ECP rejects PTI’s disqualification plea against Faryal Talpur

ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Wednesday rejected the disqualification petition by PTI MPAs against senior PPP leader Faryal Talpur, saying the petitioners were not able to make out a case of disqua...

Attending Balochistan Politically

Years ago, the Centre used to appease Balochistan by extending offers such as the Aghaz-e Haqooq-e Balochistan package of 2009 – to be implemented in three years. This is no longer the case. The Centre is now least interested ...

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Unaddressed concerns

On March 10, President Asif Ali Zardari cautioned the government against unilateral decisions to build more canals drawing water from the Indus River System. “[It is] a proposal that I, as your president, cannot support. I ...

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Saving the Punjab coalition

The coalition partners, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan Peoples Party, have agreed yet again to try afresh to bridge their differences on power-sharing. During a meeting of their coordination committees in Lahore, ...

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United against terrorism

On March 18, Chief of the Army Staff Gen Asim Munir stressed the need for better governance and transforming Pakistan into a hard state to eliminate terrorism. “For how long shall we continue to fill the governance gaps wit...

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SMOKERS’ CORNER: THE BLA RECKONING

In August 1974, one Abdul Majeed Baloch hid himself in a tree with a grenade in hand. The tree was located just outside a venue in Quetta where the then prime minister of Pakistan, Z.A. Bhutto, was holding a public rally. At the...

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