The proverbial last straw that broke the camel’s back was Bhutto’s rejection of the 1970 election results which had given Shaikh Mujib ur Rehman’s Awami League a clear cut majority to form the government at the centre. ZAB’s one after the other statements like “we will break the legs of any one going to […]
Dec 16 2012 | Posted in
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December 16 comes every year to haunt the nation, particularly those few remaining who were witness to the debacle. I had the misfortune to be one. On this day the Quaid’s Pakistan, which was considered an epitome of ‘Divided we Stand’, got actually divided by breaking lose all bonds of unity between the two […]
Dec 16 2012 | Posted in
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Ruling out any alliance in the upcoming elections, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has said the polls will be a war between the PTI’s ideology and looters of the public money and greedy politicians of the PML-N and PPP. Speaking to the media he said his party will collect taxes fairly and eradicate […]
Dec 15 2012 | Posted in
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Life and business activities in different cities of Sindh including Karachi and Hyderabad has come to a halt Saturday as tension gripped different parts on Friday night after unknown men opened fire in the air. Fear gripped Karachi and Hyderabad, two metropolitans of Sind, after unidentified men forced shop-keepers to close their stores. […]
Dec 15 2012 | Posted in
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Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has said that he has no plan to protest demonstration against the Supreme Court’s judgment; rather he would prefer to submit his reply in the apex court while living within limits of the Constitutions. In his telephonic address to party workers in Lal Qila Ground in Karachi, […]
Dec 15 2012 | Posted in
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The Supreme Court has served a contempt notice to Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain over his recent telephonic address to his party workers in Karachi. A three-member bench presided by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry issued the contempt of court notice under Article 204 of the Constitution and Section 3 of the […]
Criticizing Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslims League-Nawaz (PML-N) for using taxpayers’ money for their publicity, PTI chief Imran Khan on Thursday demanded prevention of pre-poll rigging. Speaking to the media outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Khan said that the PML-N is using its electoral mark lion’s icon on laptops distributed […]
Dec 14 2012 | Posted in
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Pakistan army has contacted the Election Commission for its possible cooperation in the upcoming door-to-door voters’ verification campaign in Karachi, the Secretary Election, Ishtiaq Ahmad said on Wednesday. Last week, the Supreme Court had asked the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to carry out a fresh door-to-door verification of voters in the city with the assistance […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday asked people of Karachi not to vote for any party that has a militant wing if they want to bring back peace in the city of lights. Speaking to the media in Multan, the former cricketer turned politician said that his party has an alliance with […]
Dec 12 2012 | Posted in
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In quite a positive development, India’s Supreme Court Wednesday freed aging Pakistani microbiologist Dr Mohammad Khalil Chishti in connection with a murder case. The court said Dr Chishti has already spent one year and four months in prison and no further custody is required. The Pakistani scientist has fought a 20-year-long legal battle. He […]
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has said that complaints of Baloch people the sense of deprivation amongst the people of Balochistan in order to eliminate, their should be addressed Speaking at a meeting with Balochistan National Party’s (BNP) leaders, the former two-time prime minister said the murderers of Nawab Akbar Bugti should […]
Dec 12 2012 | Posted in
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Tuesday said his party has only the capability to build a new Pakistan, adding that the youth would prove their capabilities in the next general elections. Addressing a public rally in Lodhran, a district of Punjab province, the cricketer-turned-politician said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leadership should change […]
Dec 11 2012 | Posted in
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