Faisal Farooq
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Articles By Faisal Farooq

A Special Judge of Rawalpindi Court has indicted former minister for religious affairs, Hamid Saeed Kazmi and two others in the infamous Hajj corruption case. The trail court on Wednesday indicted Kazmi along with former additional secretary to ministry of religious affairs Raja Aftabul Islam and former director-general Hajj Rao Shakeel, summoning10 witnesses of the […]
May 30 2012 | Posted in
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The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday rejected the documents submitted by Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik, giving him a one-day deadline to prove that he has quitted his British nationality. According to the media reports, his failure in satisfying the apex court by submitting the receipt of the payment to renounce his dual nationality […]
May 30 2012 | Posted in
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In order to further pressurize Islamabad, US Senator Rand Paul urged the United States to suspend all aid to Pakistan until Islamabad overturned Dr. Shakeel Afridi’s sentence. According to the media reports, the lawmaker also proposed the American administration to grant US citizenship to the doctor who was imprisoned for helping hunt down Osama bin […]

In what appeared to be a case of better late than never, the top leadership of the country decided to form a six-member committee to spearhead a dialogue with disgruntled Baloch nationalist leaders. In a bid to commence new initiatives in the province to tame what some participants called an active insurgency similar to the […]

In quite a best possible way to gain political point scoring, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) filed a petition in the Supreme Court against Speaker National Assembly Fehmida Mirza’s ruling in favor of Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani in the contempt of court case. In order to prove itself a real opposition in the […]

Finance Minister Dr. Hafeez Sheikh will be the most talked about personality in the days to come as he will present the fiscal budget for 2012-13 in the National Assembly. Apparently, it will be a dreadful exercise. It will be a chest thumping day for the government while both the opposition and the media will […]

Balochistan has been facing worst law and order situation mostly due to lack of political will to resolve its longstanding problems. By handing over the power to non-elected forces, the government provided fuel to the fire. The Baloch people indeed distanced themselves from rest of the country after they witnessed the inability of the government […]

President Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif has put his weight behind the Supreme Court in an apparent confrontation between the judiciary and the executive. While speaking to media, the two-time former prime minister said that the PML-N would not allow the ruling Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) to violate the constitution and make a mockery […]
May 28 2012 | Posted in
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In an apparent confrontation between executive and judiciary, Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani decided to defend the former at any case. While speaking to a private TV channel, the premier extended his support to parliamentarians, saying that there was no restriction on dual nationality in the Constitution of Pakistan. He observed, “Except the prime […]

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has put its weight behind the Supreme Court, announcing that it will file a petition against the ruling of Speaker National Assembly Fehmida Mirza regarding Prime Minister Gilani’s contempt case. Speaking at a public gathering at Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi, Imran Khan said big thieves are holding positions of power in the […]

Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza has given a ruling in favor of Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on the issue of his disqualification after his conviction by the Supreme Court, insulating him from legal sanction. Her ruling is a definitely a political decision but it is difficult to expect anything else in a […]

Javed Hashmi, the President of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lashed out at the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), saying that both were on a path to inviting military rule in the country. In his view, both the mainstream parties were worried due to PTI’s tumbling popularity prior to the upcoming general […]
May 26 2012 | Posted in
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