CPEC opportunities and risks on January 4, 2020The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), launched in 2015, is a game changer for Pakistan’s ailing economy. But some opaque plans for the corridor, the upheaval likely to affect the locals along its route, and profits flowing mostly to outsiders could stir unrest. The government has repressed CPEC critics. CPEC could help revive Pakistan’s economy. […]
PTI foreign funding case on December 27, 2019On November 14, 2014,a petition was filed before the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) based on the evidence of illegal funding, money laundering, and mega corruption of PTI funds. The petition demanded that the ECP start an investigation of all those responsible for that in PTI, from the chairperson to others, in accordance with the […]
PinPoint: British keep an eye on UK election on December 23, 2019As many as fifteen British-Pakistanis are have become Members of Parliament (MPs) after winning their respective constituencies during the United Kingdom’s general election 2019 which witnessed a dramatic victory for the Boris Johnson led Conservative party. Although the Labour party didn’t perform poorly overall, with 203 seats as compared to the Tory tally of 365. […]
The Chaudhrys of Gujrat on December 13, 2019Chaudhry Zahoor Ilahi, a Jat of the Warriach clan, was assassinated on September 25, 1981.He was a seasoned Pakistani politician who rose to prominence from a small town of Gujrat. He began his career in the police department as a constable but soon gave it up after the creation of Pakistan. He ventured into business […]
PINPOINT: PMLQ – the far better choice on December 1, 2019Former prime minister, Pakistan Muslim League (Q) President and political stalwart, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, is surely the only political personality who feels the political pulse best of all other politicians in the country. The veteran feels the pulse of the masses correctly. He always addresses the miseries of the deprived. Former deputy prime minister, Chaudhry […]
Pinpoint on November 20, 2019Nawabzada Mohammad Yousaf Khan Hoti, the grandson of the veteran politician, Nawabzada Abdul Ghafoor Khan Hoti, joined PML in a meeting with the political stalwart, Pakistan Muslim League President and former Prime Minister, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, at his residence in 2015. Hussain appointed Hoti as the Central Vice President of Pakistan Muslim League. In a […]
Qureshi: the next hope on October 29, 2019On April 7, 2019, I wrote a column “Prime Minister Qureshi” on the then emerging political situation in the PTI when the political stalwart of the PTI and serving foreign minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, flanked by Chaudhry Sarwar, spoke his heart out. It was to clear the long-denied internal divisions, clashes and leg pulling within […]
Dual nationals, dual justice on February 6, 2019Grade 17 to 22 dual nationality holding government officers in Pakistani infrastructure are as many as 22,380.These also include Ambassadors. Here, because of limited space it is impossible to name all of these dual nationals. On January 19 the Counter Terrorism Department opened fire on innocent Khalil Ahmad’s family and their driver Zeeshan. They were […]
Pakistani Jews and PTI on May 13, 2018The history of Jews in Pakistan dates at least as far back as 1839.About 1,000 Jews were living in Karachi at the beginning of the twentieth century, mostly Bene Israel Jews from Maharashtra, India. A substantial community resided in Rawalpindi. A smaller population of Jews also lived in Peshawar. The Bene Israel Jews from Maharashtra […]
Gwadar under CPEC’s shadow on May 3, 2018The coastal city of Gwadar will benefit almost 63 countries of the world through the development of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). A significant part of the world will strengthen it’s economy because of Gwadar. CPEC is a multidimensional unprecedented project. It provides economic opportunities to China, Central Asian, Afghanistan, Russia and East African countries […]