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By Dr. Haider Mehdi NOTE:Several readers who reviewed my last week’s article (“Fraudulent Intentions – Deceptive Motives,” Opinion Maker March 2nd) have asked a question:How are we going to get rid of “Muk-Muka” democracy in Pakistan? Today’s article is my response to this important query. If you have played cricket yourself,or . . . →Read More:How are we going to get rid of “Muk-Muka” democracy in Pakistan?  One comment  Corruption  democracy in Pakistan,Fraudulent Intentions – Deceptive Motives,How are we going to get rid of “Muk-Muka” democracy in Pakistan?,Imran Khan,Muk-Muka democracy in Pakistan,Pakistan,PTI,PTI 23 March jalsa in Minar-e-Pakistan,PTI Minar e Pakistan jalsa,PTI political manifesto,PTI tsunami,PTI’s March 23rd It seems Mr Sehbai is not clear in his own mind about the role he wants the Army to play. He blames Gen Kayani for sitting on the sidelines and letting the country slide into the current mess. Yet he blames 10 years of Army rule which incidentally except for first three years of Musharraf . . . →Read More:Sehbai on Kayani:Can’t Live…with or without you Indian media can be called many things –free,vibrant,opinionated – but if there is one thing it cannot be called is subtle. The Indian media has had a long history of bias,Pakistan-bashing and a general lack of uniformity on national issues. When the gang rape story broke in December,there was an . . . →Read More:Propaganda:the (blatant) Indian way Leave a comment Corruption,Media Check Afzal Guru,Ajmal Kasab,castration for rapists,gang rape,gang-rape in India,India-Pakistan relationships,Indian journalists,Indian media,indian media anti-Pakistan stance,Indian security forces,Indo-Pak relations,LoC,Manzar imam,Navbharat Times,Pak-India relations,Pakistan-India cricketing rivalries,Propaganda:the (blatant) Indian way Its ironic that we are reporting the third incident where a printed artcile from Express Tribune website may have been subjected to online censorship [First: PML-N’s – ‘Like’ my Facebook page News Item [DELETED] & Second: Express Tribune deletes another PML-N exposé News Item] an article that seemingly may have gone against PML-N has been deleted from the Express . . . →Read More:Third Tribune Article against PML Deleted “PML-N,ASWJ reach consensus” The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf has urged Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim to take notice of the planned distribution of 27,500 plots on the state property by the Sindh government allegedly to win loyalties of voters for PPP candidates in the coming elections. In a letter sent to the CEC and other members of . . . →Read More:CEC urged to take notice of distribution of plots to win voters The elusive former chairman of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra),Tauqir Sadiq – who has been on the run ever since he was accused of embezzling Rs83 billion rupees ($850 million) in kickbacks and commissions – has finally been arrested in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), The Express Tribune learnt on Tuesday. Sadiq went into hiding . . . →Read More:Tauqir Sadiq surrenders in UAE Despite an election commission ban,Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has diverted another chunk of Rs1.2 billion – this time out of the flood donation fund – towards constituencies of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) senior leaders in a bid to lure voters just as elections approach. This latest move is likely to lead . . . →Read More:Despite ECP ban,PM discretionary fund receives Rs.1.2b from flood relief fund Leave a comment Corruption Cabinet Division,Cabinet Secretary Nargis Sethi,Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP),Minister for Defence Naveed Qamar,Minister for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar,MNA Amir Ali Magsi,MNA Munawar Talpur,MNA Nawab Yousuf Talpur,National Assembly Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi,National Assembly Speaker Dr Fahmida Mirza,Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP),PM discretionary fund receives Rs.1.2b from flood relief fund,PM’s Secretariat,Press Secretary to the Prime Minister Shafqat Jalil,Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf Employees and officers of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday protested against the mysterious death of Kamran Faisal,the officer investigating the Rental Power Projects (RPP) corruption case,as NAB Chairman Admiral (r) Fasih Bukhari said proceedings in the RPP case would remain pending until the conclusion of the enquiry into Faisal’s death. . . . →Read More:RPP case pending until investigation into Faisal’s death finalized Leave a comment Corruption,Law &Order Hazara Division DIG Investigation Azad Khan,Justice (r) Javaid Iqbal,NAB Chairman Admiral (r) Fasih Bukhari,National Accountability Bureau (NAB),Rental Power Projects (RPP) corruption case,RPP case pending until investigation into Faisal’s death finalized,Sindh Additional Inspector General of Police Rafiq By Ansar Abbasi ISLAMABAD:As the Election Commission is taking its time to check the “job for vote policy” of the government just before the elections,there is a maddening rush at the federal level to make maximum possible appointments in different departments,purely on political grounds and without even bothering for transparency . . . →Read More:A job in exchange for a vote A parliamentary sub-committee ordered on Wednesday arrest of the managing directors of two leading energy companies — Pakistan State Oil and Pak Arab Refinery Limited — for not appearing before it to testify over a large quantity of diesel and furnace oil from a pipeline jointly owned by them. “We express serious concern and direct . . . →Read More:MD PARCO,PSO to be arrested for not appearing in front of parliamentary sub-committee Leave a comment Corruption MD PARCO,MNA Jamshed Dasti,Pak Arab Refinery Limited,Petroleum Secretary Dr Waqar Masood Khan,Prime Minister’s Adviser on Petroleum and Natural Resources Dr Asim Hussain,PSO to be arrested for not appearing in front of parliamentary sub-committee,PSO/Parco combined pipeline at Mehmoodkot near Muzaffargarh,sub-committee of the National Assembly on Petroleum and Natural resources | |||
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