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Posts Tagged ‘Layyah’

Chaotic Pakistan

By Haris Hashmi • Aug 21st, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The civil war going in Karachi has engulfed more than hundred people in the last four days, and still hundreds of people are missing. Miscreants have formed pickets on the roads. They are stopping buses and cars, checking the id cards of the people, and then kidnapping them. ANP and MQM and PPP have pickets [...]



Chashma-Jhelum Link Canal: Sindh, Punjab at Impasse

By Sher Ali • Feb 22nd, 2010 • Category: Politics

The Punjab government has conceded to the Sindh demand over the Chashma-Jhelum Link Canal, and voluntarily halved its share of water from the Indus zone through this vital link from Sunday.
The decision to reduce irrigation supplies to the southern part of the province to 3,000 cusecs of water was taken after a meeting between high [...]



Why Guard of Honour To Musharraf?

By Salman Mugsi • Aug 21st, 2008 • Category: Politics

Three Prime Ministers of Pakistan have been assassinated and many have been couped aside. Liaqat Ali Khan and Benazir Bhutto were slain at Liaqat Bagh Rawalpindi and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was also hanged in Rawalpindi. Both Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto have also been arrested, thrown out of the rule despite of having national mandate [...]



Soldier of America

By M Mirza • Aug 18th, 2008 • Category: Politics (Urdu)


A man who failed to declare him self a Hero

By A Khokar • Aug 11th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

This may be said that it was a coup that General Pervez Musharraf took over the rein, charge of Pakistan on the pretext that while being a Chief of Army Staff of Pak Army, on his return from abroad his aircraft was hijacked by then Prime minister of Pakistan, Niwaz Sharif to depose him [...]



PML-Q Pothers Break Ahead of Mush’s Impeachment

By Rohail Butt • Aug 11th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Coats are turning, lotas are wringing and apostates are deserting as the Musharraf’s life in President House comes to an ignominious end. For starters, MNA Sardar Bahadur Khan Sihar from district Layyah has publicly announced that he would be voting in the favor of impeachment of Musharraf, and has got the support of more than [...]