Pakistani Blogs

Just like people eagerly wait for the moon sighting announcement before Eid, people in Pakistan w...

There is every possibility that over the course of next few weeks, we might be seeing that President Zardari transfers his powers one by one through ordinances to the premier, and then after getting a public approval from the central executive committee of the Pakistan People’s Party become the Prime Minister, while implementing the 17th amendment.

The rich have become richer, the poor have become poorer and the vessel of state is driven between anarchy and despotism. (Percy Shelley) In medieval folklore, vampires, the fiends of the underworld, were fabled creatures of the night. They rose from the graves and roamed the earth feeding on the lifeblood of innocent victims. Today we are afflicted with modern “vampires”, the musical chair ...

These days Islamabad is buzzing animatedely with the new theories and rumors about a new governing setup. The most debated one and the most popular is that a broad based government will be formed, which will be headed by Imran Khan, the supremo of Justice movement.

Mr. Shairf has an obsession. He has been so traumatized by the coup de etat against him that he cannot think beyond his nose. Instead of giving Pakistanis a vision for the future, the “most popular politician” in Pakistan is busy defending the likes of Mr. Zardari. Lest he forget, he is not a partner of Mr. Zardari. Mr. Sharif represents the loyal opposition. How can Pakistanis expect to ...

Remember the days of the movement for the restoration of Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry just earlier this year, when the Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Nawaz Sharif was roaring on the G.T Road from Lahore to Rawalpindi and bashing president Asif Ali Zardari on NRO. He called Zardari a cheater and a corrupt politician and he also also claimed that Zardari was using NRO to protect his corruption and ...

Sharif brothers accused of money laundering Thursday, 12 Nov, 2009

Nawaz Sharif cannot go out anywhere in the province where his party rules, and he has reluctantly gone to the Gilgit Baltistan area for the election campaign. He hasn’t gone to Sindh, Balochistan and Kashmir for a long time now, and his rarely goes out to NWFP and Islamabad.