There is no doubt that the late Salman Taseer was a big mouth careless person who showed extreme carelessness during the Asia Bibi blasphemy issue, and his followed up statements were also not careful and hurt many throughout the Muslim-dominated society of Pakistan.
But that doesn’t allow anybody to take law into his or her hand. [...]
Geo News reports yesterday that Shahbaz Taseer, the son of slain Pakistani Governor Salmaan Taseer and brother of outspoken journalist Shehrbano Taseer, was kidnapped by abductors lying in wait for the 28-year-old financier.
Police say that Shahbaz and a friend were driving to work in the upscale Gulberg area in the city of Lahore, when [...]
Any one who is advocate of Aasia Bibi or who is against the illegal use of Blasphemy laws has been yet again warned by fanatics to either seal the lips or face the consequences. And the consequence is no less than loss of life.
The second advocate of Aasia Bibi has been brutally murdered right in the center of our mesmeric capital Islamabad and he is no other but the Minister of Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti. While another advocate Javed Ghamidi has already left the country to save his life after death threats. I wish that this don’t grow further and there should be no further loss of life. I don’t have words to say on this brutal murder.
One may say that the governor of Punjab Salman Taseer and Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi of PML-Q have started a smearing campaign against the PML-N and the government of Shahbaz Sharif in punjab, but the fact that the government of Punjab has shown so far lack of interest in combating the terrorism holds water.
Every month, terrorists [...]
If we believe all the talk-shows and the analysis put forth by the colorful experts in the newspapers and blogs, the government of PPP is sure to go within months if not weeks. With that, there would be no cleanliness in the toilets of the governor house in Lahore, and the stench would cripple the [...]
Those who consider Pakistan People’s Party anything separate from the Asif Ali Zardari live in fools’ paradise. Asif Ali Zardari is the guardian of this party of martyrs. Zardari could have lived abroad and look after his business, but he prefered to come back to Pakistan to service the poor and needy people in the [...]
In Pakistan, once again the people have rallied behind the forces who are the hope for the democracy, justice and development. Principled politics has got another boost and a new dawn of moral, ethical and just political culture has just begun. Lotacracy and dictatorship has been hit hard by the Pakistan Muslim League.
Malik Shakeel Awan [...]
Without any party or political affiliation, there are some people in Pakistan who are hated by almost everyone. Salman Taseer, the governor of Punjab is one of them. His statements, his actions, his past and his current performance in the Lahore has earned him the hatred across country.
His recent support of holding the Basant festival [...]
One of the lessons of the history is that it repeats itself and the other one is that no one learns from it. Like his predecessor, President Asif Ali Zardari is trying to transform himself as an absolute ruler and after a bitter round of bad-mouthing with media, he and his acolytes are ready to [...]
