PENSIEVE: Democracy, good, bad and ugly! —Farrukh Khan Pitafi Is it our misfortune or that whatever we commission as our strategic weapon, may it be our nukes or our non-state actor pals, it turns against us and proves to be our weakness, not strength? I am speechless and I am disillusioned. Somewhere someone is trying to prove how democracy can go wrong and here am I who has spent countless light years perpetuating the view that democracy is the cure for all our ills. What is there left to prove? We have an entire country sinking under water and a … Continue reading Democracy, good, bad and ugly!

COMMENT: Afghanistan: a labyrinth —Ali K Chishti All groups in Afghanistan have been linked with al Qaeda, one way or the other. Moreover, al Qaeda’s ideological virus has already spread and not talking would mean the US would be bogged down in Afghanistan indefinitely, something no one wants The New York Times recently reported, “Despite deepening pessimism back home and disarray in the top American military ranks, officials insist that the build-up of soldiers in Afghanistan is beginning to show results.” It gave an example of a number of top Taliban leaders being caught (130 over the past 120 days) … Continue reading Afghanistan: a labyrinth

COMMENT: Imran Khan: a Taliban Goebbels? —Dr Mohammad Taqi The PTI and its leader are perhaps politically insignificant, but conceding space to such Ziaist propaganda has the potential to radicalise the nation, especially our youth. Fortunately, Mr Khan is not perceived as an American stooge — he is seen as a Taliban apologist “The lowest form of popular culture — lack of information, misinformation, disinformation, and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people’s lives — has overrun real journalism. Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage” — Carl Bernstein, US journalist. Perhaps ordinary Pakistanis are … Continue reading Imran Khan: a Taliban Goebbels?

PURPLE PATCH: History will absolve me —Fidel Castro It is well known that in England during the 17th century two kings, Charles I and James II, were dethroned for despotism. These actions coincided with the birth of liberal political philosophy and provided the ideological base for a new social class, which was then struggling to break the bonds of feudalism. Against divine right autocracies, this new philosophy upheld the principle of the social contract and of the consent of the governed, and constituted the foundation of the English Revolution of 1688, the American Revolution of 1775 and the French Revolution … Continue reading History will absolve Castro

Bookburning for Jesus Dove World Outreach (Bargain) Center Of all bad men religious bad men are the worst. –C.S. Lewis Without any other background or clues, how does the phrase “Dove World Outreach” hit you? A small percentage of you might guess that those words describe an aggressive marketing campaign for a popular moisturizing soap. That wouldn’t be a bad guess because, it just so happens that, since the 1990’s, Dove soap has grown from a US-only product to one of Unilever’s biggest global brands. Nevertheless, you would be wrong. Similarly, if you have a more metaphorical tendency, you would … Continue reading Dr. Terry Jones and Wayne Sapp scam US Rednecks

Asif Ali Zardari is fiddling while Pakistan drowns The beleaguered country has a president more concerned with politics than his people, says Con Coughlin. Published: 7:37PM BST 04 Aug 2010 telegraph.co.uk The President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari arrives at Heathrow Airport from Paris Photo: DAVID DYSON Pakistan has had to endure more than its fair share of disasters, but even by its harsh standards, the floods that have driven millions of people from their homes, and killed at least 1,700, qualify as a tragedy. In such circumstances, you might expect Asif Ali Zardari, the country’s president, to abandon his … Continue reading Zardari is fiddling

Atlantis of the East? No, it’s a theme park When the remains of an ancient underwater city were photographed off the coast of Bali, the Indonesian government hailed it as a potentially “phenomenal” discovery. By Barney Henderson, Kuala Lumpur dawn.com Mystical statues of the gods, their faces covered in gorgonian fans, stood rooted to the ocean floor behind an ornate temple gateway 100 feet below sea level. Photo: PAUL TURLEY The city turns out to be an underwater theme park built by a British diver to entertain his customers. Photo: PAUL TURLEY Mystical statues of the gods, their faces covered … Continue reading Atlantis of the East?

A woman carries a small bicycle outside her shack submerged by heavy flood. Both mainstream and online media have ignored her story and thousands of others who are stranded without food or shelter. As I write these lines, the latest reports put the death toll from floods at some 1,100 with 1.5 million affectees and some 100,000 plagued by diseases like cholera. Most of those affected are stranded at remote areas, away from safety, with no food or shelter or clean water and with no access to medical facilities. The waters still rage on and more villages are vulnerable to … Continue reading Floods and selective silence in the blogosphere

Wherever you go, there will be Muslims who believes in hijab, burqa or niqab and there will be others who do not First it was Egypt to take action against the veil, after a top cleric announced that the face veil was to be banned in certain educational institutions in Egypt; then France followed suit, down-right banning the face veil for security reasons; and then Syria in toe, banned the face veil in universities and educational facilities because parents of university students do not want their children to be educated in an ‘environment of extremism’. And to add to the … Continue reading To veil or not to veil

This is the business of relationships and you are not a leader if you are unable to maintain relations The biggest problems exists in leadership and people rather than any other aspect of a business enterprise. for more articles and quotes please connect with: http://www.bizomer.com/aboutbizomer.html Continue reading To be a leader worth following