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What Mr Zardari Brewed from NRO

By Inam R Sehri • Jan 19th, 2012 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

Today, on 16th January 2012, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has issued contempt of the court notice to the sitting Prime Minister of Pakistan Mr Gilani for not implementing the SC’s judgment on NRO originally announced on 16th December 2009. Once again a PM is going to be sacrificed for one person in the [...]



Pakistan: A Triangular Catastrophe

By Masood Khan • Jan 18th, 2012 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

A fresh election is the only way to prevent a coup that no one wants. Pakistan’s first coup was led by a civilian. When the bureaucrat-turned-Governor General Ghulam Mohammad arbitrarily & capriciously and illogically dismissed Prime Minister Khwaja Nazimuddin on April 17, 1953 he was a little apprehensive about intervention by Queen Elizabeth II of [...]



How Imran Khan Can Bring Change

By Faiza Iqbal • Jan 17th, 2012 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

Imran Khan is the future of Pakistan, and there is no shred of doubt about that. HOpe is here and that burning hope is due to the promises of change which Imran Khan has brought to the table. No force on this earth can stop Imran Khan from coming to the power, Allah willing.
Imran Khan [...]



We Can But We Don’t

By Ghazala Khan • Jan 16th, 2012 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

Like I have full faith in the fact that there is God, I also have solid belief that Pakistan is here to stay, and we have everything. There is shortage of nothing. You name it, and it’s there. From electricity to gas, from minerals to water, from weathers to skills, we have everything in abundance [...]



Paradigm Shift for Pakistan

By Dr. M. A. Khayal • Jan 15th, 2012 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

Somebody send me the link to the article written by Ms. Maria Sultan on The Pakistani Spectator and that is how I got hooked to this site. I thoroughly enjoyed the article and the comments and opinions of some other writers too, so much so that I decided to pen down some of my own [...]



Hamara Kya Banay Ga Bhai

By Zeenat Rehman • Jan 14th, 2012 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

Due to the war against terror, Pakistan is suffering with the losses of 4.5 billion rupees daily. Yes, that’s the amount and its a real one. In aggregate, Pakistan has suffered some 77 billions dollars in total since this war has begun.
It’s a national crisis that Pakistani economy is literally dead, yet there seems to [...]



Elephants Fight for Power, Ants Fighting for Power Too

By Ali Yar Khan • Jan 13th, 2012 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

Chief of Army Staff Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani and ISI chief Shuja Pasha have given explicit warnings in words through ISPR to the government to behave, and they have also warned Gilani-Zardari duo with their action of changing the commander of the dreaded Triple One brigade.
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani after holding a one-on-one meeting with [...]



Imran Prime Minister, Musharraf Opposition Leader

By Maria Sultan • Jan 12th, 2012 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

So our kingmakers are ready for yet another experiment in the land of the pure. General Kayani and Shuja Pasha haev also made up their minds; well almost. General Kayani is an ardent fan and follower of Professor Rafiq Akhtar of Gujjar Khan, who also happens to be the guru of Imran Khan and his [...]



Yes I am CIA and RAW Agent

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Jan 11th, 2012 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The reason why I believe that nobody can change the course of affairs in Pakistan is because the country is run by the GHQ and ISI. Can I be more candid than that?
I know there is lots of pressure because of some of articles here on the TPS runners, but I cannot remain silent of [...]



America Halted Drone Attacks to Support Taliban

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jan 10th, 2012 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

There has been undeclared understanding between the Pakistan and the United States of America regarding the drone attacks in the tribal region of the Pakistan. Pakistan do have serious reservation about the collateral damage of these drone strikes, but the truth is that many many Al Qaeda terrorists among the TTP terrorists have been eliminated [...]