Pak-France economic ties on May 4, 2011In order to create a joint business council to promote the level of mutual trade, Pakistan and France signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on May 4, which is the first success of Prime Minister Gilani’s visit to France. The MoU was inked between Pakistan Business Council and the Council of the French Enterprises (MEDEF) […]
Come clean on Osamas killing on May 4, 2011US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Leon Panetta has irritated Pakistan by asserting that information about the operation was not shared with Pakistan for fear that it would compromise the operation. Talking to BBC, Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir defended Pakistan by saying it had played a pivotal role in hunting down Osama by sharing intelligence […]
Targeted killings on May 4, 2011Sir: The deteriorating situation caused by the increasing targeted killing incidents in Karachi is worsening day by day. These frequent killings in various parts of the city make people wonder whether they are living in an independent sovereign democratic state or in the stone age. Neither the government nor the law enforcement agencies have been […]
Political marriages on May 4, 2011Sir: The PPP-PML-Q political marriage is the ‘new’ solution presented by the political establishment of Pakistan. Such is the bankruptcy of the political elite when it comes to providing solutions to the problems of the masses that all they can come up with is a new permutation of the old faces in the hope to […]
Osama: our right to know I on May 4, 2011Sir: In a country with earnest military and courageous civil leaders, the Osama incident in Pakistan would have led to shame and humiliation of its civil and military leadership and resigning of its military heads at the very least. No Pakistani establishment can sell the idea of not knowing that Osama was living in their […]
Osama: our right to know II on May 4, 2011Sir: It is a shock to see that such a big event has taken place in an important city of the country surrounded by top institutions of the military and just two hours away from Islamabad. Our authorities are seemingly taken aback. Their ambiguity is serving no purpose; now is the time they come out […]
Osama: our right to know III on May 4, 2011Sir: Where the killing of Osama has closed a definite door, it opens a multiplicity of small windows through which we peer for making some sense of the dramatic episode of the US mysterious attack on Osama’s hideout. This inquisitiveness is certainly an instinctive human trait. But curiosity in large doses became instrumental in killing […]
Osama: our right to know IV on May 4, 2011Sir: The American Special Forces’ operation in Abbottabad brought about the killing of the most wanted man on this planet, Osama bin Laden. We got the world’s most wanted person and the US president himself thanked Pakistan for its help and we, apparently, received a pat on the back. Should we not celebrate with the […]
Osamas death on May 4, 2011Sir: I find it strange that the people of Pakistan are not celebrating the death of Osama bin Laden, a person who’s al Qaeda forces have killed thousands of innocent Pakistanis in suicide attacks across Pakistan. Instead, there is more heated discussion on the fact that our security forces, ISI and military, were caught unaware […]
Offering solutions on May 3, 2011Listening to any casual gathering of Pakistanis would thoroughly depress you. You would hear gloom aand doom theories about the future of our country and a hopeless lamenting of our condition. Strikingly missing are any solutions on the offer and a belief that we are responsible for and can change our condition. Apathy and disenchantment […]