In the backdrop of passage of XVIII Constitution Amendment Act, 2010 and the re-naming of NWFP as Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa, the resultant movement for carving out more provinces from the existing one like Hazara, Seraiki from Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa and Punjab respectively, would lead to opening of the Pandora Box. The rise of sub-nationalities to demand their [...]
Balochistan is the only province of Pakistan that shares boundaries with the two most strategically important countries of the world: Afghanistan and Iran. At the same time, besides Punjab, it is also the only province that has direct inland connection with all of the provinces of Pakistan. Therefore, the status of Balochistan as a prime [...]
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 [...]
The funny thing is that we don’t even find our premier in the Islamabad, where all the power vulture reside. You may find Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in the marriage function of any daughter and son of some powerful broker, whether from treasury, opposition, bureaucracy and journalism.
Sometimes we even find our PM in the [...]
Pervaiz Musharraf weakened the foundations of Pakistan by murdering Nawab Akbar Bugti, and now his most salivating slave, Muhahmmad Ali Durrani is trying to give a second blow to the country by presenting a contrived and fantastic idea at such a time, when unity is needed most among the provinces.
Talking about making Seraiki province out [...]
The security environment in Punjab has taken a significant turn for the worse. At the same time, a range of other violent actors - from Punjabi anti-Indian extremists to Central Asian warlords - operate in the non-Pashtun areas of Pakistan, and they are ready to welcome the armed gangs of Taliban from the mountains of [...]
There is a rampant talk in the media about the last chance for the politicians in Pakistan to prove their mettle and to appease the aspirations of the people. There is a debate going on that for the last time, people have given votes to the tried and tested politicians, and if this time these [...]
Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif also known as Shahbaz Sharif is a well known Pakistani politician and President of Pakistan Muslim League (N). He is the brother of Nawaz Sharif, former Prime Minister of Pakistan. He served as the Chief Minister of Punjab, the most populous province of Pakistan and as a Member of Pakistan’s National Assembly. [...]
It’s just matter of time that the current chief minister of Punjab Sardar Dost Mohammad Khosa steps down like a good boy according to the promise, and Mian Shahbaz Sharif becomes the new CM of the most populous province of Pakistan, and that would be a good change.
Even the worst and bitter critics of Sharif [...]
