Author: Truth Denied
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The Arabian Intifada or New US Orientation
Out of nowhere the wave arrived…. and like an epidemic it is sweeping the oil rich kingdoms of Arabia. Initially it has dislodged the Pharaoh’s of 21st Century, in the shape of Hosni Mubarak and Zein el Abidine Ben Ali and in case you are of the view that it will end here, you have…
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Victim of Conscience: Shah Mehmood Qureshi
Pakistan has got its new cabinet, and like all our 180 million population, I am hardly attaching any hope from them. In simple it’s the old wine in the new bottle, a league of incompetent appeasers who care for nothing but exclusively their foreign masters. It won’t be fair if I term it as an…
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Raymond Davis and The Bandits of America
Last few weeks have proved to be quite dynamic in terms if international political spectrum. From Tunisia till Yemen masses have converged to the streets. The videos flashing around the media screen have reminded many of scenes usually witnessed after nations win glory in some sporting event. But this time it’s not the same. The…
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Stop Police-Gardi in Punjab
When it comes to institutions and their respective performance in Pakistan, there is hardly any attribute worth mentioning whether we take WAPDA, PIA, Railways, FBR, as a teat case. But successfully topping the list of most inefficient institutions remain our police who has by its acts and performance ensured that this slot remains in their…
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Energy Crisis in Pakistan and its Fall Out
“Crisis†is one word which has become part of ordinary Pakistani’s vocabulary like nothing else. 1st we have sugar crisis, then wheat followed by electricity and to add more fuel to the fire now we are going through the worst gas shortage in our history. In Punjab this crisis has hurt the most with every…
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Good Bye Salman Taseer
2011 has started with a sad note. Governor Punjab Salman Taseer was gunned down by one of his own security personnel during a trip to Islamabad. This assassination will be unique as the killer handed himself over to the authorities while the motive for his action is also crystal clear. It is undoubtedly a great…
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Shahzain Bugti’s Arrest … A New Pandora Box!
Time and time again it has been stressed that Pakistan’s elected government is running out of both time and options, when it comes to the prevailing situation in Balochistan. Where Pervez Musharraf has gifted us with many curses during his reign, in my opinion second to the upsurge in extremism remains the murder of Nawab…
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TAPI Gas Pipeline: A Welcome Relief
Energy war is something we have heard through out the last century and it will be naive to say that this theme will be replaced in this century as well. First it was the great power penetration into Middle East which is still unfolding, while the collapse of USSR opened a new arena in Central…
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WikiLeaks: The Broader Picture
It seems that the terror of Wikileaks has gripped the diplomatic circles of the entire world. The release of more than 250,000 classified documents of US has sent the entire political scene packing. This isn’t the 1st time Wikileaks has come out with these revelations but the magnitude and the material involved this time around…