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Musharraf Starts Appearing on TV Screens

By Haris Hashmi • Sep 13th, 2009 • Category: Politics

After getting assurances from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that no one is going to hang him, former dictator Pervez Musharraf is also checking his chances to actively take part in politics of Pakistan, first from London and then if the response gets warm, from Pakistan. He has tasted the power, and like his predecessors, [...]



Alone Musharraf Alone

By Ali Yar Khan • Jul 23rd, 2009 • Category: Politics

When mother of police incharge died, the whole town came to attend the funeral, but when police incharge died, no one appeared.
What an outlandish moment. Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has echoed the feelings of billions of hearts in Pakistan. First time, a tinpot dictator has been called before court in Pakistan. Atta moment, atta [...]



Gifts Taken By Shaukat Aziz

By Guest Blogger • Jul 8th, 2009 • Category: Politics

It is an amazing gift list of over 1,000 items, of which one-third were not even reported by Shaukat Aziz. The cost of these gifts runs into millions. The gifts included diamond necklaces, gold ornaments, pearls, Persian carpets and jewelled wrist watches. The Saudi king was most generous. One necklace alone which he gifted to [...]



Bill for amendment — a chellange to PPP ?

By Anwar Jalal • Jan 21st, 2009 • Category: Politics

The submission of a bill for  the  repel of 17the amendment and 58 2 (B ) in parliament, (in the senate by Q league , and  in the  National  assembly by MQM  while PML (N)  too has submitted its  proposed bill to the PPP leadership )can be  termed  as  a sort of  challenge to the  [...]



Pakistan’s Economic Crises & “The Short-Cut Tareen” Formula

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

Mr Shaukat Aziz, Ex-Prime Minster of Pakistan, became Prime Minister through a shortcut route, due to it he was nick named as ‘Short-cut Aziz’. His policies were to snatch hard earned money of the nation through various offers from the banking sector (credit cards, loans etc) and to strengthen the banking sector, coz he was [...]



Kashmala Tariq, The Next President . . !

By Farid Masood • Aug 20th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment

Watching a private TV Channel I came across an SMS sent by a ‘Therki’ that the next President of Pakistan should be the political beauty queen, Independent elected member on women seat Ms Kashmala Tariq. In old times when philosophy of management was evolving, there were many theories about traits of a leader, some said a [...]



Dance couldn’t save FBR Chief Abdullah Yousaf

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

The government on Wednesday replaced the Chairman Federal Board of Revenue Abdullah Yousuf by cancelling his contract.
Waqar Ahmed, Secretary Board of Investment, has been appointed in his place, as per a notification issued by the Establishment Division. Abdullah Yousuf, considered to be the closest bureaucrat to President Musharraf, was tasked to run the prime federal [...]



100 days under the king-maker

By ALE-Xpressed • Jul 8th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The direction less PPP government seems to be dropping in darkness. The 100 days treated as a litmus test for a nascent government to prove its willingness and capacity to perform have been wasted. The regime seems to be treading the same path of preserving the status quo. The president is as dummy as was [...]



Blind Authority Reeks

By Salman Mugsi • Jun 19th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

In the course of our lives, we all do silly things. It’s simply avoidable, but the sagacious ones understands their bloopers and they strive their hard to not to repeat them, and when the time comes and if they are given the chance, they accept their follies and try to make do for them in [...]



Profile of Hina Rabbani Khar

By Fatima Tassaduq • Jun 17th, 2008 • Category: Misc

Hina Rabbani Khar was born on January 19, 1977 in Multan. She has been elected for her first term as MNA. She is
politically affiliated with PML(Q). She also served as Minister of State for Economic Affairs Division, and was previously the Parliamentary Secretary for Economic Affairs and Statistics.
A businesswoman by profession, she graduated with [...]