Victory Margin of Various Political Parties in the 2013 Elections

This post aims to provide the readers interesting findings from Gallup Pakistan’s electoral database. The data has been consolidated from the Elections Commission of Pakistan (ECP) data on general elections since the 1970 till the latest general elections held in 2013. It provides noteworthy information on the victory margins between the winner and the runner

Nawaz Sharif: The Rise & Rise of the PM

After that Nawaz Sharif had completed his education, in the 3rd division in B.A from Govt College, Lahore as he got admission in Govt College Lahore, on recommendations, and he used to be called in the class as “Kuggoo’ because he never used to participate in the class nor replied to any question he has

Legislators and Tax Delinquency

By Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq  The recently-published tax directory of legislators not only sadly reflects on the financial affairs of majority of the senators and members of national and provincial assemblies but also raises serious questions on the distressing enforcement capabilities of the apex revenue authority, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). After February

Is Nawaz Sharif a Lota?

Manly Diseases for Altaf Husain & Sex Stimulant for Nawaz Sharif

The war of words between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the MQM intensified early January 2011 after leaders of both parties started making personal attacks on each others’ leaders. PML-N leader Chaudhry Nisar said that the MQM was a party of “dacoits”, adding that a person who was sitting abroad for the past 19

Sharifs’ Gharibi Hatao Program in the Punjab

Mian Mohammad Sharif, father of Nawaz Sharif and his six brothers founded Ittefaq foundry in 1939. The House of Ittefaq, the industrial conglomerate of Nawaz Sharif’s family is not unity anymore and 119 offspring’s siblings and spouses of the seven founding brothers are currently battling in courts for the division of the assets of the

How Much Wealth Does Nawaz Sharif Have?

Members of the Sharif family, including Shahbaz Sharif, have approached the Lahore High Court for the recovery of their property and money attached by the National Accountability Bureau to recover a fine imposed on Nawaz Sharif in two cases in 2000. In seven petitions filed with LHC’s Rawalpindi bench on July 5, 2010, the family

PML-n is Establishment’s Pet

Chaudhry Nisar was involved in toppling government of PPP, through his links with Army as he would sit for hours with Army officers as he is doing now.  His secret meeting in dead of night with Army chief along with Shahbaz Shareef is talk of town.  While Nawaz Shareef the Groom of Establishment who never goes to jail claims

Nawaz Sharif is on the Right Track?

The so-called minus and plus formulas is unlikely to solve any problems.  The present system is obviously not ideally democratic, and many of the expectations from system are yet to be fulfilled. The 17th Amendment still lingers as an ugly reminder of the Musharraf era and we are yet to implement the Charter of Democracy. 

Ishaq Dar had Ditched Nawaz Sharif

The Musharraf government prepared a money laundering reference against Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif in 2000 on the basis of a statement recorded by one of their trusted lieutenants, Senator Ishaq Dar.  Senator Dar’s handwritten statement, given before a magistrate back on April 25, 2000, had alleged that Sharif brothers used the Hudaibya Paper Mills

ISI Conspiracies

On Aug 23 09, Sawal Yeh Hai with Dr. Danish, a TV talk show unveiled the truth about some of the conspiracies in Pakistan’s history. Featuring Brigadier (R) Imtiaz aka Billa (Ex DG IB ) Ghulam Mustafa Khar (Former Gov Punjab) and Lt. Gen (r) Naseer Akhtar who was Corp Commander Karachi in 1992, the

Nawaz Sharif: Biography

Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif was born on December 25, 1949 in Lahore. He was twice elected as PM, serving two non-consecutive terms, the first from November 1, 1990 to July 18, 1993 and the second from February 17, 1997 to October 12, 1999.  He is best known internationally for ordering Pakistan’s 1998 nuclear tests in