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Posts Tagged ‘SRO’

How Many Americans Are There in Islamabad?

By Salman Mugsi • Dec 23rd, 2009 • Category: Politics

The renowned columnist of Express, Javed Chaudhry has claimed that America was ready to storm and occupy the Pakistan’s nuclear assets on the night between 15th and 16th March, 2009. It was the night, when the whole nation was wide awake, because the long march for the restoration of chief justice Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry [...]



Barack or Bush

By M Mirza • Dec 6th, 2009 • Category: Features


Denizens of the lower regions

By Mir Adnan Aziz • Dec 6th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The rich have become richer, the poor have become poorer and the vessel of state is driven between anarchy and despotism. (Percy Shelley)
In medieval folklore, vampires, the fiends of the underworld, were fabled creatures of the night. They rose from the graves and roamed the earth feeding on the lifeblood of innocent victims.
Today we are afflicted with modern [...]



Questions for Nawaz Sharif

By Guest Blogger • Nov 7th, 2009 • Category: Politics

1. The ongoing military operation in South Waziristan; is he for it, against it, or just neutral?
2. The increased terror activities, particularly suicide attacks on GHQ, the Police Training Centre in Lahore and at various locations in NWFP.
3. What position would the PML-N take on the NRO in parliament? Would it vote for it, against [...]



President Zardari Needs You People !!!

By Umer Toor • Nov 6th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Put a hand on your heart and tell honestly that whether one and a half year is suffice to assess the government of Pakistan People’s Party, but then it always happen. The day, the PPP government takes shape in the Islamabad, the hidden hands start conspiring against the mandate of the people. That’s normal and [...]



Thinking Leaders Needed

By Salman Mugsi • Oct 29th, 2009 • Category: Politics

There is no doubt that this is the most difficult times for Pakistan. The administrative and the military infrastructure is under attack and the morale of the public is all time low. Democracy was hope which has diminished and people have stopped caring.
In these difficult times for the country, the leaders are safely tucked. President [...]



SRO, NRO; Where to Go

By Shayan Khan • Oct 25th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Kashif Abbasi of ARYONEWORLD Digital is playing at something very weird. He is a good anchor with persuasive gestures and talk and after the plastic surgery of his nose, he even looks better, but the way he is trying to malign the politicians of both big parties; PPP and PML-N is very strange.
We all know [...]