This was the worst case scenario post Musharraf. A Mr 10% with absolute authority. There is nothing to stop him from further strengthening his “constitutional” powers and fall into the same trap that Zulfiqar Bhutto did. The only route for his removal will be for the Army to step in, and then the whole cycle […]

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Source: Teeth Maestro
Last week, while the country was besieged with crippling food and energy shortages, the government authorised the Ministry of Agriculture to finalize a deal with Monsanto for the introduction of BT cotton. BT cotton’s global record, failures and dangers were not adequately publicised in the media. There has been no public debate to […]

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We are the beginning of the new century which is nearing its first decade, more than six decades old and are still lagging behind in the field of education. People from the west have reached the moon and are trying to touch other galaxies because they invest in the most vital entity for the survival […]

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Musharraf has brought loss to our country and nothing else. The proclamations by his aides regarding economic prosperity, peace, low poverty levels and on war on terror illustrates a false image in the minds of the people.
According to a corruption watchdog survey I saw on a website, Pakistani public opinion perceived the first and second […]

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Source: The Scotsman
By Jane Perlez in Islamabad
ASIF Ali Zardari, the widower of the murdered opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, sits at the pinnacle of Pakistani politics. It is a startling comeback for a man who, though never convicted in Pakistan, spent 11 years in jail on corruption and murder charges as one of the country’s most […]

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Source: Reuters
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani court dismissed one of two corruption cases against the widower of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on Wednesday, his lawyer said, in a step towards clearing the way for him to hold government office.
Bhutto’s husband, Asif Ali Zardari, led her Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) to election victory on February […]

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Source: Pakistaniat
Hassan Abbas
“The first observation I would like to make is this. You will no doubt agree with me that the first duty of a government is to maintain law and order so that the life, property and religious beliefs of its subjects are fully protected by the state.”
- Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s address to […]

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Source: Teeth Maestro
Guest Post by Amer Nazir
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Part One of the ‘The NAB Diaries’ can be read here
Part Two of the ‘The NAB Diaries’ can be read here
Part Three of the ‘The NAB Diaries’ can be read here
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“Do you wish to know whether that day is coming? Watch money.

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Source: BBC News
In the wake of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Owen Bennett Jones looks back on the occasions when he met her and the effect she had on those around her.
It must be eight years ago now - in the cavernous hall of Benazir Bhutto’s ancestral home in Larkana, Sindh, southern Pakistan - […]

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Source: The Age
That one shouldn’t speak ill of the dead is conventional wisdom but conventional wisdom usually turns out to be an oxymoron. And so the dead Benazir Bhutto is now the “former prime minister of Pakistan” rather than “the fugitive facing corruption investigations in Spain, Britain and Switzerland” that she was a fortnight ago.

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Source: Teeth Maestro
Guest Post by Amer Nazir
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Read ‘The NAB Diaries’ - Part 1 here
Read ‘The NAB Diaries’ - Part 2 here
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It is with a heavy heart that I write today. My condolence to her immediate family and to all who looked up at her – and I fear for the consequences that face my country […]

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Source: Rise of Pakistan
By Umer Gilani 
What if we lose?
- Haray bhee to bazi maat nahin!
I have a feeling that fellow students, lawyers, and many other citizens want to pose us a tough question. Something – perhaps love for us or fear of breaking our hearts, hope for the movement or despair of ever convincing us […]

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