Crisis
PBC suspends lawyers: What Musharraf could not do!
Guest post by Silence from Islamabad Observer blog
The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has suspended the practicing licences of advocates Mahmood Ashraf and Rana Naveed, President and General Secretary, respectively of the Lahore High Court (Multan bench) for allegedly misbehaving with Latif Khosa, Attorney General of Pakistan, who also acts as an ex-officio Chairman of PBC. [...]
Kashmiri Freedom Fighters are “Terrorists” - Zardari
Zardari under the watchful eye of BB
In what appears to be yet another blooper on the international stage our President Asif Ali Zardari has yet again dropped a bombshell on our nation. If the security threat in the North West arena was not enough to handle he has just awoken a sleeping giant when [...]
Margalla Towers tragedy - Builder being compensated
Margalla Towers Tragedy
We all must vividly recall the tragedy that struck Pakistan three years back on October 8th 2005 when a massive earthquake shook the life out of Pakistan. Images flashed across our screens moments later of devastation with hundreds dead and thousands injured, in those panic stricken days many visuals flashed across our [...]
Hot pursuit or breach of territorial integrity in Pakistan
Amjad Malik writes specially on the issue of US incursions in Pakistan
As Pakistan is paying the price for flirting with United States yet again and did not learn anything from Russian invasion results and being in the rock and hard place, the country is viewed by many that its [...]
Tariq Ali speaks about Pakistan Current Situation
Guest Blog by Yaseen Khawar of Pakistanic.com
Tariq Ali s a renowned Pakistani intellectual of world reputation resides in U.K but visits Pakistan from time to time. Recently he gave an interview to Emmy Goodman, It is presented here:
Emmy Goodman: Recently Pakistani border security forces have stopped American army to cross the Pak Afghan border [...]
McCain’s ‘failed state’ reference, challenged by ex-US Ambassador to Pakistan
The US Presidential debates are still over a month away, but the campaign frenzy is nearing its climax and mud slinging has slowly started to peak. The numerous comments made during last weeks Presidential debates are still being carefully analyzed with a magnifying glass and their subsequent meanings deciphered endlessly. As we may [...]
American Lawyers conference on rule of law in Pakistan & my brief visit to Europe
Guest Blog by Amjad Malik
I was invited by British Law Society of England to visit Brussels as part of their delegation to attend a rule of law conference on ‘Pakistan and beyond’ organised by American Bar Association (ABA) on 25th September at Hilton (Brussels). Reaching Brussels airport in the morning, I caught a cab and [...]
Presidential speech, is he stalling everything or truly bringing reconciliation the soil, a critical analysis
Guest Blog by Amjad Malik
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20th September 2008, ‘Land mark’ presidential speech to the joint session of the Parliament was overshadowed by a quick reminder of the menace of terrorism in the form of an explosive terrorist attack at Marriott Hotel, Islamabad which took over fifty three lives and scores were injured. This condemnable attack not [...]
Islamabad Update: ~60 dead, 200+ injured including Czech Ambassador
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The death toll continues to rise on last nights Islamabad bombing and news reports are tallying the count to be somewhere around 60 dead and over 200 injured. This sadly also includes a few foreigners and the highest dignitary killed yesterday is the Czech Ambassador to Pakistan Ivo Zdarek while his Vietnamese parter is [...]
Speaker Fehmida Mirza, hosting an Iftar in Marriott for Zardari
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STRATFOR quotes sources in Geo News that the Speaker National Assembly Fehmida Mirza was hosting an Iftar dinner in Marriott today in honor of the President Mr. Asif Ali Zardari when the blast occurred at the Hotel but luckily Mr. Zardari was not there. With this information coming into light, one must look at [...]
Being fooled at will!
Guest Post by Silence from Islamabad Observer
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. A must watch video.
The important thing in dealing with the Pakistani leadership (military or civil) is not to believe everything we hear. The only certain thing, the one thing we can depend on, is that [...]
Terrorism in Islamabad - Pakistanis Stand up and Say NO
Islamabad today was rocked by a massive explosion outside Hotel Marriott, as I write this post it still is burning and death toll continues to rise hovering around 34 dead & 170 injured in blast. The overall speculations can blame this attack on any of the terrorist organizations, some find a way to out [...]
KHI: Demonstration against attacks on People in Wazirstan, Bajour, Swat, Kurram Agency
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Peoples Resistance, a group of civil society activists and organizations based in Karachi, is organizing a demonstration today against the attacks on Waziristan, Bajour, Seat, Kurrum Agency and other areas in NWFP. These attacks have killed and maimed thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands of people. Aurat Foundation and other citizen organizations are also taking [...]
Aitzaz Ahsan explains his decisions
Guest Post by Samad Khurram
Friends and concerned citizens,
Aitzaz Ahsan
I am making public a few of my communications with Aitzaz Ahsan and his consolidated response to help put things in perspective. There have been a few questions that had been lingering in every one’s minds regarding decisions made at crucial junctions of the movement, [...]
Pakistani soldiers stop US Insurgence - Reality or Drama?
It is being reported in BBC News that Pakistani troops have fired shots into the air to stop US troops crossing into the South Waziristan region of Pakistan. Official estimates are quoting Seven US helicopters landing on the Afghan side of the border and then the US troops tried to cross the border [...]
