10 Greatest Lies of Today

1. The election will be free and fair.
2. I have introduced true democracy in Pakistan: General Musharraf.
3. The state of emergency has paved way to attaining true democracy in the country.
4. The state of emergency will help control the rising prices of different items.
5. Emergency was declared taking into consideration only the peace situation in the country.
6. Declaration of emergency is our internal matter; we shall not tolerate foreign interference on it: Government.
7. Pakistan has made remarkable progress under my government and we are at a better footing today than we were ten years from now: General Musharraf.
8. The economy of the country has had a boost; rise in commodity prices is an offshoot of inflation which further means that we are making progress. The economics expert: Shaukat Aziz.
9. The government has always acted in the best interest of nation.
10. The government has promoted freedom of expression and thought, ban on media is only to control the unrest that it has created.

Contributed at The Pakistani Spectator

Black Coats Under Threat

Black Coats Under Threat

The situation is getting worse every day; everything is topsy turvy since our President in uniform declared emergency. Electronic media is facing restrictions and lawyers and journalists are facing music as they are being arrested every day. I escaped my own arrest today, lucky for me. Today afternoon, I along with two fellow lawyers was at a friend’s place whose name was in the wanted list when a cop vehicle stopped at his house. They rang the bell and the friend’s nephew said that his uncle (our friend) was out of home. They remained outside for some time and no sooner we got a chance to flee, we were gone.

Unfortunately, my bike’s number has been noted by two cops on bikes this morning and it is possible that I might vanish all of a sudden like many others if my name finds a place in the list of the damned. So far some eighteen lawyers have been arrested from our district. How many more…no one knows that.

Contributed at The Pakistani Spectator