Pashtoon Baloch Shared Province’s (Balochistan) Public Service Commission is the responsible department for taking examination and posting the candidates who are capable to secure the position. Here every department and institution is filling their posts from lower level to higher through the said commission, which arranges examinations as scheduled by [...]
“Nothing comes very easy to you, human creature – least of all the skill to live humanely.
My body in the grave, scarred with its disappointments,and yours, alive as the rainbow glistening through the orchard.”
Ghalib – translated by Adrienne Rich
Wars have happened endlessly in human history. But the fact of the matter is that wars, violence [...]
After 2nd May 2011 episode of killing Osama Bin Laden by the American troops in Abbotabad triggered a debate in Pakistan and abroad, especially amongst the Americans themselves, that what actual benefits were brewed out of that humiliated operation. There were number of questions like:
Osama was in fact not there, [...]
One can very well understand the despair and frustration of Mian brothers. Despite of all their flashes of wealth towards judiciary and media, they remain fruitless. They triggered and carried the Memo scandal, but fell face down. They have been hatching conspiracies like crazy for the last 4 years but have [...]
One may successfully argue that Bilawal Bhutto Zardari may win from Lyari when he comes home after few years and take part in elections as the people are so gullible, but for now PPP is not in good position in the core of their support land called as Lyari. The complex situation of Lyari is [...]
Recent violence in Kabul has exposed various myths. Foremost is that the declaratory policy of winning of ‘Afghan hearts and minds’ is mere rhetoric, ground reality is the recurring barbaric practices of the American soldiers in Afghanistan, who have indeed been acting like typical occupation forces of medieval era. Recent Los Angeles Times pictures show [...]
In early January 2012, a 7-judges bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan issued a ‘show cause’ notice to the PM Mr Gilani to explain his government’s failure to implement its earlier verdict to reopen cases closed under the controversial National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO). The government continued its policy of negligence and avoidance. Viewing this [...]
The more the things change, the more they remain same. The tradition of accumulating wealth by the rulers through shady and dubious ways is not new and still going on in many countries of the world, and sadly enough in Pakistan this has become a norm. The stories of luxuries of rulers are common knowledge, [...]
On April 26, 2012 the Supreme Court of Pakistan passed a Short Order in contempt proceedings against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for not writing letter to Swiss authorities for reopening of corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.
The Short Order stated: “For the reasons to be recorded later the accused Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, [...]
The verdict against Gilani is not a surprise for anyone. Gilani and Zardari seem elated as they not only managed to keep their premiership intact, they also are not going to write the letter. The case will drag on in the courts for few more months, while the appeals will be heard and it might [...]
