As the various parameters are affecting the economy the major ones are un-stable currency value and the petroleum prices. Once the crude oil went above USD 147 per barrel the government got a plea to raise the petroleum prices in Pakistan. This also had affected CNG prices (which is totally local product) also.
All means [...]
New York Times, Financial Times, Daily Telegraph and host of other American and European papers and magazines are raising hell that nuclear Pakistan is going to have such a president next month who is diagnosed with a range of psychiatric illnesses, including dementia, major depressive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.
It goes without saying that the [...]
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 [...]
