Cover Story: The Punjab’s Robber Barons: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has awarded mega development projects worth dozens of billions of rupees in the province to Chinese companies without open international bidding. He has also provided interest-free loans from the provincial exchequer to
Return to Kasur: EARLIER this week, the body of a six-year-old girl was recovered from a garbage heap in Kasur. It has since been confirmed that she was raped and murdered. Kasur has erupted in riots. The autopsy report is unreadable.
زینب کا خط اپنے باپ امین کے نام – عامر حسینی: پیارے بابا! میں نے اپنے خدا سے کچھ لمحات مستعار لیکر آپ کو یہ خط لکھ رہی ہوں۔آپ سے مخاطب ہونے کا خود مجھ میں حوصلہ نہیں ہے۔مگر کیا کروں آپ اور امی کی تکلیف دیکھی نہیں جاتی تو
#JusticeForZainab – The core of the issue: Those who are blaming the parents of this innocent victim for the horrific murder-rape of their child are regurgitating the nonsense being peddled by the Saudi-backed PML N regime and its craven Apologists. There is an epidemic of
The PML N Apologists of Child Rape: Child rape, hate rallies and a tanking economy are clearly not the priorities of the Saudi Establishment backed PML N regime and its neoliberal Apologists. As the rest of Pakistan is horrified with the rape of an 8-year
SC rejects NAB appeal to reopen Hudaibiya reference: A three-judge Supreme Court bench on Friday rejected the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) appeal to reopen the Rs1.2 billion Hudaibiya Paper Mills reference. The bench — comprising Justice Mushir Alam, Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Mazhar Alam
شوگر ملز مافیا اور غریب کسان کی پکار: جنوبی پنجاب کے ضلع رحیمیار خان میں اس وقت پانچ شوگر ملیں کام کر رہی ہیں لیکن غریب کسان کا گنا اٹھانے کے لئے کوئی بھی مل تیار نہیں، سب ملیں اس وقت بڑے بڑے ذمین داروں کا گنا
PML N’s sectarian politics in NA 120 – by Peja Mistry: Editor’s Note: Contrary to Propaganda by the Cyril-Sethi types, Nawaz Sharif remains in cahoots with sectarian Jihadists. NA 120 has been a Nawaz Sharif constituency ever since it was rigged in his favour by General Beg and DG
ایک اور نیو لبرل نواز شریف کا طبلچی – عامر حسینی: خالد احمد پاکستان میں نیوز ویک کے مشاورتی مدیر(کنسلٹنگ ایڈیٹر)،قومی و بین الاقوامی پریس میں مضمون نگار اور وڈرو ولسن امریکی تھنک ٹینک کے ریسرچ فیلو اور اسی تھنک ٹینک کی فنڈنگ سے انھوں نے ‘فرقہ وارانہ جنگ۔۔’ ایک
Bilawal encouraging stance against the backstabbing Sharifs: It was heartening to see Bilawal Bhutto Zardari stepping away from Zardari’s tendency for the short sighted expedient deal. Instead, he took on the corrupt Sharif’s head on. Bilawal called out the Sharifs for their perfidy and reminded
کچھ یاد دلائوں آپ کو؟ – حیدر جاوید سید: جناب نواز شریف اثاثوں سے متعلق حقائق چھپانے پر صادق و امین نہیں رہے۔ جھوٹا بیان حلفی عدالت میں جمع کروایا جس کی پاداش میں نا اہل قرار پائے۔ نواز شریف’ اسحاق ڈار’ حسین و حسن نواز’ مریم
Mr Sharif please don’t resign: The people who want Nawaz Sharif to resign are mostly his friends. As neither his friend nor his well-wisher, I want him to dawdle long enough for his dynasty of ruse and deceit to be subjected to
Comercial Liberal Mafia – Pejamistri: The real ugly face of Asma Jahangir – Commercial Liberal Mafia Nexus between Commercial Liberals and Deobandi/Wahabi extremists A friend of mine posed this question to me “Why are you so against Asma Jahangir?” Before I answer this