The Problem with Pakistan's Democracy
From the Blog pakistanisforpeaceBy Farahnaz Ispahani for Foreign Policy [image: Image] On Sunday, former military dictator Pervez Musharraf was at last given permission to run in the parliamentary elections scheduled for May 11, but only in the northern district of Chitral. Two other districts rejected his nomination papers, and his application in Islamabad is still pending. Elections officials in Pakistan, acting under directives of the country's Supreme Court, have excluded several candidates — among them Musharraf — from running in the elections. This pre-selection of candidates is based on controversial Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution, decreed by military ruler General Zia ul-Haq in 1985 as part of his Islamization agenda. These articles forbid anyone who does not meet the test of being a good Muslpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
Pictures of me:
From the Blog syedaabidabokhari - Okay, I know I already made it quite obvious how much I hate getting pictured, and moreso how ugly I look in them. But there are times when I expect myself to do better and look better…at least in the pictures. Just like last Friday when I attended a friend's wedding. It was the first time in my life, I was attending a friend's wedding I was a tad nervous. Don't ask why, you well know this and all the gory details in my next blog post. As of now, I want to talk about pictures. So I was saying, I thought I looked better (by my standard of course) in my beautiful black dress (check the picture) but Alas. Trust me, this time I even thought to put my picture on my profile WITH "MY OWN" face attached but destiny had its own plans. I mean this isn't fair, after all I am just pakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
'QUOTE UNQUOTE' - MARILYN MONROE ON 'THAT PERSON'
From the Blog siddysayspakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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