Posts Tagged ‘Corruption’

In the absence of any substantial evidence of performance, yet enjoying 'high ratings' due to their alliance with the media, the PML-N government in Punjab has in the last few months on an ambitious plan of winning over youngsters in the province by distributing laptop computers. While such a gesture should be appreciated in times when a treasury [...]

On April 30, 1999, Benazir Bhutto Shaheed disclosed to media that there was a definite role of Osama bin Laden, Mian Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan army's 111 Brigade in toppling her first government in early 1990s. “Bin Laden financed an operation to topple me in cooperation with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the Pakistani intelligence [...]

I try my best not to read The News, as it is an anti government, pro-PML-N, pro-military and pro-CJ newspaper. Whenever I do, there is one reason or the other to write something about it. In The News, of 31st January, 2012, an advertisement in the form of an APPEAL addressed to "Before the Honorable Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar [...]

Apparently trophies and plots are kosher only if they are received by our hero Imran Khan (Chairman PTI) notwithstanding the fact that the person handing over the trophy is a Black Sindhi, Mr. 10 per cent Asif Zardari or that the person handing over the plot is the dumb looking Pubnjabi, railway-engine thief, Nawaz Sharif. Two items of [...]

سالا کیریکٹر ڈھیلا ہے وسعت اللہ خان بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، کراچی    اتوار 8 جنوری 2011 وہ اچھے بھلے چلتے نظام کا تختہ الٹ کر میرے ہی اوپر بیٹھ جائے تو نظریہ ضرورت۔ میں [...]

“no rebutting of charges, allegations to be considered correct” – Let’s go back to March 2007 The Supreme Court of Pakistan under the leadership of Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry commenced proceedings in the “memogate” case on December 19, 2011. Heading a 9 member bench, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry commented that as the President (who [...]

Imran Khan and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have spent many years in Pakistan’s political wilderness. Despite his platform for change and condemnation of the incessantly corrupt Pakistani political culture, PTI has had very little to show for itself in Pakistan’s political system since it was founded in 1996. So it came as a total [...]

The Judiciary in Pakistan was not free in the past and it is not independent now. The military has been using the Supreme Court of Pakistan as a rubber stamp but now there are serious questions about the integrity and impartiality of the Supreme Court. Acting as an arm of the army, the Supreme Court appears to have a political agenda and [...]

The new puppet show was set in motion on Pakistan's political screen in Lahore when diverse affiliates of Pakistan's security establishment both from right wing and fake liberals gathered at the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Lahore rally and showed their full support for the establishment's new pawn, Imran Khan. Times and again, Khan is described as [...]

Its 2013 and by some unlikely miracle of sheer inqilabi (revolutionary) voting, Imran Khan has been elected prime minister and his party is in power. Wait a minute – what party? That’s right, a hefty gang full of loafers and bitter ex-politicians out for rival blood. Looking at those lining up to be given party tickets so far, the PTI [...]

    About the author As the tail wind of the Hazrat Imran Khan Tsunami, I want to inform you, my millions of readers, of the latest media attacks by the liberal fascists on Imran Khan.  We all know that in Pakistan, the media is dominated by liberal fascists like Kamran Shafi, Farhat Taj, Dr. Taqi, Nadeem Paracha, Fasi Zaki [...]

The three cricketers are proven guilty and are thus criminals. They are shameless too. They never accepted their crime. Amir did confess, but only when it was too late and that too on the advice of his lawyer Now that corruption charges have been proved against Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif, and Mohammad Amir, some Pakistanis are doing what they [...]

WHEN Imran Khan launched the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf in 1996, then Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto rhetorically asked, “Can Imran win 51 per cent seats in parliament to form a government?” A decade and a half later, the same question haunts Mr Khan even when he has recently gathered together the largest public assembly of his entire political [...]

It’s not Zardari’s corruption they are after, Sharifs want to save their skin In a case of instant justice to the high and mighty, the Lahore High Court has restrained an accountability court from proceeding with references filed against the Sharif Brothers and their businesses. According to Dawn on 19th October 2011, the bench comprising [...]

Things in the good old days were simpler—there were just lies, damned lies and statistics.  Today we also have an ever-growing range of indexes comparing countries on diverse dimensions, ranging from governance to economic competitiveness. Pakistan unfortunately lags behind on most such indexes. However, the two that have rankled Pakistani [...]

In July, I read the article titled “Misuse of Pakistan’s PhD Grants in US and Canada”  published on Let Us Build Pakistan. It exposes the misuse and abuse of facilities by “PhD scholars” from Pakistan, including three students from National Center of Excellence of Geology (NCEG) of the University of Peshawar. What was sad was that an [...]

What comes to your mind with the mention of Asif Ali Zardari? “A cunning, vile, and corrupt man,” said my 19 year old cousin. This was a good summation of what the urban middle-class thinks of him. The more I hear people talking about him the more I am convinced of the power of propaganda. “Give the dog a bad name and hang him,” Zardai [...]

Pakistani Christian clergy is one of the most corrupt segment of the society. Our priests and bishops have been involved in all sorts of corruption and illegal activities, and have been practiced fraud, theft, cronyism and other corrupt behaviour in the Diocese. These morale brigade and sermon expert Bishops have been involved in selling [...]

Published: Express Tribune, February 28, 2011 From the very outset, let me be very clear that corruption, kickbacks, facilitation money etc are not condonable; however, being realistic, it cannot be done away so easily through either a law or simply pursuing individuals. If one takes a rational look at things, financial corruption can be [...]

There has been a creeping misconception of general population about current government created by section of media that, PPP government is not delivering on its promises in terms of providing jobs to people and raising salaries of government employees. Perpetrators of methods of yellow journalism have been trying to defame PPP in masses. [...]

Related article: The Barelvi-Deobandi feud and ‘becharay’ Pakistani – by Tanvir Qaiser Shahid Source: daily Express

Editors' note: The following is a disturbing news report. We would like to know the purpose of such trips by its ambassador-at-large and the benefits that Pakistan has received in return. If Mr Klasra's story is verified and if it is proven that it is a case of nepotism, then Shah Mahmood Qureshi must be asked to return this money to the exchequer [...]

Agosta submarine deal - Benazir, Zardari not involved: ex-naval spy chief Former director-general of Naval Intelligence Commodore (retd ) Shahid Ashraf has said that President Asif Ali Zardari and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto were not involved in the deal for the purchase of Agosta submarines from France. He said that though he was [...]

In its obsession with politicians' corruption, Jang has equated bad-unwani (corruption) with dehshat-gardi (terrorism). The following news item was most probably a joint production of Muhammad Saleh Zaafir and Ahmad Noorani, both of them members of the extremist Deobandi (ISI) wing of the Jang Group currently headed by Ansar [...]

Given the usual 'politicians are corrupt' mantra which is often recited by Pakistan army generals (and their agents in Pakistani media and blogs) to sabotage democratic governments and justify coup d'etat, Indian army too must avail from the excellent opportunity provided by the following news report. بھارت سب سے بدعنوان [...]

Related articles: Corrupt politicians and our saviours in army Zardari’s corruption and our saviours in Pakistan Army In defense of Nawaz Sharif: Are our politicians corrupt? Is Pakistan Army a sacred cow? PML-N’s fact sheet on corrupion of our saviours in Pakistan Army Transparency International’s damning report on Pakistan’s [...]

ایک چہرے پر کئی چہرے سجا لیتے ہیں لوگ گریبان منوبھائی معلوم نہیں یہ خبر ہے یا اپنے آپ کو پنجاب کے وزیر اعلیٰ کی بجائے”خادم اعلیٰ “ کہلانے میں فخر محسوس کرنے والے اور اچھی حاکمیت ،ٹاسک ماسٹر [...]

The parliamentary standing committee of the National Assembly on Cabinet/ Establishment, in full collaboration with government and the opposition including PML (N), has unanimously approved an amendment in the law to enable “anyone authorized by the prime minister” to become the chairman of the high-powered Central Selection Board (CSB), which [...]

While we are keen to know the exact identity of the corrupt NGOs and their owners / managers, we already knew that these civil society types (the same who keep reciting an incessant corruption mantra against elected politicians) are themselves corrupt to the core. (Abdul Nishapuri) ISLAMABAD: The United States Agency for International [...]

Here is a breaking news story by Rauf Klasra which speaks about the 'institutional corruption' and opportunism of Pakistani bureaucrats. Let us see if our Insaf tiger, Imran Khan, and his Talibanic mentor Munawar Hassan direct their guns towards the proven corruption of our saviours in the Supreme Court. According to commentators at ET, the [...]

Corruption even in the Religious Affair’s ministry! God forgive us. A meagre compensation is being paid by tour operators who secured vast commissions and kickbacks in hiring buildings and transport in Mecca and Medina. Corruption and irregularities of the governmental authorities are causing much embarrassment to the democratic government. [...]

ایسا صرف جمہوریت میں ہوتا ہے... سویرے سویرے …نذیرناجی معیشت اپنے پیروں پر کھڑی ہو اور کسی دوسرے سے قرض مانگ کر اپنے معاملات چلانے کی علت نہ ہو‘ تو پاکستان تیسری دنیا کے ملکوں سے زیادہ مختلف [...]

Our Youth has a lot of energy, high hopes, great ideals and real potential to achieve almost everything in life.  In spite of having talent, skills and intelligence in this wonderful young generation, a born genius, it is very unfortunate. Pakistan's environment is not very helpful for it as it have no role models to follow, no opportunity for [...]

During the previous couple of years, Pakistan’s economy is constantly falling into the debt trap, consisting of both domestic and foreign loans, causing financial hardship, joblessness, decrease in personal income and high cost of living for a common man, and putting debt sustainability indicator moving towards danger zone with every passing [...]

If you ever happen to visit Punjab and intend to communicate, I just might be able to give you a valuable piece of advice. Whenever you see an elderly fellow, with a crooked back, walking with a stick, do not use your testimonial Urdu skills by calling him "Buzurg" (elderly). In case you commit such a blunder, try keeping enough distance from the [...]

A senior manager of the World Bank who served in the organization at a time when the Bank's policies led Africa and Latin America into debt, destruction and extreme poverty, later on established the so-called Transparency International (TI) -- a self-proclaimed global watchdog on corruption. Launched in Germany by a group of mostly Westerners [...]

There is a growing tendency to shun politics. The response of a lot people to this it: What has it given us besides corruption and a poor image of the country in the eyes of the world? Nevertheless, I will insist on the formula of politics being important because this is not just about politicians or political parties. Politics is about [...]

This is a bird's eye view of military control in Pakistan. It is easy to point out and criticize 'Democratic Political Governments' for their incompetence and their 'force' of cabinet members who are a burden on the "National Treasury" (The 'peanuts' left over after a major chunk goes to the Defen...se Budget). Parallels are drawn to humiliate [...]