I remember the frenzy with which our Press Hounds fed on the wounds of President Musharraf just a few months back, the harping, the carping, the constant berating. Many ‘journalists’ and hosts showed their ugly sides with bitter recriminations and bilious rumours that they normally substitute for fact. They gave no quarter, then sat back [...]
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Enjoin ye righteousness upon mankind while ye yourselves forget (to practise it)? And ye are readers of the Scripture! Have ye then no sense?
– Surah-al-Baqarah, verse 44
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Tags: 15:14, blind, corruption, cronyism, democratic, judiciary, KWSB, loyalists, Matthew, media, Musharraf, nepotism, pakistan, PML-N, PPP, Shahbaz, Sind, Zardari. Nawaz
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An anchor was recently shocked on his show when a college student called up and threatened to immolate himself if Musharraf was removed from power. At the final of the Asia Cricket tournament in Karachi, when the camera panned to Musharraf seated among the audience, a roar of approval rose from the crowd as they [...]
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Neck and neck with the lop-sided blogging community is the inexperienced, sensation-driven tabloid style media that has swept the nation. We seem to think that a free press means the right to air anyone’s opinion, regardless of the consequences.
On one hand, you have conservative newspapers that are so late with the news, they may as [...]
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Tags: Al-Jazeera, analysis, channels, Chief Justice, CJ, CNN, Fox News, freedom, government, headlines, magazine, May 12, media, Musharraf, nation, news, newspapers, opposition, policies, politicians, politics, press, Prime Minister, relevance, Responsible, statements, TV
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There is one thing about Pakistani bloggers (and our media, for that matter) that I find very distasteful: Government-bashing. It doesn’t matter who is in power, as long as they hold the seat, it seems Pakistanis must hate them.
Consider this. This government has done more for this country than all our previous leaders put together. [...]
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Tags: Benazir, bloggers, CJ, class, Condaleeza Rice, corruption, freedom, Imran Khan, issues, lexicon, May 12, McDonalds, Musharraf, Operation Clean-up, Pakistani, patriotic, peace, politicians, PPP, riots, Shahbaz Sharif, stability, verbal warfare
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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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Tags: America, atms, banking, banks, consumer, credit, credit cards, debit cards, debt, economics, elite, interest rates, Islamic banking, legacy, loans, Musharraf, progress, rent
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