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Posts Tagged ‘LOTAS’

Humayun Akhtar versus Pervaiz Elahi : Dirt and Mud Dances

By Fatima Tassaduq • Jul 9th, 2009 • Category: Politics

It was quite amusing to watch Humuyun Akhtar Khan, a rich son of a late general sitting with the beautiful Kashmala Tariq doing a press conference, perhaps his first serious press conference during his drawing room political career. He was hurling mud at the Chaudhry Brothers of Gujrat, who are hell bent at carrying on [...]



Watto and Salman Taseer : Hired Generals for PPP

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Jun 3rd, 2008 • Category: Politics

Asif Ali Zardari wants to get back the glory of Pakistan People’s Party in Punjab which it had in the seventies, and which was lost when Ghulam Mustafa Khar was rendered inactive by the Papa Bhutto. Since then, Pakistan People’s Party has hardly been able to survive in this most populous province of Pakistan, and [...]



Wattoo in PPP : Meaningless Maneuver

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Jun 2nd, 2008 • Category: Politics

Mian Manzoor Wattoo of Okara, Punjab along with Hamid Nasir Chattha of Gujranwala Punjab, and Chaudharies of Gujrat of Punjab are the leading lotas of Pakistan. Whenever, one utters the word lota, pictures of these politician loom large. Whenever government formation happens in the Punjab, or whenever dictators or the conspirators want to manipulate the [...]



Chaudhrys Get Last Chance

By Ali Yar Khan • May 7th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Though in their desperation, Chaudharys of Gujrat asked tough questions from Pervez Musharraf when he ordered them to step down from the leadership of PML-Quisling, Musharraf didn’t like his own child showing red eyes to him. He brushed away the protests of Chaudharys and graciously awarded them a last chance.
Musharraf wants to escape from impeachment [...]



PML-Q without Chaudharys of Gujrat

By Salman Mugsi • May 5th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

As the rifts between the leadership of PML-Q and General (r) Pervez Musharraf are widening, the hopefuls like Hamid Nasir Chattha, Manzoor Hussain Wattoo, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed and Humayun Akhtar Khan are becoming hyperactive in the presidency to paint a rosy picture for the retired General and weakening President.
Sheikh Rashid Ahmad is reported to [...]



Kashmala Tariq Quarrel with Faisal Saleh Hayat

By Sumaira Bajwa • Apr 17th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The chic and suave Kashmala Tariq, the  PML-Q  leader and  a  member of Natinonal Assembly has raised the flag of revolt within her party and has refused to accept the leadership of new parliamentary leader Faisal Saleh Hayat.
Before the assembly session, she came to attend the meeting of PML-Q.  She came and with her seven [...]



Khaki Democracy no more

By Sameer Shaharyar • Mar 19th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Pakistan today face individual and collective danger from the evils of many problems. Every other day we come to know of tragedies resulting from poverty, price hike and unemployment. Except elite, nobody is immune anymore.
The resurfacing of Pakistani nation has restarted once again with new zeal and zest. This time the difference is that [...]



Check and Balance of Musharraf

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Mar 16th, 2008 • Category: Politics

17th Amendment to the Constitution gave the then General Pervez Musharraf huge powers to play at will and at whim courtesy to the Motahidda Monafiq Alliance, and especially to the creep Fazlur Rehman, who now is begging to Asif Ali Zardari to give any bone in the next setup.
General Musharraf is now telling through media [...]



PML-Q Repeating the Same Mistake

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Mar 7th, 2008 • Category: Politics

PML-Quaid-e-Azam has received a crushing defeat in the February elections of Pakistan. This defeat of PML-Q is a surprise for the Pakistani nation.
Its’ a surprise because everyone believed that the massive planned rigging would once again enable this Kings’ Party to secure sweeping seats in the assemblies, but when that wasn’t happen after the results [...]



Bus Ker Do Bus

By Amna Gilani • Mar 6th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Crisis are galloping ahead at the speed of light and along with them new ones are sprouting up with equal velocity. While this goes on the sideline political parties are engaged in the power battles, with the supreme battle going in the presidency from where the Generalissimo (r) is playing his political cards with the [...]