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Imran Khan : Raising the Political Temperature

By Robin Mitha • Dec 29th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Imran Khan’s rise in popularity and the impressive turnout at his Lahore and Karachi public meetings is no mean feat and has stunned many. Conspiracy theories abound. Is the establishment and ISI propping up the PTI to achieve some new objective, is a hot topic of debate. While everyone is asking the million dollar question [...]



Port Grand Karachi : Pakistan embraces the Africa Syndrome

By Robin Mitha • Jun 6th, 2011 • Category: Worth A Second Look

The car park is overflowing with luxury cars. A sprinkling of white pajeros, parked next to the must have black Mercedes, the BMWs, the Mark IIs, the Land Cruisers and some not so important Honda Civic and Toyota Corollas.
The crowd is the nova riche of Karachi, out in force. The women in their designer outfits, [...]



Sovereign Pakistan : The Abbottabad Episode and After

By Robin Mitha • May 16th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

On May 2nd Osama Bin Laden, the world’s number one terrorist was shot in the head, at point blank range, in Abbottabad. The American’s swooped in and executed the man without the apparent consent of the Pakistan Government or Military and went undetected during the 2 hour raid (unbelievable).
This episode is a violation of International [...]



Raymond Davis : The morning after

By Robin Mitha • Mar 24th, 2011 • Category: Politics

The Government did a good job in handling the Davis case. The opposition was all out to exploit the issue and was not interested in the victims families or principles.
In an interview on Geo TV, Mr Najam Sethi mentioned that Mr Imran Khan and other parties were able to collect less than Rs 50,000 for [...]



The Economy is moving forward : Asif Zardari’s address to Parliment

By Robin Mitha • Mar 23rd, 2011 • Category: Politics

President Asif Ali Zardari made his annual address, at the start of the 4th Parliamentary year, to a joint sitting of both houses of Parliament yesterday. A muted show by the opposition that didn’t throw any shoes, or chaddars must have been a relief for the President. His speech was largely uninterrupted and predictable. However [...]



Unshackling Pakistan : Economic self reliance not the aid drug

By Robin Mitha • Feb 26th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Pakistan is now fully dependent on the aid drug. As soon as a new government takes office it is out to woe the US for aid, begs from the Saudi’s for a few crumbs and looks to countries like China for handouts. This must stop.
To achieve self respect and start to improve the lives of [...]