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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Zardari's Lame Speech

Posted by anas on Sep 20, 2008 in Pakistan | 1 comment President Zardari’s address was far from impressive. I don’t really feel like writing anything about politics these days, but Zardari deserves some bashing. I’ll pen my first impressions about his speech here. 1) Why was the speech in English? Who was he trying to address and please? 2) He said “Never in the history of this country has a President standing here given his...
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Will Zardari Back Out Of The Presidential Bid?

Posted by anas on Aug 30, 2008 in Pakistan | 0 comments Are there more surprises in the bag of the co-chairman of PPP? Rumors are rife about the possibility of Zardari stepping down as the presidential candidate of PPP at the last possible moment. The covering candidate is Faryal Talpur, whose appointment to the office of President was almost sure at one time. Will Zardari back out or not? Let’s have a look at the pros and cons for...
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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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