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Sister Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s Sacrifice

By Asim H. Akhund • Aug 14th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Moazzam Begg, ex-Guantanamo detainee, who was also held at Bagram airbase for approximately a year and then transferred to Guantanamo, wrote in his book “Enemy Combatant: A British Muslim’s Journey To Guantanamo and Back” about woman screams and how he first imagined they could be from his wife. It was later confirmed that the screams […]



Is Kiani the true son of the soil?

By Asim H. Akhund • Aug 9th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Now that the ruling coalition has decided and announced that Musharraf (the most unpopular President of Pakistan and the second most unpopular President in the World after G W Bush) would be impeached. It is quite obvious that they are now aware that the patience of the nation has reached its breaking point and they […]



Pity the Americans

By Asim H. Akhund • Aug 6th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

After 9/11, Al Qaeda did not take the responsibility of the attacks. It was only a week or so before the US Presidential elections in 2004 (in which Bush was again standing for the President), Osama Bin Laden released a footage claiming that they have carried out the attacks of 9/11.
Now that the 2008 US […]



Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan not standing-by the lawyers

By Asim H. Akhund • Jun 9th, 2008 • Category: Politics

So far the news circulating is that Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan would not be part of the long march. Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan’s absence from the long march at this crucial stage only reflects that they were not, in essence, committed to the cause of restoration of judiciary to Pre 3 Nov position. […]



Independent and Impartial Judiciary

By Asim H. Akhund • Jun 9th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

While many still argue that restoration of judiciary is not the most important issue faced by our present government, there are still people who are willing to go out on the streets and protest in an attempt to remind their leaders of their mandate they were given on February 18, 2008.
The restoration of Pre Nov […]



You scratch my back I scratch yours…

By Asim H. Akhund • Jun 2nd, 2008 • Category: Politics

Now that the so called Constitutional Package is being revealed in media (in a piecemeal fashion). It was sad to see that this package would be another dreaded legislation just like the NRO we have had. Dreaded because one of its points seeks indemnity for the dreadful dictator’s acts of Pre Nov 3, 2007. Indemnity […]