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Tag Archives: taliban
Imran Khan and Swat
And, if you haven’t conducted a poll, what long-standing connections do you have in the Valley that opens you up to the pulse of its population? What network of people have you set up to gather and analyse information from the general population (and, especially, from the women), besides what the Swat Bar Association head (who happens to also be a card-carrying member of the party) passes on to you? Continue reading
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Tagged 160 million, Afghanistan, corruption, Imran Khan, parties, politicians, rah-e-haq, Swat, taliban, voters
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Throttled by Fear
In Pakistan, we learn that might is right and when you have might on your side, why compromise? Use violence and political threats, and when you know that fear is a driving force in a nation, you will invariably get your way. Continue reading
Posted in civics and society, politics
Tagged fear, judiciary, media, MQM, nizam-e-adl, pakistan, PML-N, political parties, PPP, PTI, shanakht festival, Sufi Mohammad, Swat, taliban
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Blame It On The Rain
A logical, thinking human being will point out that the cornerstone of the Prophet’s life, whom we are to emulate, was compassion, decency and honesty, and that he never would have allowed women to be locked up inside 4 walls, that the first muslim society was an open, tightly-knit community, where men respected women, rather than slandering them. Continue reading
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Tagged Bolta Pakistan, flogging, Ijtehad, Islam Afghanistan, judiciary, Mushtaq Minhas, taliban, video
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Why Is This Different?
In June, 1992, Benazir’s government launched a major offensive against the citizens of Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city and largest contributor to the National Exchequer, called ‘Operation Clean Up‘. The army spent 29 months battling what was commonly considered a terrorist … Continue reading
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Tagged Army, Benazir, Karachi, Nawaz Sharif, operation, Operation Clean-up, pakistan, taliban, War Against Terror
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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 … Continue reading
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Tagged bureaucrats, Capital Gains tax, land mafia, media, Ministers, politicians, take back pakistan, taliban, taxes, zamindars
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