In the last 62 years, much ingenuity has been spent to explain the concept of Pakistan as envisioned by the Quaid and Iqbal. But the question that haunts us even after 62 years of attaining freedom is that how close have we come to the actual translation of our founding fathers’ vision into reality? There [...]
I vividly remember the telephone called made by Daniyal Aziz to a news channel during a talk show in which he alleged that his life was under threat and if something bad happened to him then the culprits would be Chaudhry brothers of Gujrat, the then blue-eyed boys of Musharraf.
Former chairman of the National Reconstruction [...]
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s promise that he would act towards the trial of former dictator Musharraf, the moment a unanimous resolution is passed in the national assembly. That shows how deeply PM Gilani is subservient to the presidency as President Asif Ali Zardari is absolutely opposed to any idea of Musharraf’s trial.
All that news [...]
It was quite amusing to watch Humuyun Akhtar Khan, a rich son of a late general sitting with the beautiful Kashmala Tariq doing a press conference, perhaps his first serious press conference during his drawing room political career. He was hurling mud at the Chaudhry Brothers of Gujrat, who are hell bent at carrying on [...]
Presidency corridors have started trembling like Army Houses’ were before August 2008. I had mentioned on March 15 right before re-instatement of Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry that Mr Rehman Malik may not be able to stop long march with container wall around presidency & if marchers are able to reach there that would be final round [...]
It was pretty mush amusing to watchout Moonis Elahi, the son of former Punjab chief minister Pervaiz Elahi clashing with the Zulfikar Khosa in the Punjab Assembly. Chaudhry Moonis Elahi of the PML-Q and Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa of the PML-N exchanged heated words during the PA session. Tension was diffused when Deputy Speaker [...]
If history is any guide, we shouldn’t be expecting any good in the near future from the new alignments of the politicos on the country, which are almost at loggerheads. Within the coalition of PPP led government, the ANP and JUI-F have pulled the daggers out and slinging mud without any pause. ANP is also [...]
Judges restoration issue behind us, there aren’t many stumbling blocks left to be swiveled aside to have a broad-based reconciliation efforts by the genuine democratic forces. Being the largest and richest province of Pakistan, Punjab holds the key to the power structure of politics in Punjab. Unstable and uncertain Punjab province casts dark clouds throughout [...]
Punjab’s political scenario is not going to cool down anytime sooner. President Asif Ali Zardari has decided to take his revenge in Punjab. He has been wounded through the restoration of judges and he is going to retaliate in Punjab. That is why the governor is there and that is why the movement of Manzoor [...]
The whole thing in Punjab’s politics hinges on the unification or forward bloc of PML(Q) which is sitting with the PML(N). In the leadership of Mian Atta Manika, 27 or so members of Punjab Assembly have shown their loyality with the Shahbaz Sharif who was rendered ineligbile to hold any public office by the Dogar [...]
