Category: Politics

  • Greek Blog Aggregator Arrested for RSS Linking

    In a very interesting turn of events, the administrator of a Greek RSS aggregating service blogme.gr got sued, arrested and jailed by the Greek cybercrime division for hosting a link to a blog with offending content, after having been served with a libel lawsuit without prior notice, because a public figure was offended by a…

  • Bush Heading Towards Martial Law?

    President Bush has signed into law a provision which will actually encourage the President to declare federal martial law. It does so by revising the Insurrection Act, a set of laws that limits the President’s ability to deploy troops within the United States. The Insurrection Act (10 U.S.C.331 -335) has historically, along with the Posse…

  • Pakistan asked to keep Religion Private

    The new chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board has actually told his players to curb the public display of practicing their religion. “There is no doubt their religious faith is a motivating factor in the team,” Ashraf told Reuters. “It binds them together. But there should be balance between religion and cricket.” …. “I have told…

  • In the Line of Fire – Free PDF

    For those of us (including me), who refuse to contribute to the Pervaiz Musharraf Foundation (does it really exist??) as reported a few days prior, I now present you Pervaiz Musharraf’s Book – In the Line of Fire – A Memoir in scanned PDF version freely available for you to download and try to understand…

  • Musharraf – Book Profit to Charity

    A few weeks back I was very critical of Pervez Musharraf when he started his book tour in the United States to the extent of making a statement in my post Bomb Pakistan into the Stone Age, or else.: “I sincerely hope that the People of Pakistan see some of the royalty being submitted into…

  • Coup Attempt in Pakistan

    We may recall a few weeks back a strong rumor made its rounds within Pakistan that a coup was under way in the absence of Musharraf who happened to be in NY attending the UN General Assembly and simultaneously doing a book tour in the Untied States of America. It was also reported that the…

  • Stone Age… Revisited

    A few days back on Sept 23rd 2006 I wrote an article on OhMyNews.com titled – Pakistanis Unsurprised by the ‘Stone Age’ Remark, was an altered version to the post I made on my own blog a few days prior – Bomb Pakistan into the Stone Age, or else. where I discussed the threat made…

  • Pakistani Diplomats – 10th Most Parking Violations

    A recent study conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research shows that 13 Pakistani Diplomats based in NY with the United Nations have violated New York Cities Traffic codes a whopping 900 times over a period of five years averaging a medallion of 180 parking tickets per year. The title of the study Cultures…

  • Bomb Pakistan into the Stone Age, or else….

    A threat made by Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage immediately after 9/11 threatening Pakistan to Be prepared to be bombed. Be prepared to go back to the Stone Age. It was revealed after five years during an interview for CBS 60 minutes (video) with Pervaiz Musharraf expected to be aired on Sunday. Be prepared…

  • Bush ‘the Devil’ – Hugo Chavez

    The Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez tore into his United States counterpart, referring him to as a racist, imperialist “devil” who has devoted six years in office to military aggression and the oppression of the world’s poorest people. “The devil came here yesterday,” Chavez said, referring to Bush, “And it smells of sulfur still today.” Chavez…

  • Nancy Johnson (R-CT) hits out at Pakistan

    Nancy Johnson (Wikipedia) a republican congresswoman from Connecticut has recently launched a TV commercial where she actually depicts Pakistan as the source of terrorism. Watch the short commercial here. We as Pakistanis object to such accusations and must work against people who label Pakistan as a terrorist state. Ever since 9/11 Pakistan has stood shoulder…

  • Salary of a Pakistani MNA

    I have recently come across a few interesting facts regarding the pay scale and fringe benefits enjoyed by each member of our National Assembly. One tends to wonder what we are doing at wasting so much of money on a ghost assembly whose job is to do …… NOTHING, everyone knows they have no powers…

  • Blocking of Websites to get Worse

    Sept 2nd 2006, The Government of Pakistan has dealt yet another severe blow to the Internet community in Pakistan, as it has now created a body constituted by the Ministry of Information Technology which would examine contents of websites reported or found to be offensive or containing anti-state material and block them off in Pakistan.…

  • Post 9/11 Blues

    Riz MC has conjured up this hilarious music video. Due to its controversial content the artist claims that its not being allowed to be aired on the US channels? Is that so? Then lets make sure everyone hears about it through the power of the Internet. Watch the video and sing along its funny and…

  • “The Media is Definitely Playing Havoc with your Mind”

    This was the recent comment from a very respected online acquaintance, who wrote in response to my recent US-Bashing barrage, We Will Not be Silent and also in the post titled Muslims Dont Hate Freedom, They Hate Oppression. You are very right, and I too feel this sentiment coming through on all of my posts,…