Big Mouths!

Posted by anas on Aug 12, 2008 in Politics | 3 comments Even an unborned child in Pakistan knows the fame attached with the name of Asif Ali Zardari. He has been certified by most eminent historians and analysts as one of the most important factors for the fall of his wife’s government. Most of the corruption charges during the two tenures involved Zardari. Not only Asif, but his father, Hakim Ali Zardari has been famously notorious for a long...
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Impeachment of Musharraf Unlikely

Posted by anas on Aug 6, 2008 in Politics | 4 comments In yet another round of talks between two non-MNA’s in an attempt to decide the fate of the country, nothing surprising at all has come to light. Although there are confirmed reports that the two larger coalition partners have agreed to impeach the President, or impeach Musharraf (the person), this is not something new. Considering that these two leaders have earlier signed a declaration...
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Is PPP Buying Musharraf's Ouster From USA?

Posted by anas on Aug 6, 2008 in Politics | 3 comments What seemed as a completely futile and unnecessary visit to Washington by the PM Gilani may just have been an attempt to persuade the US authorities that the PPP is willing to extend the same support (and more) to the US in case they agree on Musharraf’s removal from the top slot. A news appeared in Daily Jang last month that Zardari asked Nawaz to accompany him to US with the PM in a bid...
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Parliament House Should Be Shifted To Dubai

Posted by anas on Jul 10, 2008 in Politics | 21 comments With the economy nosediving, the PM and his 52 member (!!!) delegation that traveled to Malaysia for a futile conference were convened by His Highness Asif Zardari in Dubai to discuss the economic woes, judicial crisis and other aspects of the dysfunctional and paralyzed government. From there on, some of them will move to London (oh, please, not again!). So, instead of calling the cabinet...
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And When They Did This…

Posted by anas on Jun 28, 2008 in Politics | 0 comments “Pakistan launches major offensive against Taliban hideouts” – this is the first news item at my homepage of Yahoo!. A couple of days back the PM and his cabinet gave full authority to the Army Chief for the use of force in the region to maintain peace. The use of force has begun after a brief hiatus. Citing threats to Peshawar as one of the major reasons, the Interior Ministry...
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Shahbaz Sharif's Constitutional Crisis!

Posted by anas on Jun 25, 2008 in Politics | 3 comments While the LHC has ruled in favor of Shahbaz Sharif, despite ruling against his elder brother, the challenges for the CM Punjab are far from over. He’s now caught in constitutional intricacies which will require more judgements from the higher courts. Shahbaz Sharif was elected unopposed from PP-48, after which he took the office of Chief Minister Punjab. Interestingly, he forgot to withdraw...
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