Once again at it

02 Mar 2009

Afghan Press author: Rooh-ul-Amin
The decision of Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Hameed Dogar, regarding the disqualification of ‘Sharif brothers’ once again threw Pakistan back into the worst politics of 90s.
Such a verdict of the Supreme Court was not unexpected and many political analysts and pundits from the very outset had feared that the coalition [...]

A stitch in time saves nine

22 Feb 2009

Afghan Press Author: Rooh-ul-Amin
Once an indolent cobbler got a tear in his shoe. He observed that there was only a single split in his shoe and went on ignoring it that some time else he would mend. For nine days, he could not stitched it, because he was too busy in mending the shoes of [...]

Peshawar: a kidnapping zone

05 Feb 2009

Afghan Press Author: Rooh-ul-Amin
Deliberately or ill fatedly this gharib nawaz shehr (a poor friendly city) is now under the grip of this devilish air of beheadings and women kidnappings.
This Shehr-e-Haft Zaban (a city of seven dialects/languages), in the near past, was a thatch and canopy of tranquility and peace for poor and [...]