Posts Tagged ‘PML-N’

The ongoing investigation of the Sialkot brothers’ lynching in front of Rescue 1122 office has revealed that some police officials being named in the incident are not only pro- Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), but that their role was a contributing factor in the enactment of the gory incident on August 15. These influential law [...]

Indeed the natural and no less man-made calamity of the floods is still continuing across Pakistan. The scale of devastation is so horrendously huge and still so incalculable that no government or agency of any capacity could cope with what the UN Secretary General has described as a “continuing tsunami”. Cursing a most vilified government [...]

Pakistan has been experiencing devastating floods for the last three weeks. In a week’s time the water will start falling into the Arabian Sea, which will be the beginning of the end of the floods. However, the devastation and sufferings caused by the floods would continue to haunt the people of Pakistan for a long time. Rehabilitation and [...]

The floods that wreaked havoc in the country were of Biblical proportions, however, they compare nothing to the propaganda unleashed upon the political ruling class of the current setup by the independent media. To the average urban Pakistani, now it is high time that we do away with this 'incompetent regime' which has failed to deliver the [...]

It may sound like a cliché but the late Munir Niazi’s words ring truer today than ever before: “Ik aur darya ka samna tha Munir mujh ko, Mein aik darya kay paar utra to mein ne dekha.” The translation of the above verse cannot fully capture all its connotations but the gist obviously remains that a bigger river is looking us in the [...]

LAHORE: Kudos! The main leaders of the PPP and the PML-N have shown maturity by shunning their differences and joining hands to help the flood victims in all federating units of the country. Hats off to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif who, by addressing a joint press conference in the federal capital, [...]

  It is unfortunate that the leadership of Pakistan leave no stone unturned in defaming each other for political interests. We see Pakistani politicians cohesive hardly ever and only when on some grand dinner or lunch they come together to pronounce some “Promises”. One of my friends says “you will see all political parties together [...]

Source: Associated PressIs there is a tiff between the brothers? Are they missing the late “Abbaji”? Maybe it is the “good cop, bad cop” being played by the brothers. Stay tuned for more insider information. Drifting apart? By Asim Awan Express Tribune, 24th July, 2010 ISLAMABAD: Like all interesting political stories out of [...]

“Degree degree hoti hai, chahe asli hu ya jaali!” Pakistan has got a lot of problems. But these are our favorite: ‘double-sawari’ and motorbikes, Basant – to be or not to be, one hour later or one hour ago,  Meals and Marriages, Late Nights, Save-Electricity and Marriages and of course, the pettiest: the controversial and all too [...]

Source: Justice Denied PK Justice Iftikhar of the Lahore High Court has struck a blow for democracy. He has granted a bail before arrest to the selfless civil servant and policeman par excellence, Rana Maqbool Ahmed, formerly of Sind Police department and currently in charge of public prosecution in the Punjab. This kind-hearted and mild [...]

Former Finance Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar, who proclaims and pleads simplicity, is going to organize the wedding of his son Mujtaba Dar in the most expensive hotel of Dubai on July 25. According to sources, the marriage would be held in Atlantis Palm Jameirah, the hotel which is situated at [...]

Bowing to intense public pressure, Pakistan's largest province has finally moved against some local militant groups. The Punjab government, which had until now preferred to look away, last week ordered a crackdown after a series of vicious terrorist attacks on religious groups branded by the militants as heretics, apostates or infidels. Over 40 [...]

Photo source: Newsline On more than one occasion the PML-N has demonstrated sympathy, and even outright links, with the forces that are considered to be part of the Pakistani Taliban It was Dante who said: “The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.” The attack during Friday prayers in [...]

Source: Jang

There is to my mind absolutely no need to comment on the merits and demerits of the now infamous resolution passed by the Punjab assembly against the media imposing restrictions on the media’s fundamental right of freedom of expression and information as guaranteed in our constitution. It is accepted all over the world especially in the [...]

  Source: Recycled Thought   The Curious Case of Abid Sher Ali Apologies for the really cliched title, but there is no other word, apart from curious, to describe Mr Sher Ali and his role in the fake degrees pantomime (it's much bigger than a drama now). People who've read a few posts on my blog know that my obsession with the Muslim League [...]

  Ayaz Amir was a renowned columnist years before he became an elected legislator from his hometown of Chakwal. Urbane and suave, seeing him with the PML-N makes me wonder about his judgment about a party and its leadership. One should acknowledge his commitment to the PML-N as he has stuck with them during difficult times. In his column [...]

(With thanks to our contributor Irfan Urfi who submitted this article) اہلِ ساست کے فکر و عمل کا یہ تضاد ہر اس شخص کے لیے بھی ناقابلِ فہم ہے جو ان کے لیے کلمہ خیر کہتا ہے۔ اگر پنجاب اسمبلی کے منتخب ارکان اہلِ سیاست ہیں تو [...]

Source: Daily Times, 11 July 2010

The judiciary of a country is supposed to play a silent and impartial role in doling out justice and withholding the supremacy of the Constitution and Law. Lamentably, in Pakistan the flow of the system always been opposite due to idiosyncratic and whimsical individuals running the organs that constitute the state's system as personal business, [...]

Due to the demands of a majority of Pakistanis and leaders like Shahbaz Sharif, Imran Khan, Munawar Hussain and other such groovy people, the Pakistan government has signed a peace agreement with the Taliban in Waziristan and South Punjab. The peace deal comes after several rounds of negotiations and many glasses of orange juice. The major [...]

A few months ago, veteran writer and journalist Hamid Akthar wrote an excellent article in The Express highlighting the unholy alliance of the Three Jeem (three Js) i.e., journalists, judges and jurnails (generals) against the people and politicians of Pakistan. The LUBP (and other media watcher blogs, such as Pakistan Media Watch) have been [...]

A picture is worth a thousand words. Chief Minister Punjab, Mian Shahbaz Sharif is seen here cutting the cake to celebrate United States of America's Independence Day on 2nd July, 2010, the same day the terrorists hit Data Darbar in Lahore. Isn't it hypocrisy that he claims he and his party are against the policies of US and on the other [...]

Terrorists have once again attacked the Lahore city, this time their target was the sacred shrine of Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh Ali Hajveri, a Persian Sufi and scholar during the 11th century who significantly contributed to the spreading of Islam in South Asia. In the past, the terrorists have attacked a number of shrines in various parts of [...]

PML-N’s links to the Pakistan Army are well known. People supporting the Sharifs are at critical positions in the scheme of things in the Pakistan Army and the Intelligence. The brothers were protected for years by key people in the military establishment. Had that not been the case, then Nawaz Sharif would not have been able to escape [...]

First published at: Kashif Naseer ka blog کہانی ایک شریف جج کی ہمارے یہاں جو لوگ مقام قضاء پر فائز کئے جاتے ہیں، اکثر قاضی بن کر بھی اپنے ماضی میں گم رہتے ہیں۔ طلبہ یونین سے لیکر بار ایسوسیشن کی سیاست کے تمام [...]

لبرل ووٹرز ،تنگ نظر قیادت پنجاب اور لاہور میں بریلوی مکتبہ فکر رکھنے والوں کی اکثریت ہے ،پر وہاں کے لوگوں نے کبھی مذہبی جماعت کو ووٹ نہیں دیے ،مطلب یہ کہ لوگ سیاست اور مذہب کو الگ رکھنا چاہتے [...]

Blame game always affects our unity as a nation.  5 July 1977 reminds us that how one dictator can divert our national priorities from secularism to terrorism.  Here is an urdu article addressing the blame game: (more...)

Pakistan opposition chief backs talks with Taliban By ASIF SHAHZAD (AP) ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's top opposition leader said Saturday that the government should negotiate with the country's Taliban militants to ease the relentless security crisis in the nuclear-armed, U.S.-allied nation. Nawaz Sharif made the comments two days after a pair [...]

It was a priceless line, coming from one of the most powerful politicians in the Punjab. Speaking to BBC’s ‘Newshour’ in the aftermath of Data Darbar’s bombing, Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif said he thinks the term Punjabi Taliban is: “an insult to the Punjabis, because we never say Pukhtun Taliban, Sindhi Taliban or Baloch [...]

Due to General Zia Ul Haq's long dictatorship — it was undoubtedly, the darkest period in the history of Pakistan's polity — Pakistan has become the land of turbulence and crisis. Today, we are facing insurmountable problems like terrorism, democratic crises and political instability. It's really sad fact that General Zia's followers political [...]

Nawaz Sharif, Muslim League's of all kinds, elements in the army, religious parties and some other Nadan Dosts have one agenda and that is to discredit PPP government and bring an obscurantist ideological government in place which in essence would potentially be towing the line of the Talibans. They have done country wrong in the past and they [...]

The PPP has upped the ante for Nawaz Sharif by questioning him about his motives. MNS goes into a cocoon for some time, only to wake up from his hibernation and make statements which are not statesman like. It is in indeed true that Nawaz Sharif has not learned anything from the past. PPP’s Fauzia Wahab has raised this important point that [...]

Cat is out of bag. It has always been said that Khwaja Sharif (Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court) is the “bookie” from Raiwind. He himself admitted in his books that he (and his sons) took money from Shahbaz Sharif in London. There were a lot of tales about his affiliation with Sharif brothers but it was denied by his chamchas ,especially [...]

PML-N leadership is known for being magnanimous to its benefactors. The only point that needs to be taken care of by the benefactor is that the beneficiary should only be the Sharif Family. Justice Rafiq Tarar was gifted with the Presidency of Pakistan in 1997 for delivering the judges. Rafiq Tarar has remained loyal to the Sharif Brothers ever [...]

Skunk is a small animal found in the wild. It looks beautiful from distance. It has beautiful white stripe going through middle of his body all the way through its tail. One of the defense this animal has against its enemies is to spray a liquid with a strong foul smelling odor. While abroad on a hunting trip, I had the experience of such [...]

This country has over 70% population which is illiterate (almost 120 million out of 170 million). Then the ones who are literate are all not graduates. I don't have figures but I would assume there aren't more than 20 million graduates in Pakistan or may be 30 million. So it is very safe to assume that close to 150 million people who are not [...]

PML-N just doesn’t know what it wants to do. There are such huge contradictions in their speech and acts. They say one thing and do the complete opposite. We have time and again raised matters of their contradictions. I won’t go into details. Let Us Build Pakistan blog covers their acts regularly. What was most startling to read in today’s [...]

Choudhry Nisar aka PML-N leader in the national assembly aka Raiwind brother aka industrialist seems to be getting his wish. Judiciary is the new tool for establishment and army to destabilize young democracy in Pakistan. For last sixty years establishment has used army against democracy in the name of "corruption" and then put forward judges [...]

Shaheen Sehbai could have easily been a better playwright if he focused on churning conspiracy driven soap operas for Geo TV than to come out with his viewpoints which are getting funnier by the day to read. As they say “A successful deal has many fathers while a dud deal is a fatherless child”, Shaheen Sehbai claims to be one of the [...]