It was amusing to read a new term being coined in the print and electronic media “likeminded legislators.” Now that is something out of sheer genius and any kind of expediency can be embedded in such a utensil with ease and without any moral and legal obligations.
The minds of these mindless likeminded legislators change faster [...]
On July 31, in Washington, I had a long conversation with Ahsan Iqbal, Information Secretary of PML-N, on Pakistan’s role in helping Afghanistan and to stabilize that part of the world. I stated to Secretary Iqbal that on February 27, Secretary Nicholas Burns said at Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said “the fact [...]
Like the audio tape of Malik Qayyum, the attorney general, another audio tape has appeared on the horizon. Ahsan Iqbal, the leader of PML-N has played an audiotape in the press conference with conversation about rejection of the nomination papers of the Sharif brothers. Ahsan Iqbal said he received the cassette in a packet delivered [...]
Change is there, but it is yet not in the control of the newly elected Pakistan Democratic Alliance. These are very tough times for the misfortunate people of Pakistan, as they are in strangled grip of all sorts of gory crisis.
Merely promising the dawn of a new era is not enough. The newly elected parliament [...]
The Murree Declaration is looming large on the horizon reminding the newly formed government of Pakistan Democratic Alliance about it’s commitment to restitute the deposed judges after the 30 day time period. According to Khawaja Asif of PML-N, this 30-day time ticking started from 31st March when the Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani took oath.
Though [...]
Prime Minister has sworn in and the ministries have been distributed and even the advisors are there, and at least in the center the government of Pakistan Democratic Alliance (PDA) has come to a certain shape.
This bizzare yet welcome setup is unique in its formation and will be unique in it’s operations. It has been [...]
Many people are confused and apprehensive over the undue delay in the first session of Punjab Assembly. The date of 9th April is announced for this session, and there are rumors that this could be delayed more. The assembly sessions for Balochistan, NWFP and Sindh have been called earlier than 9th April.
There is a rampant [...]
Though PML-N’s chief Mian Nawaz Sharif has said that they are only backtracking from their earlier stance on not to take oath from General Pervez Musharraf, because it was part of the ‘give’ in the give-n-take bargain between PML-N and PPP and that is why the Murree Declaration saw the light of the day.
Now PML-N [...]
