Abbas Ather Archive

Zadari’s one year in presidency: Zardari one year on President Asif Ali Zardari completed his one year in office on Wednesday. Consequently, Ms Farahnaz Ispahani, parliamentarian and media adviser to the PPP co-chairman, thought fit to remind the nation
Musharraf’s trial and Gilani’s first "khoba": A critical analysis: Musharraf on trial By Anwar Syed Sunday, 23 Aug, 2009 (Dawn) STRIDENT calls for Gen Pervez Musharraf’s trial under Article 6 of the constitution have of late been coming from various individuals and groups. But he is not without
Maulvi Umar: Ye Ghazi Ye Teray Pur-israr Banday: Maulvi Umar Thursday, 20 Aug, 2009 THE capture of Maulvi Umar, a success hot on the heels of the killing of Baitullah Mehsud, is another blow for the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan. Umar is the most high-profile of TTP leaders captured
The Zardari phobia and the minus-one formula: Media and minus-one formula The Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, declared at the Independence Day flag-hoisting ceremony at the Mazar of Quaid-e-Azam on Friday that “the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) had never before accepted the minus-one formula,
Christians burnt to death; Lawyers go unbridled. One day in Shahbaz Sharif’s rule in Punjab: Christian children, women burnt to death in Pakistan TCM News Desk July 31, 2009 | 00:47:23 SEVERAL Christian children and women were reportedly burnt to death
Go Zardari Go!:
We should support military operation against Talibans OR we should be ready to accept their shariah which allows women’s public flogging: Abbas Ather:
Abbas Ather: The Long March and the Middle Path Resolution:
Is Nawaz Sharif paving the road to martial law in Pakistan?: If the army is compelled to step in Now that the two mainstream parties have virtually declared the doors of reconciliation shut, commentators are already talking of the possibility of the army stepping in “to bring the country back
Abbas Ather: The Motorway Party as the saviour of Pakistan?: Does the urban Punjab represent the whole Pakistan? Does the motorway party (i.e., PML-N, whose popularity is limited to cities on the motorway from Lahore to Rawalpindi) represent the majority of Pakistan? Do the motorway journalists (i.e., Dr. Shahid
Moonis Elahi "should be" the next Chief Minister of Punjab…: Manipulations in full swing for top slot Nasir JamalSaturday, 28 Feb, 2009 | 05:22 AM PST | Former ruling party Pakistan Muslim League leader Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain (R) and Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi.—Reuters/File LAHORE: Three days after imposition of the
Aitzaz Ahsan, PPP and Long March: A critical perspective – by Abbas Ather: Related articles: PPP suspends Ch Aitzaz Ahsan as member of Central Executive Committee (CEC) You too Aitzaz Ahsan, the leader of the legal community? Pakistan’s left tilts towards right. Partners in crime? Abbas Ather offers a critical perspective on
MQM versus Taliban / Jamaat-e-Islami: An interesting dialogue between an Imran Khan lover and a secular Pakistani: A relevant op-ed by Abbas Ather
Ansar Abbasi, "The Corrupt Judge", DIG Gujranwala, PFUJ and the followers of Goebbels – By Abbas Ather: Is Ansar Abbasi an investigative journalist? Or a police tout? Contempt of court based on an unsubstantiated statement attributed to Hazrat Nanno Goraya?
Did the nation vote for the restoration of Iftikhar Chaudhry? The "Long March" politics and the future of democracy – by Abbas Ather:
Anti-Taliban journalists of Pakistani media are true Pakistanis and true Muslims – by Rahim Anjan: Well done, Abbas Ather, Asadullah Ghalib, Tanvir Qaiser Shahid, Sohail Qalandar, Ayaz Khan, Latif Chaudhry, The Express Team and also Mr. Rahim Anjaan. The entire Pakistani nation is proud of you because of your unconditional condemnation of the Taliban
Taliban threaten attack on Islamabad: Analysis by Hamid Mir, Nazir Naji and Abbas Ather: Taliban threaten attack on Islamabad Wednesday, February 11, 2009 By Hamid Mir ISLAMABAD: The local Taliban leadership has decided to send its fighters to Islamabad as a reaction to the operations in Darra Adamkhel and Swat Valley and in
Taliban threaten attack on Islamabad: Analysis by Hamid Mir, Nazir Naji and Abbas Ather: Taliban threaten attack on Islamabad Wednesday, February 11, 2009 By Hamid Mir ISLAMABAD: The local Taliban leadership has decided to send its fighters to Islamabad as a reaction to the operations in Darra Adamkhel and Swat Valley and in
Asghar Khan, Democracy and Martial Law – Another Experiment? By Abbas Ather:
7,700 sacked govt employees to be reinstated – What do ordinary Pakistanis think?: Politics, Humanity and Yellow Journalism – By Abbas Ather
Well done Zardari, Well done Pakistan Government:
The ‘differences’ between Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani and President Asif Zardari and the Disinformation Cell – Abbas Ather:
Provide security to Ansar Abbasi: Although we disagree with the biased and pro-Taliban reporting of Mr. Ansar Abbasi, having come to know that Mr. Abbasi has received threats by some vested interests, we support Mr. Shaheen Sahbai’s following appeal to the Government of Pakistan
Reality, deception and hidden agenda of opinion polls in Pakistan: Here are two articles (by Afreen Baig and Abbas Athar) on this topic critiquing the validity as well as the hidden agenda of political surveys and polls published in Pakistani and international media. Foreign Polls and Surveys: Reality, Deception
Independent judiciary, meesaq-e-jamhooriat, and Nawaz Sharif…: If Nawaz Sharif is sincere in implementing the “Meesaq-e-Jamhooriat” (the Democracy Accord), then he must stick to all the clauses of the
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry versus Chief Justice Abdul Hamid Dogar – A letter sent to Abbas Ather: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry versus Chief Justice Abdul Hamid Dogar Who is a hero and who is a zero? Why? Are we passive recipients of what media is injecting
A 6-year-old boy thrown into a hot water tub in Sargohda, Pakistan. His crimes? Hunger, Poverty,Helplessness:
Eid ul-Adha: The Feast of Sacrifice in Islam; Who should you donate your charities or the animal hide (qurbani ki khaal) to?: Please do not donate your charities or animal hide to a potentially militant, terrorist or sectarian organization. Do not offer your charities to political, ethnic, religio-political, sectarian organizations or jihadi madrassahs of any sect. The best organizations worthy of
Between the devil (the USA) and the deep sea (Al-Qaeda and Taliban). The dilemma of Pakistani Muslims….By Abbas Ather, Asadullah Ghalib:
Abbas Ather condemns personal attacks on Salman Taseer by PML-N: Related posts: Javed Chaudhry, the mouth piece of Taliban, writes an indecent column against Salman Taseer  After dirty propaganda against Taseer family, Rana Sanaullah declares them as his blood relations Dirty propaganda against Salman Taseer and his family. What
Well done, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan! Wake up Zardari.. Enough talking, time for action NOW… by Irshad Haqqani, also another view by Abbas Ather…:
Iftikhar Chaudhry, Lawyers’ Movement; What do ordinary Pakistanis think? Abbas Ather:
Why is there little chance of Iftikhar Chaudhry’s restoration – by Abbas Ather: A tragic truth: Qazi Hussain Ahmed, Imran Khan etc have politicized the Chief Justice issues. No chance of Iftikhar’s Chaudhry’s restoration. By Abbas Ather
Ali Ahmed Kurd, the SCBA elections, some perspectives… by Abbas Ather and other analysts: The Vote Count In the 2007 SCBA elections, the candidate opposing Aitzaz Ashan secured only 175 votes. In the 2008
Conspiracy theorists should remember Lal Masjid before shedding crocodile tears – by Abbas Ather: In this op-ed, Asadullah Ghalib spanks “RAW Totay” (e.g. Javed Chaudhry, Hamid Mir, Kashif Abbasi, Ansar Abbasi, Orya Maqbool Jan, Irfan Siddiqi): The conspiracy theory parrots. Shame on the supporters of extremist of Lal Masjid, Sipah-e-Sahaba and Taliban and
We condemn Javed Chaudhry’s indecent column against Salmaan Taseer and Najam Sethi: Related articles on LUBP: Javed Chaudhry, the mouth piece of Taliban and Sipah-e-Sahaba compares Taliban with Hazrat Imam Hussain  After dirty propaganda against Taseer family, Rana Sanaullah declares them as his blood relations Dirty propaganda against Salman Taseer and
A postmortem of anti-democracy journalists; A mirror to Ansar Abbasi, Kashif Abbasi, Hamid Mir, Mushtaq Minhas and other supporters of Taliban.:
Abbas Ather exposes Ansar Abbasi, the real enemy of democracy and judiciary!: Related posts: Ansar Abbasi was the first journalist who published report about corruption of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry Ansar Abbasi admits that in Dr. Arsalan’s case, Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry was involved in corruption In his op-ed in Daily Express,
Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba, Sipah-e-Sahaba, Hamid Mir and Imran Khan – Columns by Abbas Ather and Haroon-ur-Rashid: In the following op-eds, Abbas Ather and Haroon-ur-Rasheed expose the ugly role of Jamaat Islami (including Islami Jamiat Talaba) in mistreatment of Imran Khan at the University of the Punjab. These columns also expose the role of Jamaat-e-Islami, Liaqat
What kind of reservations Asif Zardari might have about Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry…: What kind of reservations Asif Zardari might have about Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry…. Here is a perspective by Abbas Ather