The Way Forward For Pakistan?

Posted by anas on Jan 6, 2009 in Pakistan | 15 comments Despite my proclivity towards Gen. (R) Musharraf and his government, my extreme abhorrence for President Zardari and equally strong feelings of hatred fpr Nawaz Sharif, I would not like to see yet another military coup in the country now. My regular readers may label this a change in my thinking, but it is not. The reasons will be explicated as I present a background for this particular...
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My Highs & Lows of 2008

Posted by anas on Jan 4, 2009 in Life | 16 comments What’s good about a new year? To be honest, nothing is good about it given the extra effort needed at the time of speech delivery to make sure you don’t say next year to things which are suddenly going to happen in this year and the added mental effort of making sure you jot the correct digit when writing down the date. However, the new year, or end of an year can serve as a benchmark...
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Story Of THAT Car!

Posted by anas on Dec 23, 2008 in Life | 19 comments CAUTION: This is a long story written out of extreme boredom AND I suck at story-telling. It was a Thursday night and time was not on our side, so wasn’t luck. Things were getting tougher as the deadline drew near. As I recall with my bad memory, only a week was left to finish off the task before flying out. There was uncertainty about the end but the determination was rock-solid. We...
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Get Lost, Rehman Malik!

Posted by anas on Sep 23, 2008 in Pakistan | 8 comments Rehman Malik is not willing to take the responsibility of the Marriott blasts. He’s adamant that the terrorists are responsible for the mess. Rightly so, but the terrorists are responsible for the success of the blasts in their frame of reference. Who’s responsible for the failure? Malik is so desperate to get the media attention that he’s gone all out with his contradictory...
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