Category: Guest Blog
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Ansar Burney (Singh): The Human Rights Minister for Indians
Ansar Burney completed his tenure as the first ever caretaker minister of human rights. During his four months stint in the Ministry of Law, Burney worked hard tirelessly for providing a safe passage for suspected and convicted enemies of Pakistan while completely disregarding Pakistanis. He even went a step further by actively trying to dissuade…
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Silent Revolution – 2
Guest Blog by Amjad Malik (blog) Previous Article of the series : Silent Revolution – 1 My brief visit to Pakistan in March was welcomed by suicidal blast in Lahore FIA building and farewell attack in Islamabad restaurant resulting several deaths and injuries which pose a serious question of law an order situation in Pakistan…
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Black Flag Week activities in UK
Reported by Rabia Zia On March 9 2008 in front of the High Commission of Pakistan, London, the Pakistani community in the UK responded to the call of the Supreme Court Bar Association to show solidarity with the lawyers movement in Pakistan to restore judiciary and to ask Musharraf to step down immediately with Go…
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International Women’s Day; A Pakistani Perspective
March 8th marks the celebration of the International Womens Day worldwide, in Pakistan women have done some hard work to be considered at par with the men of society, probably their most notable event remains the protest of Feb 12th 1982 where women were brutally attacked by the state machinery (aka Zia-ul-Haq), that day is…
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Silent Revolution – 1
Guest Blog by Amjad Malik Public have silently spoken through ballot putting added pressure on our political clan who always fall a prey to pragmatism and accept defeat before even the battle starts. Lawyers moved, bench stood up, media bore with the bashing honourably but only the clan of Q did not move and surrender…
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Educated Punjab’s Uneducated Chief Minister
Guest Blog by Amjad Malik What goes around, comes around was a phrase I heard in my childhood and the fate of our outgoing political machinery is pitiful as they are still conspiring, aspiring and dreaming of forming government by hook or crook despite the fact that air is against them, and they do not…
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The nation will not forgive…
Guest Post by Amer Nazir And why should it… The present change has not been brought about by the politicians alone too many unsung heroes have lost their lives… they did not have a distinguished name or title, they just died on the streets… only to figure in a grand total, to add on to…
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The Failure in the War on Terror – Not Osama but Musharraf
Source: The Harvard Crimson The former head of the Pakistani Inter-Service Intelligences (ISI) political cell recently confessed that he was responsible for political manipulation in Pakistans 2002 elections that led to Islamists coming to power in two provinces and gaining 59 seats in the National Assembly. This fraud was the work of the Americas supposedly…
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Resolving the Judicial Crisis: A Legal Analysis
(Author’s Name Withheld On Request) circulated on the People’s Resistance network In the wake of some legislative measures introduced and steps taken by the then Chief of the Army Staff and the incumbent President of Pakistan on November 3, 2007 the Honble Chief Justice of Pakistan and a dozen Honble Judges of the Supreme Court…
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Pakistan Elections: Free, Fair and Transparent
Guest Blog by temporal who blogs at Baithak The Pakistan elections are over and the people have spoken. But have they been heard? It is after midnight Pakistan time and the results are trickling in. It appears from early results that PML (Q) the king’s party has received a massive defeat. And both opposition parties,…
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Talking in percentages, the latest IRI survey
Guest Blog by Zovc The latest IRI survey released on 11th of February indicates once again that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) will clean sweep the February 18th elections. These elections are thought to be one of the most critical in Pakistani history not just because they will decide the fate of Pakistan for the next…