Archive | November, 2011

Shah Mehmood’s chorus

By Syed Talat Hussain
Former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi could have expected a better response to his seemingly procedural action…

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Ms Khar’s happy talk

By Syed Talat Hussain
Anyone looking for an all-round good news for Pakistan should have heard foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar yesterday.…

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A monster in the morning

By Syed Talat Hussain
I have done many television programmes that draw public response, but  the one that recently generated immense interest…

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Useless managers will sink Railways

By Syed Talat Hussain
The crisis in the Railways is a classic example of incompetence and mismanagement bringing ruin to a perfectly manageable…

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Dealing with the US

By Syed Talat Hussain
There is something quite hypocritical and shallow about the way our ‘leadership’ is engaging with the…

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The Mirza saga continues

By Syed Talat Hussain
That the Pakistan People’s Party’s present leadership has made such a glorious mess of the country is…

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Not much of an Eid for the millions

By Syed Talat Hussain
Eid is an occasion for joy and happiness, a refreshing change from the taxing routine of life, and for making a connection…

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Long forgotten war in Fata

By Syed Talat Hussain
The killing of several soldiers in South Waziristan agency near Makeen is a deadly reminder about a long-forgotten…

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The curse of Rehman Malik

By Syed Talat Hussain
It has become almost a truism among journalists that they would get no news but lots of jokes anytime Interior Minister…

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Out-sourcing national duties

By Syed Talat Hussain
We have become the world’s biggest “out-sourcers”. This means that all the vital national tasks…

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