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Posts Tagged ‘shaukat aziz’

Oil Prices Destroying Economy

By Farid Masood • Apr 29th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Mr Ishaq Dar, newly appointed Finance Minister from PML(N) had told the media that some finance policies of ex-government need to be continued. This was astonishing for the nation as the policies of last government headed by Mr Shaukat Aziz were completely rejected by the nation.
In recent days, Mr Dar again told the media that [...]



Judge and Flour

By Ch. Naeem Sidhu • Apr 26th, 2008 • Category: Politics (Urdu)


No ATTA, Yes FAQA

By Rohail Butt • Apr 22nd, 2008 • Category: Politics

We are strange people. We are not a nation and just a mob driven by the upshots of the times and the whims of the dictators. We don’t protest and we don’t surge forward to change the forms of the things. We are easily intimidated and we are easily controlled. We are gullible and we [...]



Shaukat Aziz’s Figure Fudging

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Apr 11th, 2008 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

Throughout his tenure, the former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, more commonly known as Shortcut Aziz didn’t tire of telling us as how well the economy was performing, and how the national exchequer was brimming with cash and the foreign reserves were all time high and all the economic indicators were showing nothing but positive signs [...]



Moving Experience

By Sameer Shaharyar • Apr 5th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Some moments become really moving and worth-remembering. I would always remember the first order of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani in which he ordered the release of incarcerated judges. Simply Fantastic.
After winning the election, when Prime Minister stood up for the speech the aura was very sentimental and emotional and many were weeping by recalling [...]



Kashmala Tariq Regrets the bygone

By Sameer Shaharyar • Apr 5th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment, Politics

Kashmala Tariq is perhaps the most gorgeous parliamentarian ever in the history of Pakistan. She is a nice person too when it comes to talk about law and other parliamentary affairs, though her choices have been very questionable and she not only knows that but also regrets them.
While talking to private channels Kashmala says that [...]



Law and Order Situation Deteriorating: India Must say thank you to Shaukat Aziz

By revo • Mar 4th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Today, center of Lahore shocked with serial of blast in Naval War College, near Government Officers Residence (GOR-1). Till now six (06) people have died in the result of blasts and many other injured.
Still it has to be confirmed that was it a suicide blast? Authorities have an option to declare it as a suicide [...]



People Eating Sugar or Sugar Eating People

By Farid Masood • Mar 2nd, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

There were times when people disliked white sugar very much. People who make it part of their food items (deserts etc) keep white sugar in hidden places so that people don’t know about it.
With the passage of time need of sweetener increased and the sales of white sugar increased. Last year sugar was hoarded and [...]



Did Shaukat Aziz really understand our Economy ?

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Feb 9th, 2008 • Category: Misc, Pakistan Vote'08

Though the man has ran away from “Putli gullee”, and is nowhere to be seen when nation is reaching for their pistols after not finding his much touted bumper crop, we could beat the line by discussing was he really there to understand our economic woes, or any moron could boast about positive economic indexes [...]



Pervez Elahi : Rehmat-e-Elahi or Zehmat-e-Elahi

By Fatima Tassaduq • Feb 9th, 2008 • Category: Misc, Pakistan Vote'08

You may speak out your choice in the comments, but along with this choice, you have got some more things to make a vibe about the man from Gujrat, who is an aspirant to become the Wazir-e-Azam to this country, so what to do with him when:

he runs his campaign in central Punjab only, [...]