Musings of a modern guy

Ever since the last Parliamentary election, President (and former Army Chief) Gen. Musharraf seems like a has-been. It was made crystal clear to him that the voters of the country did not like his policies; they gave parties opposed to him a huge victory and sent his supported parties to a minority. Ever since then, […]

President Musharraf must be smiling, nay, positively laughing. For all their political life, the parties of Nawaz Sharif (Pakistan Muslim Leadue -N) and the Pakistan People’s Party of Asif Ali Zardari have been political opponents. They came together just a few months ago when neither of them got a majority in the last elections, and […]

During the last crackdown by President Musharraf late last year, rattled by a judiciary that was seemingly not subservient enough to him, the dictator General had removed a number of judges of the Pakistani Supreme Court and moved them to house arrest. The authority under which this had been done ? Well, he was the […]

In a shock news (although events of the past 1-2 days seemed to indicate an event like this happening), President Musharraf was unable to handle the combination of a renewed push by militants to dominate vast areas of the country, a weakened army that seems incapable of handling the militants, and a resurgent democracy movement. […]

The various political Iraqi groups realize that the exit of the US military from Iraq will render their country into chaos, given that their military and police do not have a chance in hell of being able to hold the country together or resist the sectarian and insurgent forces currently wreaking havoc inside the country. […]

So, the day finally arrived when Tony Blair finally got pushed out of the Prime Minister’s job by Gordon Brown, his closest associate for quite some time. In the jostling over this position for the past 1-2 years, Brown finally managed to make his way to the coveted 10, Downing Street Home, and Blair got […]