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Posts Tagged ‘Multan’

Last Chance for All of Them

By The Pakistani Spectator • Jun 13th, 2008 • Category: Politics

There is a rampant talk in the media about the last chance for the politicians in Pakistan to prove their mettle and to appease the aspirations of the people. There is a debate going on that for the last time, people have given votes to the tried and tested politicians, and if this time these [...]



Strategy to Deal with Long March of Lawyers in Pakistan

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jun 10th, 2008 • Category: Politics

From 10th June, the long march of lawyers for the reinstatement of the deposed judges and the supremacy of the rule of law in the country will start from Multan. Caravans from all over the country would reach to Islamabad in front of the parliament house from different routes at the same time, and then [...]



Profile of Shahbaz Sharif

By Salman Mugsi • Jun 8th, 2008 • Category: Misc

Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif also known as Shahbaz Sharif is a well known Pakistani politician and President of Pakistan Muslim League (N). He is the brother of Nawaz Sharif, former Prime Minister of Pakistan. He served as the Chief Minister of Punjab, the most populous province of Pakistan and as a Member of Pakistan’s National Assembly. [...]



What Shahbaz Sharif Do?

By Ghazala Khan • Jun 7th, 2008 • Category: Politics

It’s just matter of time that the current chief minister of Punjab Sardar Dost Mohammad Khosa steps down like a good boy according to the promise, and Mian Shahbaz Sharif becomes the new CM of the most populous province of Pakistan, and that would be a good change.
Even the worst and bitter critics of Sharif [...]



Aftab Shaban Mirani for Prime Minister ?

By Ali Yar Khan • May 29th, 2008 • Category: Politics

It is learned that Asif Ali Zardari isn’t too happy with the current Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani, as Mr. Gillani has raised his objection over the appointment of Rehman Malik as the interior advisor. Premier Yousuf is also very dismayed at the heavy interference of Rehman Malik in state affairs, and Rehman Malik doesn’t [...]



Baluchistan: as I saw it !

By ALE-Xpressed • May 29th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Uninhabited deserts, barren land and an under-developed region going through insurgency for long – this is what I knew about Baluchistan before setting my foot there. There has been a curiosity somewhere inside me to know the details but it never grew strong enough to make a trip to the province. A few of us [...]



Aitzaz Ahsan’s Wise Selection

By Ali Yar Khan • May 21st, 2008 • Category: Politics

Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, the President of Supreme Court Bar Association, and the leading figure in the movement of lawyers for the restoration of judiciary in Pakistan has shut the mouths tight of the people who were hoping that he would puke, when he would have to select the party ticket of PPP from NA-55 in [...]



When Mother Sells Children

By Ghazala Khan • Apr 20th, 2008 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

The country’s economic landscape is in shambles and the so-called trickle-down effect of Shaukat Aziz’s economic reforms are nowhere to be seen. But that doesn’t answer the call of stomach and that is not suffice to appease the hellish appetite of uncontrollably weeping children.
In the first place there is shortage of everything. From wheat to [...]



MEPCO Faces Wrath of People in Multan

By Ali Yar Khan • Apr 14th, 2008 • Category: Misc

With 18 hours of unannounced load-shedding and 6 hours of scheduled load-shedding, you can’t expect people to shower flowers at the WAPDA offices.
There is no justification of violence, riots and mandhandling, but these are the chitchats of civilized societies where the common man gets the basic necessities of life. Whereas in Pakistan, despite of paying [...]



Identify the Terrorists

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Apr 5th, 2008 • Category: Politics

According to the police officials in Lahore, the suicide bombers of Naval War College have been identified and both of them are Muslim, Pakistanis and live not too far away from the Lahore City.
From the records of National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) and from the DNA tests, the two bombers were Abdul Hameed of Narang [...]