The Pakistani Spectator

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Petrol Prices

By Talal Hussain Malik • May 30th, 2009 • Category: Misc

IT is amazing how our government responds to certain situations. Going back a few months when the issue of restoration of Chief Justice was still in dispute, the government was discarding all possibilities of restoration of Chief Justice. Ironically, however, the government officials changed their statements after CJ’s reinstatement saying that government itself was considering [...]



America’s Oil War

By Rauf Amir • Feb 20th, 2009 • Category: Politics (Urdu)


Pak Investors Lose Billions in Dubai Real Estate Downturn

By Muskan Hina • Dec 8th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Pakistan Economy Watch on Saturday said a host of Pakistani businessmen have lost billions of dollars of investments in speculator-oriented Dubai real estate property downturn.
“Those who lured Pakistanis by showing them golden dreams of rich returns by investing in the oil-poor emirates have walked away silently, leaving the Pakistani businessmen in the lurch. These include [...]



What We are Giving to IMF in lieu of $7billion

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Nov 18th, 2008 • Category: Politics

International Monetary Fund (IMF) has so graciously approved a massive loan for the Pakistan and the first couple of installments would be given to the Pakistani authorities without delay, which will provide a prompt relief to the economy. Pakistan already is under the burden of $46.6 billion, and without any thought about paying back this [...]



Qadirpur Gas Field on Sale

By Sameer Shaharyar • Nov 14th, 2008 • Category: Politics

I don’t know who does this, but there is someone who comes up bright ideas every now and then in every government. Like he came up with the notion of privatizing the Pakistan Steel Mills, and now we are hearing about the selling out of Qadirpur gas field.
Pakistan has got very few, even rare organizations [...]



Where is My Eidi ?

By Amna Gilani • Oct 2nd, 2008 • Category: Politics

Suffocation in the shops, smell of heavy sweat, hot weather and extreme humidity are not the reason that people are finding it hard to head towards the markets in the first Eid of Summer after almost 36 years, rather it’s the security situation in the country, which has put the whole country in uncertainty and [...]



For Ebrat of Everyone

By M. Waqas (Ex MPA) • Sep 22nd, 2008 • Category: Misc


The Women: Next Door

By A Khokar • Sep 10th, 2008 • Category: Misc

Amir Tahri, a columnist gives us an insight that what future holds for women in our neighbouring country Iran. Iran where even Shirin Ebadi: The Nobelist faces threats for backing women’s rights.
AHMADINEJAD’S NEW ENEMY: WOMEN.
IN one of his last sermons before his death, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini warned of “three threats” to his vision of [...]



Petro-Euro Vs Petro-Dollar - Good Eye opener

By Ausaf Ahmad • Sep 9th, 2008 • Category: Misc

Why the Dollar Bubble is about to Burst? IRAN HAS REALLY DONE IT…more deadlier than the nuclear.. The Voice (issue 264 -) ran an article beginning, ‘ Iran has really gone and done it now. No, they haven’t sent their first nuclear sub in to the Persian Gulf . They are about to launch [...]



We Have Broken it, So We Ought to Fix it

By A Khokar • Jul 21st, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Although we may be right in blaming US for the prevalent mayhem and anarchy in Pakistan but this was surely Pakistan’s own choice that they see themselves now gutted in this hell fire. It is their own created inferno which is eating it up and is turning this heavenly country’s western area into rubble and [...]