Posts Tagged ‘politics’
Will Shah Mehmood Qureshi learn to tolerate Imran Khan’s Captaincy
It was during last December when Imran Khan was busy in public meetings and news channels shows in Karachi, building a pre-rally hype to make December 25th Jalsa successful. In one such occasion talking to students packed in I...
Multan Airport to be name after Pakistan’s only Nobel Laureate Dr. Abdus Salam, or NOT!
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani in the National Assembly’s special session, on February 11, 2012, announces that Multan Airport is to be renamed as Dr. Abdus Salam Airport to honor the Pakistan’s first and only Nobel Priz...
Kashmala Tariq enjoying holidays on beach
~Picture of the Day~ For Pakistani female politicians, it is very important to dress decently within the boundaries of socially accepted norms of masses to stay out of news and scandals. Most Pakistani female politicians prefer...
Gilani pleaded not guilty
Justice Nasirul Mulk on Monday read out the 2 page charge-sheet to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani. According to the charged sheet Prime Minister had violated Article 204 of the Pakistan Constitution by not writing let...
FREE Laptops for students – Nobel Cause, Scam or just petty Politics
Punjab government has spent exuberant Rs. 12 billion of tax payer money on distributing fee laptops to students of public institutions. It is sound like a very noble and gracious move or very inappropriate use of public ...
Mansoor Ijaz annoys Memogate Commission
As Memogate starts to fades away, the central character Mansoor Ijaz’s lawyer have tried to resuscitate the controversy by requesting judicial commission to change the location of statement recording from Dubai to Zuri...
Wide ranging protest on petroleum prices hike
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was previously criticized for protesting for oil price hike with a threat to quit government and then standing down completely from their stance all together. MQM is the second largest ally of Zar...
Dr. Ferdous Ashiq Awan abuses Kashmala Tariq on live TV show
Dr. Ferdous Ashiq Awan is among the ranks of female parliamentarians who are not known for etiquettes and decency. When discussing politics on-camera or off-camera, one must remain within the boundaries of etiquettes and manner...
Who is Mansoor Ijaz?
Mansoor Ijaz is the central character in Memogate scandal that has engulfs Pakistan since last October. The controversy started off when Mansoor Ijaz alleged in his Financial Times article that he has broker an offer on ...
Fake Ph.D degree came back to haunts Babar Awan
The Supreme Court of Pakistan suspended the license of Babar Awan temporarily in the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (ZAB) presidential reference case on January 17th. The court informed President Asif Ali Zardari through Attorney General ...
Mansoor Ijaz’s lawyer wants Army Battalion to protect him
As memogate controversy continue to dominate Pakistan political spare, Mansoor Ijaz have said in an interview that he is getting threats from various source ahead of his testimony before a judicial commission created by ...
Sherry Rehman appointment as US ambassador surprises diplomatic circles
Things can change rapidly in Pakistan. In the beginning of October, Husain Haqqani wouldn’t have imagined that a mere newspaper article will cause him his day job. There was an overwhelming assumption in some sections that Ha...
Pakistan US ambassador Haqqani resigns over ‘memogate’
Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani resigned on November 22, 2011 in midst of memogate scandal that started off when Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz claimed that he was asked by Ha...
Memo – Complete Text of Memogate scandal
Transcript: Complete Text of Memo CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM BRIEFING FOR ADM. MIKE MULLEN, CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF During the past 72 hours since a meeting was held between the president, the prime minister and the chief ...
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