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Khadim-e-Ala, Don’t Come to Murree Please

By Ali Yar Khan • Nov 26th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Whenever Khadim-e-Ala Punjab, Mian Shahbaz Sharif get tired of ruling Lahore, he pays a mandatory visit to the hill station of Murree, and the people of the Murree and adjoining areas suffer. When Shahbaz Sharif comes, he comes with a huge contingent of provincial ministers and member of parliaments, secretaries and the whole of district […]



Pakistan and President of Pakistan

By M Mirza • Nov 26th, 2008 • Category: Features



CJ Abdul Hameed Dogar’s Daughter Farah Hameed Dogar Awarded : Says Ansar

By Saleem Khan • Nov 25th, 2008 • Category: Politics

In what could become a mass denial of rights of thousands of students throughout the country, the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) Islamabad has illegally awarded extra marks and upgraded the examination results of the daughter of the country’s top judge.
In indecent haste and under direct written orders of the chairman FBISE, […]



Pakistan needs a Messiah

By A Khokar • Nov 25th, 2008 • Category: Politics

“I don’t care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating.” Said William Marcy Tweed - (1823-1878). Tweed was head of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in the politics of 19th century New York. *In Pakistan also, it did not matter who voted […]



Aid from IMF

By Ch. Naeem Sidhu • Nov 25th, 2008 • Category: Features



Asif Zardari: ‘India & Pakistan Share Blood Ties’

By The Pakistani Spectator • Nov 24th, 2008 • Category: Politics

President Asif Ali Zardari has become Pakistan’s first head of state to promise a “no-first nuclear-strike” against India. He talked of the need for change and reconciliation in India-Pakistan relationship, and the possibility of doing away with passports for travel between the two countries.
The surprise statement came when Zardari was addressing the Hindustan Times Leadership […]



Alam-e-Junoon Mien

By M Mirza • Nov 23rd, 2008 • Category: Politics (Urdu)



Zardari Could Follow Karzai

By Salman Mugsi • Nov 20th, 2008 • Category: Politics

To the dismay and shock of American policy makers, the so-called puppet Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that he would guarantee security for Taliban leader Mullah Omar if he ever wanted to negotiate and said Western allies should remove him or leave if they disagreed with that.
As the war against terror in Afghanistan is […]



Bundoo Budmaash

By M Mirza • Nov 17th, 2008 • Category: Politics (Urdu)



Zardari’s Assurance to American People

By Muskan Hina • Nov 16th, 2008 • Category: Politics

President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari has said that he can assure the American people that no big terrorist attack is going to be planned against the U.S. in the tribal areas. Regarding the missile attacks in FATA, Zardari said, “obviously the people who are using the strikes are confident that they’re doing something. […]