Tag: Nawaz Sharif
PM snubs call for military courts
An unusually charged Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Tuesday lashed out at Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif, without naming him, for...
Justice for all, please
For the attention of our revered judges, with utmost respect
It seems the infamous memo had indeed threatened to tear down the very security of...
Non-political president
2012: the year when big things are supposed to happen in the political landscape of Pakistan. All parties bar the Pakistan Peoples Party have...
Coalition between giants
There are news of coalition between Nawaz Sharif and Asif Zardari. They are uniting against Imran Khan as they claim that Imran Khan is...
Killing the witness
The death of justice too
Whenever asked why the government has failed to stop the unending killing spree in Balochistan, prompt comes the oft-repeated reply...
Nawaz tasks senior leaders with preventing further defections
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif has assigned National Assembly Opposition Leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and other senior leaders of the party...
Mengal holds ISI, military responsible for Balochistan unrest
Elderly Baloch politician and former chief minister of Balochistan Sardar Attaullah Mengal has said the root causes of problems in Balochistan were the Inter-Services...
A desertion
PML(N) in a pickle
The decision by Makhdum Javed Hashmi to join the PTI along with daughter and MNA Maimuna Hashmi is yet another reflection...
Déjà vu
The curse of interesting times
The prime minister is a mild-mannered man. Even his worst detractors – and there are many – admit to the...
The real powers
Hell hath no fury like the establishment scorned
The battle lines have been drawn. All the usual suspects of the ultra right are in the...
Flurry of punches
Ready to roll with them
Pakistan’s resilience to roll with the incessant flurry of punches, long after it has been written off multiple times, is...
Doctors’ orders perfect excuse to avoid Nawaz… just ask Pagara
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif failed to meet Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) President Pir Pagara at the hospital, where the latter is...
Will democracy survive?
It still might
Some political leaders and parties have been trying to dislodge the federal government from its earliest days. Many deadlines were given by...
No political role for army, says Nawaz
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said whether the government remained intact or not, any role of the army in politics...
Nawaz meets traders, labour unions leaders
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif met representatives of labour and trade unions, here on Tuesday.
The opposition leader, who is currently...
Journalists boycott PML-N’s activities
The workers of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) scuffled with journalists and broke their cameras at the Jinnah terminal of Karachi Airport on the...
The game changer
Just as the Peoples Party had completed a stunning transformation from its long-running anti-establishment persona to the one seen as a defender of the...