I have known Admiral (retd) Fasih Bukhari for a very long time, when even he wasn’t an Admiral. His reputation in Navy was of a thorough professional with an added gift of seeing human side of things while not compromising on the merit and principles. His tenure as the commander of Navy is also exemplary [...]
Admiral Fasih Bokhari has taken over as the new Chairman NAB.
Lt Gen Shahid Aziz, a former Chairman NAB, while speaking to media [referring to 6th & 8th Dec 2009 live on GEO, the News & Dawn & more] after expiry of two year’s mandatory period that prevented him to discuss service matters, revealed that he [...]
During the first week of July 2011, Information Minister of Sindh Sharjeel Memon, while submitting his reply to the contempt of court notice, requested the Supreme Court to withdraw the said notice stating that a very wrong and negative perception was taken by the people of Sindh as well as other parts of the country [...]
The paradigm for Pakistan should be economy and not the security. When the Pakistan was hatched it was all about rosy and dreamy future and not about a pariah state. It’s the failure of the people who ruled this country for 40 years in uniform and then for rest of year remained in background and [...]
Update:
Renowned business tycoon and a friend of President Asif Ali Zardari,Riaz Laalji who was kidnapped by unknown persons in Karachi on Sunday, reached home.
However, his gunman and driver are still missing.
Talking to media outside residence of Riaz Lalji, Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik said intelligence agencies played key role in the [...]
Kidnapping has become a routine in Pakistan, but then there are some kidnappings which have very deep and striking implications, and when the kidnapping is about someone who derives most interest from the NAB and is linked with the President and in some cases of massive corruption and termed as point man of the influential [...]
9 Billion Rupees may be peanuts for some rulers, but 98% of the Pakistanis don’t have a fair idea as how much a billion is and how exactly much the 9 billion is. That is the figure, which was quoted earlier by the authorities as was looted from the Bank of Punjab. But now as [...]
No matter how many surprise visits the premier pays to the dinners hosted by chief justice and no matter how many times Rehman Malik bow in front of the apex court, there are some things which are still there and there to stay until they are justified.
Those things directly relate with the person of president [...]
After uncertainty of the past two years, a somewhat clearer picture of the near future seemed to be emerging that is, it was until evening of March 25, before Mian Nawaz Shareef retraced his steps and backed out of the Constitution Reforms.
On the domestic front, the threat perceived by President Asif Ali Zardari appeared to [...]
Pakistan confronts most serious threat to its existence since 1971, one finds complete rot all around.
On the economic front, there is nothing to cheer about, Musharraf years’ growth of 5% to 7% in GDP was based on promotion of consumption and liberalization of credit facilities and, therefore, unsustainable. The incidence of poverty has increased substantially. [...]
