Tag: Asif Ali Zardari
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Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s Political Debut in Karachi
The share of dynastic politics stands at around 67% in Pakistan and to endorse its survival, the heir of Bhutto political clan, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari claimed his ownership of Pakistan people’s party as chairman yesterday in Karachi. Supporters of PPP from all over the country, especially from rural Sindh, gathered at the Bagh-e-Jinnah to witness…
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NATO and its plans in Afghanistan
A two day NATO summit begins in Chicago, USA with a last minute invitation extended to President Zardari. The main aim of the summit is to formalize a stretagy for the eventual withdrawal from Afghanistan by 2014 as agreed in the last summit. “There will be no rush for the exits,†NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh…
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Memo Gate set to break every one’s Gait
The twists and turn on memo issue seems to be far from over. With every passing day the revelations, counter revelations as well as stake holders of this issue are not only increasing, but their magnitude has become alarming. With Pakistan’s opposition under Mian Nawaz taking this matter to supreme court, it seems that this…
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Memogate and the Greater Divide
It’s what the wise always warned about, best kept secrets from spouse or the house are bound to expire, and so it did. But strangely it’s not the secret itself but its architects who are being sought. Like a fuse attached to an explosive dump, the memo has ignited slowly but is undoubtedly travelling toward…
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Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi quits PPP, resigns from Parliament
Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi, former Foreign Minister and Senior PPP leader, has resigned from the membership of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). He has also resigned from his seat in National Assembly. Qureshi is rumoured to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf soon. If he does that, it will certainly strengthen PTI in Southern Punjab and parts of Sindh…
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Imran Khan’s Vive la Revolution vs Pakistan Political Spectrum
It’s a reality, so no more hanky banky about the number of seats and whose “Jalsa†was bigger. Imran’s troops have really rattled the stage, and to put it right after a long lull there is something worth writing or talking. Imran Khan has matured well with time, as politics in Pakistan is a tight…
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An Open Letter to President Asif Ali Zardari
Dear president Asif Ali Zardari, It was heartening to hear that a second Pakistani, Hasan Sadpara, has managed to climb Mount Everest. A good piece of news in current times of turmoil. His feat has made every Pakistan glee with pride that we are not all just terrorists. There are among us people capable of…
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Governor Punjab Salman Taseer Shot Dead in Islamabad
Indeed a shocking and sad incident in the name of the religion. Apparently for his stand against Blasphemy law and his support to pardon the lady convict, Governor Punjab Salman Taseer has been murdered outside a restaurant in Kohsar Market, Islamabad, by one of his own guards named Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri. The guard shot…
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Asif Ali Zardari dies- no, it’s not that one.
Asif Ali Zardari died yesterday. Yesterday, the poor and unlucky infant who was born in a rickshaw in Quetta passed away owing to severe chest infections. The child%
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WikiLeaks say Zardari wants his sister to be Pakistan’s president!
According to the recent WikiLeaks data, Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari want his sister to succeed him. I once heard that all that Zardari eats is first tested by his sister Faryal Talpur (apparently she either herself eats or makes others eat part of his meals before he is served). I can think of ten…