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How a Microsoft Font Brought Down Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (2017)

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Re: How a Microsoft Font Brought Down Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (2017)

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Post by iamshs »

dang wrote: post #108
iamshs wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Personal, national, and religious attacks will get you banned here. There's no place for any of them on Hacker News, regardless of how wrong someone else is. You managed to combine all three; that's bad. Please don't do it again. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

I got infuriated by his argument. I will try to be better in my arguments.

Re: How a Microsoft Font Brought Down Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (2017)

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Post by iamshs »

pknerd wrote: post #54
iamshs wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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I don't need to run away. I clearly said This is not the forum to flat your bubbles. This is hacker news, not a Republic forum. Thanks for understanding.

You sure tried to inflate that bubble though by starting to use this forum, and you know that it was a disingenuous attack.

Re: How a Microsoft Font Brought Down Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (2017)

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Post by fish_bizkit »

nobrains wrote: post #22
ankit219 wrote: post #19

Pakistan acted on the Panama papers is a big news since a lot of countries with allegedly a hard stance against corruption did not.

It was mostly due to the efforts of one man, Imran Khan.

I beg to differ, rather I think it was due to the fact that Nawaz had certain "disagreements" with the military elite that he was brought down. Imran Khan's whole movement was based on false assumptions which he even admitted later. The lock-down of the national capital in 2014 was based on the famous accusation of "35 punctures". Which he later admitted was his political statement and there was no proof of it. I doubt if the military, especially the ISI had not intervened in the background, Imran alone would have been able to shake such a politically strong prime minister. Wasn't it revealed later on that the news of "35 punctures" was spread by some brigadier or colonel? I am not sure who it was but surely it was some army officer with ties to the politicians.

Re: How a Microsoft Font Brought Down Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (2017)

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Post by fish_bizkit »

arif_sohaib wrote: post #57
nobrains wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was mostly due to the efforts of one man, Imran Khan.

Yep. Hopefully he wins the current elections. Me and my whole family waited hours in lines to vote for him last elections.

Hypothetically speaking, what will your reaction be if he loses this time too? Will you (personally) accept his defeat and wait for the next election or will you take to the streets and protest against the election results like 2014 (given Khan calls his supports out)?

I am only trying to get the feel of Pakistani politics here, no personal bias.

Re: How a Microsoft Font Brought Down Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (2017)

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Post by fish_bizkit »

Here's another one. This guy spent 2.6 million Rupees on tea and biscuits. With the bill of bakery items for one TV channel's interview team being 175000 Rupees.

https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/641087-kp-cm-spends...

https://www.urdupoint.com/en/pakistan/bill-of-tea-provided-b...

Re: How a Microsoft Font Brought Down Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (2017)

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Post by gadders »

gadders wrote: post #86
m23khan wrote: post #85

This may not amount to much for Pakistani people. The forces and judiciary are so pathetically weak that they couldn't force the PM and his Daughter and his sons to remain inside of Pakistan - so what if the PM's wife is sick in London (which we don't even know if it's true) - let her die alone because she and her life is worthless for Pakistani people. For months the PM's daughter barked daily in front of masses aga…

Slightly offtopic, but this [1] is a great series of podcasts about the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. No idea if she would have made a good leader, but she was certainly brave. Even if you're not interested in Pakistani politics, it's still fascinating. [1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05r6cgx/episodes/downloads

I stand corrected by you all. She would be a PM as bad as the others.

I call her brave because she knew she would likely be killed if she returned.

Re: How a Microsoft Font Brought Down Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (2017)

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Post by xbmcuser »

fish_bizkit wrote: post #115
arif_sohaib wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep. Hopefully he wins the current elections. Me and my whole family waited hours in lines to vote for him last elections.

Hypothetically speaking, what will your reaction be if he loses this time too? Will you (personally) accept his defeat and wait for the next election or will you take to the streets and protest against the election results like 2014 (given Khan calls his supports out)? I am only trying to get the feel of Pakistani politics here, no personal bias.

Unlikley as all the other major parties have got their hands tied currently I am more worried about what happens when he goes against the army will he able to or will an army dictator rise again.
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