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Posts Tagged ‘davos’

Pakistan Polling Coming to an End : Show Prudence Please

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Feb 18th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics, Worth A Second Look

Now as the polling has entered in its final stages, and people have express their will over teh ballot people, the question is that will this election provide us with a leader who would shepherd us into a brave new era of true democracy where we would have a working free judiciary and […]



Poll Your Vote Tomorrow : Pakistan Election 2008

By Ghazala Khan • Feb 17th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics, Worth A Second Look

Be it Africa, be it Asia, be it Americas, be it Europe, be it anywhere in the world, people appreciate to have a right to express themselves, and people really feel good when they have the choice to elect their rulers.
It’s the question of human dignity. It’s the question of giving the due respect to […]



Travelling Punching Bag : Musharraf’s Tour to Europe

By The Pakistani Spectator • Jan 26th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Who ever advised Musharraf to go on European tour cannot be his friend. He must be grinning cheek to cheek with glee by watching President General (r) Pervez Musharraf getting thrashed by European journalists from Davos to Paris to London. Where he goes, he is jactitate severely by the free and independent European media, who […]



Musharraf’s Image Improving, and Pakistan’s?

By The Pakistani Spectator • Jan 25th, 2008 • Category: Politics

When the people attack police, what else police could do if not baton charge and tear gas the protesters? This was the point President Musharraf raised in his tour of England. He said that when Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz came to Election Commission to file Musharraf’s nomination paper for Presidential Elections, people blocked his way, […]



Taliban Bogey Creation in Europa

By The Pakistani Spectator • Jan 24th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Does this litany of death, fear and violence indicate to you that the terrorism has
“largely ended” or it’s just sporadic or does it indicate to you that the spokespersons telling us the terrorism has “largely ended” are “largely nuts”?
The answer to that question determines whether you’re observing the things with open eyes living in Pakistan […]



What Musharraf is doing in Europe?

By Ghazala Khan • Jan 23rd, 2008 • Category: Politics

The answer of this question depends upon from whom you ask. PML-Quisling would surely say that “to improve Pakistan’s image, and to dispel the misconception and misunderstandings.” If you ask from the rest of the country they would just roll their eyes.
Retired General’s long four-nation Europe visit (Belgium, France, Switzerland and the United Kingdom) […]



Musharraf Shouldnt Have Done That Too

By Ghazala Khan • Jan 23rd, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

Every time our President Generalissimo (r) Pervez Musharraf tells ‘others’ that they shouldn’t be so “obsessed” with the democracy and human rights in Pakistan, I feel as if someone has stabbed a knife into my already bleeding heart.
Are we that low? Are we sub-human? Why cannot we have the democracy, free media, free judiciary, our […]