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Posts Tagged ‘PML-Q’

Stage Set For Presidential Mela

By Rohail Butt • Sep 5th, 2008 • Category: Politics

100 senators, 342 members of National Assembly, 371 members of Punjab Assembly, 168 members of Sindh Assembly, 124 members of NWFP Assembly, and 65 members of Balochistan Assembly would decide as who would be the next President of Pakistan by choosing one among the three candidates; Justice of PML-N, Asif of PPP, and Mushahid of […]



From Pervez Musharraf to Pervez Ashraf

By M Mirza • Sep 4th, 2008 • Category: Features



Pir of London

By Salman Mugsi • Sep 3rd, 2008 • Category: Politics

I never knew why Ardsher Cowasjee, the renowned veteran columnist of Dawn newspaper, always called Altaf Hussain ,the head honcho of MQM, the “Pir of London”, until I hear the blessed statements of Mushahid Hussain, the presidential candidate from PML-Q from Nine Zero, the dreaded headquarter of MQM.
Mushahid was unable to stop his shaking head […]



Greed is the Order of Day

By Rohail Butt • Sep 2nd, 2008 • Category: Politics

Asif Ali Zardari is so desperate to keep the things under control, he used all kinds of chicanery to get to the office of president with 17th amendment intact and with the killer sword of 58(2)B. He even had a covering candidate for the presidential candidate just in case his nomination papers got rejected somehow, […]



Zardari President

By Tariq Habib Rana • Sep 1st, 2008 • Category: Politics

I joined Pakistani Spectator mainly to share my views on Zardari becoming the president of Pakistan. I think this is the lowest point in our history where a convicted certified criminal is going to be the next president of Pakistan. The Swiss judge conducting Zardari’s case was astonished at the sudden withdrawal of the case.
I […]



McCain’s Houses and Zardari’s Accounts

By Fatima Tassaduq • Aug 31st, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

There is lots of hubbub going on in the Western media about a controversial answer by John McCain, the presidential candidate in the US elections. McCain was asked in an interview as how many houses he own, and McCain was confused over that as he was unable to recall the exact number, and even he […]



Sadarti Dungal Ya Bazeecha-e-Itfal

By M Mirza • Aug 30th, 2008 • Category: Politics (Urdu)



PML-Q Basks in Temporary Sun

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Aug 30th, 2008 • Category: Politics

As the presidential campaign boils up, both PML-N and PPP try to show their maximum power. The presidential elections have become the start of new round of their contentious and fractious politics and they both try to start on high and firm note to build upon the future strength.
Though the Zardari’s chances are more than […]



Zardari : Private Plunder or National Need ?

By Sameer Shaharyar • Aug 29th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The world is changing fast and almost every government in the solar system is trying to bring in sanity in their affairs of state, and even the world power, the world leader United States of America is going to vote for Change come next November. While that happens across the globe, the Pakistanis maintain their […]



Democratizing the Autocracy

By Farid Masood • Aug 28th, 2008 • Category: Politics

We often hear the term that we are heading towards democracy. If we recall our short memories, these words were in air during 1988~1990 and 1993~1996. Whenever, Pakistan Peoples Party comes in power in the center and off-course in Sindh province the democracy there are loud voices that democracy returned in Pakistan. The situation of […]