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Mudassar Rizvi is Traitor of Pakistan ; FAFEN Must be Banned

By Zeenat Rehman • May 17th, 2013 • Category: Politics

Like crazy I shared the image of FAFEN report with my contacts on Facebook and Twitter and also emailed it to dozens of people. This report ‘exposed the rigging’ in the elections of Pakistan. Many other people especially my PTI friends were doing the same and then TV talk shows followed the queue from social [...]



Is the May 11th Election the 2nd NRO?

By Dr. Haider Mehdi • May 17th, 2013 • Category: Politics

Throughout the entire human civilization, it is the victors who write history. Any yet, in retrospect, the historical authenticity of the events and the accuracy of the victors’ claims have always been challenged with the discovery of remarkable evidence contrary to what was perceived as ground realities at the time.
Pakistan’s May 11th general election is [...]



Ray of Hope for the Nation after Elections!

By Sahrish Khizar • May 17th, 2013 • Category: Politics

The day of 11th May is proved to be the memorable day in the political history of Pakistan. In national elections, the enthusiasm of entire nation has been amazingly praiseworthy. Pakistan Muslim League (N) and PTI both deserved to be congratulated. Not only that, but their leaders and workers also deserved congratulations. Certainly the change [...]



An Open Letter to Mr.Manmohan Singh about Nawaz Inauguration

By captainjohann • May 17th, 2013 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

Dear Sir,
As retired Government of India servant I thought this blog post may get attention of those babus who monitor these sites. The western supported Media has been crying hoarse that You must reject the invitation as it will be a sign of weakness and also Nawaz can never impose his views on the ever [...]



Asad Qaiser and Pervaiz Khattak Fight for PTI Chief Minister in KPK

By Ali Yar Khan • May 16th, 2013 • Category: Politics

It’s a disappointment that the very first ever government of PTI in any part of Pakistan has become the victim of power politics, vested interests and greed for rule. In order to form their government, PTI is dependent upon Jamat-e-Islami (JI), Qaumi Watan Party, PPP Sherpao group, and the independents. That and PTI internal provincial [...]



Votes Never Bring Change Khan Sahib

By Shahid Mursaleen • May 16th, 2013 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

By now this should be clearly dawned on the supporters of change that all this electioneering and balloting is a smoke screen, a deception and a farce and is a tool to block the change, instead of bringing it. It’s sad to see the upright, honest, and clean person like Imran Khan falling for this [...]



SME Sector in Pakistan: Hurdles to Progress

By Guest Blogger • May 16th, 2013 • Category: Politics

In any economy, the role of SME sector is considered as the engine of growth, employment and income distribution, ultimately leading towards poverty reduction. They nurture entrepreneurship and innovation. The contribution of the Pakistani SME sector to total GDP of Pakistan is around 30%, employing more than 70% of the countries non-agricultural labor force, contributing [...]



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 [...]



Mobile Financial Services in Pakistan

By Guest Blogger • May 15th, 2013 • Category: Politics

Mobile Financial services have revolutionized the way we live, especially the unbanked. Mobile financial services have built a set of technology and service capabilities to address those challenges which are faced by traditional banking or financial service sector. Mobile financial services primarily include two broad categories of services: branchless banking via mobile phones, and mobile [...]



Pakistan Election 2013 Overview from Indian Perspective

By captainjohann • May 15th, 2013 • Category: Politics

As an Indian I found the recent killing of ANP, MQM and PPP supporters by the Taliban or TTP as a form of vote rigging in favour of Nawaz sheriff and PTI and especially as the ISI General Hamid Gul was supporting Imran Khan.
Now that the elections are over, I like to know some answers [...]