The Pakistani Spectator

On October 5, 2007 the then President of Pakistan promulgated an Ordinance, ostensibly to promote national reconciliation, as the legend in the preamble claimed;
WHEREAS it is expedient to promote national reconciliation, foster mutual trust and confidence amongst holders of public office and remove the vestiges of political vendetta and victimization, to make the election process [...]

At last, Corps Commander Karachi Gen Naseer Akhter and Brig Imtiaz Ex ISI and DG IB have acknowledged that all that fuss about Jinnah Pur maps being found at the MQM offices back  in early 90’s was a setup to launch operation against the MQM.
According to the media reports Secretary Information Pakistan Muslim League-N Ahsan [...]

Nawaz Sharif is said to be the most popular leader right now in the country. His brother and the chief minister of the biggest province of Pakistan is busy in servicing the people of Punjab, but that is not enough, as it is proving glass of water in a vast desert.
Nawaz Sharif has appointed Chaudhry [...]

The literacy rate in Pakistan is horrendously low and the quality of those who are educated is equally horrendously bottom low. You would find schools mushroomed in almost every city in every notable locality of Pakistan, and these should be better called as graveyards of education with ignorant teachers and disinterested and clueless students.
Dual education [...]

Pakistan, confronted with a host of alarming internal and external pressures, asks for absolute political cohesion and harmony to face the dangerous situation. Coalition governments in Punjab and Islamabad between PPP and PML(N) isn’t going to achieve that purpose, rather it would initiate a new round of contention with in the corridors of power. Power [...]

With the picture-showing of dancing daughter of Salman Taseer and his son’s beach pictures with nude women by the Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan have started fresh fights between the PPP and PML(N), but strangely enough the reaction from the PPP leaders is not aggressive and it’s very much tepid, and it seems that very [...]

As the Opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan carries on his acid attacks on the performance of the PPP-led coalition government, the PPP top leadership wants to shut Chaudhry Nisar by pressurizing his leadership. Law Minister Farooq H Naek and Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer are the most ardent supporter within PPP to put leashes on [...]

Mian Nawaz Sharif doesn’t need to groom his enemies, as he has got a friend like Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan, who has also elevated himself to become the leader of opposition in the parliament, as Nawaz Sharif is still ineligible to contest the general elections. Chaudhary Nisar has got the reputation of stubbornness and arrogance [...]

The sooner the better. Nawaz Sharif himself is not a bad leader at all. He has always been let down by his acolytes. His selection of companions has always remained at fault. The likes Chaudharies of Gujrat, then Saifur Rehman did every thing to damage the image of Nawaz Sharif and his party, and now [...]

Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer was the man who didn’t even pay homage to the late Benazir Bhutto when she was assassinated last year in December, and didn’t go to her funeral and enjoyed the sun under the King Musharraf, and when Asif Ali Zardari started distributing sweets among his friends, he also blessed one of [...]