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 [...]
Morbidly enough, when people of Pakistan were expecting a terrorist attack in Peshawar or Rawalpindi or Lahore, the terrorists struck in the city of Multan, a seraiki city with rural look and situated in the heart of Southern Punjab.
South of Punjab is in the news for quite a time regarding the breeding terrorism. Plethora of [...]
Travelling back from usual monthly visit to my village in Rajanpur district, I was intending to write on the mistreatment of southern Punjab at the hands of the local feudals in power, the provincial government and the national leadership. The latest action in this regard was the cutting off of our water on the orders [...]
I read somewhere, in the fifth labor of Hercules, an arrogant king tries to demean the hero by hiring him to clean out the Augean stables in a day. The stables containing the largest herd of cattle in civilization, had never been cleaned. Hercules, with a little help from Athena, changes the path of two [...]
A number of females went missing from parts of Peshawar and Nowshera during the past months and were either recovered after payment of ransom or were sold against huge amounts of money. Some of them were later recovered even from brothels.
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As the world focusses on the FATA and Swat regions of Pakistan, and the Balochi areas of Quetta, Pashin and the Noshki are also not hidden from the world’s flashlight anymore, there is very serious and looming threat just standing at the door of the Southern areas of Punjab province of Pakistan, which borders with [...]
Despite our shock-weariness, the past week has been a traumatic one for Pakistan. In a curtain-raiser to the visit of members of the MPH (Mullen, Petreaus and Holbrooke) team, Pakistan has been ripped asunder with acts of terrorism and barbarity – across the land. Following from the horrors of Manawan, we saw the almost helpless [...]
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 [...]
