none [...]



Pakistan’s Economic Security

By Kiran Ali • Dec 8th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

A global financial crisis happens to engulf the world like a huge dragon and the entire global economic machinary seems to be failing in putting out the fire. For a Pakistani like me , looking out of the window of the television screen , the IMF was the first and the most distressful symptom of [...]