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The writer is a simple housewife with no extraordinary academic credentials, but refuses to be a passive spectator anymore. As Bush & Co. are fond of saying, “doing nothing is not an option” and hence these modest efforts to put across the burgeoning rage against the junta.
And to those who might be wondering about my intentions, let me solemnly assure them:
(i) I have absolute no affiliation, what to talk about spiritual/ideological attachment with any political/religious/sectarian/ethnic party or grouping.
(ii) I have no association with any government institution, semi-government organization or private sector.
(iii) Similarly nothing, absolutely nothing to do with any NGO.
(iv) I have no advisors, assistants, or mentors in any capacity or at any place.
(v) I have no financial incentives or economical stakes in undertaking this exercise. I have never ever received a single rupee for this to date.
(vi) Whatever and whenever I write, it has always been entirely on freelance basis, a purely altruistic effort on my own sans any personal interest and external help/advice.
(vii) My foremost and sole desire is to put across the feelings and thoughts of the so-called “silent majority”, to convey the talk of the average (and below average) households.
add to my favorite writers Articles by Nighat Yasmeen
Unfit For Command
Nighat Yasmeen Sep 20, 2005 interacts: 75 Views: 7369One Chief of Army Staff directing to gag a poor hapless rape victim for upholding image of the country, the other duly complying with. Welcome to the invincible and enlightened land of pure.
Dereliction of Duty
Nighat Yasmeen Apr 10, 2005 interacts: 43 Views: 4416It seems that the VCOAS, General Ahsan Saleem Hayat, is an al-Qaeda member who as COAS would instantly scuttle the anti-terrorist drive. Or is it DG ISI who would sabotage the peace process with India in the absence of operational command of the visionary
Neither Enlightened nor Moderate
Nighat Yasmeen Mar 18, 2005 interacts: 68 Views: 6749Five and half years, is sufficiently long period of time to make a sound judgement. The results are there for everyone to see...
Chain of Command
Nighat Yasmeen Jul 24, 2004 interacts: 27 Views: 4457Why can’t Musharraf trust his own well qualified generals
Banana Republics
Nighat Yasmeen Feb 16, 2004 interacts: 114 Views: 10121There were times when General Musharraf was very fond of bragging that Pak army was not like an army of a banana republic, where commanders didn’t listen to their chief. As far as I can recall it has been a long time since Musharraf alluded to this
A Gory Tale of Lies, Greed and Deception
Nighat Yasmeen Nov 10, 2003 interacts: 209 Views: 20598Apply whatever mode of calculation you like, the tragic truth is: Pak Army has killed manifold more Pakistanis than those who have hitherto fallen to Indian bullets.
Killing the Nation with Impunity
Nighat Yasmeen Sep 23, 2003 interacts: 42 Views: 6553Those who bear the ultimate responsibility for reinforcing a culture of lawlessness where lawbreaking garners more respect than law-abiding should be reviled not admired; cursed not praised.
Some Burning Questions
Nighat Yasmeen Jan 12, 2003 interacts: 146 Views: 15213An Open Letter to General Musharraf
If Army acts like a Political Party Why not a Forward Bloc in it?
Nighat Yasmeen Nov 27, 2002 interacts: 55 Views: 6322what is a bigger and more deplorable sin: to be a prostitute or to be a pimp?
Nighat Yasmeen
- Articles on Chowk: 9
- First article: Nov 27, 2002
- Latest article: Sep 20, 2005
- Times read on Chowk: 81798
