There are so many things brewing up. There is judicial commission probing Memogate,a court contempt case against so-called dare-devil buch of government stooges and plan of AAZ for defiance of apex court on NRO,Memogate and contempt case.
Is this what goes on in the name of freedom and democracy under the covert plans of the vested interest of the economis Vampires,as described by Ed Schultz in his book," Killer politics"? In this 21st century world,termed as global village,amidst influx of media and I.T tools wha …
It was pretty unwise on the party of Obama and his advisors not to guage the sentiments of Pakistanis,already pent-up through a series of such balatant actions of Americans and announce refusal of Obama to offer apology for killing more than two dozens of soldiers inside Pakistan …
Dear Sir,I entirely endorse Fripp and advocate to cut subsidies on fossil fuel those were estimated to be $409billions last year,by half in next 5years upto 2016 and trnafer that amount to renewable energies.If it doesn't happen,the world can expect another social strife of OWS t …
Steve a legendary professional and exceptional humanbeing to prove that deprivations of all sorts and vicccitudes of life can't obstruct the ingenuity and creativity, provided one is committed,is diligent and posesses necessary perseverence in pusuit of one's goals.
It's sensible diplomatic move by Indians to welcome Pakistan for winning a nonpermanant seat in UNSC for 2012/13 as India is working for its permanent membership and it'll be easier for it to dilute Pakistan's resistence to its claim while jointly working on the issues under curr …
Such baltant accusations,shouldn;t go unnoticed neither by federal government not apex court as they call for a through probe and consquent action before it gets too late to manage the spill-over
If the nation can live with almost $5Trillion+ squandered by Bush on ill-planned and and all the more poorly handled wars by him,all the more some similar amount missing in Iraq,rebuilding accounts of the same era then why so hue and cry on malfunctioning of an innovative project …
This release rather outburst of pent-up feelings of primarily youth,on mutiple accounts is reflective of lack of awareness of ground realities by British administration.The key elements are growing unemployment,particualry of youth,cut in amenities for have-nots and spiralling in …
The real challenge is social reorientation in both the countries,India and Pakistan,from top to bottom.If Germany and France,staunch enemies of each other,intermittently with many bloody wars,killing hundreds of thousands,can become members of EU,defacto one country,another enemy …
Obama is the first American president having clarity of vision to resolve the chronic issues and also guts and nerves to call a spade a spade,irrespective of political expedeincy and implicit threats for his reelection.If Israeli leadership in particular and Westren leadership at …
This approach of Obama must be shocking and unnerving autocrats of Middle East who were coaxed and consoled by his predecessor,Bush to let them keep status quo while bragging that he wants to make Iraq a model democracy at the cost of lives of thousands of American soldiers,mai …
As long as finding almost identical socioeconomic environments between India and Pakistan ,is concerned, it can't be a source of surprise as this was one country ,ruled by Muslims for about 500 years and then by Britishers for about 200 hundred years.Thus social milieu is shared …
Mental fixations,biases and prejudices of all types,result in a person getting in the grip of bigotry.So the challenge for the Muslim world is to help as many Muslims as possible to achieve mental emancipation from biases,prejudices and fixations of all types through social reori …
g cross, It's human nature,irrespective of cast,creed and religion that stimuli,be those triggered by social complexes,religious faith or any other kind of emotional upsurges,make people go off the hinges and act irrationally,resulting in horrible consequences.Just recall,the Kor …
I,for one ,am inclined to go by the thinking of Castro,as quoted by you,""I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.
The history of America,the only Super power of today,is not much different from other nations and communities in the rest of the world.It's human nature to resist any attempt at deprivation of the possessions and power as well as tools power at whatever cost as long as one could …
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I,fully endorse your as Westren governments have double policies/standards,possibly triggered by their self interest and slanted perspective.They supported or ignored the use of force by Bahraini government,backed by GCC autocrats to suppress public revolt against unfair deals un …
Mishandling of the serious and complicated issues created by the overeaction of idividuals on sensitive assignmets,by responsible officials under pressure,leads into such a mess even friendly governments.This in turn puts at stake more important plans and bigger objectives of the …
There are many quantitative changes that have taken place during last three years like spiraling prices 0f basic necessities,dwindling economic activity,growing no.of jobless on roads,intensifying social strife,collapsing law and order,that a qualitative change for ousting this g …
Of course,Mubarak's ouster through public movement, brings America's strategic plan for the Middle East to a critical juncture.However Obama Administration understands that Mubarak, though a pivotal figure in its strategic plan has now become the most hated person in Egypt and st …
No doubt,that public anger and resentment against America and even local rulers will accentuate if Davis is not taken to task and ly to make Pakistanis adequate punishment as per the proven crime .
The fracture in the political system of America,once a model democracy in the world on all accounts, has been caused by the deterioration in the quality of leadership of both major parties and their members.For short term gains ,greed for power and personal security, all of them …
I, broadly endorse your thought process,summed up in the last paragraph of your enlightening article,"China buys up the world" and offer kudos for your staff for this timely input to fend the interest of humanity at large,against paranoia of a few myopic at this critical juncture …
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