Tag: #Bhuttos
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Gilani’s Senate Win
This opinion is shared by Haider Mehdi. Saddened and ashamed at the level of acceptance of corrupt criminal behaviour in this country by those who are supposedly the good amongst us! People love to crap on IK, pull the rug from under his feet, make fun of him, ridicule him, criticize him, but fail to…
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Unleashing Pakistan’s Potential!
This opinion is shared by Haider Mehdi. Pakistan requires total reform. An uprooting of the old order. Not incremental changes on the edifice of the old order, whether its British parliamentary type democracy or our completely dysfunctional electoral system, judiciary, law enforcement, bureaucracy. PML-N involves in vandalism to have grip in all elections: Shibli Rwandan…
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Pakistan and the Pakistan Army
This opinion is shared by Haider Mehdi. DEC 30, 2020 (OPED – DAILY TIMES): Lately, I’ve stopped writing my regular OPED, given the extreme partisan single minded views generally expressed by readers and the absence of a pluralistic approach to a sane dialogue. Admittedly I do not subscribe to a ”on the one hand and…
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A short note on “Why?”
I believe that the country has to be rid of thieves, robbers, criminals, money launderers, corrupt politicians so we can have a country which offers equitable rights to all, big and small and of all shades, social class, beliefs and ethnicities. I also believe that the Army needs to limit its footprint, with some of…
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Why I still say this is our best fighting chance!
The reason we see so many ills in governance and every segment of our society is because the filth and can of worms around us is now visible. Its important to remember, as individuals and societies, any progress and change is always slow, painful, gradual, filled with sacrifices and very hard work, with the default…