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Posts Tagged ‘JINNAH’

Main Bhee Pakistan Hoon, Tu Bhee Pakistan Hay

By Maham Javed • Aug 14th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

“We should have a State in which we could live and breathe as free men and which we could develop according to our own lights and culture and where principles of Islamic social justice could find free play.” These glorious words and many others of our Quaid seems to have fallen in a dark pit [...]



The Gift that President can give to the Nation on Independence Day

By A Khokar • Aug 14th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

In view of the proposed Impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf being moved in the Parliament; he is being advised by the wise political pundits to resign. Since he is now a democratically elected President and no more a sole Executive power in Pakistan, the way he used to be; the man ought to get used [...]



Independence Day of Pakistan

By amicus • Aug 14th, 2008 • Category: Politics

On the 61 Independence Day,  as the people of Pakistan celebrate and rejoice, the bounty that became home to the genertion that was witness to the Dawn of  14th August 1947 and  since. May be, the former knew what was the vision of Father of the Nation Mr. Mohammed Ali Jinnah, do we?
While Celebrating let’s [...]



14th August 2008, Just another Day?

By Ghazala Khan • Aug 14th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

August 14 2008, Pakistan is celebrating its 62nd Independence Day. Pakistan was born with great hopes and promises; aspirations and sacrifices. The idea behind Pakistan was to provide a homeland to Muslims free from cultural and political influence of Hindus. But nevertheless equal rights for minorities were in the idea of Pakistan, a state where [...]



I am Living For Death

By Mahtab Bashir • Jul 6th, 2008 • Category: Misc

We are on the road to nowhere as Jean Jacques Rousseau says in the Social Contract, “Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains”. One thinks himself the master of others and still remains a greater slave than they. We are not at all free, it is just intended we should be. The [...]



FORGET PAST – FOCUS ON FUTURE

By Rohail Butt • Feb 20th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

The political leader should not be (only) judged or voted on the basis of his performance, one should also see that whether this leader can represent our emotions and our thoughts. Peoples in Pakistan mostly say that we will vote that person who had done something for us, who has made roads, fly overs, who [...]