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May 12 Massacre ! Justice Yet to be Done !!!

By Syed Samiullah Shah • May 12th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Last year on May twelfth , the deposed chief justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry was to address the SCBA in Karachi but it was not allowed by the state & city government of Karachi. The city government had shown alertness a night before as it had blocked all the major routes going to the […]



Education comes first!

By Syed Samiullah Shah • May 6th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The nation is bewildered & don’t know what to do & whom to believe. Inflation is at it’s peak & will be up & up in the coming days as price of oil world wide is flying.
The out come of Feb.18 election is yet to be witnessed after a month & half but the question […]



Record number of ministers in Balochistan!

By Syed Samiullah Shah • Apr 30th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Last week Balochistan cabinet has completed after the inclusion of three more ministers in the cabinet which now is a forty one ministers cabinet & thus has made a history in the parliamentary annuls of this country.
Balochistan is the most underdeveloped province of this country & it lacks basic infrastructure. Province is also facing horrible […]



Western Dominance;A Missfortune Of The Humans Of The Twenty First Century!

By Syed Samiullah Shah • Apr 3rd, 2008 • Category: Politics

In his book, one of German’s Noble Prize Winner writers has described the tragedy of a German ship for the first time after almost 50 years. When Stalin’s forces were marching into Nazi Germany, ten thousand men, women, aged people & children were being boarded on a very huge ship in order to escape […]



Chief Hamara Ifthikhar!Quetta is celebrating

By Syed Samiullah Shah • Apr 1st, 2008 • Category: Politics

Emotional scenes were witnessed at Lawyers convention in the premises of Baluchistan High Court when the deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry entered the pindal. Members of the Civil Society, Political Parties & Lawyers Community greeted their hero with rousing slogans of backing him up.
In his address the Chief Justice of Pakistan had called PCO […]



Chief has been given tremendous welcome in Quetta!

By Syed Samiullah Shah • Mar 31st, 2008 • Category: Politics

Deposed chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry had landed at about 11:30 in the morning at Quetta Airport , where he was received by Ali Ahmed Kurd along with  members of the Baluchistan Bar Association & out side the arrival lounge, hundreds & thousands of people belonged to civil society, political parties & student unions welcomed the […]



We Need Workers not Actors

By Syed Samiullah Shah • Mar 30th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Prime minister Syed Sahib has taken the vote of confidence in a historical National Assembly session when all the members of the lower house overwhelmingly had fledged full support to prime minister & immediately a huge responsibility came on the shoulders of Syed Zada.
The proceedings in the lower house latter in the day on Saturday […]



23rd March………68 Years on……!!!

By Syed Samiullah Shah • Mar 23rd, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Right from today on 23rd March 68 years ago, All India Muslim League in it’s Minto Park Lahore meeting passed “Lahore resolution”, which later on shaped as “Pakistan resolution” . Apparently it was the beginning of a journey without any obvious destiny as after the second world war & the demands of the subcontinent masses, […]



Shall We Really Forget May 12, Mayhem!

By Syed Samiullah Shah • Mar 19th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Mr. Aitzaz Ahsan in his speech to Sindh High Court Bar in Karachi a couple of weeks ago asked the lawyers community to forget the May 12 massacre in the heart of Karachi but the million dollar question is this that weather the nation should also forget that terrible day?
It was sheer terrorism under the […]



Thirteenth National assebmly;without outspoken KHANs!

By Syed Samiullah Shah • Mar 17th, 2008 • Category: Politics

At last the newly elected national assembly members will get oath under the amended constitution of 73, but my concern is neither the ongoing confrontation between the top leadership of PPPP nor the eminent confrontation between the parliament & the president house but my bad luck is this that i won’t be seeing the well […]