At least half of the candidates who have submitted their nomination papers for Election 2013 are non-taxpayers or tax defaulters. As reported by Ansar Abbasi in the News, almost 4,000 out of the 8,000 candidates, whose nomination papers had been scanned and scrutinised by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), … Read more
ANP, the ruling party of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and Jamat-e-Islami, the leading opposition party, have jointly announced the name of Justice (retd) Tariq Parvez Khan as Caretaker Chief Minister of the province. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa became the first province of Pakistan to come forward and announce the Caretaker Chief Executive. Political … Read more
With extortion in Karachi at its peak, people of all walks and segments of society are being forced to pay to live and work in Karachi. Bhatta and Parchi are most audible words in Karachi these days. Traders get bullets in mail, their homes and shops are attacked with grenades … Read more
During a history discussion some years back, I along with some dumb minds (Of course my buddies can’t be different than me) got stuck on a disturbing note. We were trying to figure out what lead Mr Liaquat Ali Khan to ditch looming Soviet/ Russian offer for partnership in place … Read more
In a critical breakthrough against target killings in Karachi, Rangers have arrested four persons allegedly involved in murders of ANP workers and GEO reporter Wali Khan Babar. The suspects are Mudassir Chief, Murtaza, Atif and Raees Mudasir Hussain alias Chief is said to be the leader of the criminal gang … Read more
So finally PPP under President Zardari has taken the strategic decision feared by so many within their ranks. The recent meeting between Law Minister Babar Awan and PML-Q Chief Pervez Elahi and the followed session in front of media made it crystal clear that PPP under Zardari has rolled out … Read more
Our visionary pundits of politics are busy in something which only they and the angels accompanying them are aware of. Both in domestic and international arena, it seems that the political lot has finally decided to doom this land so dear to us which our ancestors named as “Pakistan” 63 … Read more
Like many, I preferred to take the back seat and asses what has been going on in and outside our mother land for the past few weeks. First we were facing the most severe power crisis in history, soon we had an army of well equipped Taliban ready to tear … Read more
The city of lights bleed again yesterday evening as erratic incidents of violence erupted in Karachi subsequent to assassination of Raza Haider, an MQM leader and member Sindh Assembly who was shot dead at a mosque in Nazimabad along with his guard by unknown assailants. He was preparing to attend … Read more
Post-12th May Karachi hasn’t fully recovered yet, but the aftermaths are striking. On May 12th th…