The Pakistani Spectator

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Posts Tagged ‘Pakistanis’

Doors of Subversions

By Haris Hashmi • Aug 2nd, 2009 • Category: Politics

The tall claims  by the politicos in Pakistan about supremacy of law and their hollow promises about democracy have lost their meaning. Is it that we will never get a leader who will really commit himself to uphold democratic principles and stop the cycle of subversion of the Constitution by adventurers and dictators.
If the people [...]



RentACoder: Beware of Pakistanis !

By ALE-Xpressed • Oct 28th, 2008 • Category: Misc

RentACoder.com a.k.a RAC “is an international marketplace where people who need custom software developed can find coders in a safe and business-friendly environment.” RAC is arguably the most popular freelance platform in Pakistan and has thousands of registered service providers from Pakistan.
RentACoder has been displaying a warning message regarding Pakistani service providers for a few [...]



Credibility

By Farid Masood • Sep 4th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Generalissimo (Retd) Pervaiz Musharraf enjoyed blind powers for almost nine years. Graph of his credibility oscillated by his efforts to destabilize the constitution, institutions and noble personalities.
These were his personal efforts to damage his credibility and he never knew it could happen to him. Apart from his personal efforts there were certain elements around him [...]



Will I get Happy Air After Elections?

By Ghazala Khan • Feb 9th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Worth A Second Look

So what type of leader you want as your Prime Minister? Let’s think out-of-the-box for a moment, and let’s think about it as what sort of Prime Minister our country should have. Let’s for a change, think from the head and not from the heart.
I really want such a leader who assuage my fears, instill [...]



The queen is dead - LONG LIVE THE KING !

By fzuberi • Jan 29th, 2008 • Category: Politics

the queen is dead - LONG LIVE THE KING !
This was the message that was given by the Pakistan’s People’s Party, founded 40 years ago by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto as the machine to advance his political career.
(For the politically unaware, the queen referred above was Fatima Jinnah).
At the death of Z. A. Bhutto by judicial [...]



Dreams and Promises Before Elections

By Ghazala Khan • Jan 19th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Before every election we the miserable Pakistanis are promised that this will be the election  when a new movement hoists some man of the people up over the bulwark of nefarious politics and returns the power to the people. That is to say, rule of people, over the people, by the people.
That man will unify [...]



Recognize Our Enemy : Stay United

By The Pakistani Spectator • Jan 15th, 2008 • Category: Politics

It’s time that we Pakistanis must shake the inertia and despondency and stand  steadfastly against this tide of  senseless violence and terrorism.  It’s of no use to just sit in gloom and gaze into space and shake our heads and say, “Ub Kya Ho ga.”
There is no room for terrorism in Pakistan, and rightly will [...]