May
19
2008
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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 [...]
May
11
2008
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I have just returned from a press talk of Foreign Minister Shah Mahmud Qureshi and while the talks are still deadlocked on the issue of the judges’ restoration there is heartening signs of progress elsewhere. The [...]
Apr
30
2008
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Coalition politics is one of the most difficult of products of democracy. To win over and and take a huge number of differing parties along is quite an onerous task. While in most cases the coalitions that are formed prove welcome news [...]
Apr
18
2008
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As the Olympic torch was brought in public in Islamabad I was wondering how many of the participants know of the Mount Olympus, the Olympian gods, Hercules’ mythical contributions to the origins of the game. [...]
Apr
15
2008
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I believe now that Musharraf has failed in the basic foreign policy test set forth by the Western democracies in recognizing Israel as a state, he is bound to try and charm China. Indeed in his first [...]
Tags: China, Democracy, energy, Human Rights, Media Freedom, Musharraf, neocons, Olympics