Matiullah Turab is nearly illiterate. He is a metal smith by day and poet by night. He relies on his mind to retain his poems.

The so-called nationalists maintain Drone attacks are damaging the sovereignty of Pakistan! These nationalists include Rightists of various hues such as Jamat-e-Islami to Jamiat-e-Ulama-e-Islam (F),

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Taxes for whatBy Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq The government’s yearning for “more and more taxes” has become a point of irritation for the citizens

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Today, on Pakistan’s independence day, www.google.com – how beautifully used the image of Urial and  its horns! Fantastic! See the last year’s Google.com presentation!

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“Judges rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to pressures of the times.” [Warren E. Burger (1907-1995),

“Judges rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to pressures of the times.” [Warren E. Burger (1907-1995),

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In another article, Deadly debt trap, Huzaima Bukhari and Dr. Ikramul Haq talk of Riyasati Ashrafiya’s plundering and monopolization of wealth and resources of Pakistan.

My Filipino friend, Nonoy Oplas, runs a blog, Government and Taxes, hitting hard at the tax exacting governments. It provides a discussion venue about the

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A larger section of the sovereignty lobby tries to evade the real issue of institutional sovereignty facing Pakistan; rather it appears that their crying over

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Morality and fundamental rights are the first principles which must take precedence over everything, be it ideologies, religions, systems of government, on the one hand,

The term of Riyasati Ashrafiya is slowly gaining currency in Pakistan. It’s not merely a term; it connotes a phenomenon, a malady, a dilemma the

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It is the rule of law alone which hinders the rulers from turning themselves into the worst gangsters. [Ludwig von Mises, Austrian Economist, 1881-1973] He

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Mostly it’s like a rule that the issue a government and its functionaries spend a lot of time on is no issue at all. Drone

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These days a Pushto couplet is circulating. Here is its English translation: Your eyes are like a DroneI was martyred like a Talib

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Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none. [Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826] American people create abundant wealth. So, they are prosperous and

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Pakistan is in the grip of a deadly crisis. Whether it is political or economic domain, social or religious life, private or public sphere, the

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The assassination of Benazir Bhutto is reminiscent of the treacherous and callous murderings rampant under erstwhile monarchies where capturing and holding the throne was the

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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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First, note please that the Blog has a domain of its own now: www.NotesFromPakistan.com  The blog – Notes From Pakistan – started last year (2012)

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[It was the same day last year when the Chief Justice of Pakistan laid the foundation stone of this movement for the liberation of ordinary

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It appears that Lal Masjid Brigade is again testing the waters. Few days back, various TV channels reported that Burqa-Clad females of Jamia Hafsa armed

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When I read the Charter of Democracy, the idea of rebutting it, and writing a new charter struck me. This found shape in the Charter

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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.  (Calvin Coolidge, 1872-1933) It was in January 2007 that a letter appeared in some newspapers.

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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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