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Taliban Want NWFP Government

By Sameer Shaharyar • Jul 19th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Tehreek-i-Taliban, which is led by Baitullah Mehsud is now after the government of Awami National Party in NWFP. According to the media reports, Tehreek-i-Taliban has warned NWFP government of dire consequences in case it failed to step down within the next five days.
Even perhaps Taliban doesn’t know how many groups of militants are working in […]



We Are Ready for You NATO and US

By Sameer Shaharyar • Jul 15th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Our enemies are wallowing in their evil glee, as they watch Pakistan going no where in the times of severe crisis. India is vulturing in the nearby corner, ready to jump as the eagle falls, and America has come knocking on the Western doors asking for more and more return on it’s investment, while our […]



Mourn the Leaders, Zombies

By Sameer Shaharyar • Jul 14th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Since assuming power after 18th February, Asif Ali Zardari has spent 38 days outside of Pakistan, while Mian Nawaz Sharif has spent 21 days and they are still out, doing God knows what.
While the NATO forces are gathering their might up on our western borders, and in short bursts they are showing their evil intents, […]



Comatose Government

By Sameer Shaharyar • Jul 11th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The party which has emerged as the biggest party in the country as a result of the hopeless elections of 18th February is now holding it’s central executive committee meeting outside of the country, in Dubai to be exact. For more than two weeks now, the party head Asif Ali Zardari is out of the […]



Our Leaders Suck

By Sameer Shaharyar • Jul 7th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Even calling them leader is a shame. They are essentially mountebanks and charlatans. Our common men and women on the roads may be proud and want to break the shackles, but our leaders are just tied up in their expedient vested interests and vision-less ambitions.
When a limited war is being fought in the tribal region […]



Dr. Qadeer, My lord, You are Expendable

By Sameer Shaharyar • Jul 6th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Dr. Abdul Qadeer is a national hero and he has done a lot of things for Pakistan. He is the founding father of the Atomic Bomb of Pakistan, which now ensures our security from the Indian and other aggression, but he is not the only won who gets the whole credit, as he has contributed […]



Mind Blowing 100 Days

By Sameer Shaharyar • Jul 4th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Yeah not only the mind, but everything has blown and though Asif Ali Zardari doesn’t like the count up or count down, the bad news is that the promised golden 100 days of Pakistan People’s Party government haven’t ended yet.
The prices of petroleum products have been increased again. The prices of natural gas has been […]



FATA : Top Most Issue of Pakistan

By Sameer Shaharyar • Jul 3rd, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Pakistan is being drilled down from the North West, and the enemy is making headway from there pretty fast, and the defenses are melting down steadily, while the government doesn’t have the clue for their life as what to do, to whom to do and where to do.
In the name of Operation Siraat-e-Mustakeem, raids are […]



New Elections and Bangladeshi Model

By Sameer Shaharyar • Jun 28th, 2008 • Category: Politics

So much for the change we voted for on 18th February earlier this year. With the ineligibility of Nawaz Sharif and the public efforts of destabilization of Shahbaz Sharif, the new government is already shaking under the immense pressure from the shenanigans attacking from within and from outside.
The decision to promulgate Governor Raj in Punjab […]



Nawaz Sharif Is the Name of Change

By Sameer Shaharyar • Jun 24th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

When the late Benazir Bhutto came back to Pakistan after striking a deal with General (r) Pervez Musharraf under the supervision of United States, it was laid down then that in the upcoming election, PPP would be the victor, and would form government in the center and in all the provinces. In Sindh it would […]