Politics Uncensored: Marvi Memon is the tool that Imran Khan needs to change Pakistan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) may feel that it is well set to clean-sweep the upcoming elections, but little does it realize the rapid decrease in its popularity. While the representatives of Pakistan Muslim League N and Q can surely take some credit […]
Feb 19 2012 | Posted in
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Politics Uncensored: Imran Khan stuck in a quicksand, or is he? After Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) mammoth-sized rally in Lahore last year, I began to believe that the good times were just around the corner. The time for change seemed to have arrived and everything was going just as I had hoped. The people of Pakistan […]
Feb 19 2012 | Posted in
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Let the big boys play among themselves Politicians, Memogate, NRO, ISI and army are all what we ever talk about, completely ignoring the more pressing issues at hand. There is hunger in the country. People are struggling to meet end meet on daily basis. There are no jobs and the bills keep on increasing. Yet, […]
Feb 14 2012 | Posted in
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Arabs and Democracy – Part 2 The prevalence in the revolts of social networks like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, are symptoms, not causes, of this organizational structure. These are the modes of expression of an intelligent and capable people to use the tools at your disposal to organize independently. Although these movements deny network organized in […]
Arabs and Democracy – Part 1 Many suggest that the uprisings that spread through North Africa and the Middle East are not to be taken as a repetition of the past, but as original experiments that open up new political possibilities, relevant beyond the region, for freedom and democracy. In fact, it is expected that through this […]
JI Head holds President and PM responsible for country’s current dismal state Bannu: (Friday, December 30, 2011) The chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Chief Munawar Hassan has said the plight of the people will remain irreversible as along as President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani rule the country. Addressing party workers here on […]
Dec 30 2011 | Posted in
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Opinion: We Need Evolution not Revolution It is a good sign to see how active the political parties have become in Pakistan and especially how politicians are slowly exercising restraint in blaming each other for the problems our society is facing at the moment. There is no doubt that there very are in a depressing […]
Let us bring about a change in Pakistan Most of us claim to be patriotic, but hardly become involved in any activity that justify this claim. We wake up in the morning, head to work to earn our livelihood, return home in the evening, watch a drama or television talk show with a bunch of […]
Dec 24 2011 | Posted in
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The Subcontinent’s renowned political leader, Mahatma Gandhi, used to advise his followers “Be the change that you want in the world”. What a perfect and practical saying. There is no change outside, it just takes place inside provided we are willing for it. Day in day out, we talk about transition, change and revolution; and […]
Nov 22 2011 | Posted in
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Revolution is a word that has rocked the world in recent past. Egypt, Syria and Lebanon have been the latest examples of this phenomenon and it seems like Pakistan will soon embrace it as well or at-least that is what our singers are point at. A layer of patriotism is what is required to bring […]
The Libyan Revolution – Foreign Funded or a Genuine Uprising? During the past few years, we have witnessed a number of events take place pertaining to revolutions and uprising against governments in many countries especially the Arab world. Most recently, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi of Libya was overthrown by a rebel organization that bred internally and […]
The N8: A Revolution for Nokia During these past few years, Nokia has certainly lost the appeal from consumers that at one time it had. Without a doubt, Nokia dominated the cellular phone market throughout the world with its revolutionary new phones and constantly fresh inventions, but that all changed when Apple entered into the […]
Oct 18 2011 | Posted in
Pakistan,
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