Since April 2004, the prisoner of conscience and the hero of the Mohajir people Afaq Ahmed was bearing the cruelties of the MQM, first during the era of Musharraf and now during the era of Zardari. MQM was partner with both as it cannot live without rule.
Government of PPP upon pressure from the MQM tried [...]
Last year one funny makeshift poet of MQM wrote an incongruous poem like thing about Asif Ali Zardari and warned him that December was coming and he could be rolled over by the establishment. TV anchors also chipped in and started the talkshows and people started saying that as MQM had said that, an ally [...]
Do you think that MQM never knew and we were so naive that we couldn’t add 2 and 2 together? Do you really think that we are like that foolish Nawaz Sharif, who has been deceived umpteenth time by the Asif Ali Zardari and his companions in the name of democracy?
No sir, we have known [...]
Only one public meeting has pulled the earth under the feet of those who were hoping yet another era of dirty politics and corruption. Aspirants of lucrative jobs, companions of darkness, and harbingers of sycophancy have got a lifetime shock as they are watching their Noon League becoming Alif Noon, and the rising sun of [...]
I guess it ends the principled politics from the Nawaz Sharif. He is impossible to go on from here saving the democracy and not toppling the PPP government. If he does that, he is finished forever. Already, sadly enough, he has learned there is no use of a positive opposition and those who do it [...]
The internal politics of the private TV channels is a strange story in itself. The most viewed channel GEO hosts some most popular journalists and the cheap battles and jealousy stories among these anchors and journalists are getting new hype because everyone wants to become number 1.
Saleem Safi and Hamid Mir have gained a new [...]
The verdict of Supreme Court and the revelations of the Zulfikar Mirza have provided a golden chance for the peace in Karachi and also for the Muttahida Qaumi Movement to start a new round of politics devoid of any terrorism and killings.
Without any doubt this is the best time for MQM to shun its militant [...]
It’s in front of the whole Pakistan that Altaf Hussain spoke against Pakistan bitterly and against the two nation theory in India and that is on record. It is also known by everybody that Altaf Hussain burned the flag of Pakistan on the mausoleum of founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah. It is also known [...]
I was outside the Karachi press club joining the Karachiites in their grief which was immense due to the senseless statements of the former interior minister of Sindh Zulfikar Mirza.
Thousands of people rallied outside the press club and many were weeping with the anger and chanting slogans in the favor of MQM and Altaf Hussain [...]
On the surface of its a great news for the Karachi and for the Pakistan. Beneath it, there are numerous gaping and alarming questions, and they do need some answers, because the answers are more alarming and they could herald new round of bitter sentiments and bloody agitation.
