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For whom is EU mission working?

By NKhan • Apr 29th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The 2008 elections of Pakistan were declared as fair and transparent by both opposition and government’s parties. Some analysis had called these elections the most transparent elections of Pakistan. It is a long debate that what should be the parameters of transparency or fairness for election in Pakistan? How much is the electoral process democratic […]



عسکریت بمقابلہ ذہنی غلامی

By NKhan • Apr 18th, 2008 • Category: Politics (Urdu)

افغانستان پر امریکی قبضہ ہے۔ حامد کرزئی کابل کے میئر ہیں۔ افغانستان میں کرزئی کی صورت میں براہِ راست امریکا کی حکومت ہے۔ یہ چند حقائق ہیں جن سے اختلاف ممکن نہیں۔ تاہم چند حقائق اور بھی ہیں۔ پاکستانیوں کی قسمت کا فیصلہ واشنگٹن میں ہوتا ہے۔ جنرل پرویز نے ایک دھمکی آمیز فون کال […]



Zardari the Great Madari

By NKhan • Apr 17th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Zardari, also known as “Mr. Ten Percent” can be safely called as the most claver man of Pakistan if not world. Unfortunately, due Zia’s ban on student union, my age group could not perform or watch stage drama during our varsity life. However, I have definitely gone through the script of these dramas. One […]