Pakistani Blogs

When I ran a salt factory, I would always wonder why my illiterate workers would advise me to sac...

The short order and the detailed judgement of the Supreme Court has at least done one favor to the political horizon of Pakistan. It has told all of who care where the premier Yousuf Raza Gilani stands. Those who were speculating about rifts between President and the Prime Minister should know better now.

When former president of Pakistan Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismissed first government of Pakistan People’s Party, he made a strong point in his speech and his argument was that the government of Benazir Bhutto was involved in massive corruption and he mentioned Benazir Bhutto’s husband, Asif Ali Zardari and called him Mr. Ten Percent.

Aitzaz Ahsan , for his courageous and earnest leading role in the erstwhile movement for the reinstatement of Chief Justice Ifhtikhar Chodhary and other deposed judges has achieved gigantic status across the country and even beyond That momentous struggle was not for few individuals but in reality for lofty  principles , rule of law and , independence of judiciary Aitzaz was moving soul behind ...

It has remained our sheer bad luck that those who manage to clamber up the greasy monkey pole in Pakistan start considering themselves above every law and above every other meremortal. They have even passed laws that immune them from any punishment by the courts and they cannot be touched by other institutions. It’s the classic show of discrimination, which is the other name of protecting ...

One argument from the governments holds lots of weight against the chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. They are of the opinion that selective justice is being done and they are targeted by the CJP, while the former dictator Pervez Musharraf who actually dismissed, incarcerated, and humiliated the chief justice and other judges is roaming free and never CJP has took any suo ...

Opposition and the coalition partner, all of them are  only focussed on the personality of President Asif Ali Zardari. Contrary to the expectations of the establishment, Mr. Zardari has not only weathered all the crisis, he has also managed to consolidate his position as the leader of PPP and the head of state.

When the prime minister has said that the Supreme Court’s decision would be implemented in letter and spirit and he has bowed in front of Supreme Court and the ministers have presented themselves to the court and even some of the property of President has been confiscated on the orders of Supreme Court, why then there is bad blood among the judiciary and the goverment and why some elements of ...

The raison det’re of sudden insurgency of President Zardari in the politics and his coming out of bunker is that he has sensed that his days are numbered and it’s just about time that someone else takes the throne in Islamabad. He knows that his past has at last caught up with him, and the NRO has proven to be the albatross for him, which is not a mistake or revenge by the apex court, but a ...

The Pakistani army said Thursday during a visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates that it can’t launch any new offensives against militants for six months to a year to give it time to stabilize existing gains. The announcement probably comes as a disappointment to the U.S., which has pushed Pakistan to expand its military operations to target militants staging cross-border attacks against ...