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Posts Tagged ‘Manzoor Wattoo’

Likeminded Legislator : New Name of Lota

By Ali Yar Khan • Sep 12th, 2008 • Category: Politics

It was amusing to read a new term being coined in the print and electronic media “likeminded legislators.” Now that is something out of sheer genius and any kind of expediency can be embedded in such a utensil with ease and without any moral and legal obligations.
The minds of these mindless likeminded legislators change faster [...]



Wrong Choice of Opposition Leader from PML(N) : Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Sep 12th, 2008 • Category: Politics

As the President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani have agreed to accept resignations of PML-N’s ministers, and PML(N) is all set play the part of a healthy, strong, and redoubtable opposition in the national assembly, Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has been nominated as the opposition leader [...]



Salman Taseer Must Be Leashed

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

Salman Taseer and the naughty carnival he is staging in the Lahore with the help of chronic lota from Okara Mian Manzoor Wattoo is now getting out of control and the barking has grown way too louder to be ignored. Not only governor Punjab is spitting venom on the top leadership of the Pakistan Muslim [...]



Profile of Manzoor Wattoo

By Salman Mugsi • May 17th, 2008 • Category: Misc

Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo is a Pakistani politician and has been part of the country’s political landscape for well over thirty years. He is presently the head ofPakistan Muslim League (Jinnah) political party. He was first elected, in 1985, the Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab, the largest province of Pakistan. Thrice elected for [...]



Mian Manzoor Wattoo : Advisor to PM

By Salman Mugsi • May 17th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Another nail has been inserted into the coffin of Pakistan Democratic Alliance coalition, as the PPP appoints Mian Manzoor Wattoo, a prominent and vocal leader of PML-Q, the advisor to Prime Minister in the industry production area.
Mian Manzoor Wattoo is one of the most active proponent of President General (r) Pervez Musharraf. He has played [...]



Awami Muslim League

By Ali Yar Khan • May 17th, 2008 • Category: Politics

A new breed of Muslim League is set to appear on the horizon, and this Muslim League is likely to go by the name of Awami Muslim League. It has got all the ingredients needed for a party, and only one thing is lacking; that is Awam, the people.
The sole founder, sole leader, sole worker [...]



Punjab : The Battle Ground

By Salman Mugsi • May 14th, 2008 • Category: Politics

As the PML-N chief Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif has clearly told the world that they are not the part of the PPP government anymore, and they have quit the cabinet, and now they would support the government conditionally on issue to issue basis. They have also said that they don’t really care about the Punjab [...]



Najaf Sial ; New Lota in Punjab

By Fatima Tassaduq • May 13th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Quietly the showdown between Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League has already started in the Punjab province, where PML-N currently holds the treasury benches with the presence of PPP ministers.
As the coalition of PML-N and PPP is crumbling under the weight of judges issue, and PML-N has left the cabinet slots in the center, [...]



Post Election 2008 Pluck n Place in full Swing

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Feb 24th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

There are two major reasons as why all the winning political parties are furiously trying to increase their numbers by contacting the losing parties and the independent members-elect.
First is that they obviously want to increase their numbers to form a government or to become more sound ally or adversary in the next setup, and the [...]