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Irritants Come Alive

By Rohail Butt • Jul 18th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The foot-dragging and the delaying tactics adopted by the Pakistan People’s Party has not only dented it’s credibility among the supporters of the party, and also has given another chance to the forces of status quo to come alive and to start kicking again.
After the results of elections of 18th February, there were two expectations […]



PTCL Employees Protests : Fire Them

By Rohail Butt • Jul 16th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Along with the WAPDA, SNGPL and other state and semi-state service providers, Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Limited (PTCL) has contributed a lot in adding to the miseries of the common people of Pakistan in the name of the service. The exorbitant and error billing, dismal service and rogue and unwilling-to-work workers of PTCL have given lots […]



Swirling Waters and our Ship

By Rohail Butt • Jul 15th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Right now, Pakistan is going through a leadership crisis. The so-called leaders we have are going about their own personal affairs, and they seem to have forgotten the country, they are supposed to govern. Through an ironic and tragic stroke of bad fortune, the late Benazir Bhutto left the world and left Asif Ali Zardari […]



Streak of Blood

By Rohail Butt • Jul 11th, 2008 • Category: Politics

In Hangu, they have arrested some seven armed militants with lots of explosives and these militants belong to Waziristan, Hangu and one is also from Afghanistan. As soon as these militants were taken to the Hangu police station, the local Taliban seiged the police station and now they are demanding their release, while more security […]



Condoleezza Rice Is Not That Stupid

By Rohail Butt • Jul 7th, 2008 • Category: Politics

At least I didn’t know that. Any companion or supporter of Bush and Mush is certainly an object of very careful investigation, and incite deep apprehension. Among with other aides and sidekicks of George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice is the most charming (depends upon your aesthetic sense) girl, though she has always pained everybody by […]



Lal Masjid Operation : One Year Passed

By Rohail Butt • Jul 4th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Who knew in the 60s that the Mosque which was being built in the heart of new capital Islamabad and was named Red Mosque, would actually turn red in 2007 and would act as the divisive line between two school of thoughts in the country ensuing a bloody backlash from the radical wing. Though the […]



Gillani’s Dreams and Boucher’s Work

By Rohail Butt • Jul 3rd, 2008 • Category: Politics

US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher is on three day visit to his colony, and while he is here, he wants to make sure that their favorite subordinate does it right in the FATA and on all other issues. While he wants that our Prime Minister has some […]



Khyber Agency : Talibans or Criminals?

By Rohail Butt • Jun 30th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Various incursions recently by activists of the Bara-based and Mangal Bagh-led Lashkar-i-Islam have compelled government to get active and start a massive operation. Though the government officials are terming this five day long operation as an effort to eliminate the criminals who have been operating under the disguise of Taliban, the truth is that this […]



Support Our Troops in FATA and Mourn Malam Jabba

By Rohail Butt • Jun 29th, 2008 • Category: Politics

I for one, wholeheartedly support the ongoing military operation in the Khyber Agency. That, and I would say vehemently that this operation must start simultaneously in the all the restive regions including the whole of FATA and the Swat region and the adjoining hideouts in Mardan and Sawabi. Enough is enough.
I love Swat, and I […]



PPP Heightens Farce

By Rohail Butt • Jun 25th, 2008 • Category: Politics

More than the leaders of PML-N, the PPP’s leaders including their Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani are raising all kinds of hue and cry, and PM has even gone to say that government will challenge the Lahore High Court (LHC) verdict, which disqualified PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif from contesting by-polls in the Supreme Court […]