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ELECTIONS 2013 AND AFTER

By amicus • May 20th, 2013 • Category: Lead Story

That general elections were held despite all odds is itself a great achievement. Things appeared too uncertain until General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani made it absolutely clear in his address at the GHQ on the occasion of the Martyrs’ Day on April 30 that “Allah willing, General Elections would be held in the country on 11th [...]



Election 2013: Defeat of Corrupt Media in Pakistan

By Farooq Cheema • May 19th, 2013 • Category: Politics

We all know, media whether print, electronic or social, plays an instrumental role in carving out public opinion in any democratic system. In the past, we have seen how media jolted even some of the world’s most powerful governments by publicizing their scandals and leaking out state secrets. Occasionally media’s role has also come under [...]



Don’t Push MQM to Wall

By Tabish Siddiqui • May 19th, 2013 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

If a wealthy DHA aunty is gunned down, the whole media and DHA goes crazy, but if hundreds of MQM workers and candidates are assassinated during the election campaign and before that, nobody utters a squeal. It is this differentiation which forces the loyal and patriotic leaders like like Akhtar Mengal, Bugti, and Altaf Bhai [...]



Barring Women From Voting

By Dawar Naqvi • May 18th, 2013 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

Blindness separates people from things; deafness separates people from people. On May 11th women were not allowed to vote on many polling stations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.  Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI), Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N), Awami National Party (ANP) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) signed on the accord to barring women [...]



An Open Letter to Mr.Manmohan Singh about Nawaz Inauguration

By captainjohann • May 17th, 2013 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

Dear Sir,
As retired Government of India servant I thought this blog post may get attention of those babus who monitor these sites. The western supported Media has been crying hoarse that You must reject the invitation as it will be a sign of weakness and also Nawaz can never impose his views on the ever [...]



Votes Never Bring Change Khan Sahib

By Shahid Mursaleen • May 16th, 2013 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

By now this should be clearly dawned on the supporters of change that all this electioneering and balloting is a smoke screen, a deception and a farce and is a tool to block the change, instead of bringing it. It’s sad to see the upright, honest, and clean person like Imran Khan falling for this [...]



Reason Why Mummy Daddys Are So Angry Over PTI Defeat

By Rohail Butt • May 15th, 2013 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf’s tsunami has only come in the posh areas of the Lahore and Pindi. In KPK, the voters give chance to everyone and now coincidentally it was PTI’s turn as all others were given chance earlier. Besides it wasn’t a thumping majority there too, as the mandate was shared by many parties. Anyways, it’s [...]



What’s common in Meera and PTI? Both say ‘Dhandlee Dhandlee’

By Sharafat • May 15th, 2013 • Category: Features

Is this my Pakistan?
Is this Naya Pakistan?
Is this Change?
There was no fair polling and it was Open rigging.
Money was talking and you could buy elections for few lac rupees.
Winner was someone else and election was won by someone else.
Rigging in my election is loss for the whole of Pakistan.
We will protest and we will give [...]



Pakistan Election 2013 Overview from Indian Perspective

By captainjohann • May 15th, 2013 • Category: Politics

As an Indian I found the recent killing of ANP, MQM and PPP supporters by the Taliban or TTP as a form of vote rigging in favour of Nawaz sheriff and PTI and especially as the ISI General Hamid Gul was supporting Imran Khan.
Now that the elections are over, I like to know some answers [...]



Post Elections Pakistan

By Rai Azlan • May 15th, 2013 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

Some four months ago in a discussion when the word “nation” was used extensively in a statement that would hardly make four lines or five if written, I was stopped and asked to define the word I was using so enthusiastically. Obviously out of my limited knowledge I put forward the definition I could produce [...]