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UK and Pakistan - Natural Allies

By Tazeen • Feb 3rd, 2012 • Category: Politics

Let me tell you something which might surprise the politicians and die-hard fanatics in the Pakistan, but that would be so common sense to the common people and especially for those who are expatriates, and their families back home.
Pakistan and the United Kingdom have always been natural allies. Both nations have got a rich, sweet, [...]



Musharraf’s Fate : Murdered, Jailed, or Prime Minister?

By Tazeen • Jan 7th, 2012 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

When he was sent out of Pakistan early in the 2008, nobody thought that Musharraf will return ever to Pakistan. Everybody was thinking that Musharraf was lucky enough to kind of escape Pakistan without getting any harm and with red carpet farewell.
The formation of All Pakistan Muslim League by Musharraf received little attention in Pakistan. [...]



Sitara Akbar of Chiniot Makes World Record

By Tazeen • Dec 12th, 2011 • Category: Features

What a lovely start of week with a lovely and refreshing news:
“Brilliant young girl Sitara Akbar, who is only 11 years old and a resident of Chiniot, set a world record by passing O-level English, Mathmatics and Science.”
Rise and Shine. Super. MashAllah. And the news also tells us that this is not the [...]



Zardari is Too Tough to Call it a Day

By Tazeen • Dec 10th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Some people would want to replace the word ‘Tough’ with something like Stubborn or even Shameless, but I would stick to Tough in the title of this post. Yes, I do feel that the man has got this uncanny ability to weather out the storms and the current one is not that much difficult as [...]



4 Days of Holidays Crippled Pakistan

By Tazeen • Dec 6th, 2011 • Category: Politics

When I freshly arrived in Pakistan few years back, I was stunned to count the number of public holidays. From the births of various leaders to the national occasions and then spanning over the religious and regional festivals, Pakistanis enjoy perhaps the highest number of public holidays in the world.
In Pakistan poverty is rampant and [...]



Saiful Islam of Libya : Before and After Arrest

By Tazeen • Nov 25th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Well, I read the Javed Chaudhry’s column in express about Saiful Islam and his luxuries and the way he was then captured. It tells a  lot about the vicissitudes of time. Below are his picture before the arrest and after the arrest.

I don’t know why but he reminds me of Bilawal, Hamza, and Moonis.



Army Cantts Are Another Pakistan

By Tazeen • Nov 22nd, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The army is our pride and we will happily accept hunger for our army if it sticks to its assigned role of defending the borders of the country. I would respect ISI that defends the country and I certainly do not want ISI that micromanages politics. Above all I want that the facilities [...]



Let’s Sacrifice Zardari and Sharif on This Eid

By Tazeen • Nov 6th, 2011 • Category: Politics

“Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
When I see the cronies of Zardari and Sharif trying to belittle the dynamic and mammoth mass movement by Imran Khan, I feel sorry for them. But then why should I feel like that way, because these destructors of Pakistan have [...]



Gilani Speaks Truth Abroad

By Tazeen • Nov 2nd, 2011 • Category: Politics

I wish that our leaders would be as outspoken and truthful as they get abroad. Why is that that they adopt different postures at home and different overseas? Maybe they either don’t trust themselves or they don’t trust the masses or they are very much confused.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said he had [...]



Is Haqqani Network Menace for Pakistan

By Tazeen • Oct 28th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Haqqani Network or any other network, my point is that why should we put Pakistan at stake just for the sake of any militants. We were supporting Taliban and we saw that Taliban were unable to protect their government and ran away after the US onslaught and up till now they are just launching some [...]