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Firdous Ashiq Awan resigns as Information Minister, opens up opportunity for PPP

Firdous Ashiq Awan resigns as Information Minister, opens up opportunity for PPP Firdous Ashiq Awan certainly surprised the nation after submitting her resignation during the 100th meeting of the Federal Cabinet under the leadership of Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani at the Governor House in Karachi. The now former minister for information and broadcasting, […]

Pakistan Military rejects US Investigation reports of NATO strike

Pakistan Military rejects US Investigation reports of NATO strike Pakistan’s military has rejected a US investigation into American airstrikes that killed 24 of its soldiers last month, reducing prospects of a thaw in relations. The report blamed both sides for a failure in communications that meant two Pakistani border posts were destroyed by American aircraft. […]

Bravo Prime Minister Gillani!

Bravo Prime Minister Gillani! Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani, seeing your speech the other day certainly reminded me of the days Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was the PM. Even though I was not physically there at the time, seeing his videos and reading the speeches certainly boosted my confidence and morale for being a citizen of […]

Low gas pressure turns up the heat in the National Assembly

Low gas pressure turns up the heat in the National Assembly Awami National Party (ANP) Thursday rendered complete support to the government, seconding the views Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani expressed about the supremacy of parliament. The PM lost his temperament in the National Assembly, hitting out hard at the military establishment while asserting […]

Are politicians being marketed too?

True to every sense and essence of the phrase, politicians are being marketed, only that there is rarely any benefit or healthy feature that can be highlighted while marketing but still then what are impositions and enforced beliefs for? They have never been so extensively and ruthlessly marketed before. Each anchor who takes their name […]

Renowned columnist and philanthropist Ardeshir Cowasjee receives Jinnah Award

Renowned columnist and philanthropist Ardeshir Cowasjee has been given the Jinnah Award for his lifetime and dedicated services to the country. On Tuesday, A ceremony was held at the head office of Oxford University Press where country’s former Ambassador Jamshed Marker, who is also recognised as World’s longest-serving ambassador to many countries, attended the ceremony […]

Who really is the Supreme Commander of the Pakistani Army?

Who really is the Supreme Commander of the Pakistani Army? Living abroad, in the first world countries, there is not a moment when as a civilian, you feel that the army in any way is controlling the situation and internal/external matters of the country. The army and civilians live in harmony in the same areas […]

Parliamentary Committee on National Security seeks replies record

Parliamentary Committee on National Security seeks replies record Parliamentary Committee on National Security Wednesday sought the complete record of replies submitted to the Supreme Court by the federation, the army chief, the DG ISI, Hussain Haqqani, Mansoor Ijaz and James Jones in memo case. On the other hand, Senator Raza Rabbani has categorically said that […]

Remembering Faiz Ahmed Faiz

An exhibition of post cards on Faiz Ahmed Faiz based on the entries received for ‘Faiz Art Prize’ competition, were displayed on Tuesday at Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA). the event was organized by Nukta Art, Aman ke Asha and Progressive Writers Association (PWA) ‘The Post Card to Faiz’ as part of the […]

Pakistan nominated as the deadliest country for journalists

Pakistan nominated as the deadliest country for journalists Pakistan remained the deadliest country for journalists for the second year in a row, while coverage of political unrest around the world was “unusually dangerous,” a press advocacy group said Tuesday. The Committee to Protect Journalists said in its year-end report that 43 journalists died around the […]

The Unfortunate Situation of our Society

The Unfortunate Situation of our Society Looking at the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf public meeting on Tuesday, December 20, 2011, and how it came to an end, it was certainly a disappointment to be saying that those people were Pakistan and out brothers in the country. As soon as Imran Khan left, people everywhere started stacking the […]

Pakistan to quit financial aid for war on terror from the US

Pakistan to quit financial aid for war on terror from the US The US Navy Seals raid on May 2, when Osama bin Laden was found and killed on Pakistani soil, cost Pakistan in terms of pride and reputation. It has also proved costly in terms of finance. Since the operation in Abbottabad, the Pakistani […]

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