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Posts Tagged ‘Salman Taseer’

Challenges for Shahbaz Sharif in Punjab

By Ali Yar Khan • Mar 31st, 2009 • Category: Politics

Shahbaz Sharif will be shocked after seeing as how much has changed to the negative side since he left the CM house. Punjab is a complete mess right now. Punjab has become the safe heaven for the criminals, hoarders, and all kinds of evils. As governor Punjab Salman Taseer recoils back to his governor den, [...]



Complete Intelligence Failure

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Mar 31st, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

No laurels for the security forces, though they managed to contain the damage and the casualities remain under 15, but sadly enough it’s a total collapse situation as far as the security arrangements are concerned in the major cities of Pakistan. To add insult to injury, after every such tragedy, we come to know from [...]



Zardari May Produce a Surprise

By Salman Mugsi • Mar 30th, 2009 • Category: Politics

There are very few people in the country now who truly believe what Asif Ali Zardari the president of Pakistan has proclaimed in his parliamentary address. The point is valid that if Zardari would have really sincere in doing what he said, he should have announced it straight away. Forming committees to resolve the issues [...]



Punjab Politics of Forward Bloc

By Mohsin Sehgal • Mar 22nd, 2009 • Category: Politics

The whole thing in Punjab’s politics hinges on the unification or forward bloc of PML(Q) which is sitting with the PML(N). In the leadership of Mian Atta Manika, 27 or so members of Punjab Assembly have shown their loyality with the Shahbaz Sharif who was rendered ineligbile to hold any public office by the Dogar [...]



Malik Mushtaq Awan or Khawaja Akbar : Governor Punjab ?

By Rohail Butt • Mar 17th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Political alignments are changing in the Punjab province and now Asif Ali Zardari wants to have Punjab government in the lap of PPP at every cost. He is angry with his advisors, especially with the Salman Taseer the current governor of the Punjab. He is going to change Salman Taseer and now he wants to [...]



Chaudhary Shujaat’s Formula

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Mar 14th, 2009 • Category: Politics

One thing that must come out of this whole exercise in respect of quest for justice is to get rid of the lotas and turncoats. It’s simply amazing as how brazenly and shamelessly, the lotas of PML(Q) are showing their patronizing and smug attitude and how unblushingly they are suggesting options.
But their options also include [...]



Who are Zardari’s Advisors?

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Mar 11th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Faisalabad, Narowal, Lahore, Jehlum, Taxila, and even Multan public meetings and rallies have prove that the Punjab didn’t approve of the governor raj of Asif Ali Zardari and nobody believed that the Shahbaz Sharif and Nawaz Sharif decision was ordered justly and rightly. It’s not about partisan or biased point of view, but the truth [...]



Political Deadlock in Pakistan

By Shayan Khan • Mar 8th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif is still sticking to his guns and demanding the rollback to the pre-25th February situation and demanding the restoration of the deposed judiciary. Pakistan People’s Party is also adamant to not to restore Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary and they want to govern Punjab in any case. Coming two weeks [...]



Are Journalists Duddoos (Frogs)?

By Haris Hashmi • Mar 7th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Senator Waqar, Rehman Malik, Manzoor Wattooo in the leadership of Salman Taseer are staging Lota-Market in Lahore. Salman Taseer is not happy with the journalists of newspapers and the tv shows. Salman Taseer is specifically not happy with Javed Chaudhary, Talat Hussain, Hamid Mir and Kashif Abbasi. He has called them frogs who mushroom during [...]



Stability needed, YES, But at Which Cost?

By Ch. Naeem Sidhu • Mar 6th, 2009 • Category: Politics

There is no doubt Pakistan can ill afford political instability at this critical juncture of its history. Ideally, all the political parties of the country should have been thinking and acting in unison to face grave challenges which we have been facing. The political, social and religious forces need to sit together for chalking out [...]