Things categorized as 'Anjum Niaz'
August 26th by Anjum Niaz.
Yes, yes, I know that the founder of WikiLeaks website Julian Assange is in deep water with Pentagon and his own home government Sweden. The former want to stop him ...
August 24th by Anjum Niaz.
“My husband cut himself while shaving one morning on board the ship. The wound turned septic when we landed in New York. The authorities checked his face and declared him ...
July 14th by Anjum Niaz.
How one man can plunge his country into civil war will one day be a subject for textbooks on political science. A country whose resources � human and God-given raped ...
June 30th by Anjum Niaz.
Nothing short of an epochal event will do. The Supreme Court, many believe, is involved in a self-immolation act. Some wonder why the apex court judges are slavishly seized with ...
April 17th by Anjum Niaz.
The UN report has woefully failed to answer 'Whodunit'. The 65-page narrative is a replay of events that we already know by heart. Ask an 11-year-old who is responsible for ...
February 17th by Anjum Niaz.
Step back and just think. It had to happen. Sooner than later. How could the Americans, British and Saudis with the blessings of Benazir Bhutto, ISI chief General Kayani and ...
October 7th by Anjum Niaz.
This is a two-part tale of family honour; domestic abuse; incompatibility; male dominance; misguided Islamic values; callousness of a Pakistani community towards a homeless mother and her infant son; a ...
September 5th by Anjum Niaz.
What does it mean when a Pashtun throws down his cap? Let's ask Richard Holbrooke, Obama's point man for 'Af-Pak.' Not only did he get a mouthful from Hamid Karzai ...
July 5th by Anjum Niaz.
For those not curious how life was lived in the ’70s and the ’80s, this column is a damp squib. Maybe they were not born; or were too young to ...
June 28th by Anjum Niaz.
Did you know that there’s a list of ‘suckers’ who fall for scams? The list has your phone number, email and credit card details. This list is sold to all ...
May 19th by Anjum Niaz.
When the October 2005 earthquake shook our world, the then American ambassador Ryan Crocker planned taking charge of relief efforts. He convinced the Musharraf government that the Americans were the ...
May 12th by Anjum Niaz.
Its name is IDP. It was reborn ten days ago. Baptized by Barack Obama while Asif Ali Zardari held it, the American president showered the newborn with a $1.9 billion ...
April 14th by Anjum Niaz.
"The drones don't fly out of Pakistan," grandly declares President Asif Zardari. It makes headline news. On the same day our army chief expresses similar sentiments. Earlier Prime Minister Gilani ...
April 9th by Anjum Niaz.
Pakistan needs big ideas like Einstein's to fight terror; not a kindergarten of little Einsteins who whizz around the presidency, the PM House and parliament pretending to stall the march ...
April 2nd by Anjum Niaz.
Enough! Bring Baitullah Mehsood to justice. If you can't, ask America to do it. And silence! All you handwringing hypocrites accusing Pakistan of killing its own people. Shame on you ...
March 19th by Anjum Niaz.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has scored her first international hat-trick. She delivered googlies that sent the three back to the pavilion. The lady walked off with the 'man of ...
March 18th by Anjum Niaz.
If only President Zardari had not walked into the dangerous trap set up by his aides, Sherry Rehman and Raza Rabbani would still be in the cabinet. We lost the ...
March 12th by Anjum Niaz.
Work is a four-letter word we religiously avoid; mutinously shun. Until Musharraf sacked Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, we were a nation of 'sitting around guys.' We morphed into 'jalsa and ...
March 10th by Anjum Niaz.
"Pakistan's disintegration, if that is what is now being witnessed, is a tragedy of Shakespearean dimensions, a riveting spectacle, and a clear and present danger to international security. But who ...
March 3rd by Anjum Niaz.
"I need hibernation for at least three years, and don't have the luxury to do that," Asif Ali Zardari tells Christina Lamb of The Sunday Times, a year after his ...
February 25th by Anjum Niaz.
By now you must know that 70 American military "advisers and technical specialists" are on the ground secretly training the Pakistan Army to kill Al-Qaeda and Taliban. The CIA has ...
February 17th by Anjum Niaz.
When a courtesan Harriette Wilson threatened to publish her memoirs and letters from her lover Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, the Duke churlishly told her to "Publish and be damned!" ...
February 12th by Anjum Niaz.
And all lived happily hereafter: The king, his army of princes and the citizens of Pakistan. Democracy won and the National Reconciliation Ordinance aka NRO lost.
Before you dismiss this as ...
February 10th by Anjum Niaz.
Politician-lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan is a cross between a maverick and a Machiavelli. But he's definitely not a mouse! Listen to his latest univocal declaration: "Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry shall be ...
December 11th by Anjum Niaz.
Secretary of State Condi Rice has categorically pointed to “Pakistani soil” being used in Mumbai attacks. And she expects “Pakistan to act.” This is a blunt order from our benefactors ...
