PESHAWAR, Pakistan—“Pakistan needs to do more on war-on-terror”, the irritating sentence is very familiar to Pakistani ears.
It’s time Pakistan should seriously ‘do more’ even if it is irritates Karzai.
After the U.S. attack on Afghanistan back in 2001, Pakistan
had to withdraw its support to Taliban and ever since has been facing
security threats due to its polic.. Read more
February 18th it was when the nation voted in favour of the PML-N
and the PPP. It was that day and it is to this day that we wait and
wait endlessly for something positive to come out of all the so-called
deliberations and discussions that have been taking place.
They have kept meeting time and again. As if on a vacation or
something - from Dubai to Islamabad onwards to Murree and Bhurban. Fr.. Read more
The night between the tenth and eleventh of
June 2008 witnessed a ‘cowardly’ attack from the coalition forces based
in Afghanistan that has left at least 13 Pakistani soldiers martyred,
including a Major, and what is frightful is the fact that more than 50
soldiers are still missing. The missile attack was possibly launched
using unmanned drones followed by a ground attack by Afghan force.. Read more
For the first time since Asif Ali Zardari took over as co-chairman of the Pakistan People's Party, Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan has come out in the open and claimed in an interview to the New York Times that most charges of corruption against Benazir Bhutto and Asif Zardari, and charges of kidnapping, ransom and murder on Asif Zardari, were justified.Below is the news report that has been published in t.. Read more
Former Information and then Railway minister, Shaikh Rashid Ahmed is back into politics and announced the formation of his own party, the Awami Muslim League (AML).After the PML-Q's crushing defeat in the February 18th elections, Sh. Rashid had hinted at the formation of a new party headed by him.He has also formally resigned from the basic membership of the PML-Q.What is interesting is that he ha.. Read more
Some people call him 'India's own', Ansar Burney, the former care taker minister of human rights who got Indian spy Sarabjeet Singh, a death convict, some relief by delaying his execution orders. He is also responsible for having another death convict, another proven spy - Kashmir Singh - handed back to India unharmed.India has reportedly 'DEPORTED' him from New Delhi. Mr Burney had been sent back.. Read more
Dawn Report: ISLAMABAD, May 29: Rumours that President Pervez Musharraf is on his
way out took the country by storm on Thursday, severely affecting the
public and commercial life.
Despite repeated denials from the quarters concerned the mill continued
to churn out rumours of various kinds till they were quashed by
President Musharraf himself in the night.
President Musharraf refuted the stor.. Read more
It is the 28th of May today. A day which was formally named 'Youm-e-Takbeer' back in 1998 when the Nawaz government decided to declare Pakistan a Nuclear power worldwide!Pakistani's today take pride in the fact that they belong to a nuclear power and their sovereignty is secure. But the father of the Pakistani nuclear bomb is in protective custody over false allegations.The day is not celebrated o.. Read more
The draft of a 62-point constitutional package has been finalised and
it includes a mechanism for reinstatement of the deposed judges.
This was stated by Pakistan People’s Party Co-Chairperson Asif Ali
Zardari here on Friday. He said the draft would be provided to all
coalition partners before it was tabled in parliament.
Mr Zardari, who was addressing the concluding session of a round tabl.. Read more
The Presidency has decided to end all backdoor contacts with Pakistan
Peoples Party after taking notice of PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari’s
remarks about President Pervez Musharraf given to an Indian news agency.President
Musharraf will express his reservations over the situation to the Prime
Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani in a meeting either today or tomorrow.
According to sources, the.. Read more
The Pakistani ambassador to Afghanistan, Mr. Tariq Azizuddin who was kidnapped by the Afghan Taliban, has been recovered.He was kidnapped with his driver and a bodyguard in Khyber Agency on February 11 on his was back to his office in Afghanistan from Pakistan.It is yet to be known how he was recovered. Whether the Taliban released him or not is yet to be ascertained. .. Read more
I am totally confused. Below is a news item published on the GEO website:ISLAMABAD: The Head of Pakistan Muslim League-N, Mian Nawaz Sharif has
said conspiracy activities are being undertaken to weaken democracy in
the country but he will do utmost to foil any such attempts against PPP
government.In an exclusive interview in Geo News program
Capital Talk, Sharif said PML-N joined government at.. Read more
Sticking to what appears to be a principled stance, Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has formally announced that the PML-N is no longer part of the coalition government and its ministers would tender their resignations.The PPP and the PML-N could not sort out their differences on the re-instatement of judges, as was guaranteed by the Murree Declaration. The PPP has been leaning towards the presidency ev.. Read more
All
roads in and outside Beirut have been blocked, amid reports the
opposition has taken full control of three districts of the capital.
The Lebanese army had earlier seized control of leader of the
ruling coalition Saad Hariri's radio and television stations and the
Future newspaper.
On Friday, fierce clashes erupted in Beirut following a rocket
attack on Hariri's residence in Koraytem .. Read more
The Lahore High Court (LHC) has asked Pakistan Muslim
League-Quaid Member of National Assembly Sumaira Malik, who won
elections from NA-69, to appear in the court on a petition challenging
her election victory.The court has also asked other candidates
from the constituency who lost the elections to appear before the court
and has ordered the Election Commission (EC) to preserve the election
.. Read more
Pakistan's envoy to Afghanistan Tariq Azizuddin, who went missing from
Khyber agency, appeared in a video aired by an Arab news channel in
which he said the Taliban were holding him.The kidnapped
Pakistani ambassador appealed government to accept demands of the
Taliban so that he and his two associates could be released. The ambassador was on his way to Afghanistan on February 11 when he was k.. Read more
Latest reports coming in to the PakMarkaz network say Aitzaz Ahsan has arrived at the place where Dr. Sher Afgan has been surrounded by angry lawyers cum mobsters and he is trying to calm them down.Dr. Sher Afgan Niazi has been attacked by angry lawyers and the act has been condemned by one and all as a shameful happening for judiciary and democracy.On the other hand, Aitzaz Ahsan has resigned fro.. Read more
Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan has finally broken his silence, as reported by Dawn News television, today. The father of the Pakistani Nuclear bomb, Dr. A.Q. Khan has said that he is being persecuted just because of one person.Earlier, Dr. A.Q. Khan had said that he saved the country for the second time when he took the entire blame upon himself. In return, he was confined on the pretext of security reason.. Read more
The following video shows the former Chief Minister of Sindh, Arbab Ghulam Rahim being slapped in the face with a shoe. This just has to be condemned as this is no way of treating anyone by any norms of democracy or even sanity! Is this what we do when we get power? Is this how we handle democracy?.. Read more
Asif Ali Zardari seems to have taken on Aitzaz Ahsan in a gathering of the PPP's Central Executive Committee about the judges' and lawyers' movement. This article has appeared on a couple of news websites, but is yet unconfirmed by both the parties involved.Here's the report:NAUDERO: PPP Co-chairman Asif Zardari is reported to have ticked off
Aitzaz Ahsan in an after-dinner gathering of the PPP.. Read more
We are sharing here the text of a draft resolution prepared for Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari by Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim for the restroation of judges and independence of Judiciary. (DRAFT RESOLUTION)THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF PAKISTANWHEREAS, We the elected representatives of the people of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan acknowledge and honor the long and arduous struggle for the return to democ.. Read more
Congratulations Pakistan!Chief Justice Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary Released after months of illegal detention from 3rd November 2007 by the dictator’s government.The newly elected Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gillani issues his first order as PM of the release of all the judges who refused to surrender in front of the dictator.The genuine CJ of Pakistan Iftikhar Chaudhary thanked the.. Read more
The Pakistani People's Party has declared Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani as their Prime Ministerial candidate and he is likely to be elected through Parliament on Monday.On the other hand, PPP stalwart Makhdoon Amin Fahim, a strong prime ministerial contender, on Saturday night said he had no plans to quit the party after another Bhutto loyalist Yousuf Raza Gillani pipped him in the race for the top post... Read more
President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday called a special session of the new National Assembly for Monday to let his political opponents elect their first prime minister after eight-and-a-half years as a parliamentary momentum seemed to leave his own office at their mercy. An apparently swift action on a proposal from caretaker Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro came only a day after the National As.. Read more
Pakistan successfully conducted a final test flight of its indigenously developed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) “Uqaab”. The Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, senior Armed Forces Officers and Scientists witnessed the test. The flight data collected indicates that all design parameters have been successfully validated. The performance of the UAV “Uqaab” can.. Read more
The gaps seem to be widening everyday between the PPP-P President Makhdoom Amin Fahim and Co-Chair Pakistan People's Party, Asif Ali Zardari. Despite having the largest number of seats in the National Assembly, the party has been in a fix over the nomination of a candidate for the top-slot of Prime minister.It has been almost a month since the February 18 elections and we are still waiting for any.. Read more
Pakistan’s strategic location makes it almost impossible for the country to keep itself away from the events all over the world. 9-11 2001 attacks on world trade centre towers in New York lead Pakistan to a situation in which it had to take a U-turn on its successful Afghan policy and they had to pull off their support for the pro-Pakistan Taliban government.The legitimacy of the war i.. Read more
Okay, So they say they have averted a clash between the PPP co-chair Asif Ali Zardari and the ARD chair, Makhdoom Amin Fahim by calling off a meeting apparently called by Amin Fahim. It is now becoming public that the two are not comfortable with each other. Whatever disgust they have for each other is now coming out in public. Here the report published in the Daily Dawn Newspaper:"A meeting .. Read more
Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said detaining ailing national hero Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan illegally in hospital and disallowing him to meet others is a bid to win the blessing of US. "Our national hero is seriously ill. Keeping him detained in this precarious condition of health and disallowing him to meet others is a bid to please US," he said this while talking to media pers.. Read more
Funny! He stills feels proud of defeat? Yeah, he can, because the women's wing reposed their confidence in him! The PML-Q, a bunch of side-lined politicians who suddenly sprawled the country and started making big money faced a shocker in the February 18th elections.There are some who firouciously oppose Musharraf, while there are those who want him to stay in quite a large number too. But whateve.. Read more
It pains my heart to quote this news item from the Daily Dawn which reports the martyrdom of Lt. General Mushtaq Baig in a suicide attack, the first since the February 18 elections. I see it as yet another attempt to demoralize the strong Army of Pakistan. I see it as part of a larger conspiracy of those who are against Pakistan's unity and Stability. For Allah's sake, he was a surgeon by professi.. Read more
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Tuesday directed the country's Internet Service Providers(ISPs) to unblock the internet Website "You Tube".The direction was given after the highly blasphemous material posted on the website a few days back was removed, a PTA official said.Earlier, the PTA had directed the ISPs to block the site on account of showing highly blasphemous Dutch .. Read more
Close aides of the President have made these revelations that Pervez Musharraf is considering stepping down as president of Pakistan rather than waiting to be forced out by his victorious opponents.One close confidante said that the president believed he had run out of options after three of the main parties who triumphed in last week's poll announced they would form a coalition government togethe.. Read more
Shaikh Rasheed Ahmed addressed a Press conference at a local hotel in Islamabad yesterday. The Former federal minister and PML-Q central leader has said president Musharraf and the present assembly can not go together adding mouse and cat game will start within 3 months. Well! Well known for his 'fore-sightedness' and predictions, what does he mean now?“We will have to see now whether the co.. Read more
President of the Supreme Court Bar Association, Aitzaz Ahsan was yesterday freed and it is reported that he has been put under house arrest again. The government of Punjab had freed him yesterday. He had come out in public and addressed the people who were there to celebrate his release.To the people, he said: ‘I am thankful to the representatives of civil society, doctor, lawyers, businessm.. Read more
Right now our great leader is pondering what the hell just happened on Feb 18th, yes he was all for free and fair elections but not bloody this!Right now Chaudery Shujahat has no clue what he has said in his post election speech.Right now the winners of our elections are plotting to make a government with the least number of deals possible.Right now the great general just wants to go where .. Read more
Nobody has questioned the credibility and transparency of the Pakistan Elections 2008. February the 18th witnessed an overwhelming victory to those who held anti-Musharraf sentiments and who were opposed to the President's policies. Optimists see a smooth sail from hereon for Pakistani politics, but I do not think so. We're all set to see the new power holders up for a really bumpy ride.Lets have .. Read more
Here are the results of the Elections 2008. A clealy sizable victory for the PPPP and a signifact number of seats to the PML-N. Party National Assembly(268) Punjab Provincial Assembly(293) Sindh Provincial Assembly(130) NWFP Provincial Assembly(96) Balochistan Provincial Assembly(51) PPPP 88 77 66 18 7 PML(N.. Read more
It appears as if President Musharraf has lived upto his promise of delivering free, fair and transparent elections. The poll count is still underway but to the latest reports, some very senior PML-Q stalwarts have faced shocking defeat and will not be seen anywhere near the parliament house for the next five years. These prominent PML-Q leaders include:Chahudhry Shujaat .. Read more
THE election campaign has ended, at least officially, with which the final countdown to the Feb 18 polls has begun. So even if the boycott campaign by the likes of Imran Khan and Qazi Hussain Ahmed had not been without reason, as things stand today these elections are already being described by many as one of the most critical exercises in the country’s highly chequered political history. Th.. Read more
As the day of elections is getting nearer the sound of the songs of political parties are getting louder and louder and louder. You walk out of your house and you will find young men shaking their thing not on the dance floor but on the main road :P Party workers find the songs and dances important, some people find it funny and normal people like me find it weird. Today I would like to talk abou.. Read more
Another cruel act of terrorism. A car bomb went outside the election office of PPPP backed independent candidate, Riaz Husain Shah, who was also present inside. He is safe, while 27 people have been reported dead so far, with over 90 injured.It was a suicide attack, the attacker apparently tried to ram his car into the election office when the car exploded, causing mayhem and absolute chaos. The r.. Read more
My son wants me to write an article on the outcome of the general elections being held in Pakistan on 18th. Feb., 2008. My son who is in third year of engineering is quite anxious even worried about the outcome of these potentially explosive and not so heart warming elections as they used to be in our childhood. Elections were fun those days and we used to enjoy them thoroughly amid scenes of jo.. Read more
Another bomb it was that ripped through an ANP rally in Charsadda. I think it is time I stopped covering these tragedies, I think all of us have had enough. Human lives, apparently, hold no value anymore. The government sits helpless, and so do we. This fear looms over us - that anything may happen any moment, that our lives may be lost in a split second. Some say the bomb had been planted near th.. Read more
Baitullah Mehsud declared a unilateral cease-fire some time back. Some say it was a brokered deal with the government, although the militants denied any possibility of an underhand deal with the government. Here is an excerpt published in Yahoo! News:DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Two Pakistani officials said Thursday that their government held secret talks with Taliban fighters and tribal elders ne.. Read more
Ummm... You heard it. I heard it too. It was Makhdoom Amin Fahim to be the Pakistan People's Party candidate for premiership, wasn't it? Asif Ali Zardari openly announced it at a widely anticipated press conference when the names of the party's new chairmen were announced.Mr. Zardari disclosed his ambition of becoming the next Prime Minister of Pakistan in an interview to the Newsweek Magazine. I'.. Read more
Amazing news this. I could'nt get over it at first, but after reading it over and over again I realized it was true. One whole year of intense drama and action. Lal Masjid saga, Judicial crisis and now the flour crisis! These issues are a thorn to any election campaign that runs in favour of those who were in-charge during this period.And Chaudhry Shujaat Husain seems to be shying away now. Or is .. Read more
The Sindh High Court gave its verdict on a suo-motu case regarding the incidents of My the 12th, 2007 in Karachi. Following is the news report, courtesy Dawn.comKARACHI, Feb 4: The Sindh High Court disposed of the May 12, 2007, mayhem case on Monday with the observation that the court cannot assume the role of an investigator in exercise of its writ jurisdiction. The 18-page judgment by a five-mem.. Read more
A 15-year-old detained near the Afghan border has confessed to joining a team of assassins sent to kill Benazir Bhutto, officials said Saturday, announcing the first arrests in the case since the attack that killed the opposition leader.Police also announced they had foiled new suicide attacks against the country's Shiite minority.Interior Secretary Kamal Shah confirmed the arrest of two people in.. Read more
Bomb blasts rocked Pakistan yet again! It pains my heart that I have to write on this! Karachi, Peshawer, hub and Kalat! The blast at Karachi claimed 10 lives, at Quaidabad, and injured around 45. Following is the news item that has appeared in the daily Dawn this morning:"KARACHI, Jan 14: At least nine people, two of them children, were killed and 52 others wounded when an explosive device b.. Read more
President Pervez Musharraf has shocked the world with stern remarks against U.S. intentions in an interview to Singapore's The Straits Times."I challenge anybody coming into our mountains," he said "They would regret that day." This is the kind of leader the Pakistani populace expected him to be! The statement has raised eye-brows in Washington after a lot of statements by off.. Read more
The Iranian Foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, has arrived in Pakistan and met President Pervez Musharraf. He also visited the central secretariat of the Pakistan People's Party in Islamabad and condoled the death of the former Prime minister with party officials.The visit comes at a critical time, when the international community is juggling with Pakistan and I'm afraid their intentions look n.. Read more
President Musharraf addressed the nation a little while ago, today. There were wide-spread rumours that he may resign from office. But he was nowhere close. He showed his determination and resolve to continue his war against terror and extremism inside Pakistan.He also spoke about the losses incurred as a result of mass agitation throughout the country, and especially the province of Sind. Unfortu.. Read more
It was a tragic day for all, political parties and civilians alike. The eve of 27th December, 2007, has been marked as the gloomiest day in the history of Pakistan and Pakistani politics and rightly so but for different reasons. Benazir Bhutto has passed away and named Asif Ali Zardari, her husband as the chair of PPP. He in turn named his son, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, a nineteen year old Oxford Un.. Read more
This is an appeal to the nation, the people of Pakistan! Time is tough! The assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has thrown our country into chaos and disorder. We at PakMarkaz.Net urge you to stand united and stay calm! The loss is great, but nothing can justify burning down buildings and vehicles of innocent citizens! People have been terrified since that cursed day. Sho.. Read more
MANY known political families in Gujranwala are facing uncertain future with several new faces emerging for the upcoming general election. It is the graduation condition that is responsible for the disqualification of some known names, but they are still trying to stay in the limelight by fielding their sons and relatives. There are seven national and 14 provincial assembly seats in Gujranwala wh.. Read more
As embarrassing as it may sound, the judiciary in our country deserves some justice! The removal of the Chief Justice (Iftikhar Muhammad Chahdhry) and several others from the supreme court was a gross violation of constitutional norms... Read more
In an interview with The Washington Post, on Friday, the Pakistani president reiterated that he would not reinstate judges who opposed him. He refused to say whether he would endorse a constitutional amendment to allow former prime minister Benazir Bhutto to serve a third term. Is there a difference now that you have shed your uniform and relinquished your post of army chief of staff? On a person.. Read more
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It is the 28th of May today. A day which was formally named 'Youm-e-Takbeer' back in 1998 when the Nawaz government decided to declare Pakistan a Nuclear power worldwide!Pakistani's today take pride in the fact that they belong to a nuclear power and their sovereignty is secure. But the father of the Pakistani nuclear bomb is in protective custody over false allegations.The day is not celebrated o.. 
All
roads in and outside Beirut have been blocked, amid reports the
opposition has taken full control of three districts of the capital.
The Lebanese army had earlier seized control of leader of the
ruling coalition Saad Hariri's radio and television stations and the
Future newspaper.
On Friday, fierce clashes erupted in Beirut following a rocket
attack on Hariri's residence in Koraytem .. 
Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan has finally broken his silence, as reported by Dawn News television, today. The father of the Pakistani Nuclear bomb, Dr. A.Q. Khan has said that he is being persecuted just because of one person.Earlier, Dr. A.Q. Khan had said that he saved the country for the second time when he took the entire blame upon himself. In return, he was confined on the pretext of security reason.. 
