'Power' crisis

''Power' crisis' published on Sunday,May 1, 2011 in Daily Times. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

'Power' crisis

By Andleeb Abbas

Date: May 1, 2011

As the budget approaches, the government finds itself short of partners who may support a budget that is further going to crush the already squeezed public. To make up for this shortage the government is thus busy buying loyalties of the unfaithful

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Call to duty

'The ‘Call to duty' published on Sunday,April 24, 2011 in Daily Times. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

Call to duty

By Andleeb Abbas

Date: April 24, 2011

The call to conscience is deafened by the call to seek the easy way out. While most people struggle to choose between the call to duty and call to conscience, the leaders of our top parties have flagrantly shut their ears to any call at all

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The president’s speech

'The president’s speech' published on Sunday,April 3, 2011 in Daily Times. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

The president’s speech

By Andleeb Abbas

Date: April 3, 2011

The president and his men must realise that the impact of the content depends on the intent behind the content. No amount of well-worded verbosity can make up for intentions not above board


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Parliamentary legitimacy

'Parliamentary legitimacy' published on Sunday,March 27, 2011 in Daily Times. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

Parliamentary legitimacy

By Andleeb Abbas

Date: March 27, 2011

As the foundations of democracy get weakened by the strong arm tactics of the powerful, the difference between autocratic and democratic rule becomes blurred


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The great escape

'The great escape' published on Sunday,March 20, 2011 in Daily Times. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

The great escape

By Andleeb Abbas

Date: March 20, 2011

The Americans, rattled in the beginning by the stand of the country against giving diplomatic immunity to Davis, soon discovered that the decision makers of this country know only one language and i.e. money


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