Posts Tagged ‘Democracy’
Bloody mess and the supporters of the fauji laundry – Munnoo Bhai
Munno bhai writes on the campaign of the Mullah Media Alliance against the political class and their insistence that NRO must be dry-cleaned in the 'fauji laundry'. (more...)
A great victory, a perilous task – Tanvir Ahmad Khan
Tanvir Ahmad KhanThe questions of provincial autonomy, relations between the presidency and parliament, the right balance between the powers of the president and the prime minister and the fullest possible rehabilitation of the judiciary will have to be addressed adequately and promptlyOn February 18, the people of Pakistan belied many dark [...]
The politics of values – by Adrian A Husain
By Adrian A HusainPOWER can at times appear shamanistic. It is able to steal into hearts, subtly persuade and, with devastating logic, finally prevail. The political adroitness of Asif Ali Zardari, the new president-elect of the country, has achieved precisely this.No mere ‘accident’ or proxy, he succeeded, on the contrary, in (more...)
A non-defence of Zardari – by Dr Meekal Aziz Ahmed
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=135222Thursday, September 11, 2008by Dr Meekal Aziz Ahmed (The News) I write in regards to the unrelenting, but not entirely unexpected, stream of criticism and abuse being hurled at Mr Zardari in Pakistani newspapers and elsewhere, including the Internet, on his becoming president. Of course, [...]
