Category: Politics
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Every Last Child – UN Video highlighting the efforts of KPK Govt against Polio
A short promo video by UN highlighting the efforts of KPK Govt in helping eradicate polio from Pakistan.
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What has PTI done in KPK up until now! [Updated Nov 13th]
[UPDATED 13th Nov 2014] POLICE – is independent & depoliticised – even IG of KPK has said there is no political interference by the political govt and he has been given a free hand to do his work. Umar Cheema a renowned transparency investigative journalist shared his own interaction with IG KPK Police sharing that there was NO…
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Sindhi Number plates – Bhej Pagara – 1
Sindhi number plates “Bhej Pagara – 1” I’m told there are a number of cars (30-35) with the same identical number plates roaming around in Sindh – presumably by devout followers of Pir Pagara in some sense it provides them the unlimited access to exploit the administrative system with no one to catch them on…
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Ten truths about electoral rigging — a rebuttal by Dr Awab Alvi
Zahid F Ebrahim, in his article of August 4 titled, “Ten truths about electoral rigging”, published in The Express Tribune, presented a very biased view on the topic. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) should have stepped in to allay doubts of any election rigging, but with this article, it seems that the neutrality that…
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10 Lessons Pakistan can learn from the Northern Ireland Conflict
Comparing 10 holistic lessons learned from the Northern Ireland conflict to war going on in Pakistan – We simply need to reclaim the Peace in Pakistan – it has to be a combination of good cop – bad Cop approach, meaning Peace Talks combined with threatening use of strategic force, no matter how we do…
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Ali Zaidi’s response to Kamran Shafi’s Verbal Diarrhea
Reproduced from Ali Zaidi’s Facebook Page While I was in my teens, my father took the onus and ensured that I grow up to be a man of religious & social values. Beyond that, it was my own choice to lead my life the way I preferred. The most important value was to respect a…
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From Mandela to Khan: Extracting Peace in the face of Adversity
With all the condolences messages being sent hailing Nelson Mandela as a symbol for Peace. What people forget is this same “liberated world” used to call Nelson Mandela – TERRORIST MANDELA. All because he fought for peace and worked to end Apartheid rule in South Africa. The struggle to resolve any conflict through a peace…
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The Media Madhouse
The free reign enjoyed by our media especially the immature and novice electronic media which gets almost all its human resources from the press mainly Urdu newspapers. It is no wonder that we observe sensationalization and are forced to see moles as mountains. Some may recall the insensitive and ridiculous headlines of “Awam – Jang…
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Romancing Glory – legacy of General Zia ul Huq
In my childhood whenever we were asked what would you become when you grow up. The most common answers included joining the army or becoming a pilot (fighter). It may be because the 80s were spent under General Zia’s dictatorship. Later, it was the turn of being a Mujahid, fuelled by the Pakistani romance with…
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PTI has NO involvement with White Paper against GEO
The recent publication of a white paper of allegations against GEO bears the name of PTI Cyber Force team & PTI indirectly. For starters PTI categorically denies any involvement in this report and believe miscreants are using the party name to help deteriorate the relationships with the media house. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has taken strong objection…
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Open Letter to CJP: Contempt of Court against Imran Khan
Honrable Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, Chief Justice Pakistan, Supreme Court of Pakistan I couldn’t resist but write you some fan mail after seeing that you were trending as number 1 on twitter worldwide. Now that is an achievement! I’m sure you must’ve been trending a few years ago as well when party workers and general public…
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PML Family Prepares to Serves itself Justice
Observe how PML Family prepares to serve itself justice by quickly moping up cases against themselves just as they come into power The judges overseeing the Sharif family cases of Hudabiya Mills, Raiwind Mansion and Ittefaq Foundaries, are suddenly removed and proceedings delayed since no replacement judge is available to overseeing these issues A mini story…
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PML Photoshop Blooper by Showbaz Sharif at Badami Bagh
Seriously when your team is desperate to “create” news & your leader cant “create” news – your media cell gets desperate to “create the news” Another Blooper tutorial of how NOT to PhotoShop by PML The standing crowd is looking ahead in the distance While Showbaz bends adjacent to a brick wall Standing crowd has…
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Another Tax Amnesty NRO – Crooks Protecting Crooks
Sayem Ali writes in The News – Another NRO: It is another medal of honour for our parliamentarians and another great victory for democracy that President Zardari’s PPP, Nawaz Sharif’s PML-N and all other parties set aside their differences and unite to protect the rights of all criminals, smugglers, drug peddlers and tax chors. All…
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Imran Khan dares to Dream BIG & He Wins BIG – Others just cheat to look big
This huge ground is being prepared to host Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf – Tabdeli Rally – Imran Khan will introduce the newly elected PTI KPK Leadership and has another very important announcement to make.This last year has been a roller coaster of a ride – the status quo, as expected, went dirty on the peoples movement for…