Crow's Nest...

Aisha Siddiqua tells us about the approximate net worth of the dictator cum tyrant who recently left one of the posts that he was so hanging on to. It makes an interesting read as she tells us that the net worth of the plots that he owns is around 440 million to 500 million Rupees. His pension is around 45,000 to 50,000 a month and he is eligible for three to four servants all expenses paid courtesy of the Govt. of Pakistan. He is at the same time allowed to import one luxury car from anywhere in the world and is eligible for a home anywhere in Pakistan. All this money is what he gets free and fair from the Govt. of Pakistan. The money that he must have usurped during eight years of his rule through corruption must be 100 times more than his stated worth. Read the article on BBC Urdu .

Iranian President Mehmoud Ahmadinejad speaks in Columbia University. I was looking for this video for a long time but my bandwidth back in my home country didn't allow me to view the video. Here i am in the land of the free viewing the hospitality that the president of the university had to offer to the guest that his own school had invited to lecture in the university. What a shame!

Shall we remind ourselves of that beautiful day?

The suicide bombings in Rawalpindi are testament to the fact that the imposition of emergency was a farce enacted by the dictator to subdue political, judicial and media activism in this country. The threat of bombing is as real as ever. And if we are to believe FIA then India has a major role in destabilising our situation through playing an active role in these suicide bombings. The recent attacks on the ISI offices seem like a counter attack by Indian intelligence for the attacks on the courts in Indian cities. India should refrain from meddling in the politics of Pakistan. Nawaz Sharif has struck a convenient deal with the tyrant and once again betrayed his nation. This attitude is so typical of our political leaders both BB and Nawaz.

BBC Urdu has a beautiful article on the way Musharraf has hijacked the country of 160 million souls. I advise everyone to give it a read. But my topic of concern is not the judges or the present combination of them that we call supreme court. I am concerned with the media. One by one the news channels are coming back on air. Almost all the TV channels have bowed down to the pressure. The last one to fall was ARY Oneworld that appeared back on air yesterday. Aaj was already on air and so were a plethora of other non consequential channels that abound on our cable networks. It makes me wonder whether these channels are really fighting for freedom of media or just have a different higher price tag attached to them. Almost all the channels that have come back on air have lost their crunch programmes from the lineup. but still they say they have fought for their freedom and have not bowed down to the dictator's pressure. The famous Luqman of Luqman.com on Business plus has ac...