Lieutenant General (retired) Hamid Gul passed away last weekend. He was perhaps the most vocal jihadist general after his former boss General Muhammad Ziaul Haq, with whom he shared his zealotry and now the month of death. Both were equally verbose and fanatical but General Gul’s boisterous bravado contrasted sharply with General Ziaul Haq’s sly […]
Archives for August 2015
Reham blackballed
Ever since Reham Khan got married to Imran Khan, she has constantly been in the public eye. Some of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) members have had reservations about her marriage to their leader. As Reham was actively involved in the campaigning for the NA-19 and NA-246, some factions of the party blame her for the […]
Traffic misery
An announcement made by the City Traffic Police Lahore regarding the launch of a massive crackdown from September 1 on underage drivers can only be welcomed. In Lahore, roads are choked with traffic due to the presence of hundreds of bikes and cars. The city has been facing a traffic mess since long and the […]
Godil attacked
Four attackers on two motorcycles ambushed and critically wounded Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) MNA Abdul Rashid Godil in Karachi on the morning of August 18. His driver was killed in the attack whereas his wife remained mercifully unharmed. Godil received five bullets from a nine mm pistol that apparently was never before used in any […]
Natural resources
Sir: Pakistan is gifted with many natural resources. It has the capacity to produce 55,000 MW of hydel power, while more than 50,000 MW of wind and solar power can be generated here. Oil, gas and minerals are also being discovered in vast quantities. But to exploit all these resources, Pakistan needs to establish new […]
Organised corruption
Sir: With reference to media reports about investigations being conducted by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) into organised corruption by the political elite and bureaucracy of this unfortunate country who have transferred billions abroad and bought expensive properties in Dubai, which cannot be justified either by their tax declarations or known sources of legitimate earnings. […]
Corrupt officers
Sir: A few days ago, I visited the General Post Office (GPO) at Melody Food Park Islamabad to submit the yearly token tax of my vehicle. After standing for two hours in a queue, my turn came and the tax collection officer asked me to submit Rs 7,634. When I sought the break-up of the […]
Balochistan CM condemns border violations by Iran
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has condemned border violations by Iranian forces and said the federal government has been asked to take up the issue with Iranian authorities.He said this at a press conference at Chief Minister’s Secretariat on Monday.Earlier, women advocates from different parties announced to join National Party (NP) under […]
Qaim unhappy with police performance
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah decided on Tuesday to constitute a four-member high power committee to keep an eye on the performance of each and every case in the courts. While presiding over a meeting to review performance of prosecution and progress of investigation at the Chief Minister House, the CM […]
Kasur child molestation : Wattoo urges Punjab govt to accept demand for change in JIT
LAHORE: Punjab Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) President Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo has urged the government to change the Joint Investigation Team as demanded by the victims’ families of Kasur child molestation case. The PPP leader said this in a statement issued on Tuesday, adding that the trust of the aggrieved parties in the JIT […]