Posts Tagged ‘Asadullah Ghalib’

From fanfare to fiasco It started with a bang with a petition in the Supreme Court 1st Dec 2011. It almost fizzled out with a whimper after proceedings today, 30 Jan 2012! Soon after this, I had a vision of arguably the greatest Urdu language poet, Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib (1797-1869). As per his wishes, I am sharing a famous ghazal he [...]

Source: Daily Express News

Related post: Why Imran Khan should be worried about PTI’s Vice President Shahid Qazi’s resignation According to his fans, Imran Khan is Pakistan's cleanest politician and the only hope of many (particularly for the newly discovered PTI lota group). However, many of his critics see him as the military establishment's pawn who will save [...]

Editor's note: We are pleased to post four excellent articles about Begum Nusrat Bhutto, her relentless struggle against tyranny and oppression, and sacrifices for the cause of democracy in Pakistan. While Begum Bhutto was mentally and physically tortured by Pakistan's military establishment and its right wing (e.g., Mujibur Rehman Shami in 1977) [...]

Benazir Bhutto's policy of reconciliation Khosa for reconciling differences with PML-N January 15, 2011 Punjab Governor Latif Khosa has said he would meet PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif after his visit to Nodero in a bid to reconcile differences with all political parties. “I would develop cordial relations with the Punjab government [...]

Agosta submarine deal - Benazir, Zardari not involved: ex-naval spy chief Former director-general of Naval Intelligence Commodore (retd ) Shahid Ashraf has said that President Asif Ali Zardari and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto were not involved in the deal for the purchase of Agosta submarines from France. He said that though he was [...]

In a recent public address in Badin, President Asif Ali Zardari said that people should not worry about the alliance of political orphans (pro-Taliban and pro-establishment politicians - siasi yateem) and political actors (pro-Taliban and pro-establishment journalists - siasi adakar). Addressing the ceremony held for the monthly draw of [...]

Here are two excellent, thought provoking articles on the Punjabi Taliban's attacks on Ahmadi mosques in Lahore by two senior most columnists in Pakistan. The first article is by Hamid Akhtar: (more...)

After the indictment of General Pervez Musharraf and some of his cronies in Pakistan's military and civil establishment by the UN Commission, certain agents of the establishment in Pakistani media and politics have become active in their traditional diversion and division tactics in order to save real killers from gallows. Instead of [...]

Who else? It has to be "Sir" Imran Khan. Here is an excellent op-ed by Asadullah Ghalib on this topic based on Mujib-ur-Rehman Shami's idea: (more...)

Asadullah Ghalib welcomes the PPP government's national reconciliation (NRO) for Balochi rights fighters. (more...)

Asadullah Ghalib offers an historical perspective on those elements in Pakistani establishment, politics and media (e.g. Munawar Hassan, Hameed Gul, Ansar Abbasi) who have been, at various points in history, consistently conspiring against the state and the nation of Pakistan. His analysis proves that there is not much difference between the [...]

How many politicians have to die to please you enough? We previously wrote that enemies of democracy taunt President Zardari for what they term as his cowardice to refrain from exposing himself in public meetings. The main aim of the Mullah Media Alliance (Pakistani Taliban Union of Journalists) here is to help their foot-soldiers by [...]

A thought provoking op-ed by Asadullah Ghalib in which he exposes the real plans of the anti-democracy campaign by certain agents in Pakistani media and their foreign masters. This is followed by an op-ed by Mehmood Sham along the same lines: (more...)

A critical analysis by Asadullah Ghalib on the NRO Tabla and the anti-Zardari campaign (more...)

Enemies of democracy and supporters of Taliban taunt President Zardari for what they term as his cowardice to refrain from exposing himself in public meetings. The main aim of the Mullah Media Alliance here is to help their foot-soldiers by "facilitating" Zardari's death in a suicide attack. Asadullah Ghalib offers his analysis on this topic in [...]

Here are three columns on this topic: The first one is by Ayaz Amir (a PML-N MNA) who terms the minus-one brigade (Shahid Masood, Ansar Abbasi, Shaheen Sehabi etc) as media galdiators. The second column is by Asadullah Ghalib in defence of democracy (President Asif Zardari and Opposition Leader Nawaz Sharif), and in defiance of the anti-democracy [...]

In English, the dogs of war is a phrase from line 270, scene 1, Act III of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: "Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war" referring to releasing the "dog", i.e. the restraining mechanism. In the context of Pakistani politics, it would appear that certain pro-establishment (read anti-democracy and/or pro-Taliban) [...]

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Why are the media Taliban (Ansar Abbasi, Shahid Masood, Shaheen Sehbai, Hamid Mir) angry with Asif Zardari. Here is the answer: (more...)

The secretary of state didn't shy away from sharp questions in bid to alter public opinion.By NEWS SERVICESLast update: October 30, 2009ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has had her ups and downs in the news media, faced sharp rebukes in Pakistan on Friday, including one woman who accused the United States [...]

Asadullah Ghalib's Analysis:PML-Q backs JI in ‘referendum’ISLAMABAD: The PML-Q extended support to the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) in a “referendum” the latter held against the Kerry-Lugar legislation. PML-Q leaders Kamil Ali Aga and Marvi Memon also voted against the US legislation at a JI “polling station” in Sector I-10/1. Talking to Daily [...]

Nazir Naji identifies some possible names for a future idealistic government of Pakistan comprising some of the 'most capable' persons as identified in various TV talk-shows. President: General Hamid Gul (more...)

Here are a few op-eds on Kerry Lugar Bill: (more...)

Top-level meeting convened to discuss Kerry-Lugar Bill * PM regrets people making comments about bill without even reading it * PPP meeting agrees to build consensus on bill MUZAFFARABAD: A meeting of the country’s top leadership is being convened soon to discuss the Kerry-Lugar bill and its implications, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani [...]

Between the lines By Cyril Almeida Friday, 09 Oct, 2009 (Dawn) Memo to the Pakistan Army: don’t wait for the revolution in military affairs to get a high-speed Internet connection. Actually, the army could have spared the country a fresh political crisis with even a dial-up connection.Here’s what it had to do to (more...)

Riding on the wave of anti-Americanism, while disguising their love for Taliban and Al Qaeda, agents of Taliban in Pakistani media and politics (commonly known as Friends of Taliban) have been consistently spreading rumours about the presence of Blackwater in Pakistan. Here are two excellent articles, by Asadullah Ghalib, and Abbas Ather, [...]

Zardari one year onPresident Asif Ali Zardari completed his one year in office on Wednesday. Consequently, Ms Farahnaz Ispahani, parliamentarian and media adviser to the PPP co-chairman, thought fit to remind the nation (more...)

Analyses by Asadullah Ghalib and Tanvir Qaiser Shahid (more...)

Asadullah Ghliab's analysis: PML(N)'s baloon punctured? (more...)

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Asadullah Ghalib offers an assessment of the PPP Government's progress: (more...)

Question: Why is the pro-Taliban lobby of Pakistani jouranlists so much critical of Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik? Why are Ansar Abbasi, Shahid Masood, Irfan Siddiqi, Orya Mqbool Jan and other pro-Taliban journlaists (Dehshat Nigar) very sad for the last few days?TTP confirms Mehsud dead, announces 15-day mourning* Hakeemullah asks [...]

What the devil…? By Kamran Shafi Tuesday, 28 Jul, 2009 (Dawn) As for Mr Gilani, whose heart seems to be in the right place, one day he says ‘enough is enough’ as if he were about to look President Zardari in the eye and defy him on a host of matters, not least sacking certain Zardari loyalists from the cabinet. —APP/File photo THERE [...]

Rioting against loadsheddingThe country experienced widespread rioting against loadshedding on Tuesday, led by Punjab where mobs with urchins in front broke everything in sight. (more...)

Swat – a report from the frontline (more...)

Police work to help their fallen colleagues, victims of a suicide bombing, as others watch outside a (more...)

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