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Posts Tagged ‘Okara’

Anwar Manssor Khan ; New Leader of Lawyers in Pakistan

By Salman Mugsi • Apr 13th, 2010 • Category: Politics

New alignments are appearing fast on the horizon. Change is not only in the offing, but also new and steadfast leadership is appearing from within the ranks of the lawyers and their leadership is about to be changed. Supreme Court Bar Association President Qazi Anwar and his colleagues are sincerely working to defend the [...]



PTCL Entertainment at PTCL Buzz

By Sumaira Bajwa • Nov 17th, 2009 • Category: Misc

PTCL has become the first company in Pakistan to provide Broadband services in over 100 cities across the country, whereas before PTCL’s entry into the Broadband [...]



The sinners of Gojra

By Arun R. Zaheeruddin • Aug 19th, 2009 • Category: Politics

If one were asked to define the Pakistani people in a breath, the word uttered can only be “gullible”. We, Pakistanis, live the lives of robots or zombies. Our thought processes are a fermented product of conspiracy theories that the media gives air to and the vile perceptions of the mullahs.



Some PPP Leaders Enjoy Salman Taseer’s Humiliation

By Rohail Butt • Nov 21st, 2008 • Category: Politics

With the picture-showing of dancing daughter of Salman Taseer and his son’s beach pictures with nude women by the Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan have started fresh fights between the PPP and PML(N), but strangely enough the reaction from the PPP leaders is not aggressive and it’s very much tepid, and it seems that very [...]



PPP Goes After Sharif Brothers

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

As the Opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan carries on his acid attacks on the performance of the PPP-led coalition government, the PPP top leadership wants to shut Chaudhry Nisar by pressurizing his leadership. Law Minister Farooq H Naek and Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer are the most ardent supporter within PPP to put leashes on [...]



Salman Taseer Woofs Again

By Salman Mugsi • Oct 2nd, 2008 • Category: Politics

Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer was the man who didn’t even pay homage to the late Benazir Bhutto when she was assassinated last year in December, and didn’t go to her funeral and enjoyed the sun under the King Musharraf, and when Asif Ali Zardari started distributing sweets among his friends, he also blessed one of [...]



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 [...]



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 [...]