The Pakistani Spectator

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Posts Tagged ‘Pakistan Midterm Elections’

Reason Why Midterm Elections are Necessary

By Rohail Butt • Jan 18th, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

All the ripe and half-cooked governments of PPP have always declared themselves as biggest champion of democracy in Pakistan and the only ones who could initiate the true democratic system in Pakistan. But every government of PPP starting from Zulfikar Ali Bhutto has failed to deliver.
Things got worst during the eras of Benazir Bhutto, and [...]



Zardari is Here to Stay

By Ali Yar Khan • Nov 15th, 2009 • Category: Politics

All these conspiracy theories about the removal of Asif Ali Zardari, and the new interim setup or the mid term elections are hogwash and only depict the wishful thinking of some journalists and the anchorpersons and PML-N.
If you closely look at the ground realities, why would America and our establishment would want to topple this [...]



Tongue in Cheek

By Shayan Khan • Oct 12th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

These are very defining times for the country and much is happening on many fronts simultaneously and it has become hard to keep the fingers on the pulse of the matters. Though I am not pretending that I belong to that elite class who is privy to the whispers made in the labyrinth of the [...]