An Open Letter to The Chief Minister and Home Minister of Sindh; After watching your numerous representatives come on television and talk about how law and order is your first priority, I would like to bring to your attention a case of police incompetence that I got to take part in last night. I have [...]
Read more →Pakistan police say they have defused a bomb outside a shopping center where the latest Harry Potter book was scheduled to be launched. Karachi police investigation chief Manzoor Mughal says the man behind the “immature” bomb plot phoned police after having an apparent change of heart because of the many children at the site. “Police [...]
Read more →This Op-Ed piece was printed in today’s The News, written by former Pakistan People’s Party Senator Farhatullah Babar, it provides an interesting look into dealing with sieges and hostage situations and what the government needs to do. According to some newspaper accounts the number of hard-core militants holed up in Lal Masjid were no more [...]
Read more →This Op-Ed piece was picked up from the Sunday Daily Dawn. It provides a very interesting look at the past and current leaders of Pakistan and their contributions to Pakistan. Great reading and posted here for your consumption. Government spokesmen have been saying all along that the lawyers and their supporters have unduly politicized a [...]
Read more →This Op-Ed piece was picked up from the Sunday Daily Dawn. Great reading and posted here for your consumption. THE Economist of London described General Musharraf’s autobiography as “laughingly vainglorious”. That description equally fits his reaction to the gang warfare and pillage in Karachi on May 12. Three days and 40 deaths later, according to [...]
Read more →Amir Zia, a Karachi based freelance columnist, wrote a fantastic Op-Ed piece in today’s The News. I have posted the entire article for your consumption… to be honest, I fully agree with Amir in this article… Should the May 12 mayhem in Pakistan’s financial hub of Karachi surprise those experts and analysts, who understand the [...]
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