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Posts Tagged ‘kashmir’

Sheikh Aziz’s Murder : Proof of Indian Justice

By Muskan Hina • Aug 14th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Some .2 million Kashmiris were protesting against the economic blockage of Hindu fanatic organization of Jammu, which has brought the economy and business of the Indian held Kashmir to a virtual stand still and the overflowing fruit business of the held Kashmir valley was getting death knolling brunt. As the incensed Kashmiris peacefully reached near […]



Travelogue of Neelum Valley

By The Pakistani Spectator • Aug 12th, 2008 • Category: Misc

It was the summer of 2008 and I was on vacations. Things weren’t turning up as I had expected and we were getting lazy as there was nothing exciting to do. There should be some excitement I thought and it did come. The plan of visiting neelum valley was moved by my cousin. Things got […]



Shahbaz Navigates in Balochistan

By Ali Yar Khan • Jul 16th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

One of the best thing ever happened to Pakistan is the chief minister of Punjab, Mian Shahbaz Sharif, the younger brother of Nawaz Sharif, the two time Prime Minister of Pakistan. Famous for his endless energy and the burning desire for efficiency and providing relief to the poor, Shahbaz Sharif is once again at the […]



Qaum Ki Yadasht

By Tariq • Jun 9th, 2008 • Category: Politics (Urdu)



Shujaat Opens Up Against Musharraf

By Sameer Shaharyar • Jun 9th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain is getting fits of frustration over his bleak political future. Though he is a veteran politician, he forgot that whenever a politician sells himself in the hands of a dictator, he becomes a smelling relic for the general public, and that is what Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain has become.
With his PML-Q disintegrating steadily, […]



Defense Minister of Musharraf

By Fatima Tassaduq • Jun 7th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar has proved a very interesting thing that the land of Gujrat is very fertile for Musharraf. In the previous nine year, from the same city, another Chaudhary, Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain acted as henchman for him, and now from the same city, another Chaudhary, Chaudhary Ahmad Mukhtar is giving shoulder to […]



Impotent jehadies

By Johann • Jun 6th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The killing of innocent Pakistanis who earn their living serving the Danish embassy as drivers,clerks etc in retaliation for the Danish cartoons republished reminds me of the days during British raj when it is just so easy to put a cow carcass in a temple or a Pig’s head in a Mosque to […]



Press Conference of Ex-Servicemen Group (Lahore Chapter)

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

Today, army ex-servicemen group appeared before media to present their a few points agenda of demands. The told that they have agreement over 8 ~ 10 points. The important points include:
- Impeachment of the President Musharraf and his court-marshal.
- Re-instatement of Judiciary on […]



Donde Drug Trade Dollars De Afghanistan?

By kami • Jun 4th, 2008 • Category: Politics

As I mentioned in my last article, on February 27, 2008 at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Bob Schieffer, anchor of CBS News’ “Face the Nation,” moderated a seminar where Nicholas Burns, then Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, commented about drug production in Afghanistan:
“It is a country that has seen its […]



Russa Geer PMLQ Leadership Abandon Musharraf

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • May 31st, 2008 • Category: Politics

In the villages, “Russa Geers” are rogues who steal the cattle of people. Chaudharies of Gujrat are famous for the cow “Russa Geeri.”, and the start of their enormous wealth is from this Russa Geeri. Their storage point for stolen cattle is in the bordering Jungle of Kashmir. They have also built bunkers and […]