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...