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Posts Tagged ‘Hazara Province’

Bahawalpur Province , A Legitimate Demand?

By Ali Yar Khan • Apr 27th, 2011 • Category: Politics

The way Southern Punjab has been ignored for the last sixty years makes it plausible for the segments of society to demand a new province. With that demand echoing from other parts of country like Hazara and even from the Bahawalpur, there needs to be a serious debate as what is actually legit and what [...]



Would Nawaz Sharif Be Able to Damage Control in Hazara?

By Mohsin Sehgal • Apr 15th, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Gauhar Ayub Khan, the son of former dictator Field Marshal Ayub Khan must be basking in unexpected glee as he got a chance to screw PML-N with full force from out of the blue. That, and the way PML-Q leadership landed in the Hazara division like vultures and played politics over the dead bodies has [...]



Khwamkhwa or Pakhtunkhwa

By M Mirza • Apr 12th, 2010 • Category: Features


Has Nawaz Sharif Lost Hazara?

By Rohail Butt • Apr 11th, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Things are getting hotter and more disturb as the people of Hazara are gearing up for new rounds of protest, perhaps violent this time. They are of the opinion that creation of Hazara province has become necessary after renaming the NWFP on linguistic and ethnic basis and they have threatened to start long march [...]