The Pakistani Spectator

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Posts Tagged ‘free media’

America Enjoys Super Tuesday, and we are told ‘Shut Up’

By Ghazala Khan • Feb 5th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

We Pakistanis are envious of American public who is right indulged in Super Tuesday with all zeal and zest, and America is just rocking with the fervor of Elections, which are still months away. In Pakistan, though we are told that Western democracy is not for us, and neither could we enjoy the same basic [...]



American Double Standards

By revo • Feb 2nd, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

I am really impressed by the happenings in United States leading to their Presidential Elections later this year. Election momentum is building up there steadily, as the candidates of both Republican and Democrats are fighting their way through the primaries, caucuses and other milestones, and the game is still going on.
Every candidate in US of [...]



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, [...]



Dekhna kaheen der na ho jae

By M Mirza • Jan 23rd, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics (Urdu)