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Posts Tagged ‘Democracy’

PPP Finds New Allies

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Apr 30th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Some of the veteran and experienced political analysts were predicting even before the February 18th elections, that now establishment has changed gears and it would use PML-Q as escape goat, while bringing PPP as it’s replacement and MQM, JUI-F, ANP and other would join PPP in the coalition government, while forward blocks of PML-Q would [...]



Fazlur Rehman’s Chicanery

By Sameer Shaharyar • Apr 27th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Fazlur Rehman, chief of Jamiat Ulema Islam-F is once again animatedly active in pursuing the agenda of establishment and after playing a successful role in facilitating the 17th amendment and creating rifts in APDM during the PML-Q rule under Musharraf; he is the best dark horse of Musharraf.
His new task assigned to him directly by [...]



Judges Restoration : Nawaz Sharif’s Personal Vendetta

By Muskan Hina • Apr 26th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Though Pakistan People’s Party is objectively, pragmatically and sagaciously trying to harness the independence of judiciary in Pakistan, PML-N which revolves around the personality of Nawaz Sharif is just trying to equalize their scores with President General (r) Pervez Musharraf by restoring the judges and especially Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary.
Nawaz Sharif and his close aides like [...]



Don’t be Downcast My dear

By Fatima Tassaduq • Apr 26th, 2008 • Category: Politics

A series of confusing and despondent news regarding the restoration of judiciary have served it’s purpose of creating a mass apprehension in the country. People wanted their new government, which is supposed to be an authentic and genuine democratic one, to solve the judicial crises at once and then move on to solving other crisis [...]



Why PPP is Delaying Judges Reinstatement

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Apr 25th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The new round of rigmarole created by Pakistan People’s Party has done what the doctor prescribed for the General (r) Musharraf. The more delay in the restoration of the judges and the more frustration among the populace.
After the 18th February, where the stance of PML-N has remained pretty much straight forward and crystal clear over [...]



Abolishment of Graduation Clause

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Apr 21st, 2008 • Category: Politics

Aside of the legal mumbo jumbo, which says that the the condition of graduation is in clash with the Article 17 and 25 of the Constitution and so it is abolished, the thing is that it really makes no difference at all as far as the caliber and level of our legislatures is concerned.
Graduate [...]



Either Iftikhar or Musharraf

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

Generalissimo (r), the ex-commando, has reiterated many times that he would stay at any cost and there is no question of restoration of the deposed judges. He has already said couple of times that Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary is “scum” of earth and a “third class” person, and Musharraf has said that he would be there [...]



Sharif’s Charismatic Restitution of Judges

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Apr 16th, 2008 • Category: Politics

For all the good name and esteem and votes that Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif has acquired within the Pakistani masses due to his rigid and objective stance on the reinstatement of judiciary, many a more people still hold doubt about the real intentions behind this immaculate and ardent support.
This is what Pakistani politics comprises of, [...]



Doosra Turbooz

By Ch. Naeem Sidhu • Apr 13th, 2008 • Category: Politics (Urdu)



April 20, 2008: A Turning Point for Pakistan

By Farid Masood • Apr 12th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

18th February 2008 was a turning point for Pakistani Nation. The nation who remained under tremendous violations of rule of law, good governance, systems’ stability, merit, independence of institutions, sovereignty and human rights. Dr Ishrat Hussain & our beloved ex-Prime Minister Mr Shaukat Aziz put the nation into enormous financial pressures. Not further going into [...]