Posts Tagged ‘PML-N’

It’s been a trend in Pakistani media to make headlines and breaking news on television that the Government is unstable and rumors of the imminent military coup are always floating around. The headlines and breaking news syndrome gained further hype when the opposition along with some other anti democratic entities were forced to acknowledge that [...]

Friday 30th December, 2011 will be remembered as one of the blackest days in Pakistan's political history and also the blackest day of judiciary when the army-backed Supreme Court declared Nawaz Sharif's petition on the memo controversy maintainable and constituted a three-member commission to probe into a case carefully crafted by the [...]

میمو کیس: مشرف کے ساتھی سچے، عوامی نمائندے جھوٹے (تبصرہ : رؤف کلاسرا )حسین حقانی کی وکیل عاصمہ جہانگیر کا میمو سکینڈل کیس پر سپریم کورٹ کی طرف سے آنے والے متوقع فیصلے پر یہ کہنا کہ یہ پاکستانی [...]

Real issue: regime change There should be no room for confusion. Nor should we put blinders on our eyes. The Memo (with a capital M) has not endangered our nukes or lowered army morale. This last is really absurd. If army morale is to be lowered by a forgotten piece of paper, no matter what was inscribed on it, we are in more danger than we [...]

نواز شریف سے ایسی توقع نہ تھی خاکی وردی والے کب تک مشرف کے بوجھ تلے دبے رہتے لیکن اگر زرداری صاحب آرٹیکل چھ کو بروکار لاتے اورمشرف کو محفوظ راستہ دے کر بھگانے کے بجائے الٹا لٹکا دیتے، اگر سیاسی [...]

میموگیٹ کیس میں بغیر کسی نظرثانی درخواست سپریم کورٹکا وفاق کو سننے کا فیصلہ صدر آصف علی زرداری کی بیماری کوسیاسی بحران بنا کر پیش کرنے والوں کو ایکبار پھر بے نقاب کرگیا۔میمو گیٹ پر شور و غوغا [...]

Religious intolerance, sectarian violence and radical Islamic parties threaten to undermine the democratic reforms on which Pakistan’s stability depends. Islamic Parties in Pakistan , the latest International Crisis Group report, examines the internal workings, policies and agendas of these parties, and their relationship with the state, [...]

1. Mian Nawaz Sharif and other petitioners in the Memo case have said that they have not accused anyone, but have merely requested the court for an inquiry. 2. That they have not accused anyone is understandable on two counts. a. There is no acceptable evidence against anyone. The only fact is that an American businessman has written a [...]

Diary of a typical PTI suporter Woke up early in the morning at 8.30 am. Had pancakes and coffee for breakfast. Drove to the university. Used internet to solve surprise quiz in class. After all, it’s fair to do so, it’s not Corruption. Only Politicians do corruption. Was also helped by a class-mate. Socialism is cool, until practiced during [...]

The cat is out of the bag. Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif and his associates attacked the Supreme Court in 1997 and this time they attacked judicial conventions for the second time. The great Quaid of Punjab's largest party, Sharif, entered the Supreme Court by-passing security protocols and was treated as a VVIP. These judges have short memories. [...]

Shah Mahmood Qureshi who recently resigned as an MNA and a member of the CEC of the Pakistan Peoples Party after having been overlooked for the position of Foreign Minister of Pakistan is keeping two political parties of tenterhooks and giving impetus to the right wing media to speculate what will be the impact of his movement on the fate of [...]

Is it really fair to say that the PPP is now pro-establishment (when in fact it has decided to tow the line simply to survive and protect all the good legislation enacted by its government) or equally is it fair to say that Nawaz Sharif is anti-establishment when his brother's Punjab government has sympathies with Jamat ul Dawah? Nawaz Sharif [...]

Imran Khan’s successful public rally in Lahore has made many tongues to wag. Political analysts are now forced to revise their earlier estimates about Imran Khan’s potential to create a niche for himself in the existing political set up in Pakistan. The most notable impact of Imran Khan’s jalsa has been on the politics of Punjab, especially [...]

I was appalled to see the highlights of the PML-N rally in Lahore today. Shahbaz Sharif was insistent on killing Zardari and derailing democracy. I saw at least two instances which were frankly unacceptable. Firstly, the threat in unequivocal terms that 'hum tumhein aur tumhare hawariyon ko issi chowk mein ulta latka de ge' and Secondly, [...]

Dengue brothers' plan to step up 'go Zardari drive' is apotheosis of anti-democratic move. This clearly shows they have not learnt a lesson from their past mistakes. Nawaz Sharif's call for agitation recalls his 1990s politics (ISI+IJI sponsored), but gone are the days when the military and its puppets used to conspire for removing PPP from [...]

It seems that PML-N’s unofficial spokesman, Ansar Abbasi has a front page spot dedicated for his “reports” in The News. His reports are usually in forms of discussions with majority “unnamed” sources and a very few known personalities. Like Syed Adil Gilani of Transparency International, who gives Ansar Abbasi first look at his upcoming [...]

Source: Pakistan Blogzine While I am no supporter of Imran Khan's PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf), I consider it every political party's right to organize political campaign and jalsas (public meetings). Apparently, PML-N's government in Punjab (led by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif) is deeply worried because of a potent possibility that PTI [...]

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 [...]

There was a momentary period of satisfaction and fulfillment that followed some mind blowing statements by one of the mainstream political leader. It was just a few months back that PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif vowed not to derail the democratic process, restored after a long struggle. He also pledged to foil all conspiracies aimed at disrupting [...]

In Pakistan' National Assembly today, the PML-N and MQM traded barb on alleged marriage of Hamza Shahbaz, MNA and son of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, with Ayesha Malik, daughter of Ahad Malik. During the session, the MQM parliamentarians said that Ayesha Malik was being involved in fake cases. The PML-N leader, Mahtab Abbasi said that it [...]

This morning I woke up to find the news of masked men entering a school in Rawalpindi and thrashing students and teachers for dressing inappropriately. The absence of the news from electronic media evidences the lack of freedom and an apparent ideological bias that plagues the Pakistani media. With such direct and indirect pressure one must salute [...]

The PML-N which has in the last few years dwindled between being written off due to confrontation with the military to supporting democratic process through Charter of Democracy to supporting terrorists of Lal Masjid, Taliban etc to demanding “revolutions” to calling to the military to intervene, has decided to show its true colors by [...]

Pakistan Peoples Party is the largest political party of Pakistan since 1970s, which has continuously struggled for strong federation in Pakistan. PPP is the only political party in Pakistan, which is party of the people, ideologically and by its name as well. This is not a Muslims only party like more than a dozen Muslim Leagues, and it is not a [...]

About the author: Rusty Walker is an Independent Political Analyst, educator, author, Vietnam veteran-era U.S. Air Force, from a military family, retired college professor, former Provost (Collins College, U.S.A.), artist, musician and family man. Rusty Walker is an ardent supporter of Pakistan. The following essay examines nine common [...]

  Cross Posted from Express Tribune Blogs It was only a matter of time anyway. A few days ago, a police officer along with his squad burst into the Nairang Art Gallery and beat up the female curator for wearing a sleeveless dress and interacting with men. The police officer, a SHO, was perturbed by the ‘fahash’ ambience of [...]

Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz government in Punjab is not only protecting banned terrorist organization, but also gearing up for electoral alliances with Sipah-e-Sahaba(a Deobandi terrorist organization), which was officially banned in 2001, though still active' energetic and spreading terror under the patronage of the Punjab government. The [...]

PML-N’s MNA, Anjum Aqeel Khan yesterday made a dramatic escape from policy custody with due support of his PML-N workers. Though the action has been “condemned” by the PML-N leadership, but the spin given by Rana Sanaullah, Pervaiz Rasheed, Siddiqul Farooq is nothing but mind boggling. According to their statements, they have indicated that [...]

As per news report published in Asia News, the Punjab government has ignored the rule that reserves 5% of federal government and provincial governments jobs to minorities, in District Coordination Officer recruitment (DCO) in Khanewal. "The government had announced 65 vacancies in the district administrative office - explains Munir Masih, a [...]

Sharif brother's recent move is aimed at toppling the democratic setup. The grand alliance in the offing, led by Sharifs of Punjab, is based on one-point agenda – getting rid of Asif Ali Zardari-led PPP administration, another change in its stance. LAHORE: Sitting with the blue-eyed guys of living dictator General (r) Pervez Musharraf [...]

President Zardari called Nawaz maulana, with multiple innuendos: that he was the illicit political offspring of General Zia, that he was a covert abettor of jihadi elements in Punjab, and that he was aligning with Jamaat Islami in the AJK polls The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has finally decided that familiar is safe and to hell with [...]

  پچھلے دنوں سوشل نیٹ ورکس پر کدو شریف کے فضائل اور اس سے تیار کئے جانے والےحلوے اور دیگر ڈشز کی تراکیب کے حوالے سے ایک وڈیوزیربحث رہی، کدو کے ساتھ شریف کے اضافے کا شان نزول کچھ یوں ہےکہ [...]

There is a rumour in market of politics that a round of talks had taken place between CJ's party Supreme League of Pakistan (SLOP) and Nawaz Sharif's party PMN-N during 2009. Both parties reached an agreement that Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry will resign at the end of 2011 and PML-N including other right wing political factions will offer him [...]

Pakistan Peoples Party has been at the receiving end of electoral rigging and gerrymandering by establishment and Pakistan Army over many general elections. Despite of all types of targeting, the PPP remains the largest political party of Pakistan having won elections four times and having its own representative as head of government. If the [...]

LAHORE: Several provincial legislators in Punjab belonging to the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) have objected to Punjab cabinet member Kamran Michael presenting the budget on grounds that he is Christian, sources within the party told The Express Tribune. Sources say PML-N leaders are in a bind trying to figure out who to assign [...]

Pakistan’s very own awami leader, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan almashoor (aka) Mr. Bean began the budget session on Monday, June 6, 2011 after his “threat” that he may not do so in “protest”. He also felt that his party’s lawmakers’ howling and shouting during the budget speech on Friday, June 3, 2011 was “too hard” but that he had no [...]

On June 3, 2011, the fourth budget of the current government was presented in the National Assembly by Finance Minister, Abdul Hafeez Shaikh. The main opposition party, Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz’s members raised slogans throughout the speech of the Finance Minister which at times made the impact of the speech diluted. The budget speech [...]

The government of Punjab, which had recently secured front page coverage by its proclamation about shunning all funding by foreign donors, demanded from Islamabad to increase its borrowing limits and ensure release of development funds to avoid delays in the execution of projects in the next budget, it is learnt. Contrary to its public position [...]