Another Bomb, Another Failure: When Will This End?

Posted by anas on May 27, 2009 in Pakistan | 3 comments I walked in to my department building today, entered the door and glanced at the huge television screen on my left as I always do. Out of the four screens, one is always tuned to BBC News. That particular screen was flashing images of wreckage, and a red label of breaking news bearing the words Pakistan. I stood there gawking at the screen for a few minutes when a stranger asked me,...
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Nawaz Adliya!

Posted by anas on May 26, 2009 in Pakistan | 1 comment And today, the judiciary is finally independent. Yeah right! The so-called Nawaz Azaad Adliya has delivered a verdict to allow the Sharif Sr. to contest the election paving the way for his premiership, according to a change in set up which is widely being talked about. The decision was expected, ofcourse. How can the judges not favour PML-N? They had been doing so even during Mushrraf’s...
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Operation Rah-e-Haq Must Continue

Posted by anas on May 18, 2009 in Pakistan | 2 comments Nizam-e-Adl regulation was hailed by most political parties and the people of Pakistan hoping it to be the end of crisis in Swat. ANP and PPP went to their extreme limits to back the aforementioned agreement. President Zardari’s political move of taking it to the Parliament (when everyone was blaming him for causing a delay) was a nice one to avoid having to take the blame. I supported the...
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Greedy JANG and Google AdSense

Posted by anas on May 18, 2009 in Pakistan | 9 comments I have always wondered why the media giant, Jang group of newspapers, need to put AdSense and other advertisements on their website to generate money. They already are getting helluva amount and having such ads do not make their site appear any neat. Furthermore, they have clogged the website with Adsense, and have, apparently, absolutely no control over which ads are displayed. This is bad,...
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Islamabad's Policy Shift?

Posted by anas on Apr 8, 2009 in Pakistan | 5 comments The international media is beating the drums on the newly acquired confidence of Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, that he flaunted at the joint press conference with Admiral Mullen and Richard Holbrooke. Some analysts are cautiously claiming it to be the end of US-Pak marriage and that the relations are likely to sour further. The BBC, in an article titled ‘Tensions...
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Jiyalas vs Jail Walas

Posted by anas on Mar 14, 2009 in Pakistan, Politics | 5 comments The sudden resignation of Sherry Rehman, and the preceding one of Raza Rabbani is an open demonstration of the internal rift within the PPP. Sherry Rehman’s reasons of resignation include interferences from Rehman Malik and other higher ups close to President Zardari. Rabbani was unhappy at Naik’s appointment as chairman Senate. Naik is considered a close aide of the President while...
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