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Our guilty Prime Minister The development that occurred in the Supreme Court on Monday was not much of a surprise. In its earlier rulings, the apex court had already opined that Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, prima facie, contemptuous of the court. The Monday’s hearing was only the next mechanical step in the clockwork; […]
In order to protect the fellow parliamentarians, the Federal Cabinet approved the draft of the 20th Constitutional Amendment that was agreed between the government and opposition parties. It is expected that the draft will be presented in the National Assembly (NA), the lower house of Parliament, on Tuesday. Earlier, the cabinet reposed its complete confidence […]
After the US Congressional hearing on Baluchistan, the province is taking centre stage on the political landscape, but more because of what is happening in America than in the region itself. On one side, Pakistan accused Washington of meddling in the Balochistan while on the other hand the National Assembly unanimously passed an opposition-moved resolution […]
The last weekend witnessed well the dualities and contradictions inbuilt in the existing society. Our society, our country, Pakistan, is a land of two different societies. First, which was exhibited in the rally of Difa-e-Pakistan, apparently the conservative, rigid and orthodox, while the other was came upon in Karachi Literature Festival (KLF), the presumably liberal, […]
One of the hot issues is resumption of NATO supply route that is to handle at the moment. The military threw the weight on politicians by asserting that the decision to resume supply-line will be taken by parliament alone. On Monday, Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani hinted at improved coordination with the […]
Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, flanked by his democratic credentials in the form of Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Asfandyar Wali Khan, returned to the Supreme Court so that charges of contempt of court could be framed against him. However, he pleaded not guilty after the charges had been framed against him by a seven-judge […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Monday said that there was no moral justification left for Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani to hold his office any longer. The PTI chief asked Gilani to tender his resignation after being convicted by the Supreme Court in contempt of court case instead of pressurizing the judiciary. […]
The Supreme Court, the apex court of Pakistan has been criticized by many over its dual standard proceedings. Some believe that the SC does not extend similar deference to the civilian government that it does with the military. It is quite fraught with danger in Pakistan to target the security establishment, which is used to […]
The children of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto (BB) defend the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and their father, Asif Ali Zardari, on twitter, the microblogging website. In order to defend President Asif Ali Zardari and promote their ancestral part, the children of the slain former prime minister are very active users of the social networking website. […]
The Supreme Court on Monday handed over the missing persons to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), seeking written explanations from the Inter-Services Intelligence and Military Intelligence chiefs, Chief Secretary and Judge Advocate General (JAG) over the non-compliance of court’s earlier ruling. A three member bench of the apex court chaired by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry resumed the […]
Despite Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) are ruling the city of Karachi, the Sunday’s power show hosted by Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC) erased any signs of their presence over ground opposite to Mazaar-e-Quaid. Leaders of religious and political parties under the banner of the DPC pledged that they would offer every sacrifice […]
In what appeared to be a quite expected move, the Supreme Court on Monday indicted Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani for contempt of court in the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) implementation case. He became first Pakistani premier as he read charge-sheet against him. All the judges signed the charge sheet one by one. According […]
