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O k, Go Ahead, Let The Heaven Fall How many heavens are going to fall in Pakistan in the coming days starting from 24th May (today)?  The current week should be recorded in history as a Week of Tremors.  Earlier, Mr. Prime Minister, Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani announced in his power plant inaugural speech, in Gujranwala, that he had talked to the Chief Justice on telephone and told him that writing a letter to the Swiss government is a minor affair.  I thought some part of heaven will fall, but nothing happened.  I did not see or hear and comments from any political or media quarters about PM's this statement.  Nobody bothered to raise the point about the justification in his talking to the CJ on telephone and imposing his point of view.  Quite strangely, not the smallest particle of heaven fell. Then Ms. Fauzia Wahab went beyond all the moral, ethical and religious limits making a blasphemous statement about Hazrat Umar (Razi-Allah-o-Ta'al...

Shaheen Sehbai digs deep into the chess game that is being played in the high echelons of power in Islamabad these days.  Whether Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani proves to be a worthless sacrificed pawn without causing any loopholes to the safety of the king or acts like an obdurate knight to block his own king's escape and being a part of definite checkmate is yet to be seen. Will he listen to the silent shouts of the suffering masses of Pakistan who are crying " Pir-o-Murshid, take the boldest step!" Here is the viewpoint by Shaheen Sehbai :  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  Mukhtar lets the cat out, but PM may quit or he can dissolve assemblies Viewpoint Tuesday, May 18, 2010 By Shaheen Sehbai WASHINGTON: Defence Minister Choudhry Ahmad Mukhtar has let the cat out of the bag and the newly visible signs of aggressive confrontation against almost all the badly needed independent institutions in the country by the Zardari-led power disp...