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Posts Tagged ‘lota’

Why Rathore Pakistani Will Not Vote For Imran Khan?

By Faiz Al-Najdi • Dec 13th, 2011 • Category: Politics

I have a friend here in Riyadh-Saudi Arabia by the name of Muhammad Riaz Rathore who prefers to be called as his alias of Rathore Pakistani only. He is a simple but knowledgeable person – non-conformist and much opinionated on most issues. And, most importantly he doesn’t have any political affiliation or leaning of any [...]



ENTERING STONE AGE

By Tahir Hameed • Feb 4th, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Though this is the 21st century but i see nations like Pakistan threatening to enter stone age unless there is some miracle. At the moment, economic growth seems to be stagnant and we have entered a time and age where there is no water or electric power. There seems to be a shortage of everything [...]



Story of Laila Muqadas Becoming Lota

By Rohail Butt • Mar 7th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Khizer Hayat Manghat, the father-in-law of Laila Muqadas is the man who sold her daughter-in-law at the best possible price. He was offered Rs. 20 million by the Qasim Zia of Pakistan People’s Party on March 1st, 2009. Manghat then approached Zaeem Hussain Qadri, PML-N joint secretary and political adviser to Shahbaz Sharif, and told [...]



Fazlur Rehman’s Chicanery

By Sameer Shaharyar • Apr 27th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Fazlur Rehman, chief of Jamiat Ulema Islam-F is once again animatedly active in pursuing the agenda of establishment and after playing a successful role in facilitating the 17th amendment and creating rifts in APDM during the PML-Q rule under Musharraf; he is the best dark horse of Musharraf.
His new task assigned to him directly by [...]



Secular vs Religious Drama by Fazlur

By Ali Yar Khan • Feb 28th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Pakistan’s leading hypocrite Fazlur Rehman has said that the time has changed and the politics of Pakistan has also changed, and now the contest will be staged between the secular forces and the religious forces.
By that he basically meant that now he leads the religious forces and rest of the country can go to hell [...]



Time and Tide Wait for None

By The Pakistani Spectator • Feb 14th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

For many a jaded and tired people of nations, the democratic system is the most political development for ages. The proponents of democracy claim to bring together members of the most dynamic social movements, including the peace, harmony and welfare, combining their insights and numbers. This is something that many societies have long sought.
The rapidly [...]



Reject Lotas ; Save Pakistan

By Ghazala Khan • Feb 10th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

It is imperative that on 18th February through our votes, we remove these lotas from the position from where they could once again start sucking whatever blood is left in our tired veins. They have literally destroyed everything in the country, and they respect no one and nothing. They have even gone to the point [...]



Nazims Support to Lota League Candidates

By Danyhasan • Feb 9th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

Ever since the election campaigns started all opposition parties have been constantly complaining that the lota league candidates are using state machinery for their election campaigns with the help of local nazims. Ofcourse, these complaints have been dismissed by the lotas as just another excuse to loose the elections because supposedly they have carried out [...]



Can Rangers Tackle the Hoarders and Smugglers?

By The Pakistani Spectator • Jan 14th, 2008 • Category: Politics

In Kamra, citizens attacked utility store and ran away with bags of flour. In Kohat, ladies captured a truck full of flour bags and distributed the bags among the whole village. In Karachi and Nawabshah, various incidents have been reported where people just snatched the flour after waiting for days in long lines and with [...]



Elections With Education

By Ghazala Khan • Jan 9th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Due to the welcome rains, post-gloom and doom of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, and the crisis of power and flour, and the ubiquitous threat of terrorism, there is no hubbub at all regarding the general elections in Pakistan announced later in February, 2008.
Whatever excitement there was initially which mainly rose from the return of Mian Nawaz [...]