Little monsters – by Nadeem F. Paracha: There is nothing new anymore about the suggestion that over a span of about 30 odd years, the Pakistani military and its establishmentarian allies in the intelligence agencies, the politicised clergy, conservative political parties and the media have, in

The Afghan-Pakistan Solution – By Pervez Musharraf: The Afghan-Pakistan Solution: An exit strategy must be predicated on achieving military and political goals, not dictated by time limits. By PERVEZ MUSHARRAF My recent trip to the United States has been an enriching experience, during which I had a

In defence of our Ahmadi brothers and sisters: As fellow Pakistanis, our Ahmadi brothers and citizens are equal citizens of Pakistan. This was an assurance given to all Pakistanis by the founder of the nation, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. It is the responsibility of the state as

Hamid Mir slaps Dr Shahid Masood and Shaheen Sehbai: How many politicians have to die to please you enough? We previously wrote that enemies of democracy taunt President Zardari for what they term as his cowardice to refrain from exposing himself in public meetings. The main aim of

Gilani frustrates the opponents of President Zardari.: Agents of the anti-democracy establishment in Pakistani media and politics are indeed frustrated by the failure of their plans to create a rift between President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani. Here is an excerpt of

Some facts about the Swiss Case Scandal: The Facts about the ‘Swiss Case’ By Maj Gen (Retd) Ahsan Ahmed THE NATION – June 18, 2005 “We will use these twelve million dollars ob-tained from Benazir Bhutto & Asif Ali Zardari on the rehabilitation of rain victims”,

Zardari, Geo TV and the Swiss case evidence: Who is Dr Javed Kanwal?: Geo TV correspondent, Dr Javed Kanwal, has recently filed a story in Geo TV and The News in which he claimed that the Pakistan government has succeeded in removing from a lawyer’s office evidence of the cases against influential

A page from Dr Shahid Masood’s personal life: Dr Shahid Masood and a mother’s story A few months ago, I watched an amazing interview of Dr Shahid Masood in Geo TV’s program Jawabdeh (by Iftikhar sahib). I like Jawabdeh programme, only because it gives us the opportunity

The IT revolution in Punjab: Thank you, democracy.: I.T. revolution is taking place in Punjab Guest post by: Qudrat Ullah Information Technology (I.T.) is the acknowledged key of success in the 21st century as it supplements public development. Nations with command over I.T. do well than others

The most heinous crime of Asif Zardari – by Abbas Ather: Zardari’s tri-color coat and the nuclear button In the following op-ed, Abbas Ather explains that is is neither corruption (the NRO) nor Article 58-2(b), the most heinous crime of Asif Zardari is the fact that he heads Pakistan People’s

Local Goebbels, Foreign Masters, and the Balkanisation of Pakistan: A thought provoking op-ed by Asadullah Ghalib in which he exposes the real plans of the anti-democracy campaign by certain agents in Pakistani media and their foreign masters. This is followed by an op-ed by Mehmood Sham along the

Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman’s letter to Shaheen Sehbai: To: Shaheen Sehbai, Editor, The News From: MSR, Editor-in-Chief Re: Violation of policy I am constrained to bring to your notice several, and repeated, violation of editorial policies clearly understood between us. Infact, these policies have also been agreed

Is Pakistani media beyond accountability? – by Shaheen Sehbai: Who will Bell the Bad, Fat Cats? Shaheen Sehbai Every one in the present morally, intellectually and financially depleted Pakistan — the print media and its well-entrenched “gurus” among the foremost — is shouting from the roof top for

Sindhi Topi Day: People’s response to hate speech by Geo TV: In response to ethnic hate speech against Sindhi culture by the anti-democracy mafia of Geo TV (Shaheen Sehbai, Shahid Masood, Saaleh Zafir, Tariq Butt, Ansar Abbasi), people of Sindh have decided to observe the “Sindhi Topi Day” to pay

Extracting political decisions from judiciary – Guest post by Ahmad Nadeem Gehla: A STUDY OF TRANSFORMATION FROM MILITARY DICTATORSHIP TO DEMOCRACY AROUND THE WORLD WOULD REVEAL THAT THERE ARE TWO POSSIBLE WAYS. EITHER IT IS ACHIEVED THROUGH A POPULAR REVOLUTION OR BY NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN POLITICAL FORCES AND DICTATORS. The former invariably

Halal Media or Free Media – Guest post by Ahmad Nadeem Gehla: Over the last weeks, television screens have broadcasted the growing and angry media sentiment against government over ban on a talk show of a private TV channel by Dubai authorities. Freedom of expression denotes not only freedom of verbal

An email from Mr Zahir Ebrahim: 1 December 2009 To: Let us build Pakistan “We welcome your contributions to this blog whether in the shape of a letter, article or column. Please send your piece to: [email protected] Please note that we will accept and publish a well-written

ANP member of parliament killed in Swat in a suicide attack by Taliban: PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber killed a provincial lawmaker and his brother Tuesday in Pakistan’s northwest Swat valley, where the military claims to have quashed a Taliban uprising. A man with explosives strapped to his body walked apparently

Some critical suggestions for President Zardari: Hasan Nisar offers some (free of charge) suggestions to President Zardari in the following op-ed:

PTUJ inciting another judicial murder of democracy in Pakistan?: Pakistani Taliban Union of Journalists (PTUJ) are currently pressurizing the Supreme Court of Pakistan to help PTUJ materialize their dream of derailing the democratic process in Pakistan in the guise of the lopsided campaign against the NRO. PTUJ’s main