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Top 5 Najam Sethi’s Scandals

By Shayan Khan • Mar 28th, 2013 • Category: Politics

There is no reason why should we overlook and ignore the past of Najam Sethi. He is a pubic figure now and people plus media have every right to question his past, his conduct and his affiliations. In fact that’s what he has been doing as a journalist for so many years.
There is no reason [...]



Who is Benefiting from Shia Killings in Pakistan?

By Shayan Khan • Feb 21st, 2013 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

It’s unfair to point fingers at Punjab for the massacre in the Balochistan. It’s equally unfair to create a hype around the innocent Shia blood and then forget about it after all the media frenzy. It’s shameful for us to cry hoarse and then wait for the next episode.
I couldn’t stand the TV talk shows [...]



So Long 2012 in Pakistan

By Shayan Khan • Jan 1st, 2013 • Category: Politics

The year that was 2012, once again brought bloodshed, load shedding, and tension in Pakistan with worsening economy and disastrous institutional clashes. Last year ended on extreme uncertain note as Tahir ul Qadri emerged on the scene and has already put the start of next year in uncertainty.
If 2012 was the [...]



Saudia and Iran Fighting Proxy War in Pakistan

By Shayan Khan • Nov 22nd, 2012 • Category: Politics

A bomb blast outside the house of a deputy superintendent police (DSP) on Wednesday, Geo News reported.
At least five people were killed and several others injured in a blast in the Shahbaz Town area of the city, Geo News reported Wednesday.
Two persons were killed and sixteen others sustained wounds in twin bomb blasts near an [...]



Future of Bahria Town and DHA After Malik Riaz Downfall

By Shayan Khan • Nov 20th, 2012 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

If you travel from Faizabad to Rawat by road you would see literally hundreds of housing schemes on both side of roads throughout the journey. Especially right after the Islamabad airport, start some so-called modern housing societies like Gulzar-e-Quaid, naval housing society, PWD, defense housing authority phases, and many phases of Bahria town sprawled all [...]



Zardari Can Have Musharraf’s Head with 1 Billion and Immunity

By Shayan Khan • Jan 20th, 2012 • Category: Politics

We all know about the bounty offered by Jamhoori Wattan Party (JWP) President Talal Akbar Bugti, the son of assassinated Akbar Khan Bugti, has offered and for what.
You will be surprised to know that there are some people who don’t really hate Musharraf in Pakistan. Yes that’s true, but even then they want that [...]



Pakistan Housing Market in 2012

By Shayan Khan • Jan 6th, 2012 • Category: Politics

The property boom all across the globe ended long ago. Market not only corrected itself but also threw the whole global and regional economies in disarray, so much so that the superpower like America went into recession and there still are dangers of double dip there.
Europe as a whole plummeted. Ireland and Italy are the [...]



Veena Malik Marriage With Bal Thackeray

By Shayan Khan • Dec 22nd, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

In the larger national interests both India and Pakistan in greater interest of the region, I propose that Pakistani butterfly and region’s acclaimed massager Veena Malik should be locked in wedlock with Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray as soon as possible.
In old sub-continent poetry, whenever a person has to show extreme affectionate love towards his [...]



SMS Obscenity Banned in Pakistan by PTA

By Shayan Khan • Nov 22nd, 2011 • Category: Technology

Constitution of Pakistan guarantees free speech, but who cares about the constitution here. But not every thing is free speech too. Yes two somewhat contradictory statements, but that is what the global controversy is and Pakistan is no exception.
The news is that Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has compiled a list of more than thousands words which [...]



SHOCKING!!! If Railways taken, I would Quit

By Shayan Khan • Nov 18th, 2011 • Category: Politics

When we all are demanding that the man should be hanged and publicly humiliated for his rampant corruption and mismanagement and incompetency for destroying the most profitable institution in the Pakistan, the man is threatening the whole nation.
Can you believe this?
According to the media reports, Ghulam Ahmad Bilour has warned if Railways was taken from [...]