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Taaveez

By Ch. Naeem Sidhu • Jul 5th, 2008 • Category: Politics (Urdu)



Musharraf’s Good Faith

By Gul Raiz • May 22nd, 2008 • Category: Politics

Just keep aside all the grudge against President Musharraf and think about his resolve and his passion for the country. Political parties like PML-N, Jamat-e-Islami, Tehrik-e-Insaf and some nationalist parties are doing nothing but lashing at Musharraf day in and day out.
Media have also nothing else to do. Pick any program and you would find […]



Beating Back Would Bite Back PPP

By Ali Yar Khan • May 13th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The compromise of Pakistan People’s Party with the President Musharraf won’t do any good to it, neither in the government nor in the party cadres, and it’s extremely detrimental for them in the future.
They have unnecessarily made the judges issue an algorithm of algebra and by placing all kinds of formulas and legalese and […]



What’s the Plan?

By Muskan Hina • May 10th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Nation knows that the new government hasn’t got the lamp of Aladdin to solve the problems in one day, but at least they should show some progress and they should rise above the rhetoric and the blame game to the previous government.
It’s so painfully funny to see the ministers and Prime Minister to blame for […]



Vision 2010 Part-II

By Talal Hussain Malik • May 9th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment



12th May + 2 Days

By Rohail Butt • May 8th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Both PML-N and PPP knows that giving a new deadline date would be detrimental for their political prestige in the country, so they are talking about 12th May and two more days as a grace period for the final decision regarding the reinstatement of the deposed judges.
It’s not about the jobs of some judges. It’s […]



Atta Susta Rehn Do : By Manzoor Niazi

By Gul Raiz • May 6th, 2008 • Category: Misc



Labour Day

By Ghazala Khan • May 1st, 2008 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

All the social and economic achievement of any country depends upon it’s worker force. Unhappy worker means an unhappy and downward-spiraling economy. To mark the great services rendered by the workers’ force, May Day or Labour Day on May 1 is celebrated each year. Its’ an annual tribute paid to all workers for […]



No ATTA, Yes FAQA

By Rohail Butt • Apr 22nd, 2008 • Category: Politics

We are strange people. We are not a nation and just a mob driven by the upshots of the times and the whims of the dictators. We don’t protest and we don’t surge forward to change the forms of the things. We are easily intimidated and we are easily controlled. We are gullible and we […]



Wheat Shortage Again

By Rohail Butt • Apr 8th, 2008 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

According to the final forecast of the Crop Reporting Wing of the Punjab Agriculture Department, the province’s production would be around 16.5 million tons. The wheat output in Punjab will be 1.5 million tons less than the target of 18 million tons, and there are worries here that the national yield will also fall to […]