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Month: May 2008

  • You deserve what you get

    For sometime I contemplated if this article may best be simply linked too in the collection of Decidous Links [mini-links] we have running on the blog but then it would not have opened an opportunity for comments and reactions and I suspect this heart felt article by Ghazala Minallah might evoke some comments from our…

  • Safe Passage for Musharraf – for What?

    There are strong reports coming in from Islamabad that General Musharraf may truly [finally] be unseated and sent home packing. Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani held an extremely important meeting with President Pervez Musharraf at the Army House Rawalpindi late on Wednesday. The meeting continued till after midnight lasting more…

  • Where is our parliament in all this?

    Guest Blog by Amjad Malik Economy is nose diving in Pakistan and people with load shedding, wheat and oil crisis are forced to take law in their own hands and we saw people burning the robbers in Karachi and indecisiveness is breeding law and order crisis, apathy and decline where any thing can happen as…

  • Bt cotton is “welcomed” in Pakistan

    Published in Financial Post on May 12 2008 by Najma Sadeque Previous discussions on BT Cotton can also be found here ‘Monsanto – Genetically modified BT Cotton ‘terminator’ seeds being introduced in Pakistan‘ No other fabric can compare with cotton, especially for warm weather wear. It will always be worn; it will always have a…

  • Pervaiz Elahi audio tape

    The latest twist to the political chaos where Ahsan Iqbal shares an audio recording of conversation of Ch. Pervaiz Elahi who seems to be talking to a contact about a plot to manipulate the judges in rejecting the bye-election papers of Nawaz Shairf and Shahbaz Sharif. My reaction to all this is that it appears…

  • Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me

    Guest post by Salahuddin Ahmed Lets not live in cloud-cuckoo land. Zardari asked for 30 days time to restore judges. It was given. He agreed with Nawaz for an extension of 12 days. We all waited in vain. Now we are expected to continue waiting for an indefinite period of time (no ulti ginti, please)…

  • Judicial Crisis in Review

    This short 10 minute video presentation is a timeline of the political and judicial crisis in Pakistan. The timeline starts from the appointment of Mr.Iftikhar Chaurdy as CJ in 2005 and moves on to imposition of emergency in 2007 and its after effects. Various snapshots and videos for each event in between these dates have…

  • Economic Terrorism – by Zaid Hamid

    I share with you a five-part series of the talk show Brass Tacks televised on TV One, the interview is of Mr. Zaid Hamid who shares his opinions on the global banking problems in light of historical understanding. He has some strong arguments, definitely worth a listen. Your views would be interesting to read in…

  • The Package is out !!!

    by Afzal Khan Islamabad May 24 The Constitution Package proposed by the PPP is partly out. It is comprehensive and probably first attempt to cover a broad spectrum of changes and correct distortions made by military rulers since the original document was approved in 1973. It also tries to enshrine most part of the Charter…

  • All The President’s Men

    by Afzal Khan Islamabad May 24 Musharraf keeps his strangle hold on the governance Islamabad May20:”We want governance and not just government”, PPP co-chairman Asif Zardari had bravely declared soon after elections. Unfortunately for him, that runs counter to Gen. (R) Pervez Musharraf’s concept of shedding the authority he had usurped in 1999 and has…

  • Cui Bono: Is This Constitutional Amendment a Ploy?

    Guest blog by Temporal from Baithak The media is speculating about a 62 point draft of a constitutional amendment that would ostensibly cleanse the 1973 constitution of the changes made by Pervez Musharraf. “Pakistan’s main ruling party has drafted a set of constitutional amendments that would erase the legacy of President Pervez Musharraf, its leader…

  • Khuda Khair Karay

    Guest Blog by Temporal from Baithak The KSE 100 index has fallen below 13000 to an eight month low. There are rumors of three members who may default. The contributing factors have been: The Rabbani government’s inability to provide economic leadership SBP’s unprecedented pre market opening rate hike Co chairman of the hand written will’s…

  • Nawaz Abbasi may be appointed as ad hoc SC judge

    Reports are circulating within some quarters that provisions are being made to allow Justice Nawaz Abbasi, who took oath under Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) to serve in an ad hoc position in the Supreme Court. It ironic that on one hand the government [aka Zardari] is making tall claims to push for restoration of judiciary…

  • Walk for Restoration of Judiciary & CJP Iftikhar addresses Karachi Bar

    A city wide call has been issued to all Karachiites who believe in the restoration of Judiciary to join Citizens, Students, lawyers, trade unions, civil society groups and show support for Restoration of the Pre-Nov 3rd Judiciary The call is being issued by the Lawyers where the Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry will…

  • Chairman CBR dancing away…. [Updated]

    Abdullah Yusuf (Chairman CBR) seen doing an exotic dance in a suit in front of an excited crowd which also had Musharraf and Shaukat Aziz seated in the front rows. I just found it amusing… Enjoy Credit Faisal Khan | Download Clip Video updated with the longer version and a clearer image