Tag: Musharraf

  • Reference Against Pervaiz [pre-draft]

    I share a pre-draft document prepared by the PPP to use as a reference against Pervaiz Musharraf, it was initially forwarded to me via an extremely trusted source to hold in confidence, but we very soon discovered that this same document had been uncovered elsewhere. The pre-draft of references that will most likely be filed…

  • What if Hamid Mir’s Spin is Wrong?

    Guest Post by temporal – Baithak What if Hamid Mir’s spin is wrong? Every person who writes for a newspaper is not by default a “journalist.” Here is a list borrowed from The Elements of Journalism by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel Journalism’s first obligation is to the truth. Its first loyalty is to the…

  • Musharraf – Saved By the CIA and Zardari?

    Guest Post by Hassan Abbas The world is abuzz with news about the impending impeachment of General Musharraf . Pakistan’s ruling coalition goes around with broad smiles, oozing confidence about the outcome of their efforts. Even the vibes coming from Washington which has so often affected the fate of Pakistani governments seems to be supportive…

  • The dictator is the one animal who needs to be caged – Z. A. Bhutto

    Guest Post by Silence The dictator is the one animal who needs to be caged; He betrays his profession and his constitution. He betrays the people and destroys human values. He destroys culture. He binds the youth. He makes the structure collapse. He rules by fluke and freak. He is the scourge and the ogre.…

  • STRATFOR: Army ‘Not Supporting’ Musharraf

    Strategic Forecasting, Inc. shares an article on Pakistan as well as a short podcast on the same subject Stratfor Podcast on Pakistan 7th August 2008 – [audio:Stratfor_Podcast.mp3] PAKISTAN: MUSHARRAF, IMPEACHMENT AND ISLAMABAD’S TRAJECTORY After some four months of disagreements over the fate of President Pervez Musharraf, the two main partners in Pakistan’s coalition government —…

  • A business proposal for Pervaiz Musharraf

    Guest Post by Rana Raheel Babar Mr. Pervaiz Musharraf The President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan Pakistan Re: A Business Proposal Dear Mr. Pervaiz Musharraf, It is such an undesirable pleasure to have you (General Purvez s/o Busharraf) as our forced president. Mr. President, I truly consider it as an outcome of your sincere and…

  • An open letter to Begum Pervez Musharraf and wives of army officers

    Guest Post by Silence Dear Begum Pervez Musharaff, I recognize that every one of us is responsible for our own acts, as such, being the wife of a Military Dictator and a former General of Pakistan Army, I wound not hold you responsible for his acts, however I will request you to consider following facts…

  • Missing Pakistani – Dr. Afia Siddiqui – Prisoner 650

    A few days back the Asian Human Rights Commission issued an urgent press release about a Pakistani, Dr. Afia Siddiqui, who has been missing from Pakistan for over four years, since 2003. Her kidnapping has since then been denied by both American and Pakistani governments but actually she has been suspected of being an operative…

  • Whatever is to become of the Movement for Justice

    a letter to activists of the People’s Resistance by Dr. Awab Alvi One issue which we all have dodged to question ourselves, is to decide what is acceptable when the powers-to-be talk about the ‘conditional’ restoration of the judiciary, either in the form of the much trumpeted 60-point constitutional package or separately. For me, this…

  • Pakistan; The Ongoing “Soft Revolution” towards a “Welfare State” – Part II

    Guest Post by Silence Part I of this series can be read here The first Cultural Revolution in history of sub-continent was the Sufi movement, from the 13th century A.D. Sufism increasingly attracted the creative social and intellectual energies within the community and with the passage of time it acquired new dimensions and began to…

  • Pakistan; The Ongoing “Soft Revolution” towards a “Welfare State” – Part I

    Guest Post by Silence A welfare state is a government that provides for the welfare, or the well-being, of its citizens completely. Such a government is involved in citizens’ lives at every level. It provides for physical, material, and social needs rather than the people providing for their own. The purpose of the welfare state…

  • The Ex-Servicemen and Bureaucrats & Their Consicence

    Guest Blog by Temporal from Baithak Geo has been repeating that interview with retired gen. Kayani. Recently the ex-servicemen have been flexing their muscles. Troubling consciences are known to strike at men and women of good will at all times. Even ordinary mortals like you and me are troubled and stricken with conscience generated guilt…

  • Explosive Shahid Masood Show exposes Musharraf

    In the recent weeks Dr. Shahid Masood’s Meray Mutabiq Show has been very revealing, barely a week back Dr. Masood had pulled the cart out of the bag when he brought Steel Mills Ex-Chairman to expose the corruption of Shaukat Aziz, but today (June 2nd) he was able to pull yet another cat out of…

  • Defeating the mind set

    Guest Blog by Amjad Malik People of Pakistan are elated by coming nearer to the fall of General Pervez Musharraf and considering it a beginning of a new era where rule of law, constitutionalism and justice prevails. They consider this as an end of the status quo, dictatorship, and rule of establishment, however they are…

  • Open Letter to ‘Maj-Gen’ ‘Retd’ Rashid Quraishi – NAB Diaries

    Rashid Quraishi, This is with reference to my application to my Local MP regarding assistance for justice and the subsequent communication between you and a representative of the British Parliament. My case has been projected by the independent media on several platforms and the entire facts are also available under ‘The NAB Diaries’ at www.teeth.com.pk…