Altaf Hussein remains the most controversial figure in the Pakistani political saga. Recent events have re-enforced the absurdity with which Altaf Bhai orchestrates Karachi’s realpolitik. Hussein is convicted for numerous murder extortions,organized crime and terrorist offences. He is also the key suspect in over a hundred murder cases including one of his own comrades . . . →Read More:Spearhead Analysis –MQM:Between perils and promises
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 Leave a comment  Law &Order  Altaf bhai,Altaf Hussain,ANP,crime,Karachi violence,massive rigging elections,MQM,MQM:Between perils and promises,Muhajjir Qaumi Movement,murder,Muttahida Qaumi Movement,Pakistan 2013 general elections,Pakistan elections 2013,Pashtoons,PML-N,PPP,PTI,rigging in elections Pakistan 2013,terror tactics Karachi voter,Violence in Karachi I admit I was wrong in my pre-poll projections. Like most of my colleagues in the media,I had expected the PPP to get a good drubbing in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). But very few of us had expected it to be wiped out almost completely from these two provinces. On the other hand,none . . . →Read More:Media overestimated the role of social media? By Zoon Ahmad Khan, Enum Naseer &Sarah Eleazar Research Analysts, Spearhead Research – Pakistan As the Pakistani voter heads for the polling station tomorrow,on May 11,2013,Pakistan will for the first time in history,allow an elected government to complete its tenure. Despite the multiple and enormous challenges it faces,the nation sees itself united . . . →Read More:Spearhead Analysis:Pakistan’s dance with the democracy Leave a comment Speaker's Corner,Vent it Out! 1970 ELECTION,Islamic Socialism,MQM,Pak-US ties,Pakistan,Pakistan economy snapshot,Pakistan elections 2013,Pakistan National Alliance,Pakistani voter,Pakistan’s dance with the democracy,Pakistan’s nuclear aspirations,PML-N,PPP,PPP tenure under Bhutto,Spearhead Analysis:Pakistan’s dance with the democracy,Zulfikar Ali Bhutto By YAROSLAV TROFIMOV LAHORE,Pakistan—It has been a tiring campaign ahead of Saturday’s Pakistani elections,with leading politicians crisscrossing the country to press the flesh. It has been particularly exhausting for Idris Ahmed Ali’s pets. Mr. Ali,a businessman here in Pakistan’s second-largest city,owns six tigers and two pumas,in addition to goats,chicken,cows . . . →Read More:Mystery of the political tiger HE’S LOST 819 OF HIS PARTY COLLEAGUES TO TERRORISM,AND SURVIVED AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN 2008. WE RECENTLY SPOKE WITH ASFANDYAR WALI KHAN,CHIEF OF THE TALIBAN-THREATENED AWAMI NATIONAL PARTY,WHICH GOVERNED KHYBER-PAKHTUNKHWA PROVINCE UNTIL MARCH,ABOUT SATURDAY’S ELECTIONS AND MORE. EXCERPTS: The ANP has been mercilessly attacked by the Taliban in the run-up to . . . →Read More:ASFANDYAR WALI KHAN –till the last man standing Leave a comment Law &Order 2013 Pakistan elections,ANP,Asfandyar Wali Khan,ASFANDYAR WALI KHAN - till the last man standing,ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT,Hakimullah Mehsud,Karachi,Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa,MQM,Muttahida Qaumi Movement,Pakistan elections 2013,PPP,Taliban,TALIBAN-THREATENED AWAMI NATIONAL PARTY,terrorism By Zoon Ahmad Khan As we are one week away from the most decisive election for the country it is obvious that more than just the masses have caught the election fever. Political parties,big and small are no short of throwing daggers at one another,in their desperation to secure a bigger share of . . . →Read More:The PTI fan’s burden Leave a comment Vent it Out! 2013 elections Pakistan,corruption,Dengue virus,election fever,Imran Khan,Maryam Nawaz,mosquitoes during dengue season,Nawaz Sharif,Pakistan 2013 elections,Pakistan general elections 2013,Pakistan politics,Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf,PML-N,politics,PPP,PTI,PTI supporter,PTI supporters,Shareef brothers,Sheir ka shikaar,The PTI fan’s burden The latest US-based PEW Research Center survey,released 11 days before Pakistan goes for elections,shows that 84% of Pakistani Muslims favour Islamic sharia as their official law. While none of the leading political parties with the only exception of Imran Khan’s PTI promises to make Pakistan an Islamic welfare state,the 30th April Pew . . . →Read More:84% of Pakistanis want Shariah according to the latest poll Leave a comment Law &Order 84% of Pakistanis want Shariah according to the latest poll,ANP,Area 14/8,Imran Khan’s PTI promises to make Pakistan an Islamic welfare state,Islam,MQM,Muslims,Pakistan,PEW survey,PPP,PTI,released 11 days before Pakistan goes for elections,shows that 84% of Pakistani Muslims favour Islamic sharia as their official law,The latest US-based PEW Research Center survey,world’s second-largest religion These are our national level politicians. Please watch the video then laugh and then cry! Do we want them to take control of Pakistan and decide the fate of 180 million Pakistanis? Think when you vote! ‘If I could find a politician worthy of my vote,I would vote for that politician regardless of the party he or she represented—that is the hallmark of a leader:someone who transcends the aisle of any political house. . . . →Read More:Pakistan Votes:Kuch Samajh Mey Aaya? | |||
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