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Shah Mehmood Qureshi

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...


Dr. Abdus Salam

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 on beach

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...



Youaf Raza Gillani

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

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 ...



Supreme Court of Pakistan

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...



Petrol prices in Pakistan

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...


Kashmala Tariq and Dr. Ferdous Ashiq Awan

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...



Mansoor Ijaz

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 ...


Babar Awan

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

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

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...


Husain Haqqani

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...



Husain Haqqani

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 ...