PML (N): enigma of principled politics
I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit
April 11, 2013
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Citizens should have the right to record video in every government office and building, including police stations, courts, hospitals, and other public-dealing institutions, as required. This would be a critically important step toward improving governance. This right is also essential because the entire state apparatus is funded by taxpayers’ money and is accountable to them. […]
According to a report in Jang (August 25), a new feat of the bureaucracy has come to light: 33 retired officials are receiving their pensions in foreign currency after relocating abroad. How is this a feat of the bureaucracy? This is, in fact, the doing of the political aristocracy (ریاستی اشرافیہ) that runs the affairs […]
If an individual decides to struggle against an unjust law, system, or State Aristocracy (ریاستی اشرافیہ), then more than half of that struggle must be waged against those who act as the divine custodians of that system. This does not yet include those closest to him who, out of envy, become his enemies. Nor does […]
Political parties do not represent the citizens. They are trade unions of politicians. The way to rid ourselves of them is to make elections entirely democratic. That is, the Election Commission will draw lots from among all the voters present in a constituency, and thus a representative of the citizens for that constituency will be […]
Should new provinces be created or not? And on what basis should they be created? On an administrative basis, or on some other basis? This matter should not be left in the hands of politicians, centralists, intellectuals, and opportunists. To resolve it, there should be a referendum. In other words, this issue should be placed […]
Friendships “deeper than the sea” with foreign countries and joint defence agreements with them cannot bring about any improvement in governance within Pakistan. For citizens, there is nothing to be gained from this kind of politics and diplomacy. For them, all of this will remain mere exhibition and show. Talk about governance <> focus on […]
Among other things, the most crucial factor is the uneven development of human populations on planet Earth, caused by the ruling Ashrafiya in their respective countries. This factor seeks to dissolve the political world order, which is neither possible nor advisable. Migration is not a solution. Nor is destroying the developed world. Emulating the developed […]
I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit
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Here is more evidence: Hamas shaves heads of Gaza youths with long hair Gaza City: Police in Hamas-ruled Gaza have started grabbing young men with
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March 9, 2007 is an epoch-making day for Pakistani citizens. With Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry’s (at the time Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan)
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Politics and morality are not the same thing. Politics is not religion nor is it a moral code. It is the art and the science
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I read regularly The News, The Express Tribune, and Urdu daily Express. The only reason I read The Express Tribune is that International Herald Tribune
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I started collecting and sharing this information just because of my focus on how the state aristocracy makes use of its capture of the state
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I started collecting and sharing this information just because of my focus on how the state aristocracy makes use of its capture of the state
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So the time has come whence the citizens of Pakistan need to decide what they want: democracy or rule of law. The verdict of the
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Finished reading today (March 27), A History of Freedom of Thought, by J. B. Bury, M.A., F.B.A. This 272 page book was first published by
Here are certain advertisements published in various newspapers: [The Express Tribune, December 11, 2012] [روزنامہ ایکسپریس لاہور، 8 مارچ، 2013] [The Express Tribune, The News,
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I started collecting and sharing this information just because of my focus on how the state aristocracy makes use of its capture of the state
Recently I participated in the 2nd Annual Conference (Islam and the Institutions of a Free Society) of the Istanbul Network for Liberty, which was held
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What has gone wrong with the Indians? It seems they are in for a Rape Season or a “Rape Jug,” just like a “Kal Jug?”
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Here is a letter that challenges the state of Pakistan and the politics it protects. It appeared in The Nation as a Letter on March
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After military might, religion is the greatest alibi to defy the rule of law in Pakistan. One of the most precious achievements of human civilization
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Back in 2011, on January 2, The Express Tribune carried an article, Pak Tea House, by Ayesha Siddiqa. In that, a reference was made to
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I started collecting and sharing this information just because of my focus on how the state aristocracy makes use of its capture of the state
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has appointed a first cousin of Finance Minister Saleem Mandviwalla to the Central Board of Directors of the State Bank
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Finished reading (February 23), Makhanlal Roychoudhury, M.A., B.L, SASTRI’s The Din-e-Ilahi or The Religion of Akbar. The 396-page book was published in 1941 by the
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ISLAMABAD: In yet another example of might is right, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has secretly awarded plots to top civil and military bureaucrats in
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Today’s The Express Tribune carried the following news: Forensics Investigation Same pistols used to kill 90 in Karachi Newsdesk: The investigators in the modern forensics
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In Pakistan, political meanness has thousands of ways to maneuver the things! Obviously, if one doesn’t follow moral principles, no rules, no laws could restrain him from
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ISLAMABAD: At least 40 cops including several elite commandoes and two vehicles of the Punjab police are delegated for round-the-clock security of Pakistan Awami Tehrik
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In Pakistan, political meanness has thousands of ways to maneuver the things! Obviously, if one doesn’t follow moral principles, no rules, no laws could restrain him from
Please note: This post has been shifted to the Urdu Blog – Civil Pakistan. To see it, click the link below: Mafiya Siyasat Ka Kacha Chatha
ISLAMABAD: The newly constructed 200-kanal palace in Bahria Town Lahore named Bilawal House, said to be worth Rs5 billion and allegedly gifted to the President