Category: Politics
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Open Letter to HEC Chairman
Dear Javaid Laghari, One can not pass through the Karachi and Lahore airports without noticing those colonial and discriminating special “parliamentarian” check-in counters. One can also not help wondering if this country was made to honour the men and women who cheated, forged, acquired dual nationalities, never paid taxes and made false declaration of their…
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British Foriegn Secretary to answer Pak/UK Questions on Twitter
Today at 10:30pm (Pakistan Time) British Foreign Secretary William J Hague on his trip to Pakistan is going to come on twitter [@WilliamJHague] to answer questions. I believe this is a great initiative by the UK govt to engage with the general public on a one-on-one basis, I fully support the effort. You are welcome…
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Happy Birthday Benazir
The city wears a festive look. Thousands of banners costing millions of rupees have suddenly appeared all over the town. Pictures of ZAB, BB, AtoZ and the three kids. Sponsored by ministers of Sindh Government at the tax payers’ expense, the colourful facade does nothing to lessen the pain, sorrow and militancy that the city…
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Talibanisation of Clifton and DHA
If Talibanisation stands for militancy, weapons, lawlessness and uncivilized behavior, the Pakistan Army may as well forget the Waziristan operation and begin its charity from home – the DHA and Clifton areas of Karachi. These areas are now in control of urban Talibans who roam around in obscene heavy duty vehicles, which are invariably official,…
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Stand by Samar & play your role today at 6:00 PM Darakshan Police station
HOT NEWS: Samar Khan is free, al charges have been dropped he is going home Samar Ali Khan, An Architect by profession was arrested because he protested against the blockade on Khayaban-e-Shamsheer in front of provincial minister Sindh, Zulfiqar Mirza’s house. The police have arrested him; he is in Darakshan police station at the moment.…
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Proud of Samar Ali Khan for standing up against VIP Movement of Zulfiqar Mirza
HOT NEWS: Samar Khan is free, al charges have been dropped he is going home PROTEST For Release of Samar Ali Khan who was standing up against VIP movement of Zulfiqar Mirza – Darakshan Police Station [map] 6pm TODAY Last night at 11:30pm Architect Samar Ali Khan was arrested on Khy-e-Shamsheer for standing up against…
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Zardari, an American National but Straight & Depressed
The National Names Database has some interesting facts about our President, Mr. Asif Ali Zardari. It appears that he may have US Citizenship / Nationality? I wonder if dual citizenship is permissible while holding office of the President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, as the issue of the OATH is important, when you take Oath…
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How To Make Karachi The Worst City In The World
The recent report by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) revealed that Karachi came 5th in the list of worst cities of the world sandwiched between Lagos, Nigeria and Douala Cameroon. The Sindh High Density Development Board Bill 2010 passed as Bill No.14 of 2010 has changed its shape three times. It was first Bill No.11 of…
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Pink Hitler irks Sicilians
A series of billboards have been placed across the city of Palermo in Sicily with the image of Adolf Hitler dressed in Pink with the caption “Change your style. Don’t follow your leader” while the swastika on Hitler’s armband has been replaced by a heart. It seems this has sparked a row across Italy many…
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Why Quit Facebook
Guest Post by Muhammad Adil Mulki and assisted by Khurram Ali Shafique 1) How Important is Love for Prophet Muhammad – صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم (S.A.W) Our faith can not be complete till such time that Prophet Muhammad (SAW) is dearer to us than our own selves, our parents, our forefathers, our children and…
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Lahore High Court orders Facebook blocked till the 31st of May
Following hot in the footsteps of the controversial Draw Mohammed Day, Lahore High Court has issued orders to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to block facebook up till the 31st of May on an petition lodged by Islamic Lawyers Movement on Tuesday Daily Times: Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday issued…
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Karachi: Protest Against Fake Degree Holders being elected into Parliament
Pictures from the Karachi protest against the election of fake degree holders being elected into the Parliament where citizens demand from the election commission the verification and ouster of all fraudulent degree holder parliamentarians. [nggallery id=82]
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An Election Pretense
An election is taking place in Faisalabad for Punjab Assembly today. There are three more bye elections in other areas of Punjab. All are taking place after the resignations of the members of parliament due to their fake degrees of graduation submitted to Election Commission during the 2008 general election. It took two years before…
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Drone Attacks in Pakistan have a 2.5% strike rate against Al-Qaeda
The Pakistan Body Count, a website run and managed by Zeeshan Usmani, a professor at Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute has documented over 124 drone attacks since 2004 and as per the last documented attack on May 11th 2010 in Miranshah shows that only 30 Al-Qaeda operatives have perished in the last six years but more…
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Protest Against Fake Degree Parliamentarians – Islamabad & Karachi at 5pm on 15th May
Citizens demand verification and ouster of all fraudulent degree holder parliamentarians. If you wish to see Pakistan change for better , do not repeatedly elect the same dishonest people. Join Citizens’ protest and say NO to fake degree holders. The scale of the problem is now enormous with over 200 fake degree holders in the…