Archive for March, 2010
Permanent etchings
2 March, 2010
Tuesday, March 02, 2010 It seems the ‘Islamic’ provisions rammed into the Constitution by the late dictator General Ziaul Haq, to serve his own purposes, can be neither touched nor altered. Like etchings in stone, they may stay with us for a very long time to come. One of the greatest ironies of our time [...]
A crucial shift
2 March, 2010Tuesday, March 02, 2010 There are significant and far-reaching shifts in the way in which the ruling establishment perceives and interacts with the Pakistani Taliban and the Afghan Taliban. Until very recently they were seen as discrete entities, separate but having complementarities and some shared interests. Today, there is a recognition – somewhat belated but [...]
Pakistan losing space
2 March, 2010WHILE the Pakistani ruling elite is busy in internecine warfare and embroiled in corruption controversies, it is losing space amongst its old time allies as a result of hard Indian diplomacy. Where once there was almost no Indian presence, today Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Saudi Arabia has brought into light the shifts [...]
Fuel prices
2 March, 2010THERE has been a cut in the prices of POL products, but it has been insufficient. The international prices of oil fell in February, and there was an inevitable reduction in the prices of POL products. The reductions, announced on Sunday by the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA), saw cuts of 0.9 percent to [...]
Racist attitude
2 March, 2010A seminar organised by the Nawa-i-Waqt Group at Oxford University rightly pointed out the discriminatory stance of the UK government towards Pakistan, especially in terms of the immigration laws and the visa regime. It was also highlighted that those hit hardest by such measures are the students. The new laws have invariably thrown up a [...]
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