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Pakistan's bully politics breeds political operators who use verbal insults and threats of physical violence to intimidate opponents. For a legion of cultural reasons, Pakistan encourages, protects, and even romanticizes bully politics. Educated, calm, and judicious politicians, with credible knowledge of statecraft, rarely rise to the top leadership of political parties. Woven around a few wealthy families -- with a history of mistreating servants, employees, farmers, and workers -- most political parties nurture the art of bully politics. Even middle-class politicians figure out pretty early that the way to get popularity and rise to the top of political stepladder is to deliver speeches replete with caustic accusations, foul language, and overt threats to the person and household of political opponents. In some cases, political leaders deliver direct threats to police officers and might even incite their followers to gang up and browbeat policemen. Like bullies in gang ...

Islamabad Revolutionaries Misunderstand the Right to Protest in the United States Sep 1 2014 144 Views 1 Like 0 Comments Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook Share on Google Pluse Share on Twitter Citing the right to protest in the United States, the agitation leaders, Imran Khan and Tahir ul Qadri, after staging a sit-in in Islamabad for more than two weeks, decided on Saturday night to storm the Prime Minister House and the National Parliament. The police, para-military, and military troops have been stationed at all federal buildings to protect what the government calls the symbols of the state. The protesters equipped with cutters, rods, and slings, forcibly slashed the fence of Parliament and entered the grounds. The Police used teargas and rubber bullets to repel the crowd. Many protesters, including women and children, and the police were injured. To protect the constitutional democratic order, Pakistan needs to pass a law to regulate the right to protest t...

Imran Khan undemocratic in trying to get his way: Professor Tue Sep 2, 2014 1:15PM GMT 5 12   12   Interview with Liaghat Ali Khan Related Viewpoints: Bahrain uprising threatens US hegemony Press TV has conducted an interview with Liaghat Ali Khan, Professor of Law at Washburn University, Kansas about public protests led by Imran Khan calling for the resignation of PM Nawaz Sharif. The following is an approximate transcript of the interview. Press TV : What do you think about the statements made by our guest Mr. Sadaqat Ali Abbasi of Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf party who are leading the protests in Islamabad? Khan : I think the charges of rigged elections may be legitimate and I think the system ought to respond to these allegations. But it seems like the situation is much more complex than what Mr. Imran Khan is presenting to the nation. Imran Khan has 35 seats in the parliament; but the other gentleman who is a little more revolutionar...