Archive for the 'Dictators' Category

01 Jul 2010

My Name is Ozymandias, King of Kings

By Anwaar Hussain
While the American colonial goliath lies wheezing at the callused feet of its adversaries in Afghanistan, its commander General Stanley McChrystal has been fired by President Obama for his indiscrete comments to the media. Not many tears are being shed on the general’s fall. Almost everyone who is any one in Washington agrees [...]

02 Mar 2010

The ‘Happening Place’

By Kamran Shafi
“PAKISTAN is the most happening place in the world where there is never a dull moment.” So pronounced the Commando to a “packed audience” at Chatham House in London, to much laughter and mirth.
‘Happening place’ did the man call our poor and bleeding country that is reeling under the onslaught [...]

19 Nov 2007

On Savage Seas

‘By Anwaar Hussain

This piece is neither an attempt at defamatory lampoon nor a noxious ridicule of General Musharraf’s actions. It is with a heavy heart indeed that one pens these lines. With heavy heart because one is a personal witness to the qualities of head and heart of the esteemed general. For those qualities [...]

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