Pakistan: Waiting for a Revolution!

The masses are shocked as in Pakistan the co Chairman of PPP Mr. Asif Ali Zardari leaves for London, then flies to Dubai and then calls the entire cabinet and the premier there. People are committing suicide because of increasing chaos and price hike and these guys are having fun on tax payers’ money. Now [...]

Latest war in Pakistan: Politics after Elections 2008.

The split mandate given in February 2008 elections by the nation didnt work out as anticipated. Things are going from bad to worse and the politicians have failed to deliver.
After Benazir Bhutto there is nobody capable of real leadership in Pakistan who could also keep the federation intact. In the February elections Punjab voted for [...]

The lever that didn’t kill Benazir Bhutto

Two days after the Bhutto’s assassination Brig. Javed Iqbal Cheema of the interior ministry, govt of Pakistan, in a live press conference told the viewers that it was “the lever of sunroof” which killed Benazir Bhutto. He claimed that this “lever” caused a ‘depressed fratcutre of the skull’ which was the cause of death. Ironically [...]

Bhutto’s death: A dream has vanished

Last night I was passing by the main avenue when I saw some flickering lights in the distant. It was Pakistan peoples party office and the large portraits of Z. A. Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto were wrapped in the pitch darkness of the night. In the foreground were people with candles in their hands. It was a candle light [...]

They have killed the dreams and Benazir Bhutto

December 27, 2007. United nations’ security council is said to meet shortly to talk about the post Bhutto scenario and the developments in Pakistan.  A news report on CNN and BBC just cofirmed.
The whole world is shocked and is grieving Benazir Bhutto, the heir to the legacy of late Z. A. Bhutto.
They killed Ms. Benazir Bhutto [...]

Burhan is no more

He was a small kid with sparkling eyes.
“His name is Burhan” Lali had said when introducing him to all of us. It was the wedding of Javed mamu and all of us were so young. We didn’t know what is grief and pain. We were loved and protected. Lali is the younger sister of my mother and this [...]

Teachings of Islam and Pakistani tribe/clan exclusivism

Professor Farid Esack is a well known writer and teaches at Harward divinity school. He has lately asserted that anybody who considers himself not bothered about the poor and hates women cannot claim to be a liberal, a Muslim or even a human being. His views express the true Islalmic teachings. The present Pakistani society [...]

Forced happiness and women of Pakistan

Women in Pakistan suffer in a variety of ways. Young, marriageable girls in Pakistanwho are given education to increase the ‘rishta’ value are the victims of a new wave of caste/clan-holiness-better-than-thine-happiness phenomenon. Girls are outnumbering boys in the academic pursuits and recently announced results of graduate exams show a pathetic 5:1 ratio of high success [...]

Obedience in Islam: Misuse and distortions

Islam in Pakistan has been marred and disfigured mainly by the ex army ruler and usurper of power, Gen. Zia ul Haq during his reign of terror (1977 - 1988). He was the guy who deposed the only elected prime minister of the united Pakistan and was later the key player in his judicial murder. He, [...]

The ENLIGHTENED Pakistan of Indus Music and Style Awards.

General Musharraf recently announced Pakistanis are getting enlightened. The sleeve-less singer on the night of August 14 2006 (on Indus Music cable channel) bears testimony to the fact. Another guy came in knee length capri pants to announce some style award. Dress code was more vulgar than on FTV for a large number of poor [...]