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Posts Tagged ‘benazir bhutto’

Sonnet to Eulogize Shaheed Benazir Bhutto

By Faiz Al-Najdi • Dec 27th, 2011 • Category: Features

The Bhutto-haters conspired and killed my innocent father – a great leader
I stayed composed and struggled to restore democracy in my Country
They did not stop – then they killed Shahnawaz - my baby-brother
My friends and sympathizers advised me to leave my Country
How could I leave the place where lay buried - my father and my [...]



Worthless Ijaz Spurring Chaos in Pakistan

By Umer Toor • Dec 18th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Hidden hands are once again active in dislodging the democracy from Pakistan. By taking cue from a man of no standing institutions have been pitched against each other. Supreme Court has remained no more an impartial and neutral outfit and must be dissolved.
And all this fuss is due to that useless and man with no [...]



Why Rathore Pakistani Will Not Vote For Imran Khan?

By Faiz Al-Najdi • Dec 13th, 2011 • Category: Politics

I have a friend here in Riyadh-Saudi Arabia by the name of Muhammad Riaz Rathore who prefers to be called as his alias of Rathore Pakistani only. He is a simple but knowledgeable person – non-conformist and much opinionated on most issues. And, most importantly he doesn’t have any political affiliation or leaning of any [...]



Imran Khan’s Political Innings

By Rehman Abdula • Dec 7th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Imran Khan and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have spent many years in Pakistan’s political wilderness. Despite his platform for change and condemnation of the incessantly corrupt Pakistani political culture, PTI has had very little to show for itself in Pakistan’s political system.
Gaining support by appealing to populist politics is the easy part and has served [...]



Real Heirs of Bhutto

By Rohail Butt • Nov 1st, 2011 • Category: Politics

Just like Benazir  Bhutto hijacked the Pakistan People’s Party from Murtaza Bhutto, Zardari has kidnapped the PPP from the Bhutto clan and it has now practically under the Zardari tribe.
If you poke into the history, you would be surprised to find out that the founder of PPP, late Zulfikar Ali Bhutto wanted to appoint Sheikh [...]



Hillary’s Visit to Pakistan 2011

By Inam R Sehri • Oct 27th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

During the third week of October 2011, the US Secretary Hillary Clinton was in Islamabad with a delegation attempting to push Pakistan into action against the Haqqani network. Accompanied by the Director of the CIA, David Petraeus, and the newly appointed military chief, Gen Martin Dempsey, Hillary held long meetings with Gen Kayani, Pakistan’s Army [...]



PPP Always Bring Corruption and Problems

By Rohail Butt • Oct 5th, 2011 • Category: Politics

If you look at the history of the Pakistan, you would see that Pakistanis were not without problems during any era,  but during the eras of Pakistan People’s Party, things really got worst.
During the era of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, we lost one part of Pakistan and then the economy was tanked when the industries were [...]



Is Zardari More Cunning Than Benazir Bhutto?

By Zeenat Rehman • Sep 4th, 2011 • Category: Politics

The late Benazir  Bhutto was famous for her dexterous and cunning moves in the politics. She was adept at garnering votes and sympathy and charisma in the Punjab and Khyber Puktunkhwa while keeping her Sindh Card intact. She was known for blackmailing the establishment on the basis of her Sindhi power base and she had [...]



Setting Stage for Bilawal’s Arrival

By Guest Blogger • Aug 31st, 2011 • Category: Politics

The Selection Of Lyari For The Candidacy Of Bilawal For The Next Election Turns Out To Be The First Overt Sign Of This Scheme.
Every movement political or apolitical has certain ideologicalpreferences , certain focal points certain epicenters of support, power and origin etc. In the case of the Pakistan Peoples Party the town of Larkana [...]



Democracy is the best Revenge

By Asad ur Rehman • Jun 6th, 2011 • Category: Politics

When Benazir Bhutto (Shaheed) returned to Pakistan after a self imposed exile she was asked by reporters that “Do she intends to take revenge from anyone?” and she replied that “Democracy is the best revenge. She had clearly expressed that she had no grudge towards anyone and if she gets successful in bringing back democracy in Pakistan that