The May 11 elections mark the beginning of a new era in Pakistan. Politically, it was a big step forward. A high turnout of near-about 60 percent reflected an upsurge in the people’s interest ...
The 2013 elections will usher in a new government chosen by the people. Many of them will be casting their votes for the first time. More than 30 percent of the 86 million registered voters are the ...
We have a caretaker Prime Minister, who is seldom seen or heard. He was one of the nominees of the outgoing coalition government led by the PPP. So are the Chief Ministers in the provinces.Nature ...
Never a dull moment here in Pakistan. A heavy-mandated Prime Minister makes a failed attempt - how-so-very clumsy it was - to fire the Army Chief and pay dearly for it. An adventurist Army Chief ...
The recent TTP terrorism attacks in Peshawar targeting politicians, on the eve of 2013 elections, have added to the fear that more such violence may jeopardise the holding of the May polls. The ...
If ever there was clear-cut evidence of some Indians not having accepted Pakistan as an independent sovereign country, one has only to look at the views unambiguously expressed by Justice (retd) ...
The most precious, as well as the most scarce, commodity a developing country has is ‘time’.Vis-à-vis time, man is ever in loss, except those who develop a deep conviction and ...
In this benighted country of ours, how were opportunities to make amends and do better, availed of, during the last 66 years. A look back would be instructive. One may in particular see how democracy ...
It is now widely acknowledged that the invasion of Iraq by the American and British forces was based on a deliberate and wilful distortion of facts. It was asserted by both Bush and Blair that Saddam ...
We have, during the last few days, seen a string of positive and desirable steps taken by the federal government and the National Assembly. These include the assignment of management of the Gwadar ...
Pakistan’s decision to go ahead with the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline may well prove to be a test case in the presently fluctuating relations between USA and Pakistan.
President ...
A crisis-ridden Pakistan carries daily news of terrorist attacks, targeted murders in Karachi, killings and disappearances in Balochistan, bomb blasts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, drone strikes, a heavy ...
In the “Inside Story” on terrorism in Pakistan, Al Jazeera has referred to a comment on the subject by Stephan Cohen of Brookings Institution, who also is the author of a book titled ...
In the non-stop soap opera of politics in Pakistan that goes on and on, important issues are ignored, submerged or sidelined. News and views about conspiracies are tossed up. Controversies rage in ...
Whatever is said about the credentials and hidden agenda of Dr Tahirul Qadri, the fact remains that he is working for a reform of the electoral process with the aim of screening out constitutionally ...
Our media, both print and electronic, is saturated with noise and fury about politics, violence and corruption scandals. Seldom do they focus on social issues, especially education and health. There ...
Time was when Pakistan would agree to talk to India only if New Delhi would consent to include Kashmir in the agenda for the proposed meeting. New Delhi was all along keen to discuss Indo-Pakistan ...
The last few days for Pakistan by any reckoning were extraordinary. Like a bolt from the blue, a Canadian of Pakistani origin jumped into the political arena. After establishing his importance, by ...
Winston Churchill once described democracy as “the worst form of government, except for all the others that have been tried from time to time.” And this is what Woodrow Wilson, a scholar ...
‘Why Nations Fail – The Origins of Power Prosperity and Poverty’ is the title of a book published in 2012 and authored by two professors Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, one ...
16 years ago, a UNESCO world commission came up with a blue-print of Education For the 21st Century. It was headed by J. Delors, a former prime minister of France and included 12 outstanding ...
By a strange turn of events, two military dictators in Pakistan benefitted a lot by firstly, the two superpowers’ clash (during the cold war) in Afghanistan in the 1980s and after Nine Eleven ...
On December 6, 20 years ago, the historic Babri Mosque was razed to the ground by Karsevaks led by L.K. Advani, the BJP leader.The demolition of the mosque was followed by a frenzied mob killing ...
We have all the trappings of democracy but does it work fairly, properly, effectively?We have elections, more or less rigged in various ways. There is pre-poll rigging and post-poll rigging as well. ...
Pakistan sits at the lowest rung of the international literacy ladder. Most of the 55 million illiterates are adults and two thirds are women. They cannot read a letter, a sign board in Urdu or even ...
Momentous decisions taken by the judiciary and Parliament over the past five years had changed the country’s political landscape, said Chief Justice of Pakistan, while speaking at a function in ...
November 05 was, indeed, a historic day for Pakistan. On a single day, the heads of the two most powerful institutions of the country spoke about their respective roles and how they viewed the ...
With so much going wrong in this benighted country, luckily there is one institution that is working hard to put things right. The higher judiciary and in particular the Chief Justice of Pakistan ...
In the year 2000, education ministers, civil society stakeholders from 164 countries, along with senior representatives of international donor agencies, met in Dakar, Senegal, and committed ...
No letup in violence and disorder in Karachi, Fata and Balochistan. Day after day, the mayhem goes on. Screaming headlines hit the front pages of newspapers. Heated discussions almost every night on ...
Tuesday, 21 May, 2013
May 18, 2013PML-N warns PM Khoso crossing limits
May 15, 2013, 6:10 pmUK police to take action on Altaf's speech: Thomson
May 16, 2013PTI-led KPK coalition govt worked out
May 19, 2013, 7:37 pmAltaf Hussain slams PTI leader's murder
May 20, 2013, 12:14 pmPTI will hold protest demo in Karachi on Monday: Imran
May 15, 2013Nawaz lays healing hand on Imran
May 16, 2013Altaf’s speech on Scotland Yard’s radar
