Posts Tagged ‘government’
Time to go solo: Stop Begging, Start Building!
Saturday, November 29, 2008 14:34 1 CommentBy Laila Sohail
Saturday, 29th November - 2008
The economic crisis has taken us exactly where it was expected…straight into the account books of the big bosses at the IMF We may be told that it’s a do or die situation, but there are options available. We should first get the IMF off our [...]
The Presidency, Zardari and the Constitution
Sunday, August 31, 2008 14:54 10 CommentsWhile the country prepares itself for Presidential elections on the 6th of September, I wonder how the PPP co-chairman (Asif A. Zardari) has managed to qualify. It has never been about democracy at all, it has been about revenge since the day they took over the government in February, democracy is just a weapon in [...]
A Leaderless nation: What Next?
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 15:58 14 CommentsBy: Ammar Faheem
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
With the resignation of President Musharraf who had gained himself a notorious image in Washington for his tough stance on the Pakistani Nuclear program and the functioning of the ISI, Pakistan has effectively been left leaderless. There is political vacuum in the air and the nation anxiously waits for what [...]
The cat fight now begins!
Monday, August 18, 2008 14:43 23 CommentsThe cat fight now begins after Musharraf has resigned from office, despite strong opinion polls sliding in his favour till late last night.
The issues that are going to split or rip the coalition apart are:
Who will be the next President?
How to restore the Judiciary in the next 72 hours.
Apart from that, most of us are [...]
Story of a nation that never learnt…
Sunday, August 17, 2008 20:46 2 CommentsOnce upon a time in southern Asia, there lived a nation, a nation that struggled for several years and ultimately won independence from their British rulers. They named their independent country, “Pakistan” (Land of the Pure).
Such was the passion and love for their new homeland that they migrated in millions from Hindustan over to [...]