By Nasir Jamal
For the last several months people were given to understand that Gen Pervez Musharraf’s departure from the presidency would end political instability needed to solve most of Pakistan’s pressing economic problems. Initial market response was positive. Continue reading »
* Paper says although undemocratic, Musharraf’s rule offered ‘strategic clarity’ to US
By Khalid Hasan
WASHINGTON: Hostility to an unpopular president was the only unifying force in a fractious coalition government in Pakistan and with his departure, the stage is clear for a ruthless power struggle between the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), according to an editorial in The Observer. Continue reading »
* Elections to be held within a span of 30 days once the post is vacant
LAHORE: The candidate for the office of the President of Pakistan must be a Muslim, no less than 45 years old and must meet the qualifications for a candidate of the National Assembly, Punjab University Law College Professor Samee Ozair told APP on Sunday. Continue reading »
Our think tanks would do well to conduct a comparative study of the three laws and suggest a model law which is both effective and fair. The two crucial tests are definition of the offence of defection; it must punish the defectors, but not the dissenter. It must also provide independent judicial review
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For most Muslims it is extremely difficult to separate politics from religion even under normal circumstances. But in these perilous times when terrorist attacks within Pakistan are becoming a major problem, it has indeed become imperative to separate the purely political from the religious
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The problem with ‘fundamentalism’ is that ‘fundamentalists’ would almost certainly love the rest of us to think of them in terms of a clash of civilisations; that speaks to their target audience
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The manifest destiny of the people of Pakistan is a state that Jinnah visualised but did not have the time to create. It is a state that would order its affairs through an elected parliament that, in turn, would enshrine the diversity of the land and its people in a free federation of provinces endowed with a high measure of autonomy Continue reading »
Myra Imran
Adding another new feature to entertain visitors at the Lake View Park, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has unveiled a plan of running a train in the area that would be a 30-minute ride.
The beautifully coloured trains, imported from Italy, will run on a special track that is under construction. Although the train service is already operational, at the moment it operates only from the parking lot to the lakeside and back, a fairly short distance. Continue reading »
Says he is not interested in action against Musharraf
Calls Iftikhar a politicised figure
Coalition will remain strong
Agencies
WASHINGTON: PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that he believes that ISI should be in the control of the government because it is the part and parcel of a state administration. He said ISI was not involved in the suicide bombing on the Indian Embassy in Kabul. He further said that army would not play any role in the political matters. Continue reading »
By Kunwar Idris
THERE was jubilation when Gen Musharraf arrived forcibly on the scene. There was jubilation again at his forced departure.
Hope for a better future lasted but for a few months after Oct 1999’s surprise military coup. The hope can now be seen fading away much faster — within days of the triumph of the political forces over the coup-maker. Continue reading »
It may happen that you will hate a thing which is good for you, and it may happen that you will love a thing which is evil for you. God knows, and you know not.-Al-Quran (2:216).
The inquisition ended before the impeachment could begin. Pervez Musharraf belongs to history now. History, however, is rarely accurate. It depends on who writes it. Only the Almighty is the final judge. He knows best. Continue reading »
Dhoti is not a myth; far from it. It has been around for a long time and while it is not exactly suited for hand-to-hand or any other type of combat, it does have its uses because of the sub-continental habit of squatting and doing things
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Today, Pakistan is not known for its saints and music, its poets and thinkers, its mountains and rivers but by its suicide bombers who strike at will when and where they please
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Pakistan’s state and society were fully overwhelmed by the military, leaving little space for autonomous functioning of civilian institutions and processes. Political and commercial advancement was no longer possible without being co-opted by the Musharraf government Continue reading »
Having had the lion’s share for nine years, not to mention the many other years of great pomp that comes with reaching the top echelons of service for the cause of the country, the former president has had a hard time saying goodbye to all that glory. There is a time that is allocated to some men and women of good fortune and even better sense to say adieu and move into the shadows, having done your bit, good or bad. Continue reading »