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Posts Tagged ‘Rahim Yar Khan’

Flood Management in Punjab : But What Next?

By Qudrat Ullah • Jan 29th, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Punjab, the land of mighty rivers and flowing canals witnessed many big deluges which caused losses to the tune of billion of rupees, besides damaging lives and property of the public. Although the flood management is the responsibility of the provinces, yet a number of federal departments are entrusted with the Federal Flood Commission, which [...]



Whispers and Cost of Rumor Bomb

By ahsan • Aug 22nd, 2009 • Category: Politics

In the central Punjab, where most oppressive and sizzling heat can turn any man exhausted as electricity in the small mud houses is a rare commodity due to worst energy crisis. In this most populous but fertile and dusty area poverty, harsh environments, unbearable demographic, weight, unemployment, high inflation rate and high rate of corruption [...]



Pakistan’s Most Corrupt Organization : Guess Who?

By Rohail Butt • May 27th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Unless integrity, efficiency and transparency become the corner stones of the organizations, nothing can be accomplished and only corruption flourish. That is exactly what is happening in the trading corporation of Pakistan (TCP), which has become a corrupt white elephant.
Public Accounts Committee and Commerce Committee of parliament has revealed that TCP is Pakistan’s most corrupt [...]



Karo-Kari Takes One More Life : Feudalism Responsible

By Ghazala Khan • Nov 24th, 2008 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

What is the most notorious thing of rural areas of Southern province of Sindh of Pakistan? Karo Kari. Karo kari is a compound word literally meaning “black male” and “black female,” metaphoric terms for adulterer and adulteress. Karo Kari applies to killing of both males and females in cultures that practice it. But more often [...]



Shahbaz on Suspension Spree : Right Approach

By Ali Yar Khan • Sep 27th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The “hud-harami” and slothful attitude of Punjab’s communication and road works department has gone worse over the years, and now the situation has reached where all the roads from Rahim Yar Khan to Attock have turned into mud paths, and the road construction work on the roads is going on forever.
Shahbaz Sharif, the pride of [...]



You Can Do It, Ooqaab

By Rohail Butt • Jun 14th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The Shahbaz has started to fly from crest to crest, from Rahim Yar Khan to Attock, and he has got a tall order in front of him. Not only he has to make do for the rampant bloopers of the past regime, he has also got to make merit an order of the day. What [...]



Shahbaz Shahbaz Shahbaz

By Rohail Butt • Jun 8th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

After eight years, seven months and twenty six days, Punjab’s eight crore people have once again got their favorite chief minister back. Shahbaz Sharif is the true tiger of the Punjab, he has proved it before, and he is all poised to do it again. Shahbaz Sharif has been in the Punjab Assembly since 1990 [...]



Dost Mohammad Khosa Should Look Beyond Lahore

By Rohail Butt • Apr 20th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The new interim chief minister of Punjab, Dost Mohammad Khosa, looks more like the chief minister of just Lahore.
More than a week has passed since he has assumed the role of chief minister and he has given many executive orders and promising a lot, but whatever he is doing is mainly restricted to the city [...]