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An open Letter to United Bank Limited (UBL): By Hammad Siddiqui

I was a UBL Gold Card holder with excellent credit history but I didn’t know before that commercial banks in Pakistan can literally threat you, let alone the misbehaving part.   My reason for keeping a credit card is avoiding carrying cash. Having used UBL card for few years, I saw a sharp decline in […]

Chief Justice and Army Chief should be the ones Keeping out of Other Domains

Pakistan is probably the only place now where the Chief Justice and Army Chief make political statements whenever they deem it necessary to, which is exactly the reason why we have been forced to be living with a weakening system of government ever since independence.   Had the Army Chief been of the United States, […]

The Walking Dead EP 4 Will Make You Want to Cry Your Heart Out!

It has been all action throughout The Walking Dead series but episode 4 ‘Killer Within’ has definitely got to be the most emotional one of all as those who have not watched it yet should gear up to cry their hearts out by the time it comes to an end.   The prison seemed to […]

Why Lord Nazir Ahmad should be Removed Immediately

Lord Nazir Ahmad, sitting at one of the highest positions of British politics has continuously ridiculed, not only his own image, but also that of Pakistanis and the UK as well and it is surprising to see how he has not either resigned or removed as of yet.   Offering a £10 million bounty on […]

Only political settlement can resolve Balochistan conflict; says Malik Siraj Akbar (Part Two)

Malik Siraj Akbar sees a very bleak future for Balochistan and its people unless the Establishment allows a political settlement of the conflict.   The US-based Malik Siraj Akbar, who is an ambitious young Pakistani journalist, has been actively highlighting the issue of Balochistan across the globe.   He is a Contributing Writer at the […]

Interview: Only political settlement can resolve Balochistan conflict; says Malik Siraj Akbar (Part One)

Malik Siraj Akbar sees a very bleak future for Balochistan and its people unless the Establishment allows a political settlement of the conflict.   Akbar, who is currently residing in the United States, is an ambitious Pakistani journalist and has been actively highlighting the Balochistan issue across the globe.   He is a Contributing Writer […]

PPP-Asma Jahangir backed Mian Israr-ul-Haq elected as Supreme Court Bar Association President

The Pakistan People’s Party lawyers and Asma Jahangir have done it again as the group secured their third straight victory with Mian Israr-ul-Haq being elected as President of the Supreme Court Bar Association on November 1, 2012.   Polling took place throughout the country as candidates did their best to woo around 2,500 voters of […]

Karachi needs attention of powerful corridors

The bloodbath in Karachi has continued almost uninterrupted for more than two years of the present administration. To many, it is the outcome of a war of turfs between the three partners of the ruling coalition. There is a perception that instead of bringing the land mafia, drug mafia and criminal gangs of all sorts […]

Weekly review of Petroleum products’ prices

The system of the change of the prices of petroleum products has come under severe criticism of late and all the voices raised talk that the system the adjustment of fuel prices on a weekly basis suffers from a severe anomaly in. In the first instance, the National Assembly Standing Committee on Petroleum expressed its […]

Our very powerful bureaucracy

Much has been written and said about our ailing system of bureaucracy but this system of civil service has been rightly identified as one that does not belong to a democratic republic. Those fondly remembering a time when the standards of the civil service were much better are remembering a caricatured simulacrum. For, at the […]

Smooth transition of power through transparent elections

It is for the first time in the country’s history that elections are to be held under a genuinely independent Election Commission and a consensus caretaker setup. This arouses hopes of an election free from military interference and wherein money and muscle power are not allowed affect the results. With each one of the three […]

Neutral interim setup requires for free and fair elections

A couple of institutions are required to ensure non-controversial elections where democratic traditions are just striking roots including an independent election commission and an impartial caretaker setup after the assemblies have been dissolved. The 18th amendment brought into existence the first while the politically unbiased administrative machinery envisaged under the 20th amendment has yet to […]

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