By Asif Haroon Raja The foundations of MQM was laid by mercurial and firebrand Altaf Hussain in 1984 on the pillars of violence, terrorism and fascism. The facade of a political party of middle and lower middle class was built as a smokescreen to hide the crimes of party leadership and to build the image of Altaf Hussain, popularly called as ‘Altaf Bhai’, as an icon and a hero. In order to gain full control ...

By Asif Haroon Raja For over six months, Asif Ali Zardari has been confidently claiming that the PPP will form governments in the Centre and all the four provinces after next elections in 2018. He has assertively reiterated this stance several times particularly after he was cleared of all corruption charges by the courts. Almost everyone is wondering as what make him so confident when seen in the backdrop ...

By Ishaal Zehra Since the first war of independence against British raj ended in 1857, Lahore and New Delhi were never seen on the same page again except now, in a fight against a common opponent, SMOG! SMOG has been alleged for deaths of more than half a million Pakistanis and Indians each year. Lately, when a Pakistani meteorologist checked the air-quality of Lahore, it turned out that the level of the da ...

By Asif Haroon Raja Despite best efforts of Imran Khan (IK) led PTI and PAT under Tahirul Qadri (TuQ) since June 2014, the duo has neither been able to eject the PML-N government, nor could it crack the fort of the ruling party. PML-Q led by Choudhry Brothers has been lending support to PTI and PAT all along, while the PPP remained detached from the six months long sit-in at Islamabad in 2014 but now is on ...

By Sajjad Shaukat It is misfortune of the country that since July 28, 2017 when five-member larger bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan announced its verdict in connection with the Panama Papers case and disqualified the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in relation to the charges of ‘corruption’, the deposed prime minister and head of the Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), his daughter Maryam Nawaz, some ministers a ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Since, the government of the Balochistan province announced general pardon and protection to the Baloch militants as part of reconciliation process, many insurgents and their leaders have surrendered their arms and decided to work for the development of Pakistan and the province, peace has been restored in the province. While, Pakistan’s armed forces have successfully broken the backbone o ...

نغمہ حبیب پانامہ کا ایک لمبا چوڑا سکینڈل اور مقدمہ چلا اور پاکستان کی عدالتی تاریخ میں ایک روشن باب شامل ہوا کہ ہماری عدالتوں میں ایسے منصفین بھی موجود ہیں جو حقیقتاََ حاکم وقت سے پوچھ گچھ کر سکتے ہیں۔فیصلہ آیا ،ملک کے وزیر اعظم کو نا اہل قرار دیا گیا تو عوام نے بھی تسلی کا سانس لیا اور اُمید کرنے لگے کہ اب اُنہیں بھی انصاف ملنے لگے گا ،اُن کی دولت ملک میں واپس لے آئی جائے گی،اُن کے مجرم کم از کم اُن کے حکم ...

By Sajjad Shaukat Controversial referendum which was held on September 25, 2017 for an independent Kurdistan, with approximately 93 percent in favour of independence, heightened tensions in Iraq and among its neighbouring countries, including other Islamic countries. In this regard, on June 7, 2017, Kurdish President Masoud Barzani had held a meeting with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), the Patriotic ...