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Capital Should Be Moved Back to Karachi

By Dr. M. A. Khayal • Feb 4th, 2012 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

If the GHQ wants to remain closer to the citadel of the country so that they could easily stage the coup without traveling much and hangings of the politicians should pose no delay, they could also move their bastion to the coastal city in South.
It was our military establishment which made this colossal blunder and [...]



Karachi Streets Crimes

By Muskan Hina • Dec 12th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Moharram’s most sensitive days have passed and the government offiicials are kind of celebrating that nothing major happened throughout the country despite of some fireworks and injuries here and there. I don’t want to frost their happiness, but I would request them to also pay a little attention after their party towards the alarming or [...]



SC: Similar Looks Wanted Please

By Inam R Sehri • Oct 8th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Hats off to the Supreme Court of Pakistan for releasing their decision on the ‘Karachi issue’. It would take some days more to get a comprehensive analysis on this verdict in the light of deliberations made by the concerned political parties and other stake holders. In the meantime, a forgotten page of history from the [...]



The Karachi Crisis

By amicus • Sep 29th, 2011 • Category: Politics

As a result of the on-going discourse and proceedings in the Supreme Court on the Karachi crisis, there has emerged a general consensus that the various mafias involved in extortion (bhatta-taking), kidnapping for ransom, drug peddling, arms proliferation, land grabbing and target-killings are either part and parcel of different political, ethnic and sectarian parties or [...]



How to Restore Peace in Karachi

By Shanzeh Iqbal • Sep 15th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Lawlessness and anarchy has disturbed the peace of Karachi which used to be the hub of all main business activities. This state of affairs will definitely force the investor move to other place. The terrorist groups are organized, they have political power and are armed. That is why soon after firing and murders they seek [...]



Nothing is Going to Happen in Karachi Until Elections

By Ali Yar Khan • Sep 11th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Election year is coming and all the parties now want peace in Karachi until that time and they have agreed to put their turf war on hold for now. Establishment has also agreed for this and it is also in their interest because it would provide them another round of lucrative extensions. PPP, MQM, and [...]



Spicing it up with Blood Brothers Theory

By A Khokar • Sep 11th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The map shown by Altaf Hussain MQM, during his Press Conference with redrawn borders arrangement of Pakistan is not something new that we may have come across. This is a known conspiracy theory which is said to be breeding in Pakistan. In fact he is referring to an old known puke spewed once by one [...]



Zulfikar Mirza’s Calculated Insanity

By Rohail Butt • Sep 4th, 2011 • Category: Politics

No one can deny what Zulfikar Mirza is revealing though its not complete truth as we all know that if MQM is killing the targets, grabbing the lands, demanding bhattas, terrorizing the people, both ANP and PPP are also involved in it, though on a lesser scale. But all in all we know that MQM [...]



Karachi’s Spill over

By Inam R Sehri • Sep 2nd, 2011 • Category: Politics

Now the analysis of facts: if Dr Mirza has announced war against the MQM declaring them anti-Pakistan or nearly a terrorist party, no body would be able to issue a clean chit to the PPP and ANP. At least all stake holder parties can be termed as anti-human at least because all the three keep [...]



Eid in FATA, Quetta, and Karachi

By Ali Yar Khan • Sep 1st, 2011 • Category: Politics

As soon as I returned after offering Eid prayers and was about to greet my family, news started flashing on the TV that a suicide bomber struck in Quetta. Again the same images of blood, fire and mayhem, and again the same sense of darkness prevailing over me. I didnt want to be morbid on [...]