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Economic Collapse by Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)
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Posted By:
Riaz
On:
23/Feb/2011
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Federal Minister Syed Khushid Shah informed the house that due to poor law and order situation and power and gas crisis in the country many industrialists have been forced to shift their industries abroad to countries like Bangladesh where apart from other conducive conditions for the industry the taxes are also lower by 18 per cent. A banker friend told me sometime back that about 18 big indust
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Strategic Partnership? by Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)
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Posted By:
Riaz
On:
18/Feb/2011
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On the one hand Raymond Davis' involvement with the terrorist TTP, enabling it in carrying out devastating bomb blasts in the country including on the army and ISI installations with a view to destabilising Pakistan, is an almost foregone conclusion. And, on the other hand the purpose of Senator John Kerry’s recent visit is said to be was to smooth over tensions (AP), seek Davis's return to the Un
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Raymond – a God sent Opportunity by Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)
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Posted By:
Riaz
On:
18/Feb/2011
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I feel the public opinion is being molded in a subtle way by the government, part of the media and some 'intellectuals' in the favour of releasing Raymond if he otherwise could not be granted diplomatic immunity. Raymond is no ordinary 'consultant' as is evident from the way the entire US government machinery including President Obama are acting in this matter. The USA with her immense political
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Tunisian Tsunami by Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)
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Posted By:
Riaz
On:
29/Jan/2011
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The ominous clouds of the Tunisian style revolt that toppled president Zin al-Abidiene Ben Ali have entered Egypt, ignoring Libya in between - but for how long?, where the protesters are demandingEgyptian government to end its 30-year state of emergency, pass a law preventing a president from serving more than two terms, and the Interior Minister Habib al-Adly to resign.
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Smart Cell Calling by Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)
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Posted By:
Riaz
On:
19/Jan/2011
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I wonder if anyone else too has of late experienced a phenomenon on the Mobilink network that happens to me. As soon as I make a call and it matures it drops off automatically forcing me to call again. In this way I think I am paying for two calls instead of the one that ultimately takes place. My cell phone seems to be Okay as it doesn’t happen when I make a call on the other network for which
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GOVERNOR by Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)
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Posted By:
Riaz
On:
13/Jan/2011
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A few days back when a reporter at the Karachi airport asked Mr. Latif Khosa as to why he was there, was told that his party leader (Zardari) had ordered him to be there and there he was. However, his ecstatic body language, twinkle in the eye and under-the-lip smiles conveyed unmistakably to the viewers of his gubernatorial selection for the largest province of the country. Obviously such i
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TV Talk Shows by Col.Riaz Jafri (Retd)
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Posted By:
Riaz
On:
11/Jan/2011
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May I request through your august columns to be spared of the mental agony being caused to me and many others like me daily by all TV talk shows where the Plutos and Socrateses of politicians, their spokespersons (ladies and gents) and the whiz kid of political analysts who have nothing good for the masses to say but to justify their own corrupt practices and bad governance by indulging in the sa
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