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Posts Tagged ‘Zardari’

While Military awaits the orders from Supreme Courts

By A Khokar • Feb 7th, 2012 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

There has never been the time that military in Pakistan ever came in power at its own for the heck of it. It was always there on the demand of public and the politicians of the time; when they felt that a group in power has crossed all the limits of their corruption and nepotism. [...]



How to Earn Money Like Zardari

By Rohail Butt • Jan 28th, 2012 • Category: Features

Have you heard about that bank guy in Karachi who succumbed to the rumors of Zardari fleeing the country in December 2011, and siphoned off 15 crore rupees and escaped to Malaysia? Zardari returned, found the embezzlement and that guy was arrested from Malaysia and brought back and money recovered.
That’s not the way to earn [...]



Will SC really Rock the Boat; this time?

By A Khokar • Jan 15th, 2012 • Category: Politics

It seems as Mr. Zee and Gee (President Zardari and PM Gilani) and their cohorts after having served a charge sheet by Supreme Court have finally barred their teeth and are resorting even in orchestrating some kind of wishy-washy resolution in the house. They think it may prop up their falling regime and might avail [...]



Is Chicken coming back home to roost?

By A Khokar • Jan 9th, 2012 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

After listening to the news that Ex-President Pervez Musharraf is retuning back home during January 2012; it looks as ‘chicken is coming back home to roost’— but is that the case?
Musharraf may be maligned for many things being a dictator but there is no denial that present Pak government was installed under US directive by [...]



This Defiance May Get You Killed

By A Khokar • Dec 20th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

In recent past numbers of Pakistani leaders were killed and we do see that certain political parties and their affiliates tend to keep them placed on very high pedestals as they all died in the best cause and services of Pakistan but sadly this may not be true. So let’s try to see them in [...]



Was OBL killed with the tacit Approval of Zardari?

By A Khokar • Dec 7th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Day by day; this news in the Media is becoming clearer that President, Asif Ali Zardari had the knowledge of raid on CIA compound of OBL at Abbotabad. From the operation timings point of view; it may be that he knew it vaguely but for sure President Asif Ali Zardari knew about the OBL fiasco [...]



Memogate of Mansoor Ijaz and lessons for Indians

By captainjohann • Dec 1st, 2011 • Category: Politics

I am putting my personal thoughts on the Memogate which has rocked Pakistan and sharing here as it has lessons for Indians and others in third world countries.
A Memo purported to be written by Mr.Mansoor Ijaz on the instructions of Pakistan’s Ambassador to USA and delivered to General Mullen has already claimed the [...]



Sincerity was not there…

By Rai Azlan • Sep 27th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Staying quite and ignoring is inhuman, accepting in heart bad as bad is the lowest standard of the faith, and if you are brave enough to raise voice it’s one step higher standard. That’s what I was thinking a few minutes ago when I was thinking about one of the greatest judicial miscarriage of the [...]



Zardari regime is so much desirable; Obama admin is loving it

By A Khokar • Sep 22nd, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Soon after the incident of 9/11; the American adventurists, took Musharraf by surprise to ask him to become their ally. Reportedly, without giving a second thought Musharraf opted to become a US proxy  to serve US interests in this region. But soon after, it was realized; that somehow, he was proving to be a tough [...]



What Next: There is a wide spread anarchy lurking

By A Khokar • Aug 27th, 2010 • Category: Lead Story

There is no doubt that since the date TTP started with its subversive activities in Pakistan; the other religious and under surface militant groups also picked up their memento and with a short period of time; the extremism has engulfed the entire country. There is a wide spread lawlessness and chaos all over. Although presently; [...]