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People’s Party and MQM Pounces on Each Other

By Salman Mugsi • Nov 26th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Sindh’s interior minister Zulfiqar Mirza is a man on mission. He has to prove to his master in the president house that he and his wife deserved the high slots in the governments. It’s time of pay back for the Mirza and he is at it with full fury and ferocity.
Zulfiqar Mirza has come hard [...]



Let there be rain

By Adnan Farooqui • Sep 1st, 2009 • Category: Politics

Karachiites breathed a sigh of relief when it was announced that a rain system over Madhya Pradesh was heading towards the city of Karachi and heavy rains were expected for the next couple of days. Now call it more of a norm in Pakistan, that the predictions put out by the institutions is hardly believed [...]



Clash Of The Titans

By Muhammad Ali Sajjad • Aug 19th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Author’s note: It was the post By Maria Sultan on Aug 17th, 2009 under the title “7000 American Marines in Islamabad ???” that prompted me to write this article.
Where It All Began And The Previous Attempts:
Pakistan’s nuclear capabilities has always been a cause of major concern for the Western countries, particularly the USA. And there have [...]



JSQM is Targeted : Sindh Smoulders

By Salman Mugsi • Jul 25th, 2009 • Category: Politics

As per the details, a few days ago some activists of the JSQM were killed in Karachi and in interior Sindh by unidentified persons. Recently, armed men had killed a young JSQM activist Zulfiqar Mallah in Sikander Goth.  In reaction to the murders, JSQM Chairman, Basheer Khan Kureshi, announced a protest rally on Friday. A [...]



Presidency Corridors are Trembling

By Farid Masood • Jul 2nd, 2009 • Category: Politics

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 [...]



Sindh Protest Against IDP Influx Justified ?

By Muskan Hina • May 25th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Almost all the notable parties except PPP and JI are protesting vehemently against the entry of the Internally Displaced People (IDP) in the Sindh province. Strike calls are being given, with some already underway. The Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) gave the strike call somedays ago and various nationalist parties and coalition partner of the [...]



America’s Pushtoonistan and Balochistan

By Haris Hashmi • May 11th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Given the speed at which we seem to be hurtling toward the abyss without any pause or precaustionary measure, one would imagine that there is little left that can shock one. It’s not new about the American think tanks and their surveys to predict the end to the Pakistan as a country and their statistical [...]



PML(N) Get Out of Lahore

By Rohail Butt • Apr 26th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Yes, get out of Lahore and become a national party. The cosmetics measures like forming a fact-finding committee regarding the issues and problems of Balochistan and NWFP is not going to accomplish much, rather nothing, as nothing can be found compiling reams of papers while sitting in the Lahore.
It’s the onus of Nawaz Sharif to [...]



Divided We Stand United We Fall

By Tanzeel • Apr 23rd, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Instead of waging war on the ones who have brutally murdered our Pakistani brothers, slaughtered our soldiers, bombed girls schools, blasted barber and CD shops, shot innocent women, our nation is proudly engaged in fighting a war against MQM on various fronts.

Be it parliament, media or internet our patriotic nation has again proved themselves united [...]



National Blogger Conference 2009 in Pakistan By Sindh Government

By Muskan Hina • Apr 18th, 2009 • Category: Politics

So at last the government in the Pakistan have started given importance to the new media (for them) of blogging and believe me that is not a good news. The liberty, freedom and the fearless days are over now and this blogger conference arranged  by the Sindh Ministry of Information Technology tells us loads of [...]