Things categorized as 'Ayaz Amir'
September 25th by Ayaz Amir.
All the great Muslim rulers of our past whom we look upon as our heroes were either Turks or Afghans, from Mahmud Ghaznavi to the last of the Mughals -- ...
September 18th by Ayaz Amir.
How many doom-and-gloom stories can any reasonable person endure? More than a nation at war we are a nation in perpetual crisis, vaguely discontented if there is no real crisis ...
September 11th by Ayaz Amir.
The army and air force have taken on the Taliban and loosened the grip of the Taliban on our collective psyche. The threat of terrorism may not have vanished but ...
September 7th by Ayaz Amir.
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September 5th by Ayaz Amir.
Army General Headquarters, Rawalpindi, is not the enemy — or, let us say, the main enemy — of Pakistani democracy. The Pakistani political class is its own worst enemy. Its ...
August 31st by Ayaz Amir.
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August 28th by Ayaz Amir.
"What do you consider to be the greatest blessing you have reaped from your wealth?
"…the great blessing of riches, I do not say to every man, but to a good ...
August 21st by Ayaz Amir.
If we see the political class floundering and taking false steps, if we see political gurus who have been in politics for a long time — and who perhaps for ...
August 14th by Ayaz Amir.
To whom this nation has given the most, it is usually from among this hallowed lot that arise its most virulent and merciless critics. This is a mild word, denunciators ...
August 9th by Ayaz Amir.
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August 3rd by Ayaz Amir.
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August 2nd by Ayaz Amir.
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July 24th by Ayaz Amir.
We can't work democracy. It seems not to be in our genes. And although we blame conquering generals riding out of General Headquarters for our many ills, every action of ...
July 17th by Ayaz Amir.
This nation suffered Field Marshal (self-appointed) Ayub Khan as its ruler for eleven years, and General Ziaul Haq for another eleven years, and Pervez Musharraf for eight and a half ...
July 8th by Ayaz Amir.
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July 6th by Ayaz Amir.
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June 28th by Ayaz Amir.
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June 14th by Ayaz Amir.
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June 12th by Ayaz Amir.
Leadership is not part-timism. It is a single-minded vocation that brooks no rivals and indeed can co-exist with no distractions. You can't be into business deals and kickbacks and the ...
June 5th by Ayaz Amir.
The stakes couldn't be higher nor the opportunity hidden in this hour of seeming distress more promising. Provided we don't prove exceptionally unlucky once more -- or exceptionally stupid -- ...
May 29th by Ayaz Amir.
And this enemy comes most visibly in the form of sloppy thinking---thinking either plain misguided or consciously perverse. Take the latest offering from those great self-appointed champions of secular thinking, ...
May 22nd by Ayaz Amir.
For sheer irresponsibility nothing beats President Asif Zardari's statement, in another avoidable newspaper interview, that the operation in Swat would soon be extended to Waziristan. Whom was he trying to ...
April 10th by Ayaz Amir.
From Amit Kumar somewhere across the planet comes this somewhat puckish email: "Dear Sir, Would you kindly clarify as to which flavour of Taliban - the freedom fighters in Afghanistan ...
March 27th by Ayaz Amir.
This battle -- now a simmering war of attrition -- has been on for some time and we are losing it. The Pakistan army was always meant for wars against ...
