Apropos Altaf Hussain’s marathon speech on martial law and feedback plus reaction on the speech, I have a very humble suggestion to offer. I do agree with MQM leader that martial law is the only answer to the current situation in Pakistan. Altaf Hussain and his followers will agree with me that Karachi is mini-Pakistan [...]
A Karachi friend, who had always opposed Kalabagh dam, said to me two years ago, “With the climate change, we need not one, but six Kalabagh dams”. We are forgetting the first principle of dam building. Dams are built primarily for irrigation and power generation. Flood control is an added bonus. A number of experts [...]
POLITICIANS and stake holders in Pakistan have taken a sigh of relief over the latest statement by MQM Chief that his party would never support military rule. In line with sentiments of the people, Altaf Hussain thought it appropriate to clarify his earlier statement asking Army Generals to take action against corrupt politicians which caused [...]
A heated debate is going on about the wisdom or otherwise of building a mosque near Ground Zero, the site of the Sept. 11 attacks. What I found interesting in the arguments for and against the proposed mosque is the claim by the opponents of the mosque, mostly Republican hard-liners and pro-Israeli neo-cons, that the [...]
The US is striving to become world’s lone super power by hook or by crook. The Soviet Union is no more there. However, the US faces strong challenge from the Peoples Republic of China whose economic growth, despite very huge population, has just overcome Japan. The US in collusion with its “natural ally” is indulging [...]
THERE are clear differences between the Centre and the Provinces over distribution of relief assistance with the latter expressing dismay over the approach adopted by the former. Statement of PML(N) Quaid, whose party rules the largest Province of the country i.e. the Punjab, is testimony of the fact that things are heading for an unfortunate [...]
Many national and international humanitarian organisations are busy in providing earnest relief and assistance to the massively displaced calamity hit people among those the devoted men of the Pakistan army top the list with their presence in every town, city and district to aid the affected as seen by everyone on national TV. The arrival [...]
Flood in Pakistan caused huge destruction, millions rendered homeless, many died, injured and displaced because of the nasty floods. This flood is the most devastating disaster in Pakistan’s history. But amidst all this, the stonehearted government has miserably failed in providing the people timely help. The estimated 4 million rendered homeless and 8 million are [...]
IT is natural that all attention of the Government is devoted to the devastations caused by unprecedented floods that affected more than 20 million people and damaged or destroyed over one million houses in the four Provinces, the other important aspect of the floods which is presently not being given due consideration is that we [...]
Pakistan is confronted with the worst ever natural disaster since its independence. The magnitude of the damage caused by recent floods is greater than the combined destruction caused by tsunami, 2004 Kashmir earthquake and 2010 Haiti earthquake. The present calamite is much more hurting than what Pakistan confronted during 2004 Kashmir earthquake, but this time, [...]
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