Posts Tagged ‘musharraf’

No to the President, No to the Media

Monday, October 27, 2008 0:10 6 Comments

If there was to be a sequel to the movie Mr. Bean’s Holiday, it would be called President Goes to the USA. While Mr. President had a rendezvous half way across the globe with ex girl friends and beauty pageant winners, those back home wished he hadn’t left Islamabad in the first place. The media [...]

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The ANP: Artfully meshed to the background

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 21:54 15 Comments

What had gotten the ANP in such a rut that they joined forces with the coalition? They vowed their alliance, if and only if the coalition promised to break the ISI, if not break then at least weaken from within. ANP had organized a rally for their party, what they had also organized was manslaughter [...]

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A Leaderless nation: What Next?

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 15:58 14 Comments

By: 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 [...]

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The cat fight now begins!

Monday, August 18, 2008 14:43 23 Comments

The 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 [...]

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Story of a nation that never learnt…

Sunday, August 17, 2008 20:46 2 Comments

Once 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 [...]

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