Zardari’s unenviable presidency —-By Najam Sethi
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on November 30, 2008 · Leave a Comment
The government of President Asif Zardari (we don’t say Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani advisedly) is dogged by a number of issues. The lawyers’ movement seems to have got a new lease of life after the election of the fiery Ali Ahmed Kurd as the new president of the Supreme Court Bar Association. In fact, … Read more
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Life in Ziarat yet to normalise
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on November 29, 2008 · 1 Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar ZIARAT: Five children, between nine to twelve years of age, stand in a queue in Zadgai area of Ziarat district to collect tents and two jerry cans from the relief goods sent by the Red Crescent, Kuwait. 10-year-old Dilawar Khan, an earthquake victim, is trying to get the second tent for … Read more
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Gwadar’s real estate boom busts
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on November 29, 2008 · 1 Comment
http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\29\story_29-11-2008_pg7_26 By Malik Siraj Akbar GWADAR: Land prices in Gwadar district – where a $298 million warm water port was inaugurated in March with the financial and technical assistance of China – have fallen to abysmal levels in recent months after a real estate boom that began in 2002. A local real estate agent, who … Read more
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Radicalised Balochi culture in the wake of conflict
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on November 12, 2008 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar The conflict in Balochistan in the past few years – involving a low-level insurgency, an aggressive military operation, numerous enforced disappearances and the murder of two key Baloch nationalist leaders – has tremendously radicalised the Baloch culture, signs of which are visible in Balochi films, music and poetry. Previously known for … Read more
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