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In his first cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf vowed to resolve the energy crisis at the earliest. He issued a number of directives but those will only palliate the current crisis, not completely end it. An MPA (Member of Provincial Assembly) of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) proposed a significant step to the […]
Young Doctor Association (YDA)’s strike is continued in its eighth day by the time these words are written. The fresh lot of docs refused to attend over 35, 000 patients in the Outpatient Departments (OPDs) in different Punjab government hospitals against non-acceptance of their demands. The ongoing negotiations between representatives of YDA and the provincial […]
Despite spending almost nine months in jail in the United Kingdom, former Pakistani skipper of the national cricket team Salman Butt claimed himself innocent of spot-fixing. He made it clear that he had served a sentence for failure to report advances from a bookie, Mazhar Majeed. He noted, “I have never entertained any offer, nothing […]
The electricity crisis is not a new phenomenon in the country but the nation is being fed up with false promises of the government, ineptness of the bureaucracy, power outages of about 16 to 22 hours and the rising cost of energy. People, whether live in rural or urban areas, resorted to protests, mostly violent […]
In order to convince insurgents in the tribal areas to lift a ban on polio vaccination campaigns imposed in protest at US drone attacks, Pakistani officials decided to hold talks with the Taliban. Last week, local militant leader Hafiz Gul Bahadur put a ban on the anti-polio campaign in North Waziristan. An official while speaking […]
The present state of affairs will go to discredit the coalition partners of Sindh that they have failed to abandon Karachi, the business hub of the country, from killers and extortionists during the past half and four years. It will be a specialized task to manage a tally of the killed people in the metropolis […]
Federal Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira has said the government is giving subsidy on electricity to share the burden of masses. While speaking to the media, the minister said the incumbent was buying electricity at Rs 25 per unit from power producers while selling it to the public at Rs 9 per unit, saying it […]
Country wide protests against power outages A number of cities witnessed violent protests when power outages stretching up to 22 hours forced people to take to the street. In some cities, including Lahore, demonstrations were led by PML-N leaders and supporters. In Lahore, up to 18 hours of load shedding was reported in most parts […]
President Asif Ali Zardari while taking notice of the prolonged loadshedding and widespread protests in the country summoned Petroleum Minister Dr. Asim Hussain and directed him to take immediate measures to overcome the crisis. People across the country, particularly in Punjab, have been subjected to the worst form of power outage stretching up to 18 […]
Everyone is talking about the latest scandal of behind-the-scenes footage of a private TV channel that hit the airwaves on Thursday. The leaked video, which appeared on YouTube, proves that the interview of Malik Riaz with Mehar Bokhari and Mubashar Lucman was planed and scripted. Malik Riaz, the real estate tycoon and central figure of […]
Malik Riaz, the real estate tycoon, strode on to the national political scene working to expose the judiciary has ended up unwrapping the media. The climax of entire saga, which is described as mediagate, came with the release of leaked behind-the-scenes footage in which two talk show hosts interacted with Malik Riaz in a manner […]
In what appeared to be a severe violation of code of behavior, Attorney General Irfan Qadir created mess in the Supreme Court, exchanging harsh words with judges, particularly with Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. Apparently, his move was meant to make happy those sitting in the power corridors, setting aside the moral values. The Attorney […]
