Sir: I must say that I have never personally met or talked to or have any relation or vested interest in the Bahria Town founder and property tycoon Malik Riaz. Many column writers and TV show anchors are debating how Malik has damaged the reputation of the Chief Justice of Pakistan by disclosing the […]
Cricket on the rocks
Sir: We lost the match against Sri Lanka by 76 runs because our batting side failed miserably. Both Umer Akmal and Shahid Afridi played like amateur cricketers. In addition, I do not know when we will realise that Younis Khan is a Test player; he is not a player suitable for the shorter version […]
Lal Masjid
Sir: This is with reference to the Supreme Court’s decision on compensating the families of those killed in the Lal Masjid operation in 2007. My memories of that operation are still fresh. It started with a government action against land grabbing followed by an armed struggle against the state of Pakistan by the inmates of […]
Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai: setting the record straight II
Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai was greatly honoured and supported by people from all faiths. Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Zoroastrians, and even atheists wrote dozens of letters regarding Dr Fai to the judge. These were people from the Unites States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Thailand, India, Pakistan, Canada, Bahrain, Qatar, Turkey, from both sides […]
Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai: setting the record straight I
On March 30, 2012, Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, the man the international diplomatic community has known for more than 20 years as the ambassador for Kashmir to the United States, stood before Judge Liam O’Grady in a federal court in Virginia. He received a sentence of two years for the part he played as a […]
People-enemy government
Sir: The CNG Association is on strike against the possible 15-17 percent increase in its price from July 1, 2012 by the ‘people-friendly’ government. The government was claiming that their last budget would be tax-free. The increase in CNG prices is one of the proofs. The government is fully committed to destroy the CNG […]