In Pakistan, the constitution and the law do not determine politics. Political compulsions determine the constitution and the law. Those who link the imposition of emergency and governor’s rule in KPK with democracy are themselves misguided and are also misleading others. In KPK there was Imrani democracy. That is, a personalized system of government centered […]
One official fort was under occupation, from where continuous shelling of the capital continued, and every now and then, with the help of state resources, night raids were launched on the capital. Now only the hope of assistance from a foreign crutch, “Britain,” would remain. As for “Dilli,” that was already ruined by their own […]
In Pakistan, the constitution and the law do not determine politics. Political compulsions determine the constitution and the law. Those who link the imposition of emergency and governor’s rule in KPK with democracy are themselves misguided and are also misleading others. In KPK there was Imrani democracy. That is, a personalized system of government centered […]
Don’t sit idle, do something, Just unpick your clothes and stitch them back again. Keep experimenting. Never stop experimenting. And when the different chemicals start a long march on the laboratory, then keep dealing with them. O Politicians! Did you ever think how much these experiments cost the citizens!
Inside the royal palace, on every jeweled throne, Leprous bodies in robes of light, Diseased minds and turbans twisted high to the skies, Ignorance-filled scholars, The Majhas and the Gamas, Sit holding clenched in their fists, The tumults of our destinies, the oppressed. Honey on their tongues and knives in their pockets — The breed […]
A short exchange of views (End of September-start of October) from a WhatsApp group Dr Khalil: The rulers of Pakistan are indebted, not the citizens of Pakistan! It is often heard and read that Pakistan has accumulated so much foreign debt. Every Pakistani owes this much loan. Well, did any citizen of Pakistan ever say […]
The travelers of ancient and medieval times journeyed the world and thus compiled the history of the world. But the tourists of Pakistan, by becoming politicians and then rulers, did indeed tour the whole world, yet they destroyed both Pakistan and Pakistan’s history. Why don’t all these politicians and rulers travel the world with their […]
The dilemma is that Pakistani people, for example, want to go to and settle in France. And after settling there, they want to make France into Pakistan. So wouldn’t it be better if they made Pakistan into France. But the fun that lies in ruining someone else’s built home, where is that fun in building […]
All officials of the state and government, including the President and the Prime Minister, who are undertaking foreign tours, should do these tours freely and as much as they like… Do two or three times more foreign tours than each one of you has already done. But know this, that the expenses of all these […]
First a suicide attack happens, people including soldiers die and are injured. Then after that, the Pakistani army targets terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan. Why is this wait done? Why are terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan not targeted beforehand? Why doesn’t the government clarify its policy? Why doesn’t it make the army follow this policy?
Enver Baig’s 2008 report on ‘Tawana Pakistan’ still not implemented ISLAMABAD:The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) took almost four years to probe multi-billion scam of Tawana
On the one side are the victims’ families, Leftist groups, and NGOs, and the sympathizers of the victims of the Baldia factory fire, who demand
Senate question hour: ‘Govt waived Rs360b in taxes, duties in 5 years’ ISLAMABAD: The government waived taxes and duties worth Rs.360 billion to various entities in
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It was back in the days when the lawyers’ movement for the rule of law was at its zenith. On the 9th of March, 2007,
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Great people to fly with! LAHORE: A senior PIA official caused the PK 562 Karachi-Islamabad flight to land at the Allama Iqbal International Airport late
Pak politicians taking our taxes, not paying their own: UK minister LONDON: International Development Secretary Justine Greening has defended giving millions in aid to Pakistan
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LHC stays proceedings in PML-Q MPs damages suits LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday stayed the proceeding of a civil court hearing Rs 50
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ISLAMABAD: While giving “Plot Amnesty” to those top bureaucrats and judges who got more than two plots in the past under the Prime Minister’s Special
FOR a developing country like Pakistan the biggest threat to its existence is terrorism within its boundaries which, if unchecked, may render it ungovernable. While
KARACHI: While millions of households in Karachi go without clean drinking water for days despite having pipelines, those with direct connections in the water board
ISLAMABAD: During the last four fiscal years – up until December 2012 – the government has spent more than Rs2 billion on a media campaign for
The sort of politicking being hurled around in Pakistan proves with ample evidence that the next general elections are at hand. Somehow, the latest episode
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For the last 62 years we the ordinary people of this country have been, and are still being, COERCEDin the worst possible and worst imaginable
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In the wake of escalating Line of Control skirmishes between India and Pakistan, the fear of a war is still lurking in the air. In
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What’s a conspiracy mindset? It’s a mind set in to explaining things or events by going beyond the same things and events. That is, it
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Here is a cartoon published in The Express Tribune today (January 16, 2013) depicting Tahir-ul-Qadri as an exploiter of his followers. Is it so? Another
As the Supreme Court issues orders to arrest the Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf in Rental Power case, the ever-alive factories of conspiracy mindset have
Apart from the fact of corruption, inefficiency and criminality rampant in and under the present government of Pakistan Peoples Party and its allies, Awami National
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Amid continuing bloodshed and the criminally failed State, what the citizens of Pakistan need, first and foremost, is Protective Agenda – a State fully and
Animism did not die with the men that endowed inanimate things with life and soul. It survived and flourished in different areas in different forms
Here is the latest manifestation of ideological robotics: Maoists plant bomb in dead Indian cop Patna: Maoist rebels planted a bomb inside the stomach of
In the following they seem to be of the same ilk: Both believe in violence as the most effective instrument of their policy! Both believe
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Here is one measure how dangerous they are: Turkey lifts ban on thousands of books “Istanbul: From communist works to a comic book, thousands of
“Islamabad: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Thursday (December 20) directed the ministry of defence to abolish lifetime perks and privileges to all former managing directors
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Copied below is the Exordium from my latest paper, Pakistan’s Democratic Impasse – Analysis and the Way Forward, released by the Alternate SolutionsInstitute on December
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The caption reads: A rickshaw and a small trailer, with Jamaat-i-Islami posters and flags, have been making rounds on The Mall (Lahore) to tell people
“ISLAMABAD: Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) Buland Akhtar Rana on Thursday (January 3) told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that he had ordered to conduct
In order to secure constitutional protection for Muslims, the Muslim League argued in separatist language on the basis of a different religious identity. However, as
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Alternate Solutions Institute released my latest paper, Pakistan’s Democratic Impasse – Analysis and the Way Forward, today (December 29). Copied below is the text of
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