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Posts Tagged ‘Politics in Pakistan’

The Last Evacuation Drill

By Dr RazaHaider • Feb 22nd, 2009 • Category: Politics

This last evacuation drill seems to be a message, so to be interpreted and understand as upcoming threat, that next destination of confiscation and remand by these Taliban would be away from this heaven on earth and shall route towards the modernize cities of Pakistan, may it be Peshawar or Islamabad.



some leaders. . . we will always cry for. . .

By Tahir kaka khail • Feb 20th, 2009 • Category: Politics

This is true every politician comes with his own agenda and his own interests, but on the course they do offer the nation something, which sometimes revolutionize the fate of the country. This is a fact that Islam forbids dictatorship but there is no place in Islam for so-called democracy as well. Islam preaches khilafat. [...]



Sleeping with the Enemy

By Dr RazaHaider • Jan 10th, 2009 • Category: Politics

From bugti to Murree and similar sibling as GM Syed to Baccha khan, none supported the theme of the country and developed a separate school based concept against each other and provinces so to accomplish the desire to refill the lust of their irrational practices.



Bunch of gems or junks

By Dr RazaHaider • Jan 7th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Scrutinizing and recalling my memory of previous reign of rainy days and analogous earlier award of throne as premiership of PPP, when Shaheed mohtarma was alive, I have no reason but to believe that it was her magnitude of skill and expertise that perish and propelled PPP after the death of Zulfiqar ali Bhutto. And no match whatsoever can gain a step above as comparative segment between present and previous reign of same political force.



At Least Give Us Hope

By Salman Mugsi • Jan 5th, 2009 • Category: Politics

The parliament house of Pakistan, which consists of senate and the national assembly is technically the governing body of the country. In reality, it has normally been a rubber-stamp for the incumbent president whenever he enjoys the blind and brutal power of 58(2)B in his hands. President armed with 58(2)B becomes a king.
But the debacle [...]



Unrest in Punjab : Conspiracy to Oust Shahbaz Sharif by PPP

By Salman Mugsi • Jan 5th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

All of a sudden, Pakistan’s most populous province is under wide-scale crisis. There is a huge energy crisis out there in Punjab. Industries, factories and production units are out of operations and there is no production as there is no power. Domestic users are without gas, electricity, water and fuel. Load-shedding is everywhere and the [...]



Power Tussle Between President and Prime Minster

By Anwar Jalal • Jan 4th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Since  few  days  the  news  of  differences  between President  Zardari  and  PM  Gilani  is being  discussed  among  some  informed  circles.  Though both  the offices deny  it  however according  to reliable  sources  the  relations  between the  two power   centers  are  not  all smooth  The  main cause  of this seems to be  the  all imposing   attitude  of  [...]



How Leaders are Made (Urdu Article)

By Mushtaq Ahmad • Jan 3rd, 2009 • Category: Politics (Urdu)


A Global Fatwa Clearing House ?

By A Khokar • Jan 2nd, 2009 • Category: Politics

Happy New Year
One of the chief differences between the Sunni and Shia sects of Islam is that the Sunnis have no hierarchy of Ayatollahs who issue Fatwas (religious decrees) to which their followers adhere.  In Sunni Islam, a qualified religious person (a Mufti) or other equally learned scholar might issue a fatwa; however it is [...]



Of Mahatma Gandhi & Popeye the Sailor

By Swaraaj Chauhan • Jan 2nd, 2009 • Category: Politics

What is common between the legendary Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi and the creator of the iconic cartoon character Popeye the Sailor? All the copyright material related to them would end on January 1, 2009 when these fall into the public domain.
The statutory law restricts the rights of authors to 70 years after their death. The [...]