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Highlights of Punjab Budget 2013-14

By Rohail Butt • Jun 18th, 2013 • Category: Politics

Punjab Government didn’t play for the gallery or media and produced a gem of budget which is a great combination of development, futuristic approach and tackling the terrible issues like load shedding at hand. This shows the commitment of the Shahbaz Sharif to deliver and to service the most populous province of Pakistan.
1) 210 Billion [...]



Real Challenge for Nawaz Sharif is Pakistan Military

By Rohail Butt • Jun 10th, 2013 • Category: Politics

Is it merely a coincidence that the day federal cabinet took oath, America presented the new government with a drone in North Waziristan. They knew well that this new government wanted to talk with the terrorists and this drone would be a show stopper. We also know that these drones are flying with full approval [...]



PML-N Faces Media Wrath Even Before Start

By Rohail Butt • May 31st, 2013 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

They haven’t formed a government yet. They haven’t taken any oath yet. They haven’t got their speaker, deputy speaker, chief ministers, and prime minister elected yet. Their cabinet is not confirmed yet. Their initial strategy and policies are not known yet. Still the Pakistan is governed by the caretaker setup, but if you look at [...]



Hanif Abbasi and PMLN Rawalpindi Blames Chaudhry Nisar for Defeat

By Rohail Butt • May 27th, 2013 • Category: Politics

Just as MQM is doing a massive major overhaul of their party in the Karachi after Tehrik-e-Insaaf made inroads in their vote bank, PML-N must follow the same path in the Rawalpindi division, where they were routed by the same party. Rawalpindi was even more strong a fortress for PML-N than the Lahore, but to [...]



PTI Goons Harrassing Saad Rafique Wife and Kids

By Rohail Butt • May 21st, 2013 • Category: Politics

Just like pets cannot digest ghee, the people with low self esteem cannot digest their defeat. There are various media reports and also eye witnesses that the PTI goons are now harassing and threatening the family of Khawaja Saad Rafique after losing in Lahore constituency. Even PTI family columnist Hassan Nisar has mentioned that in [...]



Reason Why Mummy Daddys Are So Angry Over PTI Defeat

By Rohail Butt • May 15th, 2013 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf’s tsunami has only come in the posh areas of the Lahore and Pindi. In KPK, the voters give chance to everyone and now coincidentally it was PTI’s turn as all others were given chance earlier. Besides it wasn’t a thumping majority there too, as the mandate was shared by many parties. Anyways, it’s [...]



Start for Nawaz Sharif

By Rohail Butt • May 13th, 2013 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

Foreboding, fore-warnings, and hostilities are already there as PML-N gets ready to take the reigns of the country into its hands. PML-N is not lucky enough to enjoy the start of its tenure as PPP did five years before. Everyone was on PPP’s side in order to pull the country out of chaos and work [...]



Nawaz, Nawaz, Nawaz, Nawaz

By Rohail Butt • May 11th, 2013 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

The people of Pakistan including the youth and the old have spoken and spoken with a thud. They have shown their pledge to change the Pakistan and make it a new place. They have got rid of the inept, incompetent, and bad rulers of PPP, ANP, and MQM.  They have put their stamps on the [...]



Tuj Say Teray Andheray Mitaen Gay Hum

By Rohail Butt • May 11th, 2013 • Category: Politics

PML-N got two times in the office in the Islamabad and both times they just managed almost two years on average and those were the days when Benazir Bhutto and her party from day one were doing conspiracies against the PML-N government with the collaboration of Pakistani establishment and the foreign powers.
But even in those [...]



PTI is Worst Thing Ever Happened to Pakistan

By Rohail Butt • May 11th, 2013 • Category: Politics

Not even the military rules and not even the Dhaka Fall, and not even the earthquakes and not even the massive floods; the worst thing which has ever occurred in this country is the PTI and its current state. It’s a great deception and its all set to deceive the Pakistanis big time and they [...]