DR GHAYUR AYUB
The other evening, whilst sitting in front of the television, feeling tired, I closed my eyes and the political uncertainty in Pakistan started going through my mind. I must have dosed off to sleep at one point as I dreamt sitting in a big chair surrounded by familiar but yet unknown faces. I was someone in authority because everyone looked at me attentively with profound respect. Continue reading »
Can anyone name a Pakistani soul who has more votes in our presidential electoral college than does Mr Asif Ali Zardari? To be certain, presidential-hopeful Zardari is a product of a process – a process called elections. He is also a product of a system of governance – a system called democracy. Continue reading »
Masood Hasan
Columnists or hacks as I prefer to call this band of pen pushers and keyboard punchers are no great sages who can miraculously transcend the confusion and chaos of daily life and pronounce awe inspiring judgments and conclusions that makes everyone else suddenly see the light – an unfortunate turn of phrase seeing that we have none most of the time. They are buffeted about just as everyone else is, unable to predict where the next disaster is coming from and ill equipped to warn everyone to take evasive action. Continue reading »
It was September 26. I recall it because I was catching the flight back from Dallas and long hauls I find dreadful. At that point I had no idea I was walking beside and chatting with the next President of Pakistan. I don’t think he had any idea either Continue reading »
There are countless nuts on the loose on the Internet and the best way of keeping one’s sanity intact is to delete unread any messages they send
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Zardari was not focused on just two items, i.e. removal of Musharraf and restoration of the judges. Being the leader of the ruling party, he received input from various domestic and external sources, which influenced his decisions Continue reading »
ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: Pakistan Software Export Board on Friday joined hands with Shaheen Foundation for the establishment of a new state-of-the-art IT Park measuring 360,000 square feet. Continue reading »
Over the last few months there has also been a steady flow of Afghan ‘refugees’ into Balochistan, who have been welcomed by the Baloch Pashtuns, resulting in a shift in the demographic balance in favour of the Pashtuns in the province Continue reading »
The evolution of the judges’ issue is an example par excellence of the construction of black and white, right and wrong, villain and hero in the realm of Pakistani politics
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The work of Mr Kamal in tackling far greater challenges in a city twice the size of Lahore leaves me quite dazzled and hopeful that Pakistan can have productive and liveable urban centres in the not too distant future Continue reading »
MORGANTOWN, USA: A team of researchers at West Virginia University has shown that US immigrants from India and Pakistan take on the habits of their adopted country, increasing their risks of prostate cancer among male immigrants and breast cancer among females. Continue reading »
Rahimullah Yusufzai
One would have wished Pakistan to have a non-partisan president, and certainly most Pakistanis harbour a similar wish. But this may not happen as PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari wants the exalted office for himself or his sister, Faryal Talpur, who is his covering candidate. It is all in the family once again as our politicians, of all hues, cannot look beyond their kith and kin while doling out favours or filling public offices. And Zardari, in keeping with his boastful claim recently in Lahore, is set to install a jiyala in the Presidency after having conquered the Punjab Governor’s House through the born-again PPP leader Salmaan Taseer. Continue reading »
Though the two PML factions are going through the motions, PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari seems set to be elected president. The MQM had chosen him at a time when the PML-N had not yet chosen Mr Justice (retd) Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui as its candidate. But despite Mr Justice Siddiqui’s ethnic origins, the MQM’s parliamentarians, both national and provincial, know who they are to vote for. Continue reading »
By Masood Haider
NEW YORK, Aug 28: The Swiss government has released millions of dollars in assets belonging to Pakistan People’s Party leader Asif Ali Zardari, the New York Times reported on Thursday quoting the Swiss authorities.
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ISLAMABAD: Overweight people face 50 percent higher risk of becoming asthmatic. According to American researchers, for every normal weight person who suffers from asthma, there are 1.5 asthmatic patients who are overweight or obese. Continue reading »
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