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Posts Tagged ‘Gandhi’

FORGET PAST – FOCUS ON FUTURE

By Rohail Butt • Feb 20th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

The political leader should not be (only) judged or voted on the basis of his performance, one should also see that whether this leader can represent our emotions and our thoughts. Peoples in Pakistan mostly say that we will vote that person who had done something for us, who has made roads, fly overs, who […]



Nonviolence as a Tactic for Change

By Dan Tow • Feb 5th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Worth A Second Look

I have recently finished reading the excellent biography Benjamin Franklin, by Edmund S. Morgan. Franklin is my personal favorite among the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, an inspirational example, and, by all accounts, a delightful and brilliant human being. I can’t presume to speak for what Franklin, dead more than 200 years, […]



Democracy & The System of Government

By The Pakistani Spectator • May 11th, 2007 • Category: Politics

We often heard people saying that west has the democratic system of government (a proven one). It is a right quote though but the actual essence of democracy is taught by the only religion, which is ‘ISLAM’.
Islam being the only religion teaches us about the rule of law & justice. People have the right to […]