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'No way out for people's genie' (16 March 2007): Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's refusal to surrender before the military might and subsquent wave of protest have a potential to assume form of an overwhelming political movement but Pakistan's ruling elite wont let it to be happened

 

'Dance with the dictators' (3 September 2007): Criticizing the West for romancing with the dictators in her biography DAUGHTER OF THE EAST, Benazir Bhutto quotes John F. Kennedy as saying "He who rides the back of the tiger usually winds up inside", now let's see while striking a deal with Gen Musharraf whether she would manage to put the tiger into cage or becomes a prey of it

 

Zero sum game of Pakistan's politics (10 September 2007)Struggle for an uninterrupted democratic rule in Pakistan will remain a zero sum game until the country's political forces reach to a consensus once for all about army's role in politics

 

Musharraf's re-election (6 October 2007) Gen Musharraf is all set to be re-elected as President of Pakistan but could he retain his military office afterwards? And whether the reported liberal credentials of his successor-desginate Gen Ishfaq Parvez Kayani would make a difference in military's outlook?

 

Army keeps on repeating follies (4 November 2007) A piece written from Bangladesh (former East Pakistan) as General Pavez Musharraf imposed emergency in Pakistan a day before

 

DAUGHTER OF THE EAST Review of former premier Benazir Bhutto's autobiography (revised edition)

 

'Cha-i-Yousaf se sada' Review ofPakistan's present prime minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani's autobiography

 

Jamhuriat sabr talab, fauj betab Review of former national assembly speaker Sahibzada Farooq Ali Khan's autobiography

 

 

Reporting from earthquake-hit areas

 

 

Mukhtar Mai, reporting misery and courage

 

 

Aimal Kasi, a crusader or an insider?

 

 

Balochistan, bleeding with resources

 

 

Vultures, turtles and nuclear waste

 

 

Heritage, waiting for a John Marshal
Agriculture, a bitter harvest

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