The Pakistani Spectator

Today, after offering Fajr prayers, I started reminding “Mr. Asif Ali Zardari and his promises” that he is doing with political parties, influential personalities and a Nation, since he is on the driving seat of PPP chairmanship after assassination of Benazir Bhutto on 27th December 2007.
One of his promises was that his government will officially [...]

All that humbug about not manipulating the institutions like Election Commission and PEMRA by the government have been exposed as the power games in Islamabad heat up after the resignation of Pervez Musharraf and in the wake of presidential elections.
Throughout his reign, the tinpot dictator Musharraf abused the Election Commission to elongate and strengthen his [...]

  “Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.” – Charles de Gaulle
The cruel, horrendous, gory, sanguineous, direful and horrific assassination of Benazir Bhutto cannot mask her weaknesses, and the biggest of them was to not to keep her words, and that is what has [...]

Pakistan People’s Party is about to go back on his yet another agreement with PML-N. The latest agreement was struck on 7th August, in which it was ideate that the deposed judges of Nov. 2 would be restored within 72 hours of the impeachment/resignation of General (r) Musharraf from the Presidency. The agreement was signed [...]

It’s the struggle of nine years of the Pakistani nation. People have sacrifices a lot. It’s a joint rejoice of lawyers, civil society, political workers and the people of Pakistan as the dictator has gone. How could one person give indemnity to the dictator just to save his own vested interests.
This sort of affairs must [...]

Asif Ali Zardari, the co-chairman of Pakistan People’s Party has thrown once again cold waters on the celebrations in the wake of Pervez Musharraf’s resignation by not restoring the judges immediately and now it is learnt that he is asking for more time in that regard from the coalition partner PML-N, which is ill at [...]

Indemnification of Pervez Musharraf and the restoration of Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary are the two bones of contention between PML-N and PPP once again, and now as the throne of Musharraf has evicted from in between, there is no excuse to delay this matter further.
Between 5th August and 7th August, it was agreed between Mian Nawaz [...]

Whatever the case may be, Musharraf resigns willingly or compelled to do it or through impeachment process, there would be a great vacuum during impeachment also in Pakistan’s political leadership. We need to have a politically strong person in President’s chair. Thought the powers centers made be General Musharraf to survive may be curtailed even [...]

Mr Ishaq Dar, newly appointed Finance Minister from PML(N) had told the media that some finance policies of ex-government need to be continued. This was astonishing for the nation as the policies of last government headed by Mr Shaukat Aziz were completely rejected by the nation.
In recent days, Mr Dar again told the media that [...]