Balochistan — Point of No Return?
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on January 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment
By Malik Siraj Akbar Sardar Ataullah Mengal, Balochistan’s first chief minister, recently said after a meeting with PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif that the situation in Balochistan had reached a “point of no return”, adding that he had “no control” over the disillusioned Baloch youths who had taken to the hills to wage a war of … Read more
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Iftikhar Chaudhry restored
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on March 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Courtesy: Dawn Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday announced that the government had decided to reinstate the country’s Supreme Court chief justice in a bid to end political turmoil. Main opposition leader Nawaz Sharif has been locked in a showdown with President Asif Ali Zardari demanding the reinstatement of the top judge, who … Read more
IA Rehman Interview in The Friday Times
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on February 13, 2009 · 2 Comments
“The government is afraid of the mullahs” – IA Rehman, Director Human Rights Commission of Pakistan By Syed Hussain IA Rehman, director of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, is a veteran journalist and human rights activist. A former editor-in-chief of the Pakistan Times, he has been at the forefront of the struggle for greater … Read more
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Crossing the rubicon By Munizae Jahangir
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on August 20, 2008 · 6 Comments
(Courtesy: The Friday Times, Lahore) The establishment has been forced to forget the sins of Asif Zardari and Nawaz Sharif, but other politicians have not been so lucky. One such politician is Khair Baksh Marri’s son, Gazain, who has been living in exile in Dubai for the last eight years. When I finally meet him … Read more
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Defending the Media – By Najam Sethi
Posted by Malik Siraj Akbar on July 25, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Before you start reading the below given editorial of The Friday Times, I think the best thing for the Pakistani media to express solidarity with Daily Aaj Kal would be to reproduce the controversial cartoon in all the Pakistani newspapers on the Danish model. We have to take such bold initiatives if we are determined … Read more
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