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Category: Pakistan

  • Sharif brothers declared ineligible for Elections

    The Supreme Court after prolonged hearing of Sharif brothers’ electoral eligibility case, finally declared today that the two brothers Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif are ineligible for contesting elections which were held in February 2008. This decision will actually throw into confusion Shahbaz Sharif’s position as the Chief Minister of Punjab and consequentially create a…

  • Restoration of an Independent Judiciary: Truth, Myths and Realities

    The Peoples Resistence invites you to a seminar on Movement for Restoration of an Independent Judiciary: Truth, Myths and Realities COME LISTEN TO SOME OF THE LEADERS WHO HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT AS THEY TRACK THE HISTORY OF THE MOVEMENT AND DISCUSS TRUTHS, MYTHS and REALITIES. Date: Monday, 23rd February, 2009 Time: 6:30 PM…

  • A short history of Asif Ali Zardari

    Khalid Omar writes a short detailed history of Mr. Asif Ali Zardari, though for a Pakistani its nothing new, but its mostly a much needed refresher since we seem to have been missing out on the facts how this small time un-educated feudal lord climbed the power corridor to become the most powerful man in…

  • UCLA Scientist predicts Osama Bin Laden in Kurram Agency [90% probability]

    Jaosn Kottke carries a link of a report where a UCLA geography Professor Thomas Gillespie has used a technique typically used for tracking endangered species in order to pinpoint the most likely location Osama Bin Ladin, the worlds most wanted terrorist. In a paper (pdf) published in the MIT International Review Gillespie describes how he…

  • Drones parked in our own backyard, to Bomb our own People

    In a shocking discovery reports have emerged from simply Google Earth images evidence of three drones parked on an airfield in some remote destination within Baluchistan, the images were captured by orbiting satellites and archived within Google Earth data warehouse to suddenly be discovered recently. Though there is no denying that during the Musharraf regime…

  • PPP Suspends Aitizaz Ahsan’s CEC membership

    The PPP’s Central Executive Committee membership of Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan has been suspended and a show cause notice, over violation of party discipline, has also been issued to him. Secretary Pakistan Peoples Party Jahangir Badar said that the members of PPP’s Central Executive Committee unanimously made this decision as Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan violated party discipline.…

  • Revolution in the Islamic World by Women

    Guest post by Farrah K Raja Recently I have been frequently coming across the word REVOLUTION over and over again. Thinking hard at what sort of revolution people might be talking about, particularly in Pakistan. There are officially two sorts of enthusiasts camped on either side of the divide, one being the Islamists and the…

  • No Honor in Killing – Making Visible Buried Truth

    This is an art exhibition of 5 victims of the brutal Nasirabad honor killings it is an attempt to keep tehir memory alive via art and dialogue and seek justice for these women whose murder outrages teh entire nation Art Exhibition and Dialogue ‘No Honor in Killing, Making Visible Buried Truth’ Location: Benazir Gallery Institute…

  • Mukhtar Mai being pressured by Federal Minister to drop case

    Mukhtar Mai is due to appear in the Supreme Court of Pakistan tomorrow on 11th February for a hearing on her outstanding case. Since a few days reports have been emerging that she was under pressure from high level authorities to drop the case, specifically Federal Defence Production Minister Abdul Qayyum Jatoi elected from Muzaffargarh…

  • Mumtaz Bhutto’s censored article: Choas & Collapse

    I was in receipt of this article with the following attached message This article was blocked by the press under pressure from the Zardari government, who have issued instructions to all newspapers that no article written by me (Ameer Bhutto) or my father are to be printed henceforth, which is why it is being sent…

  • 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…

  • MQM Scheme for the Breakup of Pakistan

    Islamabad Observer shares an article by Usman Khalid, a retired Brigadier of the Pakistan Army and the Director of the London Institute of South Asia. Never in the history of any country, its government has so consistently acted against the national interest as the Zardari Administration while the MQM in tandemn with Asif Zardari’s PPP…

  • Insurgency in Swat – Pakistan Army & Solution

    Abdullah Saad in his second part analysis of the insurgency in Swat has presented a well thought out plan on how to stop this insurgency in the Northern areas of Pakistan. He first analysis the mistakes made by ANP and the new government, which may have irreparably damaged at least 6 months of efforts made…

  • The Partition of Territory, Not Hearts

    Guest Blog by Vaneet Kundra THE Partition of India ranks, beyond a doubt, as one of the 10 greatest tragedies in human history. It was not inevitable. India’s independence was inevitable; but preservation of its unity was a prize that, in our plural society, required high statesmanship. That was in short supply. A mix of…

  • Insurgency in Swat – An analysis

    Abdullah Saad writes a very thought provoking article trying to understand the insurgency in Swat. In the first, he makes an attempt at describing the history of Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shareeat-e-Muhammadi and their political and religious motives behind this war. While in the second part of his analysis he tries to divulge the details of Pakistan Army’s current…