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The Enemy Within

By Talal Hussain Malik • Jul 1st, 2008 • Category: Politics

With an ally and a friend like the USA there for us we don’t need no enemies. But one might question if it is solely the USA that should be held responsible for our predicament. Today, many blame late Liaquat Ali Khan’ tying the friendship knot with the USA and refusing Russia’s offer that was […]



The Growth of Cell Phone Industry in Pakistan

By Talal Hussain Malik • Jun 14th, 2008 • Category: Misc

Telecommunication is, perhaps, the only field in our country which has improved and got cheaper at the same time with the passage of time. When PTCL first launched its services, getting a telephone connection was quite a task. Connections were given on priority basis but today you can get the PTCL Wireless connection without getting […]



Pakistan Budget 2008

By Talal Hussain Malik • Jun 12th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment



Long March : A Requiem for Dictatorship

By Talal Hussain Malik • Jun 11th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The lawyers have hit the road yet again. With the hope that this would be a decisive battle for the independence of judiciary the multitude makes headway, growing bigger every day, to hit the last nail in the coffin as the politicians also flex up their muscles for the impeachment of godfather of the miseries […]



The Human Clay

By Talal Hussain Malik • May 30th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The goddess if night was spreading its wings and it was already dark as this group of friends enjoying the cool breeze took to the colorfully illuminated Mall Road, Murree. On the corner of a street they saw a kid of tender age selling toys. It looked strange for a kid to sell […]



The Minus One Formula

By Talal Hussain Malik • May 25th, 2008 • Category: Politics

With several deadlines passed, the issue of restoration of the judges still remains unsolved. Whereas the lawyers are bent upon getting restored Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary, the government has come forward with the idea of Minus One Formula.
The judiciary crisis began, in the first place, by Musharraf’s pressure for CJP to resign from his […]



Politics, Army and the Future

By Talal Hussain Malik • May 14th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

You don’t have to be a man of extraordinary prudence to realize what our country is going through. Even a common man would tell you the reasons for the chaos that this country has fell a victim to. That how a nation responds in the time of crisis measures their rise and fall. You can […]



Vision 2010 Part-II

By Talal Hussain Malik • May 9th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment



Vision 2010 Part-I

By Talal Hussain Malik • May 6th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment



A Nose of Wax

By Talal Hussain Malik • Apr 28th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

It seems that our government now is in a mood to lend an ear to Shakespeare, “Condemn the fault and not the actor of it.”(Measure for Measure) The news is that the capital punishment i.e., Death Sentence may be changed into Life Imprisonment.
As I see it, there seem to be two possibilities for this change. […]