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Posts Tagged ‘Iftikhar Chaudhry’

The Conflict of State Organs

By amicus • Dec 31st, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

In its short order of December 16, 2009, the Supreme Court of Pakistan declared, inter alia, the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) to be “an instrument void ab initio being ultra vires and violative of various constitutional provisions,” including;
Article 4 Right of individuals, to be dealt with, in accordance with law, etc.
Article 8 Laws inconsistent with [...]



A CJ greeted in Karachi

By Aal e Hashmat • Dec 1st, 2009 • Category: Features

Just recently, in the last week of November 2009, the Provincial Home Minister of Sindh, Mr Zulfiqar Mirza, announced in a press meeting that his PPP government would launch an inquiry into the events of 12th May 2007 and would like to unveil the real faces behind that utter cruelty.
Let us turn to another page [...]



Good Decision Mr Prime Minister

By Farid Masood • Mar 11th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Prime Minister Mr Yousaf Raza Gilani has offered PML(N) to sit and talk to resolve the political crises and the basis for the talks would be Charter of Democracy (COD).
It is a good gesture applauded countrywide. Management of PML(N) generally have regards for the personality Mr Prime Minister has. But in my view this [...]



Credibility

By Farid Masood • Sep 4th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Generalissimo (Retd) Pervaiz Musharraf enjoyed blind powers for almost nine years. Graph of his credibility oscillated by his efforts to destabilize the constitution, institutions and noble personalities.
These were his personal efforts to damage his credibility and he never knew it could happen to him. Apart from his personal efforts there were certain elements around him [...]



Nudity of Our Enemies

By The Pakistani Spectator • Aug 29th, 2008 • Category: Politics

I am not a Zardari’s fan or Musharraf lover, I am just a son of my mother…motherland Pakistan and thats is the only reason constraint me to use my weapon “PEN” on this crutial issue.
Why Europian and American media claims that “ZARDARI IS PSCHCO PATIENT” at this stage?
Musharraf was gone with the wind, Cheif of [...]



Zardari is Pagal?

By Rohail Butt • Aug 27th, 2008 • Category: Politics

New York Times, Financial Times, Daily Telegraph and host of other American and European papers and magazines are raising hell that nuclear Pakistan is going to have such a president next month who is diagnosed with a range of psychiatric illnesses, including dementia, major depressive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.
It goes without saying that the [...]



Text of Agreement Between Nawaz and Zardari

By Gul Raiz • Aug 26th, 2008 • Category: Politics


Three Months, Three Days

By Saleem Khan • Aug 25th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Today, after offering Fajr prayers, I started reminding “Mr. Asif Ali Zardari and his promises” that he is doing with political parties, influential personalities and a Nation, since he is on the driving seat of PPP chairmanship after assassination of Benazir Bhutto on 27th December 2007.
One of his promises was that his government will officially [...]



PPP Exploits Election Commission

By Ali Yar Khan • Aug 25th, 2008 • Category: Politics

All that humbug about not manipulating the institutions like Election Commission and PEMRA by the government have been exposed as the power games in Islamabad heat up after the resignation of Pervez Musharraf and in the wake of presidential elections.
Throughout his reign, the tinpot dictator Musharraf abused the Election Commission to elongate and strengthen his [...]



Asif Ali Zardari’s : Man of Her Words

By Ali Yar Khan • Aug 24th, 2008 • Category: Politics

  “Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.” – Charles de Gaulle
The cruel, horrendous, gory, sanguineous, direful and horrific assassination of Benazir Bhutto cannot mask her weaknesses, and the biggest of them was to not to keep her words, and that is what has [...]