The Pakistani Spectator

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The Political Reconciliation: Need of the Hour

By Farid Masood • Feb 19th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

There are many speculations done by the government and by the various political parties about the elections and rigging. There are many statements from the Attorney General and the President of Pakistan. The yesterday’s statement of the president has not been faded out from the minds of the people.
There are many provoking statement from the [...]



Let’s See Who Rig the Polls?

By Farid Masood • Feb 18th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

In every elections held in Pakistan, we hearing the shouts of rigging in polling process. Yes rigging was there, always there. Sometimes by the care taker government and sometimes by ‘Sombody’. But the results were never beyond expectations. In 1970s we did not honored the leading party and Pakistan was split into two pieces.
In 1985 [...]



Is it in the manifesto? Part-9 Pakistan Elections 2008

By Farid Masood • Feb 18th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

Accountability is a democratic process in which any elected member parliament, Prime Minister and the Present have to answer before the nation for any charge on them.
Unluckily, Pakistan during the decades had many forums of such kind (e.g. NAB) but none of them were able to perform neatly.
It becomes very hard if a member of [...]



February the 18th : Pakistan Election 2008

By Talal Hussain Malik • Feb 18th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

Back few months, Saint Shekih Rashid said that the upcoming Elections would be full of blood, or something like that. Soon Benazir got killed, and shots were fired on Mian Nawaz’s procession. The government is out for some weird measures to ensure that the election is peaceful and for that purpose the law enforcing agencies [...]



Valentine Elections

By Farid Masood • Feb 2nd, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

Selection of date for elections re-scheduling seems to be not much thoughtful on part of government. If elections are decided on February 14 it might have been a good choice of date in connection with the Valentines Day. Most of the people don’t go to polling station on election day thinking that decision of wining [...]



Pakistan International Airline

By Farid Masood • Jan 24th, 2008 • Category: Misc

I have to go to Karachi on a short trip and return was planned the same day. Therefore, I asked my brother to book a seat in Pakistan International Airline (PIA). He did the same and gave me the confirmation code and the fare was amounting to Rs 11,740. The seat’s booking validity was 24 [...]



Roadmap to Democracy

By Farid Masood • Jan 17th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Since after the birth of Pakistan we and our ancestors are hearing about the democratic system of government in Pakistan and many a times we are made fools about the incoming system of government based on Islamic Ideology.

If I look into the brought ups and our behaviors, in my humble view, democracy will [...]



How to Bridge the Chasm

By Farid Masood • Dec 31st, 2007 • Category: Politics

Assassination of Ms Bhutto was a brutal act of terrorizing the electoral process and for the nation as well. Involved in her death may be not only within Pakistan. But it is to sure that PPP is going to remember the current regime and the ex-ruling part PML(Q) as two of the assassinator till the [...]



This all has been planned

By Farid Masood • Dec 29th, 2007 • Category: Politics

With grief and deep sorrow we condemn the brutal act of assassination of Mohtarma Bainazir Bhutto. A great leader is not within us, may Allah her soul rest in eternal peace and give the courage to her successors the bear the irrecoverable loss, Ameen. I salute her brave approach after the blast she came out [...]



Who is the real killer of Ms Bhutto

By The Pakistani Spectator • Dec 29th, 2007 • Category: Politics

Government has gone to a defensive position on the issue the how Ms Bhutto lost her life at the conclusion of public address in Rawalpindi on 27th December. There was a press conference from doctors who attended her at general hospital, then by the spokesman of interior ministry, then a announcement of telephone call tapping. [...]