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Posts Tagged ‘Hazara’

MQM’s Petty Politics on Provinces

By Salman Mugsi • Jan 23rd, 2012 • Category: Politics

MQM wants unrest in Pakistan no matter what. They have learned to exploit the natural human psyches by fear and by greed, and they use it to get their vested interests even on the price of national integrity and national security, and they spare no chance of it.
Now MQM has no stake or presence in [...]



Hazara Province a mere wish of ANP

By Asad Ghauri • May 16th, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Hazara Province and slogan which embarked new life in sinking ship of Ayub family a sardar in Hazara Region or may be a slogan for them to have a level play with another sardar (Mahtab Abbasi). In this movement they are also using noble man like Baba Haider Zaman. (I donot have any problem with [...]



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 [...]



Hazara Versus ANP : Muslim League Factions Fight

By Ali Yar Khan • Apr 13th, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Once it is said that the city of Peshawar is too far away from the Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan and there was a huge disconnect between two cities. This was a symbolic hint suggesting that the Islamabad never understood the problems and realities in Peshawar and in other provincial capitals for that matter.
What happened [...]



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 [...]



Hazara Protest

By Umar Tosheeb • Apr 8th, 2010 • Category: Politics

After renaming of NWFP as Khyber-Pakhtunkwa, there have been loud protests throughout the Hazara division, especially in its administrative headquarter Abbotabad. ANP was in such haste to rename the province that it completely failed to foresee all the otherĀ  problemsĀ  new name will create in the province which is already preoccupied with fighting militancy . [...]



Why PML(N) Haggles Over NWFP Name Change?

By Sher Ali • Jan 4th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Pukhtoonkhwa, Abaseen or anyother name would be fine if it is accepted by the people of NWFP, or to majority of them for that matter. Nothing can be perfect and not everyone in this world could agree upon single one thing. So the rule of thumb is to accept the aspirations and inclination of the [...]



Pukhtoonkhwa : The Only Important Issue for ANP?

By Salman Mugsi • Jan 31st, 2009 • Category: Politics

Awami National Party which made the tall claims before the elections of 18th February has miserably failed to deliver according to the promises it made and has also shown very pathetic performance in all the aspects of their lackluster governance.
Lawlessness and non-existence of governemnt writ in FATA and Swat speaks for itself about the progress [...]