Guest Blog
Profiting from Religion: Land Grabbing Business and Christian Minority in Pakistan
Guest Blog by Silence from Islamabad Observer
Land Grabbing
Religion is basically meant to be personal belief of a person or group of people. It is outrageous, shameful and downright arrogant of the religious groups to use religion as a source of profits. However since the times immortal, criminals, religious clerics, land grabbers and even power hungry [...]
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 [...]
Tell me Sahar Ali
Guest Post by temporal of Baithak Blog
In the nearly 800,000 sq kms of land that covers all the vistas - from the parched deserts of Balochistan and Sind in the south to the peaks of K2 and Nanga Parbat in the north - from the (negroid) Makrani fishermen of the south to the blue eyed [...]
Pakistan must Ban Umra
Guest post by Silence from Islamabad Observer
Holy Quran gives greater importance to social responsibilities then religious duties of a person. Non-performance of religious duties is a matter between Allah and his creation and can be forgiven by Almighty. However social responsibilities which are between his men are mandatory. The importance of social responsibilities is evident [...]
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 [...]
Sarah Palin meets Asif Zardari and Manmohan Singh
Guest Blog by temporal from Baithak Blog
The first-term Alaska governor plans to meet seven world leaders and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in New York City this week, where the U.N. General Assembly is convening. The meetings might help her answer critics who say she is not ready to handle world affairs. Palin obtained [...]
An Ode to the Unsung Heroes
Pre-occupied with our busy lives we tend to forget the sacrifices of the thousands of people who have courageously risked their lives for the protection of their countrymen. Majority of the victims of the Marriott blast were security officers. CCTV footage showed one brave guard trying to extinguish flames of the truck while knowing that [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Lawyers Movement – Achievements and Challenges
By Faisal Siddiqi
Advocate
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Is it time to write the obituary of the lawyer’s movement? Or will this lawyer’s movement never be defeated because history and truth (and some say, God) is on our side?. The aforementioned responses are the two opposite responses given to the current impasse in the lawyer’s movement. The former response suffers from [...]
Sick of Musharraf lovers - a factual rant
Guest Post by Saira Ansari
I’m very disturbed, disappointed and sick to death to see the amount of facebook’ers on my list who think Musharraf’s leaving has been a catastrophe for Pakistan. Just because a new evil, a.k.a Zardari, is in the house does not mean that the previous evil is now a good man. A [...]
Who is the TARGET: Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons or President?
Guest Post by Silence from Islamabad Observer
We have not forgotten the debate which centered on the Saddam Husain’s weapons of mass destruction, his quest to destroy the world and duties of ‘civilized world’ to act before the dooms day takes place. The ‘civilized world” acted with unprecedented might and fire power, leaving 500,000 Iraqi’s dead, [...]
Old don, or new dawn for Pakistan
Guest Post by Amjad Malik
Asif Ali Zardari with Bakhtawar and Asifa at the Presidents House
Mr. Zardari despite all reservations and his past was duly elected by the Parliament on 6 September 2008 and it is a good sign for democracy that opposition legitimised the show by participating it and later whole heartedly accepting defeat. Congratulations [...]
US agression and ‘Honorable existence’!
Guest Post by Silence from Islamabad Observer
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United States-led NATO forces killed 15 tribesmen, including women and children, in it’s first-ever ground attack inside Pakistani territory on Wednesday. The US forces landed by 3 choppers inside Pakistani village of Musa Neeke in South Waziristan Agency (SWA). The soldiers started indiscriminate firing with their automatic assault [...]
The victory of ‘US lead war against terror’: on US judicial system and human rights
Guest Blog by Silence from Islamabad Observer
A United States court Thursday found American-educated Pakistani doctor Aafia Siddiqi guilty on charges to attack U.S army in Afghanistan as a member of Al-Qaeda, said a statement released from US court. This statement is a declaration of the first defeat of United States judicial system in so-called war [...]
