The Afghan peace process on March 15, 2018In a recent manoeuvre, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has offered peace talks with the Afghan Taliban. Most notable are the offers from President Ghani — which include no preconditions to the talks, recognising Taliban as a political group, allowing Taliban offices in Afghanistan, issuing passports to their families and consideration on the amendment in the […]
Is Shahbaz the right choice? on March 9, 2018At last, Nawaz Sharif handed over the party presidency of the PMLN to his younger brother with a heavy heart. But Nawaz has become a Quaid of PMLN for life, not exactly like Altaf Hussain for MQM. The decision was taken following the verdict of the Supreme Court on the reversal of Election Act amendment. […]
Is another bracket being devised within MQM on March 2, 2018Karachi has become a focal point of the country’s political discourse due to the forthcoming Senate elections. On the 5th February 2018, the party got split after major differences erupted within the party groups. MQM-P Bahadurabad was led by Rabitta Committee while MQM-P PIB Colony was led by Farooq Sattar. MQM already had 3 more […]
PTI’s decline on February 21, 2018After 2011, the PTI became a third mainstream political party in Pakistan. Especially, for the first, the floating voters got an alternate option apart from the conventional parties. Somehow, PTI lost the election to form a government in the centre. But it managed to score almost 77 lac votes. PTI arose as the second biggest […]
Why only politicians? on February 4, 2018Disqualification season seems to be back. PML-N stalwart Senator Nehal Hashmi has been disqualified for five years by the Supreme Court. Along with this, he has been sentenced to imprisonment for a month and will have to pay a Rs 50,000 fine. The Senator had made an atrocious speech against the higher judiciary and the […]
Time to identify black sheep in media on February 2, 2018On January 25, renowned TV anchor Dr Shahid Masood stated that the alleged murderer of 7-year-old Zainab was part of an international racket involved in child pornography and held at least 37 bank accounts. Mr Masood also alleged that the suspect is being backed by a federal minister and another prominent personality. But when asked […]