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Taliban Inviting Operations

By Sameer Shaharyar • Nov 2nd, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

It seems that the militants in the Swat and tribal region are inviting the military operations. Just when the peace truce was under construction in the Swat Valley, the Tehreek-e-Taliban’s chief gave ultimatum to the NWFP government of ANP to quit within a week, and threatened that otherwise they would start suicide bombings. Then they [...]



Insult to Intelligence

By Sameer Shaharyar • Oct 31st, 2008 • Category: Politics

Law Minister Farooq H Naek and Attorney-General Sardar Latif Khosa have now been banned by all the major bar associations of Pakistan because of their “negative stance” on the judges’ restoration. Both of them used to be the biggest supporter for Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry when they are in opposition. Latif Khosa even got is head [...]



Over Billing Orders to Electric Suppliers

By Sameer Shaharyar • Oct 28th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Though the government circles and the management of electric supply companies are vehemently denying this news that they have been ordered to over bill the consumers, the bills of this month speak for themselves. Due to intense load-shedding people are hardly getting any electricity and yet the bills of a common household have passed any [...]



Friends of Pakistan or BlackMailers?

By Sameer Shaharyar • Oct 28th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

When Asif Ali Zardari and his acolytes return from the unofficial visit to the United States after teaching “Benazir Doctrine” to the world leaders at the general assembly session and telling Sarah Palin how ravishing she was, it was blessed to the Pakistani people that their Mehboob leader returned with the promises made by the [...]



Battle of Writs

By Sameer Shaharyar • Oct 22nd, 2008 • Category: Politics

The basic responsibility of the government is to save the lives of innocent people, while curbing those who violate the writ of the state. The policy adopted during the last few years, have helped the foreign actors to weaken the writ of the state and to take control of certain areas of country to successfully [...]



Debate Goes on in Parliament

By Sameer Shaharyar • Oct 18th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The in-camera session of the parliament was a pathetic show, but the debate which is following it is showing some welcome signs, as the even the key allies of the government came hard on the government for what they called was the continuation of the policy adopted by the previous regime of General (r) Pervez [...]



What’s Going On?

By Sameer Shaharyar • Oct 16th, 2008 • Category: Politics

It has been a national crisis in Pakistan that behind the scene government follows some other policies and in public they flaunt some other policies. This has remained with all the passing and the current government in Pakistan and there seems to be no change in the near future. That way nobody knows what’s [...]



Arrest Qazi Hussain Ahmad for Supporting Terrorism

By Sameer Shaharyar • Oct 15th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The Pakistani security forces have been joined by the local population of the tribal areas and in many agencies the tribes have formed Laskhars to fight out the militants, who are sending in suicide bombers in the various cities of Pakistan and these militants are trying to have their own writ in the tribal areas [...]



Kick Out Afghan Refugees

By Sameer Shaharyar • Oct 13th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Yes, kick them out because they are no more immigrants or refugees. They have been sent back many times, but they always come back. They own property here, running their business and involve in all kinds of smuggling, kidnapping, militancy and other crimes and they have infected the FATA very badly, and there infection is [...]



Swati Terrorists Go After Educational Institutes

By Sameer Shaharyar • Oct 12th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The Swati terrorists have now blown up Excelsior College and Sangota Public School. They are blowing up all the schools and colleges in the area one by one. What these terrorists are trying to achieve by this torching the educational institutes? Why they are taking their revenge on the centers of education?
Already the literacy rate [...]