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Posts Tagged ‘Pir Pagara’

Are Pakistanis Waiting for Bilawal Bhutto Zardari?

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Mar 1st, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

There are many interesting questions which are still in dormant status but lurking in the background to come out in the near future.
With the tragic assassination of Benazir Bhutto more than two years ago, her widower Asif Ali Zardari took hold of the party and then the presidency and he also pledged with the workers [...]



Will Nawaz Succeed in Neutralizing Sindh Card?

By Maria Sultan • Jan 7th, 2010 • Category: Politics

After gaining an unprecedented foothold in Balochistan as Qadir Baloch and Sanaullah Zehri joined PML-N, Nawaz Sharif landed in Karachi with a thud as he announced that he intends to dispel the Sindh Card instead of racing for it or combating it with any other provincial card.
Sindh Card is attributed to the Pakistan People’s Party [...]



Pir Pagara’s Men Tortured Tableeghi Jamat People

By Irfan Waheed • Nov 2nd, 2009 • Category: Politics

The violence, intolerance and extremism has many forms in Pakistan. We might become successfull in wiping out the terrorism from South Waziristan as we have done in Swat, but what to do with the feudal terrorism raging on in the interior Sindh and some other parts of the country?
A tableeghi Jamat people were preaching in [...]



Pir Pagara : Why Sheikh Rashid Runs Towards Him

By Shayan Khan • Aug 12th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Pir Sahib Pagara, Bhaij Pagara is country’s leading relic and he is nowadays only comes to the news when yet another thing of entertainment Sheikh Rashid Ahmad tulli of Rawalpindi comes running to the Kingri House and then both join their heads together, watch into the magic crystal ball, and then rattle the prediction for [...]



Zardari : We Knew You All Along

By Salman Mugsi • Jan 20th, 2009 • Category: Politics

It’s true that people of Pakistan were as dumb-founded as they are now on 18th February and the script of 18th February elections last year was written in Washington and it is being dictated, followed, watched-over and executed to the dot. With no Benazir in the world and no Nawaz Sharif in the assembly and [...]



Sheikh Rasheed address in Karachi

By asimali • Dec 5th, 2008 • Category: Misc

On 4 dec 2008 in Karachi Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said to Press that Pakistan should use its Atom bomb first if war starts, he didn’t agree with Mr.President statement that Pakistan will not use its atom bomb first, Sheikh rasheed said that we created this bomb for our enemies then why should we use [...]



Pir Pagara for PML-Q : Vultures Wait

By Ali Yar Khan • May 5th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Pir Sahab Pagaro, an aging political and religious figure who runs his own faction of Muslim League and who also runs a huge gang of dacoits in the interior Sindh has been called over to pull Musharraf at this troubled time, when PML-Q, the Musharraf Party, is disintegrating fast.
Pir Pagara is surprisingly the choice of [...]



PML-Q without Chaudharys of Gujrat

By Salman Mugsi • May 5th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

As the rifts between the leadership of PML-Q and General (r) Pervez Musharraf are widening, the hopefuls like Hamid Nasir Chattha, Manzoor Hussain Wattoo, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed and Humayun Akhtar Khan are becoming hyperactive in the presidency to paint a rosy picture for the retired General and weakening President.
Sheikh Rashid Ahmad is reported to [...]



Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani Attends Wedding of Son

By Fatima Tassaduq • Mar 24th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment

Wow, what a time for the new Prime Minister. After winning the nomination, then winning the election, and then bringing the grand daughter of Pir Pagara in the wedding bond of his son Makhdoom Abdul Qadir Gillani, he must be a very happy man.
And wow, what a grand day for Pir Pagaro. Though he doesn’t [...]



Implications of Making Yousaf Raza Gillani Prime Minister

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Mar 22nd, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The slides are revolving like hell on the private channels that the PPP has finalized the name of Makhdoom Yousuf Raza Gillani from Multan for the Prime Ministerial job, and the coalition partners have retified the name.
Now that’s not a sweet, smooth and silky decision. One point of caution is that there still are left [...]