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Tag: Musharraf

  • The Presidency, Islamabad

    Feast your eyes on some pictures of ‘The Presidency in Islamabad’ which has been the home of our dictator cum President General Pervaiz Musharraf. No wonder he does not want to leave this position.

  • Lal Masjid issue and its Blocked Website

    I am sure many have heard and read about the Burqa clad women armed with sticks who were protesting in Islamabad. The set of images has been displayed across millions of websites showing yet another extremist element in Pakistan. I have a slightly different take on the entire issue, but before you start rapping me…

  • Overdosage of Religiosity !!!!

    Cricket Bloggers of Pakistan: Seriously will PJ Mir in cahoots with Naseem Ashraf shut up and stop accusing the team for overdosage of religiosity blaming it as the sole reason which lead to the devastation in West Indies. I remain a moderate Muslim, but was definitely proud to see a good side emerge from within…

  • Benazir, Eyeing a Return

    Can you for a moment imagine a situation where our next Prime Minister of Pakistan becomes Benazir Bhutto a person who was found utterly corrupt not once but on both times she was in office, to now plan for a return to lead us for yet another stint as the Prime Minster of Pakistan. Have…

  • Whither freedom?!

    Guest Blog by Urooj Zia The past few days have been bleak. Not because the issue of the suspended chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) hasn’t been resolved yet. Not because inflation continues to rise in the country, or that new taxes are being imposed, or that the I.I. Chundrigar road has been FUBAR-ed. No. The…

  • A Leadership ‘Beyond Repair’ – Asma Jahangir

    This interview appeared in the Newsweek issue last week, Asma Jahangir, the Human Rights Activist in Pakistan has some interesting views worth a serious look. Start Quote April 2, 2007 issue – These are tough times for Pervez Musharraf. Under increasing criticism for his inability to control Islamic militants in the country’s tribal areas, the…

  • Have Cell, Will Call

    This news item appeared in the ‘Such Gup’ section of The Friday Times, which is known to carry the small tidbit stories that circulate amogst the movers and shakers of Pakistani politics. A fly on the wall of the real PMs [Pervaiz Musharraf] camp office that fateful day reports that the “suspended? Chief Justice may…

  • Nasim Ashraf & his Resignation Bull Shit

    PLEASE DO NOT GIVE ME THE BULL SHIT ABOUT NASIM ASHRAF RESIGNING!! Cricket Bloggers of Pakistan: Nasim Ashraf offered to resign, trying to follow the footsteps of Inzamam-ul-Haq who can be considered valiant enough to have accepted responsibility for the World Cup disaster. Nasim Ashraf, the supposed leader of the Pakistan Cricket Board literally ran…

  • An Unconstitutional Reference

    Guest Post by: Rai Muhammad Saleh Azam The writer is an Advocate of the High Courts based in Lahore Ever since the President sent a Reference to the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) against the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, under Article 209 of the Constitution of Pakistan on that fateful day…

  • Dawn Under Pressure

    Open Letter written by Hameed Haroon (CEO & Publisher, DAWN Group of Newspapers) March 23, 2007 Dear Madam / Sir, I am writing to draw your attention to an important matter that indicates the rapidly worsening environment for the freedom of press in Pakistan. It has always been difficult for governments to coexist with a…

  • Interviewing the Interviewer: Kamran Khan & VOA

    Voice of America did an interview today at 10:00pm PST of Kamran Khan who was accorded the opportunity shed light on his interview with General Pervez Musharraf. In a very interesting show format Murtaza Solangi of VOA decided to talk to Kamran Khan and then he opens the lines to callers to shed their own…

  • CJP & the Politico-Constitutional Crisis

    By Amicus Part One Presently President Musharraf is faced with the most serious political crisis since he assumed the power on 12 October 1999. Briefly the unfolding of the events may be recorded in a chronological order. Read the lines and read between the lines. March 9: 1. President General Musharraf summoned the Chief Justice…

  • Sifting facts from Fiction

    By Ansar Abbasi Every brick of President General Pervez Musharraf’s palatial Pindi office vividly reminisces about what the chief justice of Pakistan had been confronted with on March 9, adding a new chapter to our chequered history. The pleasant outside environment did not match the tense moments behind the closed doors of Musharraf’s camp office.…

  • Text of Reference Filed Against the CJP

    Start Quote BEFORE THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COUNCIL, PAKISTAN ISLAMABAD Reference by the President, Islamic Republic of Pakistan under Article 209 of the Constitution Respectfully sheweth: The facts and circumstances necessitating this Reference by the president of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (“Pakistan”) under Article 209 of the Constitution, briefly stated, are as under: I. The…

  • Nasim Ashraf Resigns – Bluff ?

    Cricket Bloggers of Pakistan : Geo.tv has just started displaying of a news report that Nasim Ashraf has handed in his resignation as Chairman of PCB following the miserable debacle at the World Cup. His reign of 5 months at the helm of cricketing affairs in Pakistan were far from smooth and attracted some unnecessary…