Nawaz Slapped!

Posted by anas on Jun 24, 2008 in Pakistan | 2 comments The High Court of Lahore has declared Nawaz Sharif unfit to contest the elections. The decision has officially rendered him useless. Given the list of charges against Nawaz Sharif and his attempt of hijacking the plane carrying the COAS of the time, this result was inevitable. To any common man, a thug, like Sharif, doesn’t deserve to represent anything or any part of this country. He has...
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Masterful Zardari Leaves Nawaz Stunned

Posted by anas on Jun 16, 2008 in Politics | 0 comments Addressing the issue of the total number of SC judges in the Finance Bill is not an accident. Nor is it the result of the pressure created by the lawyers. It is an extremely clever gambit by Zardari from his bag of infinite surprises. If we come out from the domain of Musharraf vs. Anti-Musharraf forces and look at the the parties at independent political entities, the PPP is slowly but surely...
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The Jury Is Out on the First 100 Days of this Government

Posted by anas on May 31, 2008 in Pakistan | 2 comments On 28th May, many in Pakistan celebrated or condemned the first ten years of Pakistan becoming an overt nuclear power. But the date had another teeny-weeny element of significance: it almost completed 100 days of Pakistani politicking since the elections of 18th Feb. In scientific disciplines, from physics to statistics, we have concepts like cross-section; in biology and medicine we have a...
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