Teeth Maestro

Category: PPP

  • All The President’s Men

    by Afzal Khan Islamabad May 24 Musharraf keeps his strangle hold on the governance Islamabad May20:”We want governance and not just government”, PPP co-chairman Asif Zardari had bravely declared soon after elections. Unfortunately for him, that runs counter to Gen. (R) Pervez Musharraf’s concept of shedding the authority he had usurped in 1999 and has…

  • Cui Bono: Is This Constitutional Amendment a Ploy?

    Guest blog by Temporal from Baithak The media is speculating about a 62 point draft of a constitutional amendment that would ostensibly cleanse the 1973 constitution of the changes made by Pervez Musharraf. “Pakistan’s main ruling party has drafted a set of constitutional amendments that would erase the legacy of President Pervez Musharraf, its leader…

  • How Citibank Laundered Asif Zardari’s Money

    I just came across this write up found on Chowk published on November 7th 2007, its definitely worth reading. In addition to Mr. Shaukat Aziz, current Prime Minister of Pakistan, numerous former Citibankers occupy highly influential positions in the government and the private sector in Pakistan. Citibank is one of the largest banks, and operates…

  • Rumor Mill: Salman Farooqi wants PNSC to send a special ship to the US

    I have just received this update via email, I try to be very careful on what get published on my blog, and do not necessarily react to rumors unless I can personally verify it from a trusted source. Truly this email simply amused me, it seems according to this unnamed source that Salman Farooqi has…

  • The Establishment’s B team: the PPP

    By Samad Khurram and Aqil Sajjad 5/9/2008 PPP sympathisers complain about the mysterious “Establishment” and their alleged role in destroying democracy in Pakistan for decades now. The Establishment, as defined by them, is a collection of dark, mystifying hands that apparently have many vested interests in upholding the status quo. This inexplicable group comprises rich…

  • Rehman Malik orchestrates the bye-elections Flip Flop

    The news has slowly come out that Rehman Malik was at the center of this decision to delay the bye-elections. Mr Malik a very close aide of Zardari (and previously Benazir Bhutto) had told the NWFP Chief Minster that the three other provinces and the federal center had agreed to delaying the elections. This in…

  • Toothless Election Commission delays bye-elections

    In a very surprising development the Election Commission of Pakistan has today announced that the by-elections for the vacant seats in the National and Provincial assemblies which was scheduled to be held in June have now been delayed for two months. Immediately at the outset President Musharraf denied any involvement in this development but the…

  • 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…

  • Husain Haqqani: A Follow up Post

    Guest Blog post by Phil A recent post run by Teeth Maestro on his blog that features another renowned web-activist that goes by the pseudonym of Temporal and writes at Baithak and discusses how a few old faces are reappearing and how they are making sure that their government service’s maligned past is buried and…

  • Peoples Resistance meets CM Sindh for Dr. Riaz

    Today afternoon a delegation of the Peoples Resistance visited the Chief Minister house and met the CM Mr. Qaim Ali Shah in a one-on-one meeting to discuss at length the issue of Dr. Riaz Ahmed and his maltreatment at the hand of Rangers on March 31st. This meeting was hurriedly arranged by the members of…

  • PEMRA Ord. has expired, no need for repeal Bill in Parliament

    The Minister of Information just recently made an announcement that the PEMRA Ordinance of 2002 which was extensively amended on Nov 3rd is being repealed by floating a Bill in the Parliament. According to a very respected legal council the 10 Amendments made to the PEMRA ordinance on Nov 3rd have duly expired after four…

  • Arbab Ghulam Rahim gets Slapped with a Shoe

    Today at the Sindh Assembly Arbab Ghulam Rahim gets a royal treatment with a shoe slapped across his forehead. It may seem funny for many, sweet revenge for others but all said as members of a democratic and sane society we must condemn this act as this is no way to treat an elected parliamentary…

  • PML-N & PPP sort out Punjab & but Judiciary is still ‘up in the air’

    PPP and PML-N have finally sorted out the power sharing in Punjab with a total of 35 ministries, PML-N would obtain 22 while PPP will settle with the remaining 13. While Chief Minister, Speaker and Deputy Speaker would be retained by PML-N. Ideally this is the best deal for PML-N as it retains their control…

  • PPP proposing “Minus-One-Formula”

    The top PPP leadership has recently approached the legal community proposing a “Minus-One-Formula” which opens the door for a full restoration of the judiciary without the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. It is in some way living up to the Murree Declaration albeit with a few political compromises but basically a face saving package for…

  • Syed ‘BoobPress’ Raza Gilani – Pakistans next Prime Minister

    Pakistan Peoples Party may have selected their interim Prime Minister, but his closet is full of some scary skeletons. A few may have laid eyes on this YouTube video posted a year back showing this ‘to-be’ prime minister innocently doodling Sherry Rehman. For a few it may be an ‘accidental’ grope but I would in…