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If Sharif’s banishment was wrong, so will be Musharraf’s

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | May 21, 2013

Newspapers have been publishing reports for the past several days that former president and army chief Gen Pervez Musharraf is likely to be banished to some unknown country, for which purpose ...

Adversary of their fathers is ray of hope for Jatois, Legharis

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | May 20, 2013

LAHORE - Smaller parties and independents elected in the May 11 elections are, one after the other, joining the PML-N, as a result of which the party of Mian Nawaz Sharif is growing in strength and ...

Time for Mr Sharif to implement what he saw in Singapore

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | May 13, 2013

LAHORE  - It was in July 1998 that Mian Nawaz Sharif, as prime minister of Pakistan, participated in a SAARC summit in Colombo. From there he went to Singapore where he had an overnight stay and ...

Fate of President Zardari, provincial governors uncertain

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | May 12, 2013

    LAHORE    As the PML-N has emerged as the single largest party in the National Assembly, Mian Nawaz Sharif will set a new record in the country’s history by becoming the ...

New Pakistan today

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | May 11, 2013

Lahore - Despite consistent rumours in circulation for the past several months that something would happen at the last moment and the entire schedule would be disturbed, the general elections will be ...

It’s a contest between old hands and debutants

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | May 10, 2013

lahore - Who should one vote for? This will be the major question before the people on Saturday when they will be standing in polling booths to exercise their constitutional right to choose the ...

Shujaat sees surge in Imran’s vote

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | May 08, 2013

Lahore - PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Husain says there may be a surge of voting towards Imran “but whether that can be converted into electoral strength remains to be seen”.In a ...

Is the political leadership capable enough of guiding the army?

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | May 07, 2013

LAHORE - PML-N President Nawaz Sharif, who believes he will become prime minister for a third time after the May 11 elections, says the army is and should be subservient to the civil government. He ...

Martyrs’ blood obligates govt to stick to poll schedule

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | April 29, 2013

LAHORE - Although terrorists have stepped up their activities in various parts of the country and dozens of innocent people have been killed in bomb blasts during the past few days, there is just no ...

What if next CJP is not a brave man and COAS not a cool head?

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | April 25, 2013

LAHORE - Is the judiciary really as strong and independent as it appears to be? And has the army really made itself subservient to the government, leaving its former boss Gen Pervez Musharraf to the ...

Altaf wants vote paused for a few months

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | April 24, 2013

Lahore - MQM chief Altaf Hussain still thinks that the general elections should be delayed for a few months to improve the law and order situation in the country before affording the people an ...

Musharraf dents his image both as president and COAS

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | April 19, 2013

Lahore - “I don’t fear anyone. I have been a commando and know how to deal with threats. I took part in wars and had a narrow escape many a time”.These are some of the claims our ...

Law and order biggest challenge, says law minister

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | April 14, 2013

LAHORE – Any action against former president Pervez Musharraf under Article 6 is beyond the mandate of the caretaker government, and the Election Commission of Pakistan is in a better position ...

Ejaz proposes an anti-PPP alliance

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | April 11, 2013

LAHORE – PML-Zia Chairman Ejazul Haq says the PML-N could have got a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly as a result of the May 11 elections, but the situation has changed because the ...

Country’s destiny in the hands of judges

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | March 25, 2013

LAHORE – The caretaker prime minister and chief ministers of Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are retired judges. The interim chief minister for Punjab is to be selected during the next few days as ...

PML-N, PPP determined to ‘cannibalise’ PML-Q

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | March 21, 2013

LAHORE - The PML-N and the PPP are out to cannibalize the Pakistan Muslim League-Q, a party which had been launched before the 2002 general elections as the political arm of Gen Pervez Musharraf. The ...

Even a ‘lamp post’ to defeat PPP in Sindh: Arbab

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | March 19, 2013

LAHORE – Former Sindh chief minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim says political situation in Sindh is rapidly turning against the PPP and in the upcoming elections the people will support even a ...

Peace pipeline to open new vistas of cooperation

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | March 13, 2013

LAHORE – Pakistan has been facing serious energy crisis for the past five years. The only nuclear power of the Islamic world doesn’t have enough electricity to meet its demands, as a ...

ECP proves it’s not a body of spineless retirees

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | March 12, 2013

LAHORE - The Election Commission of Pakistan’s decision to introduce the amended nomination forms requiring the election candidates to furnish some important information about them before ...

The what and why of PML-N manifesto

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | March 08, 2013

LAHORE - The new election manifesto that the PML-N came up with on Thursday indicates that the party has changed its views about a number of issues and dropped the subjects from its agenda that could ...

Political wind in favour of Raiwind, but …

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | March 06, 2013

LAHORE - The Pakistan Muslim League of Mian Nawaz Sharif is growing in popularity across the country and more and more people wanting to contest the next elections, and win, are scrambling to join it ...

Musharraf’s return: A gamble or a calculated risk?

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | March 04, 2013

LAHORE - Former president Pervez Musharraf, living in self-imposed exile for the last four years, says he will be returning to Pakistan within a week of the installation of a caretaker setup, which ...

Mian, Pir, Maulana: all flexible

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | February 27, 2013

LAHORE - Mian Nawaz Sharif was always known for a very rigid thinking. Once he makes up his mind on any issue, he doesn’t change it so easily, no matter how much damage such an approach ...

Qadri not to file review petition against SC order

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | February 15, 2013

LAHORE - Most of the supporters of Dr Tahirul Qadri feel dejected after the dismissal of their leader’s petition by the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The decision was quite expected for them, and ...

Dual national Qadri gets ‘justice plus’

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | February 14, 2013

LAHORE - The order by which a three-judge Supreme Court bench dismissed the petition of Dr Tahirul Qadri on Wednesday was, in fact, a ‘justice plus’ as in addition to getting his ...

Road to elections is bumpy, again

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | February 11, 2013

LAHORE – The road to elections appeared absolutely clear when the ruling coalition signed an agreement with Pakistan Awami Tehrik Chairman Dr Tahirul Qadri to bring an end to his ...

Imran’s PTI gets a friendly PAT

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | February 07, 2013

LAHORE – The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf of Imran Khan has been supporting the agenda of Dr Tahirul Qadri, but it preferred to not participate in the Pakistan Awami Tehrik’s last ...

Inconclusive govt-opp talks delay rulers’ contact with Qadri

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | February 06, 2013

LAHORE – Pakistan Awami Tehrik Chairman Dr Tahirul Qadri says the government’s negotiating team which was supposed to inform him by January 31 about the schedule of future talks did not ...

70pc of incumbent MPs to get disqualified, says ex-ECP official

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | January 28, 2013

LAHORE – About 70 per cent of the incumbent legislators will stand disqualified in case they decide to contest the next elections, to be held after strict enforcement of Articles 62 and 63 of ...

All PML-N nominees for caretaker PM unacceptable to Qadri

By: Ashraf Mumtaz | January 27, 2013

LAHORE - If Dr Tahirul Qadri’s opinion in the selection of a caretaker prime minister has to be given importance, as agreed upon between him and the leaders of all four ruling coalition ...

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