Posted on December 27, 2007 by afaq
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 [...]
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Posted on December 20, 2007 by afaq
On November 3rd, 2007 Pakistan became lawless. A state of emergency was declared and the 1973 constitution ceased to work. Basic rights were gone. Judiciary was sacked, ( http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article3132477.ece) and the civil society was stunned. General Pervez Musharraf had declared the state of emergency to combat with the increasing judicial activism in Pakistan. The chief justice of [...]
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Posted on October 18, 2006 by afaq
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 [...]
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Posted on September 19, 2006 by afaq
A letter to General Pervez Musharraf from Marvin D. Miller, Attorney of Asad Chandia.
General Pervez Musharraf
President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Capitol Islamabad
Pakistan
Dear Mr. President:
I am writing to you about Ali Asad Chandia, son of Mr. Noor Mohammed Chandia, who is, as you know, a highly regarded attorney in your Country. I have had the privilege [...]
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Posted on September 14, 2006 by afaq
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 [...]
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