Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui: PML-N Loyal Judge?

Posted by anas on Aug 28, 2008 in Pakistan | 8 comments Justice (R) Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui is widely touted as one of the few judges who refused to take oath under the first PCO in 1999. For his strong reputation of standing against the dictatorship, Nawaz Sharif has allured him in becoming the PML-N’s presidential candidate. The name did ring a bell so I decided to check some historical background of PML-N’s candidate, that before the 1999...
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Emergency at KSE

Posted by anas on Aug 28, 2008 in Pakistan | 2 comments Not long ago, the Karachi Stock Exchange was declared as the best performing stock market of Asia. In 2002, it was also declared as the best performing stock market of the world by Business Week. Today, it is featuring among the five worst performing markets in Asia, thanks to the gift of Feb 18 elections. Currently the KSE is suspended to curb the slump witnessed in the past months. I can recall...
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Welcome Back To 90's

Posted by anas on Aug 25, 2008 in Politics | 2 comments It didn’t take long for Nawaz Sharif to declare an open war against PPP. This was the script of the show with the departure of Pervez Musharraf, the reason PML-N stayed in the coalition for so long. Now that Pervez Musharraf is out, they had to oppose PPP to continue their politics, mostly that of confrontation. The ground is all set for the battle in Punjab, which is the most important...
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Can't Help Admiring Zardari

Posted by anas on Aug 24, 2008 in Politics | 8 comments No matter how much I hate him, I have to admire the man for his moves, courage and foresight. First of all, despite the whole world labelling him as a notorious politician, corrupt, murderer and everything else, he never admitted any of those crimes. He went on to stay in prison for eleven years even when he had offers of exile. He kept his cool, stuck in, knowing there was light (and a lot of...
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Welcome to Demon-cracy!

Posted by anas on Aug 19, 2008 in Pakistan | 9 comments The man responsible for unifying the two diametrical political parties in Pakistan has resigned. Rejoice as you may and call it the victory of democracy if you deem fit. Alas, it had to end one day, a tearful departure. Dramatic, yet expected. No blame games. No leg pulling. None of that old crap. No reference to NRO, not even a hint of regret. This was the end of one of the most developing era...
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