Category: PML-Q

  • Pakistan politicians engulfed by Tax Evasion storm

    Nearly 70% of Pakistan’s politicians, including some of the country’s wealthiest people, did not file tax returns last year. It found 69% of national assembly members and 63% of senate members did not file tax returns in 2011 “Those who make revenue policies, run the government and collect taxes have not been able to set…

  • Next Elections the Battle in Punjab is between PTI vs PML & not PPP

    PML has been chest thumping a logic that if you vote for PTI you actually help elect PPP into power – a major fallacy being played up in the desperate greed to be in power The results of By-Election clearly conclude that PPP+PML-Q alliance will be nowhere in the next general elections and its now…

  • Pakistan at the helm of Terrorism Index

    Thank you PPP, PML, MQM, ANP, JUI-F for your disastrous 5 years of governance – via Facebook

  • The NRO (Dis)Honor Roll

    Much has been discussed about the in-famous National Reconciliatory Ordinance where 5,800 crooks were pardoned by the then President Pervaiz Mushrraf as an attempt to broker a deal for his own extended stay as the President of Pakistan. This NRO in effect opened the flood gates to allow thousands of white collar criminals and murderers…

  • Protest for the villagers from Muhammad Essa Khaskeli | Pictures

    Shared via the Peoples Resistance Mailing List As some of you likely know already, today proved a very dramatic day in the case of the farmers from Muhammad Essa Khaskeli, who had been protesting for three long weeks in front of the Karachi Press Club. Labor Party Pakistan, in conjunction with the villagers, had announced…

  • The Deal has been finalized, the show will go on, hero’s need to be made

    I share with you an email circulated widely by journalist Afzal Khan today – Its a worrisome analysis almost in line with my earlier post today morning – The Sharif’s are being seen to have been allowed free movement while lawyers and political leaders are being arrested country wide. This lawyers revolution is for now…

  • The list of our ‘poor’ Senators

    Senators in preparation of the upcoming Senate elections have filed their declaration of assets with the Election Commission of Pakistan & Dawn published an investigative summary outlining some prominent politicians and their ‘official’ declared wealth.  A run down through the list will make many wonder as to what might be the actual definition of the…

  • Pakistan, Forex and Musharraf

    Guest post by A.H.Kalwar of Pakistion Blog With the current account deficit widening, inflation boiling at over 24% and foreign reserves dieing out at the rate of $1 billion a month. Pakistan’s economic indicators seem to have taken a nose dive. Where did it start and when will it end? The dollar today stands at…

  • Sugar Mill Scam?

    Dawn newspaper published a very concerning report where Senators were reportedly hurling accusations of corruption in regards to the sale of two Sugar Mills, in the midst of the controversy was Jamal Leghari, son of former president Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari who was also defending Dewan Yousuf. Mr. Leghari brought to the attention of the…

  • Sick of Musharraf lovers – a factual rant

    Guest Post by Saira Ansari I’m very disturbed, disappointed and sick to death to see the amount of facebook’ers on my list who think Musharraf’s leaving has been a catastrophe for Pakistan. Just because a new evil, a.k.a Zardari, is in the house does not mean that the previous evil is now a good man.…

  • Sharifuddin Pirzada seeks Justice

    Dawn newspaper published a story today about the arrest of a few NAB officials who were arrested for beating an accused ‘within the premises of the Supreme Court’ whats interesting to read in the report was the fact that Dogar Court was actually responding to a petition filed by ‘Judicial King Pins’ like Sharifuddin Pirzada,…

  • Pervaiz Elahi audio tape

    The latest twist to the political chaos where Ahsan Iqbal shares an audio recording of conversation of Ch. Pervaiz Elahi who seems to be talking to a contact about a plot to manipulate the judges in rejecting the bye-election papers of Nawaz Shairf and Shahbaz Sharif. My reaction to all this is that it appears…

  • Is the Judges Issue a Distraction to the Economic Crisis?

    The most common argument that I get asked day in and day out, is “Judicial issue is diverting the governments attention from the core issue of the economical crisis”, in response I have endlessly argued against the rhetoric, since I have long since believed that the economical problem though valid and very important is more…

  • Musharraf vs Restoration of Judges: Showdown

    An article written by Abbas Kassar in The Pakistan Weekly caught my eye which was titled Musharraf Threatens To Dissolve Assemblies If Judges Restored, it raises some serious concerns about the looming threat wielded by Musharraf and his right to exercise article 58-2(B) of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan. Quite simply utilizing this threat to…

  • Sher Afghan thrashed – MQM & PPP spinmasters deflecting the blame

    This evening in yet another embarrassing move, a rowdy crowd physically assaulted Ex-Minister Sher afghan in Lahore. Though the blame is being placed on the Lawyers (MQM desperately wants to pin the blame on Lawyers and Civil Society) but it is apparent that the rowdy crowd dressed in plains clothes (not lawyers) thrashed Sher Afghan.…