Farrukh Khan Pitafi’s Official Website

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Maybe it is nothing but a slip of tongue on the part of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto but her interview with David Frost is important in many aspects. While sifting through YouTube I came [...]

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[Note: if you fail to play the above video featuring the dance of Abdullah Yousuf, the FBR chief, on a Murjra tune kindly try this direct link on the youtube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Qz7BhGojtIo. You [...]

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Hello folks,
I have created two new projects for my readers’ interest. First is a forum that I have already mentioned in a previous post. This forum aspires to discuss everything under the sun.  What I need now is  moderators and discussants. Please [...]

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The issue of license is becoming only too onerous now. Geo Network is failing to launch its 24×7 English news channel called Geo English aka Geo International. While one can understand the legal issues concerning the matter, the government should also take [...]

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Twenty years ago, no one believed that individuals with injured spinal cords could ever recover and possibly even walk again. But indeed they are! Last month, you learned about Chase Ford, an adorable toddler whose innocent tumble from a sofa appeared [...]

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I usually do not carry articles that come in unsolicited mails. The articles on troubling or contentious issues then even have lesser chance to qualify for my website. Yet this mail that I received had verifiable links [...]

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Chaudhry Nisar of the PML-N has finally reacted to the appointment of the new governor. Unfortunately not only is it unimaginative but also not quite reflective of the ground realities. I mean how do you call a man, whose only [...]

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News has just arrived that Salmaan Taseer has been nominated for Punjab’s gubernatorial gadee. While it is still unconfirmed, contrary to many sentimental types, I consider it a welcome development. Primarily because it shows that the role [...]

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For quite sometime I have been using a metaphor to highlight the lack of proper policy orientation in our country. In several of my columns I have brought to the fore the example of a Lollywood choreographer [...]

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Here is the Committee to Protect Journalists’ email that I just received regarding the contempt of court case against Geo Television. Thought it might interest you.
Pakistan Supreme Court moves to silence media
New York, May 12, [...]