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The Whiz Kid Anchors by Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)
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Posted By:
Riaz
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16/Jul/2013
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With the surfacing of the Abbottabad Commission report there has been once again a revitalization of the TV anchors - the so called & self proclaimed all knowing experts dolling out their pearls of wisdom on defence matters of whom the most of them do not have the foggiest idea! To some of them anything anti military (read army) is music to their ears and anything pro military (read army) gives t
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Salutes are to be Returned by Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)
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Posted By:
Riaz
On:
3/Jul/2013
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As young officers in the army we were taught that salutes were not to be acknowledged but to be returned. It is a sign of mutual respect for each other. However, I noticed that during the recent visits of the Prime Minister to Quetta and two days later to China some of the air crew of the PM’s special plane stood at attention at the foot of the airstair as per protocol and dutifully saluted him sm
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La ikkra fid-deen by Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)
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Posted By:
Riaz
On:
3/Jul/2013
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It is clearly and unambiguously ordained that there is no hardship in practicing deen. La ikkra fid-deen. Somehow I cannot reconcile to it when I see the month of Ramzan falling in the hot months of June & July when the daily fast is 16 to 17 hours long and the mercury touches 50 degrees plus in some parts of the world like Sibi, Jackobabad, Cholistan and Thar deserts, Multan, Bahawalpur and Rahi
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Musharraf Singled Out by Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)
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Posted By:
Riaz
On:
29/Jun/2013
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Shaukat Aziz to be brought to Pakistan through Interpol”, read a news report. How come anyone even remotely connected with the Bugti death is to be tried – General Pervez Musharraf as President, Shaukat Aziz as PM, Owais Ghani as Governor Baluchistan, Aftab Sherpao as Interior Minister etc. but in the case of November 3rd, abrogation of the constitution a much more serious offence only
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Hajj Under Debt by Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)
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Posted By:
Riaz
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22/Jun/2013
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As the nitty gritty of the budget and the monetary affairs of Pakistan are being discussed threadbare daily over the media by the financial pundits and economic gurus, it has transpired that the state of our economy couldn’t be worse and we would have to go once again to the IMF with the begging bowl for a loan of 5 billion dollars to survive. According to these financial whiz kids we Pakistanis a
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