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  • Shaheen Sehbai analyzes Tahir Qadri’s Show of Strength

    A very good critical analysis by Shaheen Sehbai about Tahir Qadri’s show yesterday – naturally I prefer the quoting the concluding remarks “Qualified support has also come from Imran Khan who said much of what Dr Qadri said was similar to the PTI agenda. Given a choice and given his lack of parliamentary experience, Imran…

  • Imran Khan listed in TIME: People Who Mattered in 2012

    Imran Khan has been listed in TIME: People Who Mattered in 2012 at #20 He has emerged from obscurity this past year as a new dominant player in the country’s turbulent democracy, challenging the unpopular government of President Asif Ali Zardari while capitalizing on widespread frustrations over corruption, governance and U.S. drone attacks”TIME: Imran Khan…

  • Drone Pilots: Did we just kill a Kid? No .. it was a dog with Two Legs

    A drone operator sitting in front of a video screen in New Mexico after he just bombed a target to oblivion “Did we just kill a kid?” he asked the man sitting next to him. “Yeah, I guess that was a kid,” the pilot replied. “Was that a kid?” they wrote into a chat window…

  • TTP Terrorist Tattoo

    Abundant theories flying around regarding this Tattoo on the back of a TTP terrorist killed in the Peshawar Airport attack. TTP takes credit for an operation by a Foreign Funded militia … seems like this image will start putting into perspective how Pakistan is being taken for an implosive roller coaster ride at the behest…

  • PM Raja Rental appoints Damaad-e-Rental to top World Bank job

    The DAMAAD’s are the new talk of the town – From Damaad-e-Ala we now have a competing Damaad-e-Rental. Raja Rental’s Damaad-e-Rental is being appointed on a 3 year appointment as the Executive Director of World Bank in Washington which amongst other privileges lands him a $220,000 annual salary.LINK: PM appoints son-in-law to key World Bank…

  • 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…

  • Do not vote for parties with militant wings, Imran Khan advises Karachi

    The people of Karachi should decide not to vote for any party that has a militant wing, said Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Wednesday. “We have said it again and again that Karachi is being destroyed, The people of Karachi should decide not to vote for a party that has a militant wing,”…

  • Nawaz Sharif Copying PTI

    Nawaz Sharif is copying the Tehreek-i-Insaf’s ideas about building a progressive Pakistan as a welfare state, just like he is copying President Asif Ali Zardari’s corruption methods. Turning to other PTI opponents, he said that if Altaf Hussain really believed that the people of Pakistan were with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), he would have…

  • If soldiers were democrats …

    If soldiers were democrats & democrats were doctors & doctors were bankers & bankers were honest folks & honest folks were governors & governors were servants then Pak would be a fun country. via Wajahat S. Khan – shared on Facebook via Awab Alvi

  • Shaheen Sehbai: Who wants elections on time and who does not

    A very good and holistic picture presented by Shaheen Shebai on who wants a delay in the elections I think at the moment PPP & PML-N would love an opportunity to delay giving them cushion to fix their 5-years of non-performance while MQM & PTI would prefer on-time elections The President remains the de-facto president…

  • Update: Pakistan Blind Cricket Team Captain served with a Bottle of Acid in India

    UPDATE: Hearing that Zeeshan Abbas has been discharged from the Hospital – so in all likelihood he swallowed some “diluted solution” Had it been Acid then god help us, and if it was some concentrated Phenyl then it would require 3-4 days of detoxification – and the hotel manager is saying it was a glass…

  • ISF will Challenge the appointment of Director HEC in Islamabad High Court

    Insaf Students Federation [ISF] has decided to challenge the appointment of new Executive Director Higher Education Commission before the Islamabad High Court. Farrukh Habib the President “The government has political motives behind this appointment as it wanted to control the autonomous commission for its vested political interests, wanting to grab the funds allocated for higher…

  • NADRA Lists should be used to form Electoral Rolls

    Still amazed at why cant a simple solution be thought out for a free and transparent election – Simply using NADRA’s database will save tremendous resources – ECP should extract Voters LAST REGISTERED ADDRESS and it can become his voting address. If there is a mismatch on the last known address of the person it…

  • Silence over Holy-alliance of PPP with Qadri’s supporters

    PPP partners with Mumtaz Qadri’s Supporters PML partners with ASWJ (Anti-Shia) Both parties are delicately showing their true colors but the media chooses to look the other way LINK: Silence over Holy-alliance of PPP with Qadri’s supporters | LUBP – shared on Facebook by Awab Alvi

  • PPP & Sunni Ittehad : PML-N & ASWJ

    While PPP decided to sleep in-bed with Sunni Ittehad Council PML-N joins the gimmickry with an election alliance with the Banned outfit Alhe-Sunnat-Wali-Jammat (ASWJ) to contest a by-election in Sialkot ASWJ to support PML-N  – shared on Facebook by Awab Alvi