Is Nawaz Sharif a Lota?

Not a Single Political Party Supports Land Reforms in Pakistan

In recent years, we have suffered from the implementation of new policies and of a new development model based on land expansion and land expropriation, commonly known as land grabbing. Land grabbing is a global phenomenon led by local, national and transnational elites and investors, with the participation of governments and local authorities, in order [...]

The State of Democracy in Pakistan

By Mohsin Hamid March 22, 2012, Pakistan is almost unrecognizable from the country I knew a decade ago. In the late 1990s, hotels and religious shrines like Lahore’s Mian Mir tomb weren’t fortified by concentric rings of security, and household chores didn’t need to be planned days in advance because of electricity and gas rationing. [...]

A Little Poem Before the Passage of Our Budget

The Country was in a terrible state, As the Parliament sat for the Budget Debate. It was quite a few minutes before Finance Minister spoke, Then he said, ‘Sex will cost you two bucks a poke, Whether your short, skinny or thick. A tax will be paid on the use of your prick’. PM rose [...]

Who is Paying for the Laptops & the Ceremonies in the Punjab?

The Government of the Punjab is distributing 100,000 laptops to brightest of the students in the province. One however wonders about the need of significantly large amount of funds that are being wasted by Punjab Government (or by its departments) for the laptop giveaway ceremonies  which are being held in almost every district of the [...]

Imran Khan’s PTI Hacked

PTI’s more than 30 fan pages were hacked today in a single go, costing the political party millions of fans go wasted. No one has taken the responsibility for this massive hack down of PTI’s facebook fan pages. President of the Insaf Students Federation in Karachi, Arsalan Ghumman, reported that the official Facebook pages of [...]

The History of Makhdooms of the Punjab Stink

According to a little heard news, the current Prime Minister of Pakistan, Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani has reportedly decided to drop the family prefix of Makhdoom from his name saying he wants to serve people and not be served by them. Gillani said the honorific “Makhdoom”, which means “one who is served” is no longer [...]

President Should Not Enjoy Blanket Immunity

The Supreme Court appears set to interpret Article 248 of the constitution with reference to the non-implementation of the NRO verdict and the president’s immunity. The money belonging to Benazir Bhutto and Zardari was generated through kickbacks received from SGS and Cotecna, two Swiss companies hired for pre-shipment clearance in Pakistan. In a judgement delivered [...]

Zulfiqar Mirza is an Evil Man Spreading Ethnic Hatred

The whole of Pakistan knows that MQM does not consist of angels and that Altaf Husain is not an innocent bystander. However, neither is Zulfiqar Mirza. He may be involved in as many murders as Altaf Husain if not more and may even be involved in more heinous crimes like womanzing, sponsoring mujrahs, drug trafficking, [...]

Army Looking at Imran Khan as a Viable Alternative

Pakistan’s civilian government, led by the Pakistan People’s Party, has long been an irritant to the country’s generals. President Asif Ali Zardari runs a corrupt and inept administration and has been far too willing to cozy up to Washington. Husain Haqqani, until November 2011, was Pakistan’s controversial envoy to the United States. He has been [...]