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Mustafa Abu ul Yazid a.k.a Sheikh Saeed Interview : Another Lawrence of Arabia?

By Fatima Tassaduq • Jul 23rd, 2008 • Category: Politics

GEO News has telecasted an hour long interview of a top Al Qaeda leader Mustafa Abu ul Yazid a.k.a Sheikh Saeed, and it was like watching a thrilling drama. It was all way too dramatic. They way the reporter of GEO “happened” to meet an old friend, and expressed his desire to have an interview […]



Dr. Shahid Masood Finds a Whipping Boy

By Fatima Tassaduq • Jul 22nd, 2008 • Category: Politics

There is a very famous statement of Punjabi which roughly translates in English like this “Those who were actually doing it , ran and those who were just taking a bath, got in trouble.” That was what happened with Deputy Managing Director of Pakistan Television, Shahid Mehmood Nadeem.
Shahid Nadeem was sacked by the newly appointed […]



That’s The Way, Mahi Way

By Fatima Tassaduq • Jul 18th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Social Democratic Ritt Bjerregaard was the Mayor of Copenhagen and one of the luminary  female ministers. Once she went to Paris to participate in an international conference in her official capacity and resided in a hotel nearby the conference hall, instead of the embassy. She paid the bills of the hotels from her officially allocated […]



PTCL Workers Woes and Etisalat

By Fatima Tassaduq • Jul 17th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Etisalat has 40 per cent share and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has got 60 per cent share in the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL), which has been privatized and Etisalat is now running the management of the PTCL, and since the time of privatization, the plight of PTCL has gone rock bottom, and both […]



Kashmala Tariq Returns

By Fatima Tassaduq • Jul 17th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The glamorous drama of expulsion of Kashmala Tariq, the political beauty of Pakistan seems to be concluded in few days, as the PML Women Wing President Sumera Malik and Humayun Akhtar, the close friend of Kashmala have managed to smoother the grounds for the return of Kashmala in the party by lobbying hard and they […]



Why Kashmala Tariq Was Kicked Out

By Fatima Tassaduq • Jul 9th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment

Though it’s really heart wrenching and painful to see such a glamorous and dainty lady to be treated in this fashion by the Chaudhary Shujaat & co., when they have got a replacement in the form of yet another beautiful lady Marvi Memon, but the truth is that Kashmala is way ahead when it comes […]



Has Mustafa Kamal Gone Out of Senses?

By Fatima Tassaduq • Jul 5th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Probably not. City Nazim of Karachi, Mustafa Kamal have got a whiff from somewhere that if he wants to remain the Nazim of Karachi, then it would be safer for him to tie up his destiny with President General (r) Musharraf. That’s what he did yesterday and earned his current and future bread in a […]



Why Shoaib Suddle is Transfered

By Fatima Tassaduq • Jun 30th, 2008 • Category: Politics

When Dr. Shoaib Suddle was made Inspector General of Police, Sindh; he immediately stole the media limelight because of his role in the previous regimes of Pakistan People’s Party in establishing peace in the city of Karachi by force. The coalition of PPP with the MQM suffered with this posting but at that time PPP […]



Musharraf : The Most Untrusted Leader

By Fatima Tassaduq • Jun 20th, 2008 • Category: Politics

A new WorldPublicOpinion.org poll of 20 nations around the world finds that Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan is the most untrusted leader.
WorldPublicOpinion.org, a collaborative research project involving research centers from around the world, is managed by the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) at the University of Maryland.
WorldPublicOpinion.org conducted the poll of 19,751 respondents in nations […]



Profile of Hina Rabbani Khar

By Fatima Tassaduq • Jun 17th, 2008 • Category: Misc

Hina Rabbani Khar was born on January 19, 1977 in Multan. She has been elected for her first term as MNA. She is
politically affiliated with PML(Q). She also served as Minister of State for Economic Affairs Division, and was previously the Parliamentary Secretary for Economic Affairs and Statistics.
A businesswoman by profession, she graduated with […]