Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani must be ruing the moment when he decided to rise above his status quo niche and spoke about the unbalanced issue of Hyderabad division. The decision to divide Hyderabad was wrong and was aimed at victimising the people of the area (read PPP workers), as was termed by [...]
Investigation into alleged education department corruption initiated by the Chief Minister’s Inspection Team (CMIT) is the actual reason for the dispute on Monday between Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Qaim Ali Shah and Senior Education Minister Pir Mazharul Haq, sources told The News.
Shah had ordered the CMIT to investigate allegations of corruption [...]
PTCL has become the first company in Pakistan to provide Broadband services in over 100 cities across the country, whereas before PTCL’s entry into the Broadband [...]
Move over colas, cow urine is the new drink of choice in health-conscious Hyderabad.
Till a few days ago, signposts announcing ?Filtered and pure gomutram available? or ?Chilled gomutram available? could be seen outside restaurants and bakeries. Those have gone now, thanks to the taxman and a science awareness group who raised uncomfortable questions.
But the ?beverage? [...]
Pakistani T.V channels and newspapers may be afraid of speaking truth behind Karachi riots due to the fears of MQM, but at least here one could speak the truth without the fear of any “unidentified gunmen”. I know that some of the people are hell bent on painting MQM as the oppressed, peace-loving doves, and [...]
On March 24, 2008 the Police Head Constable Ali Hassan Solangi was just leaving the mosque at Malik Petrol Pump located in the jurisdiction of Hattari Police Station Hyderabad, when he was intercepted by four men (identified as Noor Muhammad Shoro, Deedar Shoro and two men from Brohee tribe whom Ali Hassan can recognize on [...]
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)’s newly found love is a good attempt at national reconciliation and it would loads of good for the economic welfare and law/order situation of Karachi. Otherwise MQM in opposition means lots of trouble in the streets of Karachi and Hyderabad.
Soon after the elections of 18th February [...]
I usually sleep as I travel the long ride from my house to the Medical University in one of the ambulances set aside for teachers, but I was rudely interrupted in my daily morning nap by the resounding sound blaring away as a traffic elite cop went right by us, followed by a barrage of [...]
Australian Cricket team is scheduled to play 5 one day internationals & 3 tests in in March-April in Pakistan but it has yet to be given green signal from the Australian Cricket Board. Things are looking bleak, post election violence can not be over ruled in case the elections are rigged as it has been [...]
