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Take the Country Back

Take it back from corrupt politicians.
Take it back from greedy zamindars.
Take it back from the Taliban.
Take it back from money-grubbing religious parties hiding their true personalities behind the garb of Islam.
Take it back from petty thieves pretending to care for the nation.
Take it back from a media that doesn’t understand the need for positivism in [...]

Rewriting History?

I monitor a mailing group on google, LooseEndsPakistan, in which a member fervently argued in support of President Musharraf. In response, one member had this to say:

On Behalf Of naushad shafkat
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 7:31 PM
To: looseendspakistan@googlegroups.com
Subject: [ankahi:501] Re: PPPPPPPPPPOOOOOOOOOOOO

It is indeed a very sorry state that we have people like Mr. Wadiwalla who [...]

Freedom to DePress?

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 [...]

The Pakistani Blogger

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. [...]

Judiciary Above Suspicion

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 [...]