Category: Politics
7 Seas apart, both born in privilege and both lacking the popular vote, have a fair bit of things in common but it doesn’t just stop there. You might remember how, not too long ago, ...
Understanding government and politics in Pakistan can be a strenuous challenge for most. It is, indeed, very easy to get lost in the chaos of Pakistani politics. One such aspect of politics that might be ...
A Brief Introduction The Federally Administrative Tribal Areas (FATA) is located in the North-Western part of Pakistan. It consists of seven tribal agencies and six frontier regions. After independence, different governments of Pakistan tried to ...
On 3rd December 2017, which was also the official global Human Rights Day, Raza Mahmood Khan went to a talk on extremism held amid the recent Islamabad 20-day sit-in by Tehreek-e-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLYRA) ...
The term globalization took academia by storm starting 20th century when it came to denote the socio-political and economic interconnectedness between people globally. Academia gave the term its more sophisticated character by theorizing globalization as ...
Today’s Daily Digestible News covering: Govt’s announcement of zero load-shedding in parts of the country, CIA says it will act is Pakistan doesn’t destroy safe havens, Nawaz Sharif’s accountability court hearing and more! Breaking News: ...
Today’s Digestible News covering: Pakistan is told to enforce Polio eradication plan, updates on Peshawar attack, Supreme Court’s rejection of using foul language for an Islamic cause, and more! Pakistan told to effectively enforce action ...
Today’s digestible news covering: 9 dead as gunmen storm hostel of Peshawar’s agriculture-training institute, Obama says Pakistan didn’t know Osama’s whereabouts, Lahore sit in called off and more Daily News 01 Nine dead as gunmen ...
Today’s Digestible News covering: Terrorist firing at the Agriculture Directorate and managing to enter the hostel’s premises, Bilawal’s call for maintaining a democratic law, 88 school girls forced to strip in an Indian School, JI ...
Today’s Digestible News covers: Ex-Prime minister frustration over handling of Faizabad sit-in, TLYRA refuse to end protest in Lahore and demand Rana Sanaullah’s resignation, Two police officers recovered from Islamabad Protestors describe the torture they ...
Today’s dose of the daily digestible news covers Sharif’s postponement of his rally in Baluchistan, PM assures Riyadh of support in peace talks, the government is held responsible in the aftermath of Faizabad protests and ...
The ongoing protest in Pakistan by religious parties including Tehreek-e-Labbaik, Tehreek-e-Sunnat, and Tehreek-e-Khatm-e Nabuwat has created a political stalemate in the country. The religious leaders demand that Law Minister Zahid Hamid be sacked after he ...
Today’s digestible news covers; The aftermath of the week long sit in by the protestors that started with Faizabad and spread around all across the country. Digestible News 01 Law Minister Zahid Hamid has had ...
Today’s digestible news covers; Sit-in diminish industrial output in Karachi,PML-N mulling Hamid’s resignation, Army called in Islamabad and more Digestible News 01 Sit-in diminish industrial output in Karachi Digestible News 02 PML-N top brass mulls Hamid’s ...
A short summary to bring you up to speed regarding the dharna being held by the TLP. The Election Bill 2017 was approved by the National Assembly and senate. The same bill has since caused ...
Today’s Digestible News covering; Action against Faizabad protestors start, Two terrorists from banned organization arrested by FC, death of minor in Karachi road accident sparks riots, at least 235 die in Egypt Mosque blast, Saudi ...
Here is your daily dose of the digestible news covering: Opposition asks for Saad Rafique’s resignation, Capital strategises to end Faizabad sit-in, a Four year old student loses eyesight due to alleged abuse by Principal ...
Today’s Digestible News covers; Pakistan welcomes US offer to take on Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, Finance Minister portfolio withdrawn from Ishaq Dar, Journalists roughed up by Faizabad protestors and much more! Digestible News 1 Pakistan welcomes US ...
Dear Diary, Islamabad is witnessing it’s 5284th dharna; the political scenario is awash with gossip; Nawaz, Imran and Musharraf are brewing up a storm and I, the President of Pakistan sit here writing in my ...
Here is your daily dose of the Digestible News covering Putin’s talks with Assad, approval of CPEC’s long-term plan, sharp increase in health costs in Pakistan and much more! Digestible News No 1: Pakistan calls ...
The capital is choked, nearly paralyzed for the past ten days by a puritanical fervors and slithering religiosity that permeated through its skin several decades ago; cementing the two nation theory, Islam and the True-Muslim ...
Here’s your dose of daily digestible news covering; Ishaq Dar’s resignation dilemma, talks with Islamabad protestors, Amir Liaqat leaving Bol channel, Afghanistan beating Pakistan to win U-19 Asia Cup, Nawaz Sharif kicking off PML-N election campaign and ...
Today’s dose of Daily Digestible News covers Ahsan Iqbal’s take on the Faizabad protests, Maryam Nawaz’s warning for those conspiring against the PML-N and much more! Daily Digestible News No. 1: Ahsan Iqbal hopes that ...
Here is your daily dose of Digestible News covering; Possible showdown between religious hardliners and the government, Suspect in Shahbaz Qalandar suicide attack arrested, PTV director fired over accusation of harassment and misuse of power, ...
Here is your dose of the Daily Digestible News covering: National Assembly passing bill to enable fresh delimitation of constituencies; NAB asks interior ministry to put Ishaq Dar’s name on ECL; world’s oldest Buddha statue ...
You might want to sit down for this. I think we need to scrap Jinnah’s 14 Points. Remember the fourteen points all high schoolers are made to memorise and reproduce in exams? Yes, those. Get rid of ...
Here is your dose of Daily Digestible News covering Sindh Rangers DG’s statement denying links to any political party, Pakistani film’s win at Alexandria Film Festival, Rickshaw service app launch and more! Armed forces have ...
Imran Khan and his party, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI), dominated the political landscape in the 2010 elections; I still remember his rally at Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore, with students pouring out from jam-packed buses. Pakistan hadn’t seen ...
The late General Zia ul Haq has been the proverbial punching bag for every Pakistani since he snatched power from the self appointed Quaid-e-Awam, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on 5 July 1977, in his bloodless coup. ...
On Thursday, at the age of 98, the daughter of Pakistan’s founding father, Dina Wadia passed away in New York. The demise of Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s daughter has struck a chord in the heart’s of ...
On the 18th of October 2017, Hyderabad was awaiting the re-birth of her son. She felt burdened and sweaty, pushing her limits to another second, another minute and then another hour to bring him into ...
Pakistan is upfront with the US, it’s time to accept the defeat in Afghanistan During a brief visit to Islamabad, United States Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson along with his delegation met with Foreign Minister ...
Abbasi meets Shahbaz as calls for PML-N leadership change rise In Lahore on Tuesday night, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi met with Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif amidst growing calls for a leadership change in ...
Two days ago, the ex-premier of the country Nawaz Sharif called the Interior Ministry to ensure that the missing PML-N online social media activists be released. He further talked about why freedom of speech is important ...
Tillerson presses Pakistan to act against terrorist ‘safe havens’ On Tuesday, United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Islamabad where he will emphasize cooperation in fighting extremists and driving them out of their ...
Shahid Khaqan Abassi becomes the first Pakistani prime minister to fly a military helicopter On Sunday, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, took the Turkish attack helicopter T-129 for a test flight, becoming the first Pakistani ...
Tortured transgender’s corpse found in Peshawar The body of a brutally tortured transgender who was reportedly murdered three days ago was recovered from Ashiqabad area near Warsak Road in Peshawar, said Senior Superintendent of Police ...
Missing journalist Zeenat Shahzadi recovered after more than two years Zeenat Shahzadi, a journalist who went missing in 2015 has been recovered by security forces near the Pak-Afghan border, said officials on Friday. Prior to ...
Nawaz, Maryam and Capt. Safdar plead ‘not guilty’ when indicted in NAB references Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and her husband retired Captain Safdar pleaded not guilty when indicted by an ...
Why would several prominent liberal, progressive and nationalist intellectuals, human rights and social media activists and public figures from Pakistan have to gather in London for a conference to chart out Pakistan’s future, rather than ...
India can help ‘keep an eye’ on Pakistan: US Ambassador to the UN In her address to the United States-India Friendship Council in Washington on Tuesday, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has ...
Pakistani politicians’ relationship with the armed forces is similar to Laila Majnu’s love story, in a way that both have disastrous endings! Obviously, there are major differences as well. If we assume Pakistan Army to ...
Explosion on Quetta’s Sariab road, 3 police personnel injured Three police personnel on routine patrol were injured in an explosion on Quetta’s Sariab road and have been shifted to the city’s Jinnah Hospital where emergency ...
UN General Assembly elects Pakistan as a member state of UNHRC Pakistan, securing more than two-thirds of the vote is among the 11 countries selected by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly to be a member ...
Nawaz Sharif denounces Capt. Safdars anti-Ahmadi remarks Following Prime Minister Khaqan Abbasi disowning Capt. Safdar’s anti-Ahmadi remarks made in the National Assembly on Oct 10, Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif said that “Any negative expression ...
Musharraf’s Rs1m surety bonds seized by court The Rs1 million surety submitted by guarantors of retired General Pervez Musharraf was confiscated by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in connection with his release in the judges detention ...
Karachi marked most unsafe city in Economist’s report A report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) — the research and analysis division of The Economist Group marked Karachi as the most unsafe city in the ...
PM Abbasi disowns Capt. Safdar’s statements against Ahmedis in NA Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi distanced himself, the ruling party Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and party president Nawaz Sharif from statements made against ...
Senate passes resolution against disqualified persons holding party office Wednesday the Senate adopted a resolution, presented by Pakistan Peoples Party’s Senator Aitzaz Ahsan, stating that a person who cannot become a member of the parliament ...
Capt. Safdar lashes out against Ahmedis in National Assembly speech Speaking at a National Assembly session this Tuesday, Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz leader Captain Muhammad Safdar lashed out against Pakistan’s Ahmedi community- calling upon lawmakers ...
A teenaged Christian boy was beaten to death by six policemen on October 9 in Jabbran district in Pakistan’s Sheikhupura area in Punjab, rights organizations said. Arslan Masih was an 8th grader at Government High ...
Accountability court grants bail to Maryam Nawaz , husband An accountability court on Monday granted bail to Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif, and her husband Captain Safdar, in connection ...
Captain Safdar arrested from the airport The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested Captain (retd) Mohammed Safdar on his return from London. This news made everyone anticipate of what to expect next. Maryam Nawaz would be ...
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) officially launched in 2013. It debuted three years after China’s first shipload of cargo exported via the Gwadar Port to markets in West Asia as well as Africa. Essentially CPEC ...
We’ve seen them dancing at weddings, draped in sequinned dresses and flashy costume jewelry, and shooed them away when they’ve approached us for loose change on busy street corners. We’ve heard about them living on ...
There’s one photograph all politicians are universally terrified of: the one of them eating. Remember the time Ed Miliband was photographed eating that infamous bacon sandwich? He launched a thousands memes and in the process ...
Maryam Nawaz is off to London The dust from NA-120 has hardly settled and Maryam Nawaz is off to London. Currently the whole Sharif Family is there visiting Kulsoom Nawaz. The NAB references are out and ...
After the case was filed on 14 Nov 2014 by Akbar S. Babar, PTI was ordered by the ECP on December 1 of last year to submit its accounts or face ‘legal consequences’-following numerous chances ...
The Commissioner Lahore, Muhammad Abdullah Khan Sumbal has reversed the decision of the local authorities to completely shut-down FC College and use its grounds as parking spaces for the much anticipated Independence Cup International Cricket ...
The celebration of independence is always a complicated affair; are we celebrating independence from the British, the partition of the subcontinent, or both? Our sense of history tends to fuse partition and independence together, and ...
17-year-old Sharoon Masih was ruthlessly murdered on 28th August 2017. He fell victim to faith-based barbarism by his own classmates, that too within the walls of his own school. ProperGaanda has been following the story ...
The pages of the diary were yellow like sycamore leaves in fall. I opened to a page that read: “Each passing moment made the pages rusty”. And then: “On Friday 1971 at 12 PM, India ...
Classmates of a 17-year-old Pakistani student from the persecuted Christian minority beat him to death last month in Punjab’s Vehari district allegedly for drinking water from the same glass as his upper-class Muslim classmates, community ...
You might want to sit down for this: This September 6, the Pakistan-Indian standoff has entered its 25,591st day. That’s 614,184 hours, 36,851,040 minutes and 2,211,062,400 seconds that Pakistanis and Indians have wasted on hating ...
There are countless moments in Pakistan’s political history that make us ROFLMFAO. Remember that time when the chief minister of Baluchistan, Nawaz Aslam Raisani said, “degree degree hoti hai, asli ho ya jaali“? Yup, #NeverForget . ...
Article 9 of the Constitution of Pakistan guarantees the right to life. This provision has been continually expanded by the Honorable Supreme Court to include various facets of human existence. I say we read it ...
After the ruling given by the honorable Supreme Court based on the JIT investigation regarding the Panama case, the ex-Premier’s family and party workers dismissed the ruling as unjustified, going so far as to question ...
Nawaz Sharif might have been ousted as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, but that does not mean he’s out of the spotlight. After his recent march to the poor man’s Westeros, he’s made sure of ...
In a country rampant with misogynistic values and blatant androcentrism, it really isn’t hard to imagine women being slut shamed and their characters assassinated every time they raise their voice. Ayesha Gulalai is an example ...
Justice For The Sake Of It Accountability. Corruption. Words that had become meaningless in our discourse, the prevalence of the latter simply ingrained in our identity. Was it misfortune or our own failing? It never ...
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