PPP Archive
LUBP exclusive: “Sever ties with Taliban”, Benazir Bhutto advised Pakistan in 1998: Dear readers, I would like to share with you Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto’s important and private letter which she had sent to me in 2002 with regards to Afghanistan. The message helps us understand BB’s thinking and policy towards Afghanistan.
رینجرز کی ایک گولی، اور ہوگیا فیصلہ: شہر کراچی جو آجکل مقتل کا منظر پیش کررہا ہے عجیب ہوتا جارہا ہے۔ ثقافت ختم ہوگئی ہے ادب اخلاق تو جیسے باقی ہی نہیں۔ قدم پر قدم پر موجود مدرسے اور اُن میں ہونے والی فرقہ وارانہ تقریریں
Pakistan and Egypt: Where Armies Rule – by Ayesha Siddiqa: ISLAMABAD — The July 3 coup that ousted Egypt’s first popularly elected president, Mohamed Morsi, reminds us that military putsches can happen anywhere. Egypt and Pakistan have political similarities. Both have powerful and predatory armies, are heavily militarized and
PMLN taking credit of power projects started by PPP – by Naveed Javed: Nawaz Sharif is habitual of taking credits of the projects initiated by his competitors. The thought came to mind when I learned some PMLN activists ranting about their bla bla governance and capabilities on the inauguration of 84MW hydropower
بے یارو مددگار لیاری کی کچھی برداری – از فیصل محمود: بدنام زمانہ پیپلزامن کمیٹی کے دہشت گردوں کے ہاتھوں لیاری کے مظلوم عوام بالخصوص کچھی برادری، کاٹھیا واڑی برادری،میمن برادری اوردیگرپرامن برادریوں کی زندگی اجیرن بن چکی ہے، لیاری کے علاقے آگرہ تاج کالونی، بہارکالونی، بغدادی ، کلری ،
PPP does NOT tolerate any form of abuse! Also no official “media” appointment has been made: Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari: PPP’s central leadership has denied that it has appointed anyone as social medial coordinator of the party. On 13 July 2013, Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari clarified on Twitter that she was “not aware of any ‘official’ social media posts.” In
PML-N govt diverts IP pipeline funds to cover fiscal deficit: The previous government had imposed the GIDC on gas consumers to generate the $1 billion needed to finance the construction of the IP gas pipeline. CREATIVE COMMONS ISLAMABAD: The PML-N government has seemingly put the Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project
Benazir Bhutto the legend the leader – by H. A. Khan: Writing these lines on the 60th birthday of a legendary leader Benazir Bhutto I feel very nostalgic as remembering so many events which had passed in front of my eyes in the political history of Pakistan. It is true
“I have never wavered”—Benazir Bhutto: If alive, former prime minister Mothermma Benazir Bhutto (BB) would be 60 today. I knew her since the 1980s till her tragic murder on December 27, 2007. Also I had the privilege to work with her and she was
Taliban supporting Ghairatmands like me are bleeding today – by Riaz Malik Hajjaji: According to sources, the Swiss authorities made it clear the money laundering cases against President Asif Ali Zardari and others could not be reopened as they have died down forever being ‘time-barred’. That is to say the time (period)
PPP: no resurrection sans introspection — by Babar Ayaz: The biggest shortcoming of the PPP, analysts believe, is that there was no leader to lead its election campaign. Zardari did not allow any credible PPP leader to emerge Like well-bred Pakistanis, most PPP leaders are putting up a
Why did PPP lose elections 2013? Interview with Rusty Walker (a U.S. citizen): LUBP is currently conducting a series of interviews with Pakistan Peoples Party’s long-time supporters (Jiyalas) and independent political analysts to have their views on the party’s electoral debacle in 2013. The aim of this series is to provide constructive
Loadshedding riots in Faisalabad: Shahbaz Sharif doesn’t like the taste of his own medicine – by Mahpara Qalandar: Editor’s note: The Media-Judiciary-PML N-Fake Civil Society nexus has played a horrible role in misinforming the public about the crippling power crisis facing Pakistan. In the short-lived PPP government lead by Benazir Bhutto from 1993-96, a number of power
پی پی کے لئے مشورہ – از نصرت جاوید: Source : http://www.express.com.pk/epaper/PoPupwindow.aspx?newsID=1101866674&Issue=NP_LHE&Date=20130608
پاک ایران تعلقات اور نواز حکومت – از انور عباس: پاکستان کے انتخابی نتائج کو ہمارے ہمسایہ ممالک میں بڑی باریک بینی سے دیکھا جا رہا ہے۔خاص طور پر برادر اسلامی ملک ایران میں بڑی تشویش کا اظہار کیا جا رہا ہے۔ایران کی قیادت پاک ایران گیس پائپ لائن
درست قدم اٹھا یں – از منیر احمد بلوچ: Source: http://dunya.com.pk/index.php/author/munir-ahmed-baloch/2013-06-07/3174/46826180#.UbQL67UwfMK
Saudi Agenda and Nawaz Sharif – by Shiraz Paracha: One more time, Pakistan seems to have come under the full control of the ruling Saudi elite. As an arm of the U.S defense establishment, the brutal and repressive Saudi elites have been a major cause of instability in Pakistan, particularly
Signs of things to come: Nawaz Sharif begins his journey with a half truth – by Mahpara Qalandar: Nawaz Sharif will not be third time lucky, you can rest assured. Forget about the arrogance which dripped from his semi-prosthetic head down to his peacock-like walking legs. Forget about the inanities of resolving public issues he has been
PTI gets first shock as JI abandons it, PPP almost begging Nawaz to go soft – by Amir Mateen: ISLAMABAD: Sardar Ayaz Sadiq’s victory as National Assembly Speaker was not without surprises. The biggest shock was the betrayal of PTI’s partners in Pakhtunkhwa. Both Jamaat-i-Islami and Aftab Sherpao voted for Ayaz Sadiq. It is elementary: PTI had 29
Soul searching for PPP: Editors Note: We are posting some useful articles which provide a damning indictment of the abject failure of the PPP media and policy advisers. While there were external factors that hurt the party this is not the entire story.
“The sympathy vote for PPP in rural Sindh is still alive”: Nazir Leghari, a senior journalist and resident editor Jang Karachi, who had been visiting the length and breadth of Sindh province, predicted the precise victory of the PPP a long time back. Here he analyses the reasons that led
الیکشن کے بعد کا پاکستان – از حق گو: گیارہ مئی کے الیکشن ملکی تاریخ کے پہلے الیکشن تھے جن میں اقتدار ایک منتخب شدہ جمہوری حکومت سے ایک منتخب شدہ جمہوری حکومت کو منتقل ہوا – ایک ایسا ملک جہاں سیکورٹی اسٹیبلشمنٹ جمہوری حکومتوں کو گھر بھیجنے
What the PPP failed to do, and what we should expect from the PMLN – by Rusty Walker: The PML-N has won. We can no longer blame the PPP for what they did not do, when they had the chance. Political parties ran on what the PPP was unable to do. Let us celebrate then, what the Pakistani
Every party’s hardcore supporters view the supporters of other parties as ignorant, irrational and malicious, with an ethnic/cultural stereotype to boot – by Saroop Ijaz: The writer is a lawyer and partner at Ijaz and Ijaz Co in Lahore [email protected] The chief minister (CM)-designate for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) has already made the silliest statement for the next few years, or at least, let us hope so;
PPP doesn’t run any social media cell nor it has nominated anyone as its social media coordinator: According to Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari and other PPP leaders, the party has not nominated Farhad Jarral or anyone else as social media coordinator. PPP doesn’t run any social media cell nor it has nominated anyone as its social media
Pakistan elections: how Nawaz Sharif beat Imran Khan and what happens next – by Mohammed Hanif: پاکستانی سیاست بھی ایک عجیب کہانی کی طرح ہے ، آج سے چودہ سال پہلے پاکستان پر ایک شخص حکومت کرتا تھا جسے پاکستانی عوام کی بھرپور حمایت بھی حاصل تھی مگر اس کہ سرپرست چند جرنیلوں کو اس
Two Right turns makes it a U turn for Pakistan: It has come full circle. Islamofascism is now in command and looking for prey. Three decades ago General Zia ul Haq forced the country from a secular liberal model to a right wing Islamofacist model. His death and the
My party, PPP, lost because it forgot about the people – by Malik Zameer Hassan: Let’s accept it; we kept playing the footage of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto’s assassination to grab sympathy votes. PHOTO: REUTERS One factor which always made me proud to be a part of thePakistan Peoples Party (PPP) was the its representation in
Imran Khan and PTI: Great Show but there are some Lessons to Learn – by A Z: Imran Khan is an immensely popular personality in Pakistan – perhaps the most popular. He is widely trusted by the people and his persistent political struggle against the odds has earned him a great deal of respect by most
پیپلز پارٹی کی شکست کے بعد رہنماؤں کے استعفے: پاکستان کی سابق حکمراں جماعت پیپلز پارٹی کی گیارہ مئی کے عام انتخابات میں غیر متوقع انتخابی کارکردگی کے بعد پارٹی رہنماؤں کے مستعفی ہونے کاسلسلہ جاری ہے۔ گیارہ مئی کے اب تک غیر حتمی انتخابی نتائج کے مطابق
Pakistan’s elections mean that liberals are a minority of defeated infidels – by Mahpara Qalandar: Pakistan’s national elections of 11 May can be regarded as one of the bloodiest and most one-sided electoral exercise in the contemporary history of democracy. The day the election day was announced, the Taliban made a counter announcement: Those
Post-elections 2013: Battle must go on – by Peja Mistri: One of the most dreaded consequence of defeat of PPP and ANP in elections 2013 will be the change in their policies on “War on Terror”. We are already hearing voices within the parties, that the defeat is
لیفٹ بیانیہ ہوگا تو بات بنے گی: پیپلز پارٹی الیکشن کیوں ہاری؟: اس مرتبہ مقابلہ سنٹر رائٹ کی دو پارٹیوں میں تھا تو پنجاب کے اندر کہیں بھی سنٹر لیفٹ کی پارٹیاں اپنے سنٹر لیفٹرجحان کے ساتھ انتخابات کے اندر اپنے روائتی ووٹ بینک کو متحرک نہ کرسکیں-ویسے بھی پیپلز پارٹی
ہونا دودھ کا کالا اور شہد کا کڑوا : پیپلز پارٹی الیکشن کیوں ہاری؟: اب جبکہ الیکشن ہوچکے اور نتائج بھی سب کے سامنے آچکے تو ہمیں یہ سوچنے کی ضرورت ہے کہ اس الیکشن کے دوران بہت سے ماضی میں درست خیال کیے جانے والے خیالات غلط کیوں ثابت ہوئے؟کیوں ماضی کی
Post-2013 elections, likely scenarios for PPP’s future in the Punjab – by Haris Gazdar: How do we read PPP’s collapse in Punjab? Not the immediate causes, but likely scenarios. It’s a long post, so take your time. Some PPP well-wishers might take comfort from 1997 from which the party had rebounded by the
Democracy wins, federation loses – by Farahnaz Ispahani: AP CHALLENGES AHEAD: Nawaz Sharif is not the only one facing challenges. While Nawaz Sharif has won the election decisively, he faces the challenge of reaching out beyond his main base in Punjab to the rest of Pakistan Pakistan achieved
Blood-soaked triumph of Islamofascism – by Mahpara Qalandar: As we have been predicting at LUBP, Islamofascism has won as planned. So much blood of liberal elements was spilled under the wink of the Judiciary and the Army that the triumph of pro-Taliban parties like the PML-N and
The Political Parties of Pakistan – Saim Saeed: A Pakistani soldier loads ballot boxes into a van in Rawalpindi. Authorities hope the app, combined with a fully revised voter list and an unprecedented level of public scrutiny, will help ensure the election will be the cleanest ever.
NIA Pakistan – by Sohail Butt: PMLN is only a few steps away from getting a simple majority in National Assembly the lower house of our parliament to form the next government Mr. Nawaz Sahrif is expected to be our next prime minister, energy crisis, terrorism,
