The Pakistani Spectator

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US Elections 2008

By Rana • Oct 21st, 2008 • Category: Politics

No matter what the polls say, there is no way Barack Hussein Obama is going to be the next President of the United States.
The basis of my prophecy are the following facts:
1. He is NOT white
2. He is BLACK
3. His middle name is Hussein
4. His father was a BLACK man from Kenya
5. He was brought […]



Profile of Raja Pervaiz Ashraf

By Farid Masood • Jun 14th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Federal Minister of Water & Power, an MNA from uphill town of Mandra. He was an average politician and never won before engineered elections of 2002. In those elections many piers of Pakistan Peoples Party were unable to win the elections due to non-presence of party leadership. How Raja sahib managed to […]



Friends are Fleeing

By Farid Masood • May 19th, 2008 • Category: Politics

February 18th was a quake for the President. A tremble, that had caused much damage to the future designs of the establishment. Though the unseen hand changed the results being in the boundaries of free, fair and impartial elections but the nation has managed to ouster the then ruling party.
Time is so furious, its changes […]



Dictator on Defensive Stance, Hidden Hands Helping

By Farid Masood • May 10th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

How much a single person becomes strong, but he cannot with-stand to the pressures of a nation. The weakening power instigates it to use every means to stabilize the trembling ship. This has been the state of politics of the state now-a- days.
We must not forget the quake generated by the voters of Pakistan. Even […]



Pre-Poll Deal: Is This A True Face of Democracy

By Farid Masood • May 3rd, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Pakistan Peoples Party returned to Pakistan via America, this fact is known to every Pakistani Voter. PPP was allowed to return to Pakistan due to reconciliation between Musharraf Regime and that Party.
The cases against Senator Asif Ali Zardari were wiped off and he is now an innocent citizen. His innocence reminds me of a film […]



58-II.b Is A Real Power Source for the President?

By Farid Masood • Mar 20th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The establishment is unable to cook Mixed Vegetables this time because of the international pressures, no involvement of army vigilant eye of the contesters of the elections on electoral process.
In results of almost free and fair elections the voters elected those parties who remained effected by Musharraf’s actions. PPP’s stance is a bit cool […]



Reverse Block of PML(Q)

By Farid Masood • Mar 18th, 2008 • Category: Politics

We often hear about forward block in Pakistani politics. After February elections, when the plane of PML(Q) began to stall the famous sky jumper from PML(Q) Nelofar Bukhtiar performed another sky jump into a forward block.
On 15th March, senior leadership of PML(Q) was hearing a telephonic address from Mr Altaf Hussain, founder of MQM, from […]



What Sort of Government do we Need?

By Farid Masood • Mar 17th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The message from the nation is clear, ‘No American Agendas’. Whoever shaking hand with the President will see the wrath as we saw in case of Mr Amin Fahim.
Makdoom Amin Faheem projects himself as premier candidate but there are some problems to nominate him as Prime Minister from Pakistan Peoples Party.
First, the early nomination of […]



Zardari Must Hear What Nation Says

By Farid Masood • Mar 7th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The winning candidates of PPP are coordinating with the PPP workers to judge the post electoral response of the voters. I personally met some PPP active workers and asked them what feedback is being passed on to the elected candidates? Here is their reply, ”We are forwarding the actual response of the voters to our […]



USA Are We Interfering in Your Matters?

By Farid Masood • Mar 7th, 2008 • Category: Politics

United States of America (Bush Administration) is interfering in the daily matters of almost all of the Muslim countries. In far past it was being done with hiding tactics. Presently, or in recent pasts it is being done semi openly or openly.
As far as the case of Pakistan is concerned, interference in National matters became […]