It was well publicized that Mustafa Kamal has been ranked as the 2nd best mayor in the world. The news made the frontpage in almost every paper. This came as no surprise for the residents of Karachi who have actually witnessed the change. But there are people who’re just unable to digest this news.
A well respected Jamaat-e-Islami member said yesterday that this is a propaganda by MQM!! He added that Mustafa Kamal is actually ranked as #57. I checked on the Foreign Policy website and the link is:
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=4509&page=3
It says clearly …

PPP and PML-N unnatural alliance have taken us back in history.

The notorious Zardari, playing perfect politics.

Strong rumors (and some unconfirmed reports) have surfaced based on some recent developments about the next presidential candidate.
Immediately after Musharraf’s departure, the members of PPP, including the Chairman Bilawal have categorically stated that the next president will be from Pakistan People’s Party.
Couple of days back, Asif Zardari hinted of a female president, another first in the country. Earlier he also said that the president will be from Sindh.
With the powers of dissolving the assembly and picking the chiefs of armed forces still with the president, it will be difficult (as …

The Presidential camp is busy preparing strategies to counter the Zardari-Nawaz onslaught on Pervez Musharraf. I’m sure the legal brains like Shareef Pirzada, Abdulhafeez Pirzada, Malik Qayyum and maybe some more are working on how to kill the impeachment motion with the help of the Constitution itself while other aides, and Musharraf himself, will be closely looking at the pros and cons of different legal and political strategies. Here are some of the options that I could come up with, I’m sure they’ve many more on their list of possibilities.
1) …

Even an unborned child in Pakistan knows the fame attached with the name of Asif Ali Zardari. He has been certified by most eminent historians and analysts as one of the most important factors for the fall of his wife’s government. Most of the corruption charges during the two tenures involved Zardari. Not only Asif, but his father, Hakim Ali Zardari has been famously notorious for a long time and had been convicted on numerous occasions. The title of Mr. 10% and more-than-rumors of his involvement in the murder of …

In yet another round of talks between two non-MNA’s in an attempt to decide the fate of the country, nothing surprising at all has come to light. Although there are confirmed reports that the two larger coalition partners have agreed to impeach the President, or impeach Musharraf (the person), this is not something new. Considering that these two leaders have earlier signed a declaration promising to restore the deposed judges by an agreed date, this current decision of impeachment is not really something to be trusted.
The parties are flexing their …

What seemed as a completely futile and unnecessary visit to Washington by the PM Gilani may just have been an attempt to persuade the US authorities that the PPP is willing to extend the same support (and more) to the US in case they agree on Musharraf’s removal from the top slot. A news appeared in Daily Jang last month that Zardari asked Nawaz to accompany him to US with the PM in a bid to talk to the US authorities on these lines. Sharif wasn’t interested in such a …

With the economy nosediving, the PM and his 52 member (!!!) delegation that traveled to Malaysia for a futile conference were convened by His Highness Asif Zardari in Dubai to discuss the economic woes, judicial crisis and other aspects of the dysfunctional and paralyzed government. From there on, some of them will move to London (oh, please, not again!). So, instead of calling the cabinet members and the MNAs to Dubai each time, and wasting millions in terms of money and airline FUEL, the Parliament House should be built in …

“Pakistan launches major offensive against Taliban hideouts” - this is the first news item at my homepage of Yahoo!. A couple of days back the PM and his cabinet gave full authority to the Army Chief for the use of force in the region to maintain peace. The use of force has begun after a brief hiatus. Citing threats to Peshawar as one of the major reasons, the Interior Ministry and the government, in general, are defending their actions and are trying to give various reasons to prepare the people …