Media in Chains – by Peja Mistry: It was early 2007, Musharraf was ruling without any major problems. There was very little resistance against him in electronic media and on roads. In the electronic media there were several very popular shows including Dr. Shahid
SMBB’s murder & Musharraf – the outcast – Pejamistri: After almost 10 years, military’s establishment felt itself as strong as ever and decided to rub the salt on the wounds of the terror victims by declaring the verdict in Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto’s murder. The verdict is
The merits of the case – by Farahnaz Ispahani: Erstwhile coup-making general and former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf was indicted on murder charges Tuesdayin connection with the 2007 assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. While the anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Rawalpindi had named Musharraf in the case in early 2011,
Democracy wins, federation loses – by Farahnaz Ispahani: AP CHALLENGES AHEAD: Nawaz Sharif is not the only one facing challenges. While Nawaz Sharif has won the election decisively, he faces the challenge of reaching out beyond his main base in Punjab to the rest of Pakistan Pakistan achieved
مشرف ، آرمی لمیٹڈ اور کاغذی شیر – از امام بخش: یار لوگوں نے جنرل مشرف کے بارے میں ایک قصہ مشہور کر رکھا ہے جسے لطیفہ کہنا زیادہ بہتر ہوگا کہ عنان اقتدار سنبھالنے کے چند دنوں بعد جنرل پرویز مشرف صحرائے تَھر میں آرمی کی طرف سےکُھدوائے جانے
Lal Masjid fan club – by Syed Riaz Al-Malik Hajjaji: Someone please forward a copy of this to His Holiness Highness Hazrat Iftikhar Chaudhary (HHHHIC) aka Abu Arsalan. HHHHIC and his Chacha Supremes must be so proud of reading this as they have always shown a soft corner for
اور کمانڈو فرار ہوگیا – از حق گو: چند ہی سال پہلے کی بات ہے کہ پاکستان پہ ایک فوجی کمانڈو حکومت کرتا تھا، جو اس ملک کے سیاہ و سفید کا ملک تھا ، اس کی مرضی کے بغیر پاکستان میں پتہ ہلنے کا تصور بھی
People and their struggles! – by Dr Shazia Nawaz: It was years ago. I liked Musharraf. He was progressive. He gave media real freedom and he was good to women. And I do not mean to call him a womanizer by saying that. Women just seemed to have
Pakistan’s former President Musharraf condemns Shia genocide: “I strongly sympathize with Shia families that are losing loved ones everyday on account of escalating sectarian violence. The Government cannot and must not ignore the atrocities being committed against Shia muslims in the name of religion. Sectarian violence
Volga Vikings – by Dr. Zulfiqar Ali: Oh keep the Dog far hence, that’s friend to men Or with his nails he’ll dig it up again! (T. S. Eliot. The Burial of the Dead; Wasteland) “..That this extreme step has been taken in your interest and
Signs of things to come?: A Suo Moto action is a very serious and abrupt notice taken by a higher court where the interests of Justice are affected. One can’t help but feel bit cynical when a suo moto action is taken against an
Benazir’s murder probe extends to Musharraf: The investigation into the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has been extended to former president Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf and a questionnaire carrying 32 questions has been sent to him abroad, a private TV channel reported on
Tonga Parties Enjoy Imaginations, by Amjad Rashid: Before the partition of sub-continent, there is a famous incidence told by a writer of that time which is probably written by A. Hameed.There was very brutal and violent incidence occurred in Amritsar, the city of eastern Punjab at