Zardari
Misspelling controversy rehashed: God or Gaad, does it really matter?
On 11th September the newly elected President Asif Ali Zardari paid homage to the Mausoleum of the Father of the Nation in Karachi, all seemed well until reports started trickling in from various sources of a juicy controversy, where our new President had accidentally misspelled a few words here ‘n there. The message that [...]
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 [...]
SNL interviews Sarah Palin: Pakistani guys hugged ‘Literally’
America continues to rip on Asif Ali Zardari’s fling with Sarah Palin a few days back. The famous show Saturday Night Live does a mock of Sarah Palin’s recent interview with CBS News’ Katie Couric. Katie Couric is played by Amy Poehler, while the amazing Tina Fey spins a look-alike of Sarah Palin.
HUMOR: Making sense of Asif Zardari & Sarah Palin encounter
All day yesterday I was thinking - what stupidity of our President to have flirted with the republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin on live TV. The only possible scenario that comes close to some reasoning is as follows
Take for example the two most important comments that Asif Ali Zardari made to Sarah Palin
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POLL: Who Should Be Pakistan’s First Lady?
Guest post by temporal of Baithak blog
Baithak’s Top Ten List for Pakistan’s First Lady
And now something different and away from 58-2b, Article 17, Iftikhar Chaudhry, Load Shedding, Fata, Aata, who kills our civilians - the Faujis, the Terrorists, the US Army, NATO and the likes. Please vote on who should be Pakistan’s new First Lady.
The [...]
Zardari flirts with Sarah Palin: Calling her Gorgeous & Offers to Hug
As suspected from my earlier post where I shuddered at the thought of what Asif Ali Zardari might serve up to Washington during his trip to attend the UN General Assembly, well the games have begun. In a recent meeting with the Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin, our Honorable President was seemingly a [...]
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 [...]
Presidential speech, is he stalling everything or truly bringing reconciliation the soil, a critical analysis
Guest Blog by Amjad Malik
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 [...]
Speaker Fehmida Mirza, hosting an Iftar in Marriott for Zardari
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 [...]
Aitzaz Ahsan explains his decisions
Guest Post by Samad Khurram
Friends and concerned citizens,
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, [...]
Between Allah Cracy and English Cracy
Guest Blog by Silence from Islamabad Observer
“May gaad give us the strent to save Pakistan”
Asif Ali Zardari
President
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
During Zia ul Haq’s dictatorship, Late Makhdum Sajjad Hussain, father of Shah Mahmood Qureshi (presently foreign minister) was appointed as Governor of Punjab. He was a very simple person, a feudal lord and a known ‘peer’ [...]
….and the US attacks again - killing five in South Waziristan
It is being reported that barely a few hours ago US Army launched yet another US Drones attack on the village of Baghar in South Waziristan near the Afghan border inside Pakistan killing five more people. The US army alleges that this attack was limited on a specific military training camp. But [...]
Pakistan troops ordered to Open Fire if US raids continue
Pakistan’s military has ordered its forces to open fire if U.S. troops launch another air or ground raid across the Afghan border, an army spokesman said - APP. This order comes in light of the recent incursions by the US Army’s unmanned drone aircraft which has continued to make bombing runs into Pakistan. [...]
Humor: PPP’s Annual Press Release
Annual Report - September 15, 2008
Management Discussion and Analysis (MDNA) - Brief
The Permanent Plunder Party (PPP) Co. is extremely pleased to announce the results from the success of its “Say What You Don’t Mean” (SWYDM) pills that were designed to induce “hallucinations” and spur episodes of “selective amnesia” among the general public in Pakistan. The [...]
The Lawyers Movement – Achievements and Challenges
By Faisal Siddiqi
Advocate
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 [...]
