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حامد میر کے کالم معلومات سے بھرے ہوتے ہیں۔ مگر کل 5 ستمبر کا کالم مجھے بہت عجیب لگا۔ میں یہ سوچنے پر مجبور ہو
Since long, a controversy has been raging as to what kind of state Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah wanted Pakistan to be: a religious state or a secular state. Fortunately, that controversy precludes certain extremes, for instance, it is generally understood and admitted that Quaid never wanted Pakistan to be a theocratic or a socialist state. […]
As far as the interpretation of the article 184 is concerned, common-sense understanding is altogether different. It has three clauses that form the whole of this article. Its title is: The Original Jurisdiction of Supreme Court. The first clause states: (1) The Supreme Court shall, to the exclusion of every other court, have original jurisdiction […]
Dawn October 28, 2017 ISLAMABAD: State emerges from society so it has no right to make the society hostage and start supporting non-state actors who are a threat to the society. As even political parties do not follow the Constitution, there is a need to have a new social contract to run the country. Read […]
My two cents (tweets) It kills the somewhat nationalist pride in me that the office of prime minister has a pride that needs to be supplemented by another office! Every other laxity, corruption, etc I feel I may tolerate, not this one! It’s absolutely unbecoming no matter it’s constitutional or not. Tweets by khalilkf
With JUI (F), MQM, and PML (Q) once again out to test their gamesmanship, and ANP, PML (N), the Army, and the political-religious parties outside waiting in the wings, it seems Pakistan is all set to brace for another bout of political crisis – leaving us the people bewildered what the hell is the direction […]
حامد میر کے کالم معلومات سے بھرے ہوتے ہیں۔ مگر کل 5 ستمبر کا کالم مجھے بہت عجیب لگا۔ میں یہ سوچنے پر مجبور ہو
اردو، پنجابی اور انگریزی زبانیں میرے خون میں شامل ہیں۔ اردو اور پنجابی تو ایسے ہیں، جیسے یہ خون میں بولتی ہوں۔ جبکہ، انگریزی اس
غنیمت ہے کہ چیف جسٹس سپریم کورٹ آف پاکستان افتخار محمد چوہدری کے بحالی (بحالیوں) کے بعد پاکستانی اعلیٰ عدلیہ نے اپنے دامن سے کچھ
یہ اشتہار دیکھیے، جو لاہور ایلیکٹرک سپلائی کمپنی کی طرف سے دیا گیا ہے۔ کیا اس پر اٹھنے والا خرچ لیسکو نے اپنے عملے کی
جب سے پیپلز پارٹی کا موجودہ دورِ حکومت شروع ہوا ہے، یہ ایک آسیب میں گرفتار ہے ۔ پہلے یہ آسیب معزول عدلیہ کی بحالی
Be informed that I have decided to separate the Urdu postings from English ones and put them together into another blog. For the Urdu posts,
فیروز اللغات (اردو) میں ’شہر آشوب‘ سے مراد ایسی نظم ہے، جس میں کسی شہر کی پریشانی و بربادی کا ذکر ہو ۔ فرہنگِ آصفیہ
ایک تو یہ کہ حکمران اور محکوم مختلف ہوتے ہیں۔ اس کا مطلب یہ ہے کہ حکومتیں اور ان کے شہری مختلف ہوتے ہیں۔ اس
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Chronic ‘debt dependence’ By Huzaima Bukhari & Dr Ikramul Haq All is set for the executive board of the International Monetary Fund (MF) to consider
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[Recently, I was asked to express my views on the notion of economic imperialism and answer to a few questions. It was suggested that “the
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‘Qarz burhao, mulk bigarho’ By Huzaima Bukhari and Dr Ikramul Haq [This article first appeared in the Business Recorder of August 30, 2013.] In
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My today’s tweet: While equipping their army with any weapons, the citizens must be cautious the same may be used against them also- lesson from
[Cost: Lives of 45 citizens of Pakistan. Lesson Learned: Fokkers grounded for passengers services. Outcome: No one is responsible!] This time the temptation is irresistible.
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In the midst of dust and destruction unleashed by the politicians, The Express Tribune of today, August 28, has the following story to exalt our
In 2004, the Pakistani government placed an order for a luxurious Mercedes Cardiac ambulance at a cost of more than 13 million rupees (about $225,000).
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This picture is worth a thousand words! Published in The Express Tribune of August 26, 2013, it’s a sharp comment on the hidden face of
For nearly three decades, an earnest man named Narendra Dabholkar traveled from village to village in India, waging a personal war against the spirit world.
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It’s possible that after more than half a century of animosity, India and Pakistan could be on the path to lasting friendship. That path is
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The Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776, is one of the greatest documents human history has produced. The more one reads it, the more
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Communist Party cadres have filled meeting halls around China to hear a somber, secretive warning issued by senior leaders. Power could escape their grip, they
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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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