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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
اور روشنی اندھیروں میں ڈوب گیی – از حق گو: پاکستان میں نام نہاد آزاد میڈیا کی تاریخ اتنی پرانی نہیں ہے لیکن اس کے باوجود اس میڈیا کے غیر ذمہ دارانہ اور جانب دارانہ کردار کے حوالے سے عوام میں جلد ہی شعور اجاگر ہوگیا ، اس کی
PTI urges Supreme Court to take action on threats and rigging in elections: ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has urged the Supreme Court to take action against Muttahida Qaumi Movement and Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) for alleged rigging and threats in elections in Karachi and Lahore. PTI Central Information Secretary Dr
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
Raza Rumi’s proxy jihad against anti-establishment bloggers: Related post: Raza Rumi unleashes ISI-ASWJ touts to harass and harm anti-establishment bloggers Raza Rumi, editor of Najam Sethi’s The Friday Times (TFT) and director of pro-establishment think tank Jinnah Institute, continues his proxy Jihad by using a TFT
I am very happy that PML-N has captured imagination of the Punjab electorate; PPP almost routed – by Raza Rumi: Note: The king is dead, long live the king. Boat jumpers and opportunists are abundant in arena of Pakistani politics and media. It’s a fact that in the last 5 years 24/7, Najam Sethi and certain other liberal-seeming anchors
جعلی کالم یا جعلی صفحات تحریک انصاف کو تباہ کر دیں گے – احمد وقاص گورایہ: تحریک انصاف سے متعلق میں نے کل سوچا تھا کچھ نہیں لکھنا. لگتا ہے تحریک انصاف اس الیکشن سے کچھ بھی سیکھنے کو تیار نہیں . لیڈر شپ بچوں کی طرح گھروں میں گھس گئی ہے. یہ لوگ سیاست
پیوستہ رہ شجر سے ، امید بہار رکھ – از حق گو: آخر کار الیکشن کا دن بھی آ کر گزر گیا – پاکستان کی عوام نے دہشت گردوں کی دھمکیوں کی پروا نہ کرتے ہوے بڑیتعداد میں ووٹ ڈالا اور اپنی اپنی پسند کی پارٹیز کو ووٹ دے کر کامیاب کروانے کی
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,
Pakistan Elections 2013: NA-250 Karachi then and now: In the 2008 elections that were boycotted by PTI and its parent organization, Jamaat Islami, PPP’s Ikhtiar Baig was leading the polls at the time of closure. The rival contestant was Khushbakht Shujaat. Both candidates are urban-educated and well
Day of a Brave Pakistan: Your spirit unfaltering, with hope hanging high with your dreams over a sword with a hundred edges. Confronting the intimidation and shadows of past ghosts relating to an era marked by blood-lust, sighs and misery, but your soldier
Pakistan elections 2013: A U.S. citizen’s perspective – by Rusty Walker: Justifications for voting for the cult of personality, Imran Khan of pro-Taliban Islamist party PTI, seem to center on voting against the secular-liberal PPP that allegedly failed in areas of education, minority oppression and could not stop the Shia
Why as a liberal I am voting PPP – by Khurshid Hasanain: Two guys with whom I spent many very happy years in Islamabad are annoyed/irked/ can’t understand why I refuse to vote for PTI and why I don’t admire Musharraf, like them. Why do I insist on connecting the actuality
سرائیکی بیلٹ کے ووٹ کا اصل حقدار کون: سرائیکی بیلٹ کے ووٹ کا اصل حقدار کون تحریر: ڈاکٹرعبدالروف سرائیکی بیلٹ جس کو بہت سے لوگ “حب الوطنی” کے ہاتھوں مجبور ہو کر “جنوبی پنجاب” کا نام دیتے ہیں، پاکستان کے پسماندہ ترین علاقوں میں شمار ہوتا ہے۔
Pakistan’s hardliners’ political clout protecting them from the law – by Jon Boone: ‘It is against the most basic fundamental rights to have to go to a police station each day,’ says Maulana Ahmad Ludhianvi Deobandi Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images Editors’s note: We are cross posting an important article by The Guardian
Pakistani state throws Ahmadi Muslims out of electoral process: The Jamaat-i-Ahmadiya has announced a boycott of the general elections in protest at the “extraordinary discrimination” against the minority group. In a press statement on Sunday (5 May 2013), JA spokesman Saleemuddin said that the Ahmadis were the only
The political tragedy of non-Muslim Pakistanis – by Azam Mairaj: Editor’s Note: All non-Muslim Pakistanis need to be respected and given full rights as Pakistani Citizens. In particular the services of the Christian Community in the fields of education, health and a number of other areas are disproportionately large compared
This is how CM Najam Sethi and TFT columnists react to abduction of ex-PM Gilani’s son by ASWJ-TTP terrorists!: Raza Rumi and Mohammad Shehzad stage the hacking drama
Do cast your vote! – by Syed Salman Mohiuddin: “Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.” (Abraham Lincoln).. Do vote !! vote anti-Taliban,
Abduction, extortion, assassination: LeJ/ASWJ Islamofascism must triumph at all costs! – by Mahpara Qalandar: The latest acts of Islamofascist violence staged by the LeJ/ASWJ aka Taliban is the abduction of Ali Haider Gillani. The LeJ/ASWJ criminals attacked his political meeting, killed his secretary, seriously wounded his supporters, and carried him away. The kidnapping
ہمارا ووٹ دہشتگردی کے خلاف: نکل پڑو 11 مئی کو جوق در جوق: جیالو، نکل پڑو 11 مئی کو جوق در جوق اور گھر بیٹھے ساتھیوں کو بھی نکالو تیر پر مہر لگا کر دنیا کو بتا دو کہ ہمیں اپنے پُر عزم قائد پر فخر ہے جس نے پانچ سال بیشتر
Why did I decide to part ways with PTI? – by Jibran Nasir: I will not put this video on my Campaign Page (Independent Candidate for NA-250 and PS-113) because I do not want my Page forum to turn into a ground for “politics of hate” as there are thousands of subscribers
Senior Pakistani journalist reveals that ex-PM Nawaz Sharif received financial support from Osama bin Laden: Summary: In the following Urdu column published in daily Dunya, senior pro-ISI Pakistani journalist Haroon-ur-Rasheed reveals that Pakistan’s ex-PM Nawaz Sharif received financial support from Osama bin Laden.
Pakistan Elections 2013: PML-N backed Sipah Sahaba terrorists abduct Ali Haider Gilani in Multan: Multan (9 May 2013): Known terrorists (Sipah Sahasba terrorists backed by PML-N) on Thursday kidnapped the son of a former Pakistani prime minister who is also standing in the country’s elections. His secretary Mohiyuddin and bodyguard were wounded and
PTA bans Roshni – Pakistan’s most popular progressive Urdu FB page: In yet another disappointing move, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority earlier this week banned Roshni – one of the few Urdu pages on Facebook promoting progressive ideas and alternative opinions. The page was banned without a notice and has been
I am going to ‘Khan’, oh yes! – by A Z: When I wrote “To ‘Khan’ or not to ‘Khan’?” –which has garnered an incredible number of hits and likes both on the website and the Facebook page- a few days ago, I concluded by saying that I need to
طالبان کو سیاسی حمایت اور حثیت فراہم کرنے والی تحریک انصاف اور مسلم لیگ نواز – از حق گو: پنجاب میں الیکشن مہم پورے عروج پر ہے جب کہ باقی ماندہ پاکستان میں تین روشن خیال اور ا عتدال پسند جماعتیں دیوبندی تکفیری دہشت گردوں کے عتاب کا نشانہ بنی ہوئیں ہیں – پیپلز پارٹی ہو متحدہ قومی
Who are the Taliban proxies? PTA banned Shia Killing watch site produces remarkable video: Excellent compilation by #ShiaGenocide watchdog website ShiaKilling.com which is now banned by Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA). This video clearly shows where the political parties stand. This video is about the elections and the divide. On one side, PPP, ANP and MQM on
نواز لیگ کے جادوئی کمالات: تحریر: امام بخش شریف فیملی نے پاکستانی سیاست میں تجارت کی آمیزش کا ایک کامیاب تجربہ کیا۔ اس فیملی کے ایک فرزندمیاں محمد نواز شریف کے اقتدار میں آنے کے بعداس فیملی نے بے انتہا ترقی کی۔ بعض رپورٹوں
PPP remains relevant as possible king-maker in Pakistan elections 2013 – by Amir Mateen: The PTI phenomenon may be difficult to predict in Election 2013 but it is relatively easier to assess PML (N) and PPP, if one goes by the old-style formula of measuring the worth of the so-called ‘electables.’ This scenario
راولپنڈی کےمتعدد حلقوں میں پی پی پی کے جیتنے کے روشن امکانات ہیں: رپورٹ :ٹاپ سٹوری آن لائن اضافہ و ترمیم : ایل یو بی پی قومی اسمبلی کی سات اور صوبائی اسمبلی کی چودہ نشستوں پر مشتمل شہر راولپنڈی کا شمار اہم ترین انتخابی اکھاڑوں میں ہوتا ہے، پنجاب کے حلقوں
Grave of a Glorious Companion of The Prophet Muhammad (SAWAW) Dug-in and Body Taken Away – by Abdullah AlFaisal: Syria May 2, 2013 Gloroius Companion of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him and His Holy Progney, SAWAW), Hujir Bin Addi (May Allah be Pleased With Him, RA ) has been brutalized once again. On May 2 a
عمران خان صاحب اپنی روش کو بدلیں : طالبان ہم سب کے دشمن ہیں – از حق گو: :ایڈیٹر نوٹ عمران خان کی جلد صحت یابی کی دعا اور ان کے لئے نیک خواہشات کہ وہ جلدی سے صحت یاب ہو کر میدان سیاست میں دوبارہ واپس آسکیں – کل پیش آنے والا حادثہ اک نہایت افسوس
Whither animal rights? White tiger used by Maryam Nawaz Sharif for PML-N electioneering dies – by Laibaah: Related post: Elections 2013: Maryam Nawaz Sharif is an emerging star campaigner – by Raza Rumi Lahore (8 May 2013): The white tiger, part of the election campaign of Maryam Nawaz, leader of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N),
ووٹ ڈالتے وقت یہ سب یاد رکھیں – از تحسین احمد: کاش کاش میں گونگا، بہرہ، اندھا ہوتا۔ میرے سر میں دماغ نہ ہوتا تب ہی یہ ممکن تھا کہ پچھلے چار سال سے میری دھرتی ماں پاکستان کے ساتھ جو کچھ کیا جا رہا ہے وہ نہ دیکھ سکتا
Noam Chomsky: Under corrupt and regressive Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan has no future – by Mahpara Qalandar: In an interview published in the backdrop of Pakistan’s forthcoming elections, only a couple of days away now (11 May 2013), the great political thinker of these times Noam Chomsky has not shown much optimism about the outcome of
سپاہ صحابہ اور طالبان کا سلیکشن کمیشن – از حق گو: جوں جوں الیکشن کا دن قریب آرہا ہے پاکستان میں دہشت گردی کے بڑھتے ہوے واقعات نے ہر ایک پاکستانی کو تشویش میں مبتلا کر رکھا ہے ، طالبان کی پیپلز پارٹی ، اے این پی اور ایم کیو