The lost week that was
By I.A. Rehman DAWN.com Regardless of the final outcome of the weeklong marches and dharnas, Pakistan seems to have been put back under authoritarian control and this is likely to […]
Talks between govt, Qadri conclude successfully
Source: Dawn.Com Tahirul Qadri (L) gestures while talking with ruling parties coalition leaders Qamar Zaman Kaira (2R), Mushahid Hussain (C), and Farooq H. Naek (R) during a meeting at a protest rally in Islamabad on January 17, 2013. – AFP Photo ISLAMABAD: Talks between Tahirul Qadri, chief of the Tehrik-i-Minhajul […]
Arrest order piles pressure on Zardari
Source: Asia Times: By Syed Fazl-e-Haider KARACHI – Pakistan was plunged into political turmoil on Tuesday following the Supreme Court’s decision to order the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, who took over only last June, for alleged corruption. His predecessor, Yousaf Raza Gilani, was forced to leave office […]
Why Qadri jolts Pakistan politics before vote
Source:Huff Post LAHORE, Pakistan — To his supporters, Tahir-ul-Qadri is a savior of Pakistan’s fragile democracy who will right the country ahead of elections expected to take place this spring. To his detractors, he is a shady religious figure bent on derailing the vote, possibly at the behest of the […]
Day of carnage
Source: ET In the very last tweet Irfan Khudi Ali sent out before he was killed in a blast in Quetta, he said, “Hazara families of Machh, Khuzdar finally succumbed to the genocidal pressure and are moving out. Sad day for diversity in Balochistan.” Later that day, Irfan was one […]
The riddle of Tahirul Qadri
Source: ET by Khaled Ahmed Shaikhul Islam Dr Tahirul Qadri has made a comeback in Pakistani politics. And when he said he would gather a million people in Lahore for his first speech, people believed him. He has the money and he has the organisation — of the same scale […]