Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani desperate for parliament’s support Pakistan’s elected Government will be tested on Monday as the Parliament will decide whether the current administration is good enough to continue or not. Prime Minister of Pakistan is required to take the vote of confidence from the parliament on Monday, the 16th of January […]
Jan 14 2012 | Posted in
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Why making an example out of Pervez Musharraf is crucial for Pakistan Pakistan has been ruled by cruel and incapable military dictators for over half of its life after being made a free and independent country back in 1947 after decades of struggle by the common people looking for a nation in which they could […]
PPP Continues to be hostile towards judiciary and Military; Khosa says judges and generals cant harm “democracy” Lahore: (Friday, January 06, 2012) Lately, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has emerged as a party witch a unique definition of democracy. To them, democracy is only when they are in the power, and when nobody is allowed to […]
Jan 6 2012 | Posted in
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Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani: Man of contradictions The personality of Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani is a combination of contradictions. One will not mind the double-standard approach he has, if was limited to his personal dealings or if this was his equipment for doing family affairs. Unluckily, Yousaf Gilani is Pakistan premier […]
Jan 6 2012 | Posted in
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Will democracy ever reach Africa – Part 4 We must therefore explore the internal sources of mistrust and antagonism in the African communities to try to find a solution to the political evil in sub-Saharan Africa. Historian, Coquery Vidrovitchm, speaks as a source of ethnic antagonism African and describes that manufacturing ethnicity and intensification of ethnic […]
Jan 2 2012 | Posted in
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Will democracy ever reach Africa – Part 2 Another major issue is the main organs responsible to ensure the necessary impartiality that would validate the elections; however, these organs are accused of bias. In many cases, democratic change by the ballot box; seems impossible, or it is obtained by resorting to armed insurrection. But this victory of […]
Dec 29 2011 | Posted in
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Will democracy ever reach Africa – Part 1 Where in many countries transparent elections are considered a possibility and democratic changes are brought through the ballot box, they seem impossible in many states across the continent of Africa. It is sad to note that even in this time of historic opportunity when the political powers could Africans enjoy the new world order to regain their political […]
Dec 28 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 […]
Judiciary vows to protect democracy at all costs; stresses govt. to do its bit of job Peshawar: (Tuesday, December 27, 2011) While expressing judiciary’s resolve to protect democratic system in Pakistan, Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Dost Mohammad Khan said yesterday that judiciary was to protect democratic system at all costs, however, the government too […]
Dec 27 2011 | Posted in
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Civil society terms memogate scandal an attempt to thwart democracy; Says threatening the representative system tantamount to attack on sovereignty of people. The representatives of the Civil Society including nongovernmental organisations, labour organisations, academia, women’s rights bodies, and media persons expressed deep concern over the current political situation in the country where a crisis is […]
Dec 19 2011 | Posted in
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Burma’s opposition politician, Aung San Suu Kyi, is hopeful of revival of democracy in the country after her landmark meeting US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, claiming that the green light is now visible on the horizon. Kyi and Clinton met for the first time at Yangon yesterday. The two renowned women politicians of the […]
Dec 2 2011 | Posted in
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PML (N) should confront PTI on political front instead of using mean tactics, says Mehmoodur Rasheed Lahore, November 23: The president of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Mehmoodur Rasheed criticises on the act taken by Excise and Taxation Department, in which party’s Lahore secretariat at Jail road has been sealed on Tuesday, for not paying the property […]
Nov 23 2011 | Posted in
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