The Pakistani Spectator

Raja Pervez Ashraf is an idiot and that was established long ago. But the new revelation that he is a thorough idiot is quite embarrassing as this man is also an incharge of one of the most important ministry in Pakistan which is being run on the ad hoc basis with all the stupidity in […]

Long power cuts have sucked the life out of Pakistanis. In the scorching heat, it’s getting harder to breath and still the frightening hot and brutal months of June, July and August are yet to come and Pakistanis are already trembling in the dark.
All that talk about going solar is very promising, but we have […]

According to the media reports, a 37-year-old man doused himself in kerosene oil and set himself on fire in Topi bazaar on Monday in protest against skyrocketing prices and unemployment. Mohammad Shafiq, a farmer from Charoona, 56 kilometers south-east of Swabi, in the Gadoon Amazai area, had gone to the bazaar to buy foodstuff for […]

When the angry mob of people, who were ill at ease with the 18-hours load-shedding without any respite and relief attacked the office of Multan Electric Power Corporation, government termed it an intrigue against it.  The government sources said that the way this incident was flared up and made violent in the city of Prime […]

The calls for “Atta” from all quarters of the society are rising to a chorus. Due to the food shortage in Pakistan, the new government of Pakistan Democratic Alliance is all set to become a glutton for punishment and humiliation in very near future. Though it would be unfair to blame them for the looming […]

The country’s economic landscape is in shambles and the so-called trickle-down effect of Shaukat Aziz’s economic reforms are nowhere to be seen. But that doesn’t answer the call of stomach and that is not suffice to appease the hellish appetite of uncontrollably weeping children.
In the first place there is shortage of everything. From wheat to […]

If you see the socio-economic indicators on the ground level in Pakistan, you are sure fire to plunge in the sea of despair, gloom and apprehension.
They way people have shoe-treated some of their previous tormentors in Karachi and Lahore and the way people have rioted against Multan Electric Power Corporation, and the way people in […]

Democracy is all about liberty, equality and justice. In a democratic society, everyone enjoys equal opportunities without any restriction and preference, and the door of accountability remains always open.
The statues of liberty, equality and justice are not mere static ideals aimed at adorning the glittering writings in blogs and columns or to shimmer the speeches […]