Civilisation lost

'Civilisation lost' published on Sunday,August 21, 2011 in Daily Times. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

Civilisation lost

By Andleeb Abbas

Date: August 21, 2011

The UK has the highest number of teenage pregnancies in the world. If girls are having babies at such a young age, it is but natural that the children of such single mothers are bound to have serious social disabilities and a strong tendency for violence and disorder

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Priority number one

'Priority number one' published on Sunday,August 7, 2011 in Daily Times. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

Priority number one

By Andleeb Abbas

Date: August 7, 2011

The process of problem solving should be pretty straightforward in Pakistan. Everybody knows that a complete indifference to the socioeconomic conditions of Pakistan is why Pakistan finds itself where it is

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The spirit of independence

'The spirit of independence' published on Sunday,August 14, 2011 in Daily Times. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

The spirit of independence

By Andleeb Abbas

Date: August 14, 2011

Fear and insecurity are the cancers of independence. When you think twice or thrice about coming out of your house, and when you revel in talking negative and bashing any talk of hope as misguided idealism, you have lost the ability to feel free

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Charity begins at home

'Charity begins at home' published on Sunday,July 31, 2011 in Daily Times. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

Charity begins at home

By Andleeb Abbas

Date: July 31, 2011

Remember, the PPP stood for democracy, rule of law and the party of the common man. However, the damage done to the PPP brand by being oblivious the clamour of the public to give some heed to the devastation on all fronts is almost fatal now


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The invisible hand

'The invisible hand' published on Sunday,July 24, 2011 in Daily Times. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

The invisible hand

By Andleeb Abbas

Date: July 24, 2011

The ‘foreign hand’ theory has been so old and antiquated that the mere mention of it raises mocking eyebrows even before the statement is out


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Back and beyond

'Back and beyond ' published on Sunday,July 17, 2011 in Daily Times. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

Back and beyond

By Andleeb Abbas

Date: July 17, 2011

The trait of a failing leadership is its constant denial of reality. It is amazing how the government representatives constantly and consistently claim that things are fine


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The unholy alliance

'The unholy alliance' published on Sunday,July 10, 2011 in Daily Times. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

Money ill spent

By Andleeb Abbas

Date: July 10, 2011

All these alliances, no matter how disgusting they may seem, are always shrugged away as all being fair in politics and war. However, this is not always true. The time for traditional politics is over and these parties must understand that the emergence of the non-traditional politician is on the rise


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Money ill spent

'Money ill spent' published on Sunday,July 3, 2011 in Daily Times. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

Money ill spent

By Andleeb Abbas

Date: July 3, 2011

Obama’s use of online social networks opened up that political process to anyone who cared to join, made it easy to participate, and by doing so, created a fundraising machine that could practically print money


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Down and Out

'Down and out' published on Sunday,June 26, 2011 in Daily Times. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

Down and Out

By Andleeb Abbas

Date: June 26, 2011

With so much focus on bringing other parties down, none of these parties realise that they lower themselves much more in the process. What the public is sick of is hearing about how damaging the other party is and how the present problems are a result of the bad policies of each of their opponents while in power

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