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| Asif Ali Zardari will Hang Himself with his Own Rope |
| Washington DC, USA, 26 December 2008 (InformPress.com) - The one
question that I am repeatedly asked by everyone, believing that I have
been quite close to [Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-Chairman] Asif
Ali Zardari during his days of self-exile and forced expulsion from
politics for many years, is how long he and his [PPP] Government will
survive. |
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| Remembering Benazir Bhutto – a leader for all times |
| The first death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto was observed last week. A national holiday was declared on 27 December as mark of respect for the PPP leader and to pay tribute to her sacrifices for democracy. Both the print and electronic media highlighted the achievements and sacrifices of the late leader and recognized her services to the nation.
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| Ban on Pakistani individuals, organisations |
| UNITED NATIONS: Did China change its friendly stance for Pakistan and supported western countries to include names of some Pakistani individuals and organizations in the UNSC committee’s list of terrorists?
That is one question under discussion; but some knowledgeable sources claim that during these tough times for Pakistan, China is respecting Pakistani desire more than before as China wants to see her friendly country to overcome its multi-prong troubles, in a smooth manner. |
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| INSIGHT: Prosecution’s nightmare —Ejaz Haider |
| In the aftermath of the Mumbai attack and India’s allegations, Pakistan has picked up some leaders and cadres of the banned Lashkar-e Tayba group. It has also moved against Jama’at-ud Dawa and Jaish-e Mohammad after the United Nations’ “sanctions committee” put JuD on the terrorist list. The move has been hailed, but what’s the next step? |
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| Hegemonic discourse |
| Drowned in the hegemonic discourse and buried under the rubble of war against terror is a narrative that used to tell the story of oppression, occupation, and violence against Muslims; that narrative has become almost extinct both in the West as well as in the East. This should not surprise anyone, for, by definition, a hegemonic discourse is one that attempts to totalise a particular discourse over all other narratives. A hegemonic discourse tries to achieve its objectives by obstructing the ability of other narratives to present themselves in a cogent fashion. It employs well-thought-of, well-planned and divisive tactics to subdue other narratives. This does not mean that hegemonic narrative itself is better, more coherent or more true; it simply means that it is able to force all other narratives to become less attractive, less appealing and less accessible to the general public.
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| Degrading… but do we have a choice? |
Is the Lashkar-i-Taiba – or the organisation it has morphed into, Jamaat-ud-Dawa – guilty of terrorism? Did it have a hand in the Mumbai attacks? India says it has proof and the United States is all but openly supporting India's point of view. Pakistan has received warnings and veiled threats. There is also the joke of someone pretending to be the Indian foreign minister and calling up President Zardari and it is a measure of the incompetence prevailing in Islamabad that this hoax call was taken seriously. ...more |
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| Maj-Gen Amir Faisal Alavi’s daughter remembers him |
| WASHINGTON: The daughter of late SSG commando, Maj-Gen (retd) Amir Faisal Alavi, who is in the US, has sent a letter on her memories of her father. She writes: “I vaguely remember asking my dad when I was five, how old was your dad when he passed away, papa? I remember my dad’s surprised look and laughingly, he said, 61, why?, Ooo, I said, You have a long way to go. I was wrong, so wrong.You went much earlier, papa. |
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| View: Lessons from King and Gandhi —Saleem H Ali
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| Concerted military struggles against an oppressive regime are clearly plausible as was the case in the World Wars but when the matter comes down to anarchic violence that is unable to differentiate civilians from military foes, the moral legitimacy of any such activities is eroded |
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| Opinion: What would Benazir do? —Rafia Zakaria
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| Three hundred and thirty one days have passed since the death of Benazir Bhutto at the hands of a suicide bomber, and if anyone wondered how long it would take her heirs to forget her legacy, the answer is before us |
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| The new ministers |
| How many ministers have we got? Is it 55, 59 or 62? No one, including the Cabinet Division, knows for sure what the total number of our ministers is. The count would go up if we include the advisors and all those who have been given the ministerial status, such as Maulana Fazlur Rahman.... more |
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