Tag: Pakistan

  • Pakistan deserves better

    Guest Blog by Amjad Malik On Defence day of Pakistan elected representatives of Pakistan will choose their next head of state who is originally a figurehead, a ceremonial position but General Musharraf armed it with deadly powers of sacking the parliament and bossing the army chief. Looking at a few clauses relevant to such election…

  • Swiss Cases Dropped, Zardari $60 Million richer

    Tables have turned for the better for Asif Zardari since the assassination of his wife Benazir Bhutto on 27th December, he is been literally handed the leadership of the most popular party on a silver platter, he then spins it all to his advantage and consequently his party wins the elections to make him the…

  • Zardari, the mysteriously educated

    In the past few days I think we here in Pakistan are trying to come to terms with being forced to swallow the mammoth pill called Mr Asif Ali Zardari. though it seems he will still continue to have his way an will definitely bulldoze himself onto the Presidential Seat but we as citizens of…

  • Zardari suffering from Mental Problems

    According to the Constitution of Pakistan, a person of unsound mind cannot be a member of Parliament or the President of Pakistan Zardari is now to confront this recent series of allegation where he himself used a New York based psychiatrist in 2007 to issue him a report declaring him with a range of psychiatric…

  • In Memory of Ahmed Faraz

    I remember his verses In his trails, words of revolution In his thoughts, words of gold Now carry we will, in our way In continuation, to find What became a dream? For the poet, for our friend A blessed soul, of our own Not borrowed, not stolen One of our own, the Faraz We will…

  • More on Dr Shahid Masood

    Guest Blog by RedKazim Few people know that the journalistic career of Dr Shahid Masood began at the Karachi-based, pro-MQM Quami Akhbar. In those days Dr Shahid Masood used to practice at Jinnah Hospital. He would regularly visit the office of Qaumi Akhbar situated in a street adjacent to I I Chundrigar Road and urge…

  • Lawyers future strategy for the Restoration of Judiciary

    DECISIONS OF THE LAWYERS’ NATIONAL CO-ORDINATION COUNCIL IN ITS EMERGENT MEETING IN ISLAMABAD AUGUST 23, 2008.

  • Zardari nominated as the next President of Pakistan

    GEO TV just reports that the Pakistan People’s Party has just announced their candidate for the post of the next President of Pakistan – now dont hold your breath….. Mr. Asif Ali Zardari. The name itself sends a shiver down through anyone who has witnessed his previous tenures in power, now armed with the article…

  • Joe Biden as Obama’s VP running mate – Good for Pakistan

    Its just been announced that Joe Biden will most likely be the Vice Presidential candidate for the Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama. For Pakistan its great news, as this senator has a far better understanding of the problems facing Pakistan than anyone in Washington – he has been arguing for a better handling of affairs…

  • Sassi Bhutto in Pakistan

    This is nothing close to breaking news but a few weeks ago another Bhutto from within the confines of secrecy to finally emerge into the land of Pakistan. Sassi Bhutto, the 26 year old daughter of Shahnawaz Bhutto is said to have arrived in Karachi about a month or so back and also went to…

  • Nayyar Zaidi Missing

    Guest Post by temporal who blogs at Baithak Veteran journalist (daily Jang & Geo TV) and broadcaster (with VOA at one time) Nayyar Zaidi is missing according to a report filed by another veteran journalist Khalid Hasan from DC. Nayyar also had a history of launching a multi-million dollar suit against the FBI. WASHINGTON: Nayyar…

  • The Great Game –The Count Down Begins !

    In its December issues Global Research of Canada in a series of articles by Prof. Michel Chossudovsky outlined the American design for the break up of Pakistan. I give below the gist of his remarkably till now accurate analysis(with a few comments of my own),in the hopes that it serves as an eye opener for…

  • Shahid Masood, a Journalist or a pack of lies?

    The day after the fall of the Musharraf dynasty, Shahid Masood goes on record to write a detailed Urdu column in Jang sharing his experiences with Musharraf in the Presidential House while the dictator bid a tearful adieu to his nation nation. For the record we should recall that Musharraf and Shahid Masood were not…

  • The Supremacy of The People – An Open Letter To Mr. Zardari

    Dear Mr. Zardari, I am sick and tired of you –and all your party stalwarts- constantly drumming into our ears your ideas about the supremacy of The Parliament. I have yet to hear you talk so forcefully about the supremacy of The Constitution or even of the supremacy of The People as the Bhutto’s used…

  • We Want: A Fair Trial & Return of Nov 2nd Judiciary

    People’s Resistance Press Release – 18 August 2008 People’s Resistance attributes the resignation of retired General Pervez Musharraf as President of Pakistan to the long and untiring struggle of the Lawyers, students, civil society organizations and political groups. The civil society and media’s struggle against the arbitrary rule of General Musharraf forced the ruling democratic…