PTI’s Strategic Conundrum on February 26, 2024In my estimation, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) decision to primarily align with the Sunni Ittehad Council to secure reserved seats for women and minorities lacks justification. Instead, a more prudent approach post their support in the National Assembly’s inaugural session on February 8 would have been establishing themselves as the “Justice Parliamentary Group.” PTI’s strategic manoeuvres […]
Salmaan Taseer’s Legacy Lives On on January 4, 2024January 4, 2011, etches a bloodstained historical scar on Pakistan’s tapestry, a nation grappling with the echoes of terror that relentlessly haunt its intellectual and progressive community. On this solemn day, we remember the cold-blooded murder of Salmaan Taseer in the Kohsar Market – an event that transcended the loss of an individual and became […]
PPP unveils ambitious ’10 point’ manifesto on January 4, 2024In a groundbreaking move, Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari announced the PPP’s ’10 Points’ manifesto after unanimous endorsement by the Central Executive Committee (CEC). President Zardari nominated Bilawal as the Party’s Prime Ministerial candidate, vowing to address the nation’s challenges through revolutionary policies. Chairman Bilawal outlined the PPP’s transformative vision, promising to double citizens’ income within […]
When in Kashmir, talk about Kashmir and Kashmiris on July 24, 2021It seems the whole scenic Azad Jammu and Kashmir has become D-Chowk of Islamabad if one goes through the speeches being delivered by leaders like Prime Minister Imran Khan, PML-N’s Maryam Nawaz and PPP’s Bilawal Bhutto. The three leaders have discussed everything about each other, except for Kashmir and Kashmiris. The whole world, especially the […]
Dilip Kumar, the son of Peshawar on July 16, 2021Dilip Kumar, the Yousaf Khan, of Peshawar, but the ruler of millions of hearts across South Asia, has walked away with angels to his Maker. But the superstar of the Indian cinema is such a star, who will never fall and will keep on shining in the times to come. The way the death of […]
Did Maryam really roar in Kashmir? on July 15, 2021PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari was first off the blocks in the campaign for the July 25 Azad Jammu and Kashmir election. Starting in the first week of July, he conducted back-to-back, fully-packed rallies, where he issued strong statements against PTI as well as PML-N, before wrapping it up and leaving for the US – perhaps […]
Since July 5, 1977 on July 5, 2021Since July 5, 1977 till today, 44 July fives have gone down the annals of history leaving permanent marks on the Pakistani politics and history. Since July 5, 1977, Pakistan has been divided between Bhutto’s Pakistan and Zia’s Pakistan. Bhutto rose from Punjab and swept away Sindh and other parts of Pakistan in the 1970 […]
Emergence of a new Imran Khan on July 1, 2021The Lower House saw a different Imran Khan as a prime minister when he stood to speak to the National Assembly on Wednesday. It is not the length of his speech that made him a different PM but the content of the speech and the accompanying manners. Though it was the follow-up of the budget […]
Local cement sales likely to grow 45-49pc MoM in June on June 30, 2021The country’s total cement sales in June are expected to increase by 11-15pc YoY and 30-34pc MoM to 5.1 to 5.3million tons, reaching utilization of around 93pc (adjusted for closed capacities). In absolute terms total June 2021 cement sales are likely to be the third highest monthly sales in history of Pakistan. Previously, October 2020 […]
Conspicuous by his absence! on June 30, 2021Prime Minister Imran Khan was present in the Tuesday’s session of the National Assembly. Former president Asif Ali Zardari was present too. So was PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. Who was absent from the session? Is the absence noticeable? Yes, we are talking about Shehbaz Sharif who was absent from the budget session on Tuesday. Well, […]