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By Barrister Ali K.Chishti Imran Khan — the latter day Nawab Nasurallah Khan was described as a sight for the gods by the commentators in the sports arenas. Now, after 13 years in politics he looks more like Alice in Wonderland in the treacherous field of politics – used, abused and presumably rottening with frustration….
Having received a lot of response for my recent political insight post series, I decided to take it one step further and engage other political parties as well in order to present the inside picture of what goes on behind the curtain in Pakistani political parties. For this purpose I got in touch with Mr…
This week is an important one in the history of Pakistan. It was 30 years ago ths week that a prime minister of this country was sent to the gallows. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was cruelly extinguished by a Maulvi Mushtaq of the High court, who’s hatred during the judgment was visible for all to see….
Ever since I have been able to comprehend things, I have heard the name of this organization mentioned. It is the singular most powerful political party in my city of birth “Karachi” and beyond doubt the most well organized. Now MQM or Muttahida Qaumi Movement was not always the powerhouse, be all say all of…
Please read as spelled for desired effect, this is a fictitious letter so dont get all riled up Chory Tza Zessun, Brister at La, LLM Daktrate in La (Onris Kaza, Can Tub) Member Central Xective Kmaitee Dear Chory Saab, In cardence with rules and sub rules, las, bye las and inlas of the Paty, in…
Today is a great day for this country, a defining moment. It is great not just because the Chief Justice has been restored to his rightful place, not because the leaders have finally seen sense. It is a great moment because the people of Pakistan all got together yesterday and showed their leaders that they…
By Tayyab Ballagamwala Day in and Day out, we have numerous political leaders, lawyers, activists and other self proclaimed analysts harping on about the restoration of judiciary which shall be a panacea for all ills of this country…. supposedly restoration of an independent judiciary will result in transition to a proper democratic system and will…
A year and five days, that’s about how long it took for us to go from a joyously democratically elected nation to one fraught with suspicion, unrest and teetering on the brink of a massive implosion of our newly founded freedom. I speak of the day we held our last elections, almost free and fair…
15th March, Long march, 15th March, Long march that is all I have had the pleasure of hearing on any sound waves anywhere in this urban jungle we call kolachi. Our media, our radio channels our political debates, our drawing rooms our bedrooms they are all marching to the same zany unstoppable mayhem that is…
In a true comedy of errors the supreme court of Pakistan has delivered the verdict of Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif both being ineligible to take part in elections in this country. The hilarious part is that this judgment comes after Shahbaz sharif has “taken part” in the last elections and is the “current” Chief…