Posts Tagged ‘Reconciliation’

LAHORE: A small village near Lahore has achieved what most of the country has failed to forge: religious tolerance. In Qila Bhatianwala village, Shia and Sunnis live, pray, celebrate and mourn together, while the rest of the country sinks deeper into religious intolerance, ethnic violence and a generally distressing divide within [...]

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  MQM, the largest political party from Karachi is the most reliable foe of the current political set up. It gets upset on matters which can only be termed as wacky. They leave the coalition basing their decisions on the matters only to return in due course of time. Be it the imposition of RGST to the statement of Zulfikar Mirza or [...]

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The tell tale signs are not comforting. We are back again to the same old rhetorical and very historical political confrontation. The same old PPP and PML-N acting like two naïve school children and the war of words is heating up, day by day. Add some other actors to this mix and you have a full scale upheaval on the horizon. The usual [...]

In the following article, veteran writer and columnist Hamid Akthar explains how Asif Zardari and the current government of the PPP are responsible for a silent revolution in Pakistan which is based on tolerance, reconciliation and democracy. While traits such as tolerance, non-persecution of political opponents, and freedom of speech and [...]

According to a recent report, PML-N has decided to initiate a push for dislodging the PPP government and to seek fresh parliamentary elections ahead of the Senate polls in March 2012. (It may be noted that this date coincides with Najam Sethi's forecast. In a recent TV talk-show, Sethi, known for his contacts with key stakeholders, "predicted" [...]

In my post of yesterday titled “PPP’s Hukoomat Jaa Rahee hay – A wish more than analysis”, I had talked about a couple of “shikayaat” that MQM has related to their share in the federal government as well as the return to commissionerate system. In the last twenty four hours, I have pondered a lot especially on the matter of how [...]

When Shahbaz Sharif & Ishaq Dar of PML-N meet with  PML-Q's senator S.M. Zafar  along with Tariq Aziz, it is labeled as political initiative by the representatives of two parties to discuss the problems which country is facing right now. On the contrary when BabarAwan meets Pervaiz Elahi on the same agenda, media starts crying foul. [...]

Related Article: Arshad Mahmood's column on Nawaz Sharif's Meesaq-e-Pakistan and Mubarik Haider's response Nawaz Sharif now wants a "Meesaq-e-Pakistan" PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif’s proposal for 10 years political accord with the name of Misaq-e-Pakistan is an olive branch to the PPP government so as to enable the later to complete five [...]

Secretary-General of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party Jahangir Badar said that it was decided in the CEC meeting to continue policy of reconciliation and the PM was asked to continue dialogue process. In a media briefing after PPP Central Executive Committee (CEC) meeting, he said that the President has given his powers to the Parliament. He said [...]

Compounding the unspeakable personal tragedy that has befallen Pakistan, with one fifth of our country under water in the greatest floods in our history that have put almost five million people out of their homes, there are those within Pakistan and abroad who would seek to exploit this humanitarian disaster for political gain. Unfortunately, the [...]

There was a time when the Frontier Province was the scene of fiery political rivalry between Z.A.Bhutto and Wali Khan whereas now the former ANP and PPP are coalition partners at the Center as well as the Province. There was a time when the MQM’s violent tactics forced the PPP Government to pursue for a cleansing action against militant elements [...]

This article is exclusively written for the LUBP by our valued reader and member of the Pakhtunkhwa Peace Forum (PPF) Shahid Ilyas. We are thankful to him for sharing his thoughts with us on this very important issue. (aliarqam) Nation-building or reconciliation between nationalities Far from being successful in building a “nation”, [...]

The Charter of Democracy (COD, signed by Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto and Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif) is indeed a Magna Carta of politics of reconciliation and democracy in Pakistan. Despite a lot of criticism by the right wing media and politicians, a non-governmental institution after a careful scrutiny has revealed that 90% of the CoD has [...]

قومی مفاہمت کا بھولا ہوا سبق! ....بریکنگ نیوز… احمد ریاض شیخ پاکستانی سیاست کے دو روپ سب کے سامنے ہیں۔ جب کسی منتخب حکومت کا تختہ الٹا جاتا ہے‘ مارشل لاء نافذ ہو جاتا ہے‘ منتخب وزیراعظم کو [...]

I am a strong believer that political parties should get ample opportunities to run governments than just sitting on the opposition benches. When it comes to the likes of PPP, which inarguably is the largest political party of Pakistan, it is all the more important get into power. If one analyzes the history of the PPP ever since it was founded by [...]

A political system usually has two choices, one option leads towards autocracy and other towards, rule by the people that is democracy. There could be no other third option. The entire civilized world believes that democracy is the best way to rule and dictatorship is the taint. All the political schools of thoughts in Pakistan also believe that [...]

The unprecedented Zardari has set new precedents in the history of Pakistan. He is no doubt a trend setter, who has set several living and everlasting examples. From Iskander Mirza to Musharraf, Pakistan's history has witnessed several heads of states but no one competes with Zardari in virtues and his extraordinary approach. From the day one [...]

If you have some love with the history and the current affairs of Pakistan, then it is very easy to assess some important things going around. Certain things that are happening around these days are making some more clarity towards some bitter issues of politics. The great Marxist teacher Lenin once said, if you don’t learn from the history [...]

What should be the Peoples' Party Agenda? (polls)

Today we live in an increasingly dangerous world, which is filled with people who have their ulterior motives and willingness to harm others to benefit themselves. Our world is filled with criminals, gangsters, murderers, and terrorists. The people who would go to all extremes to get their way being inconsiderate of the rights of other human [...]

 Saturday February 13 – The Chief Justice of Pakistan defied Presidential orders through a suo moto action against the Presidential notification for appointment of certain judges. Chief Justice, in a rare nightly emergency session, formed a three members bench that suspended two recommendations for judges’ appointment by the President. The [...]

Two years ago – February 2008 – Pakistan began its transformation to democracy with a general election that brought Benazir Bhutto’s PPP (Pakistan People’s Party) into power. The party decided to continue its policy, introduced by its slain leader Ms. Bhutto, of reconciliation with all political players. It formed a coalition government [...]

This year began with a blow to the UN investigation into Benazir Bhutto's murder, as the commission was denied access to the top brass military and intelligence officials. The three member commission, which was investigating the facts and circumstances that lead to former Prime Minister Ms Benazir Bhutto's murder, was not allowed to interview the [...]

While the Supreme Court of Pakistan has struck down the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), the Central Executive Committee of Pakistan People's Party has very wisely reasserted their commitment to the process of national reconciliation in the country. The Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on [...]

Ansar Abbasi advises Nawaz Sharif to refrain from reconciliation. He suggests that politics of reconciliation can be devastating for the country. Really? Good bye, (more...)

What’s the endgame to confrontation?President Asif Ali Zardari and Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif met in Islamabad on Friday but could not reach any agreement to end the growing confrontation between the PMLN and the PPP. This was on the cards because Mr Nawaz Sharif had declined to meet Mr Zardari, which meant that Mr Shehbaz Sharif had [...]

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