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Archive for January 2012
Jan 06, 2012
Scorpion and Frog
One day, a scorpion was sitting on the edge of a stream looking to the other side when a frog came swimming by. “Mr Frog, please, I beg of you to let me ride on your back as I must cross to the other side of this stream, but, being a scorpion, I cannot swim.” [...]
Jan 04, 2012
MNA Farahnaz Ispahani: Shaheed Salmaan Taseer: we miss you Governor
I wanted to celebrate Salmaan Taseer today. His immense love for Pakistan, his passion for life, his loyalty for and joy in the company of his friends, his brilliance as a businessman and most importantly his tremendous affection for his family. His great sense of humour, sometimes a little colourful but always very clever. His [...]
Jan 04, 2012
Daily Times: Shaheed Salmaan Taseer: a year later…
Today marks the first death anniversary of late Governor Punjab and founder-publisher of Daily Times Salmaan Taseer. Mr Taseer was gunned down by one of his bodyguards on January 4, 2011. His self-confessed murderer, Mumtaz Qadri, was a fanatic who took it upon himself to silence a voice of reason because some elements in our [...]
Jan 02, 2012
Treason? Under what Constitution?
Asma Jahangir’s resignation as Husain Haqqani’s lawyer in the memo case surprised quite a few people. She had originally taken the case as a matter of principle based in her experience as a respected human rights lawyer. She reviewed the facts of the case, looked at the way it was proceeding, and immediately became concerned [...]
Jan 01, 2012
Transparency International’s Report Is Garbage
Last week, Transparency International Pakistan released the National Corruption Peception Survey 2011. You have heard about the report and its results, no doubt, from one of the many news reports about its findings. Of particular interest has been its findings about corruption in the military as this is the first year military was included in [...]