Future imperfect

'Future imperfect' published on Sunday,January 23, 2011 in DailyTimes. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

Future imperfect

By Andleeb Abbas

Date: January 23, 2011

The government’s ability to be decisive and action oriented has been reduced to a laughingstock. Their inability to power through with their decisions to enforce any new legislation has suffered serious setbacks due to differences with their friends and foes

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Competing for dishonour

'Competing for dishonour ' published on Sunday,January 16, 2011 in DailyTimes. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

Competing for dishonour

By Andleeb Abbas

Date: January 16, 2011

Democracy has been politically short-circuited many times in the past. Both the PPP and PML-N have had two year stints to manage the country twice before and have made a mess of it each time


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Wrong 'rights'

'Wrong 'rights'' published on Sunday,January 9, 2011 in DailyTimes. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

Wrong 'rights'

By Andleeb Abbas

Date: January 9, 2011

How do you prevent the ritual from overtaking the spiritual? The right thing is to look at the common teachings of all religions, as they are surely the principles that have indisputably been proved as the true ways to live

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To hope or not to hope

'To hope or not to hope' published on Sunday,January 2, 2011 in DailyTimes. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

To hope or not to hope

By Andleeb Abbas

Date: January 2, 2011

The real reason for worry is the corrupt and inefficient leadership that, despite being openly accused of bankrupting the government and having policies detrimental to national security and economic stability, will continue to run under the guise of a misplaced perception of safeguarding democracy in Pakistan



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The dragon smirks

'The dragon smirks' published on Sunday,December 26, 2010 in DailyTimes. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

The dragon smirks

By Andleeb Abbas

Date: December 26, 2010

The fear is not that the Chinese may not fulfil their promises but that our own government may, due to their insatiable greed, once again go on a rampage of kickbacks and payoffs and crush yet another opportunity for revival


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Artificial ingenuity

'Artificial ingenuity' published on Sunday,December 19, 2010 in DailyTimes. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

Artificial ingenuity

By Andleeb Abbas

Date: December 19, 2010

The poor, who have no access to law and justice, merit and fair play, find themselves edged out by the rich who get things done instantly either through cash or connections. Such societies, impregnated with might ruling right, inevitably kill hope, creativity and positivity and become breeding grounds of cynicism, apathy and disbelief


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Wicked leaks

'Wicked leaks' published on Sunday,December 12, 2010 in DailyTimes. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

Wicked leaks

By Andleeb Abbas

Date: December 12, 2010

Our leaders have selectively believed in those few leaks that have favoured their own false claims and dismissed all others that do not tally with their self-aggrandisement


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