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Namal University Mianwali by Imran Khan

By Ghazala Khan • Apr 26th, 2008 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

One may disagree with Imran Khan on his political views, and one may sling mud on him over his playboy status of yesteryears, or one may rebuke him over his family issues, but one cannot in his right mind could negate the service Imran Khan has done to this nation in the form of Shaukat […]



When Mother Sells Children

By Ghazala Khan • Apr 20th, 2008 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

The country’s economic landscape is in shambles and the so-called trickle-down effect of Shaukat Aziz’s economic reforms are nowhere to be seen. But that doesn’t answer the call of stomach and that is not suffice to appease the hellish appetite of uncontrollably weeping children.
In the first place there is shortage of everything. From wheat to […]



Transparent Governance Needed

By Ghazala Khan • Apr 15th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Democracy is all about liberty, equality and justice. In a democratic society, everyone enjoys equal opportunities without any restriction and preference, and the door of accountability remains always open.
The statues of liberty, equality and justice are not mere static ideals aimed at adorning the glittering writings in blogs and columns or to shimmer the speeches […]



Independence of Judiciary

By Ghazala Khan • Apr 7th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz have shown their commitment for the independence and restoration of the judiciary. The meaning of an independent judiciary is very simple.
The independence of judiciary means that judges could fulfill their constitutional responsibilities without fear or favor and their decisions must be implemented verbatim and in the spirit.
When […]



Support the Yousuf & Co.

By Ghazala Khan • Mar 25th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Hopes are stupendous and dreams are prodigious and expectations are colossal. After the election of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani, people even want their unrealistic and unreasonable wishes to be completed in a jiffy.
People need to be very rational and not-so-sentimental. They should not be impatient and they must not be very ultra-sensitive. For the […]



Go Musharraf Go, Judges Must be Restored Now, PM Orders

By Ghazala Khan • Mar 24th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Need I say More?



Premier Yousuf, What About Judiciary?

By Ghazala Khan • Mar 23rd, 2008 • Category: Politics

Pakistanis do care about their judiciary, and they want their 63 judges restored including Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary.
On Nov 3, General (r) Pervez Musharraf under the legal advises of people like Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada and Malik Muhammad Qayyum made a permanent amendment in the Constitution which is not really the prerogative of President. It was […]



Tinctures of dictatorship

By Ghazala Khan • Mar 21st, 2008 • Category: Politics

Pakistan has have enough of the tyranny and dictatorship. Enough, really enough. Much has been lost due to the blind and brute tyrannical eras, and even the politicians have learnt a lot from the vestiges of tyranny.
The misperception of the tinpot tyrants that they are the only saviours of this country have put the country […]



Restoration of Judiciary

By Ghazala Khan • Mar 20th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Even our lords in the American congress have received pang of conscience after all these months, and two members of Congress have submitted a resolution in the favour of reinstatement of deposed judges in Pakistan including Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary.
It is also learnt that these congressmen have decided to move this resolution towards endorsement […]



First Session of Assembly

By Ghazala Khan • Mar 17th, 2008 • Category: Politics

While the Constitution Avenue becomes the “red zone” barring almost everyone except the 334 newly-elected members out of 342-member seat of lower house, outgoing Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain is bickering over the petty question of whether the members will take oath under the Constitution as it existed before the Nov 3 emergency or the one […]