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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‘True’ colours

'‘True’ colours' published on Sunday,June 19, 2011 in Daily Times. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

‘True’ colours

By Andleeb Abbas

Date: June 19, 2011

The problem with being politically myopic is that most of our politicians cannot see beyond the present and the immediate. The government has failed to realise that such acts of declaring and then disappearing are costing them their credibility in a big way

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Devolution or dissolution?

'Devolution or dissolution?' published on Tuesday,June 14, 2011 in Pakistan Today. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

Devolution or dissolution?

By Andleeb Abbas

Date: June 14, 2011

Devolution is the vehicle through which the government tries to legalise its irresponsibility.If education is expensive try ignorance. This saying proves tailor made for those who have been entrusted with the charge d’affaires of the most crucial element missing in the country, education. The federal budget 2011 as usual gave a cursory importance to education.

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