Archive for June, 2008
The right way out: Putting a full-stop to this political crisis!
Jun 29th
You have all been witness to an absolute chaotic situation that our nation has been grappling with ever since the imposition of emergency on November the 3rd last year. I am not here to justify the steps taken by the President, nor do I favor those who exploited the wrong decision. I speak on neutral grounds, as a patriotic nationalist, a Pakistani who wants an end to this circus!
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Loading ...Nawaz & Asif: When will these meetings bear fruit?
Jun 20th
February 18th it was when the nation voted in favour of the PML-N and the PPP. It was that day and it is to this day that we wait and wait endlessly for something positive to come out of all the so-called deliberations and discussions that have been taking place.
They have kept meeting time and again. As if on a vacation or something – from Dubai to Islamabad onwards to Murree and Bhurban. From there to Dubai again and off they go to London. The change of atmosphere didn’t help. They must have thought it would.
What have these deliberations and discussions been about? Judges? Judiciary? Or about how to plunder together – in an apparently civilised manner – sharing the big bucks on the basis of popularity assessed by the February 18th voting? After all, they’ve stayed away from this country for so long!
They’re meeting again. Now these meetings are held in their palaces. I presume this time it will be about the disqualification of Mr. Nawaz Sharif and Mr. Shahbaz Sharif from contesting the elections which is obvious and pretty much written on the wall. They’ve both been sentenced by a court of law and they shouldn’t be expecting anything positive either.
The PML-N says it may ask its partner, the PPP, to form its government in the Punjab too in case Shahbaz is disqualified.
May be its about pressuring Asif Zardari to use his contacts in the establishment to do something for the Sharif brothers!?
I’m surprised how all of their family men get elected un-opposed? Shahbaz’s son, Hamza too has been elected to NA-119 unopposed like Shahbaz himself got elected unopposed to the Provincial assembly.
Let us see how long these meetings continue. They are surely a big waste of time and money. Will they bear any fruit? I am the least optimistic about any positive outcome.
As far as the votes which brought them to power. We definitely need an ‘overhaul’ of our election process! Our politics at the national level is actually family-politics, personal struggles and the lust to dominate! It’s like a large house where a lot of people live like a joint family!
Why? Because all – ALL – all of them are related to each other, from somewhere or the other! Amazed? I’m not! I’ve seen this bunch closely enough!
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Limits crossed: Afghan President threatens operations inside Pakistan!
Jun 15th
This is the absolute limit. After a gross violation of Pakistan borders by Afghan forces on June 11, their puppet-cum-president Hamid Karzai has come out in the open and threatened that Afghan forces will come into Pakistan to hunt down the Taliban and other terrorists. What is our leadership doing?
I give full credit to our internal instability, thanks to inefficient leadership, a lawyers movement and a morally corrupt mindset of our leaders!
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Long March ‘Fizzles’ out
Jun 15th
Well done! Well spent! As people in their hundreds flock around utility stores in the country for cheaper food, a long march has come to an end, or has rather ‘fizzled’ out achieving a lot. No! I firmly believe the intention was not just to restore the judges or the judiciary, but several other things in its contrast.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The Shameless Ambassador to the United States!
Jun 12th
We recently appointed a Pakistani ‘neocon’ as our ambassador to the United States of America, Mr. Hussain Haqqani. After the recent attack on Pakistani forces, THIS is what our shameless ambassador has to say about the incident:
Despite the “unacceptable” incident, Pakistan will continue to fight extremists within its own borders.
“We will continue to cooperate with our partners while trying to get to the bottom of this particular incident and to make sure that no such incidents take place in the future.”
Sigh! He is more of an American than a Pakistani. Are we left with any other words to condemn his remarks? I might find some, but I am in no mood to write any!
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...US ‘cowardly’ attack and attempt to occupy Pakistani territory!
Jun 11th
The night between the tenth and eleventh of June 2008 witnessed a ‘cowardly’ attack from the coalition forces based in Afghanistan that has left at least 13 Pakistani soldiers martyred, including a Major, and what is frightful is the fact that more than 50 soldiers are still missing. The missile attack was possibly launched using unmanned drones followed by a ground attack by Afghan forces.
This is what happens when you bend without limits. This is what happens when you say YES to everything they say. This huge military loss is a saddening incidence, which clearly shows the downright disrespect of Pakistani sovereignty by the United States and its coalition forces. More >
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