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  Basking in Credit

  04.09.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  At a recent rally in Rawalpindi, President Musharraf spoke of increased standards of living among urban centers, where banking policies have opened up new vistas for public spending. Personal loans, car loans, home loans, credit cards, debit cards, atm cards, saving accounts… banks are churning out more products on a daily basis, encouraging customers to [...]

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  Judiciary Above Suspicion

  03.21.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  When the Prophet brought Islam to Arabia, one of the first things he requested of his followers was to abandon the tradition of long, trailing robes worn by the elite tribesmen at the time. The length of the robe indicated status and position, most often earned through wealth, not respect. [The fact that our Mullahs [...]

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  What Pakistanis are Concerned About

  09.30.06 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  The issues that concern today’s Pakistani (and my own opinion in some cases - don’t want to be left behind):

  Jihad – having conveniently removed Jihad from the 5 pillars of Islam, today’s muslims try vainly to justify its existence at all, perhaps because the Western translation of Jihad sticks far more strongly than the actual [...]

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  More Hypocrisy

  09.21.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  In 1996, after the first invasion of Iraq, and the subsequent sanctions, Madeleine Albright was asked: “We have heard that a half million children have died,.. I mean, that’s more children than died in Hiroshima. And — and you know, is the price worth it?” Albright replied, “I think this is a very hard choice, [...]

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  Blatantly Partisan or Simply Irresponsible? Republicans Strike!

  09.06.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  On September 4th, 2006, Dawn, Pakistan’s largest and oldest English language newspaper, covered the results of a poll carried out by a non-Pakistani organization, on the return of exiled leaders to Pakistani Politics. The headline dramatically read: “66pc Want Exiled Leaders Back“. The article clearly lists the poll as a credible source of information, a [...]

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  Blue Chip

  09.02.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  By giving myself a profession, designer, I think I have made the mistake of falling victim to my own press. This title now is who I am, not a facet of my personality, but my whole personality.
  

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  Weblogs and Mainstream Media on the Israel/Lebanon War

  08.26.06 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  For much of the Israeli war against Lebanon, mainstream media painstakingly avoided laying blame where it so squarely lay: at Israel’s door. In fact, many organizations pointed out discrepancies in their (the media’s) insistence that the conflict was sparked by Hezbollah, when in fact, the Israel Occupation Forces had violated the Blue Line over 11,000 [...]

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  A letter to Shaukat Aziz

  08.26.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  Dear Prime Minister,
  I’ve been following the debates over the “lack of democracy” in Pakistan, and how the General’s position as President is “unconstitutional”. I have lived here since 1985, and while I missed the worst years of Zia’s rule, I did, unfortunately, live through all 11 years of Democratic rule. Please, please, do not allow [...]

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  A Hallmark of Hypocrisy

  08.22.06 | Permalink | Comment?

  American Foreign Policy, the evil that supports dictators and tyrants in third world countries, remains unchanged regardless of which party is in power: for almost 60 years, Democrats and Republicans have battled over the most superficial aspects of their foreign policy: overt or covert. The basics remain the same - in order to remain a [...]

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