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Top Story April 27, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has agreed to meet and listen to the reservations of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers who have come out in support of estranged party leader Jahangir Tareen, Geo News reported on Monday. The premier, according to sources, is scheduled to meet at least 30 PTI lawmakers today (Tuesday). The partys MPAs and MNAs, who are close to the estranged leader, will present Tareens case to the prime minister, confirmed the sources. Last ...

Fall of political morality February 17, 2021 A larger question today is not who will be elected to the 51 seats of the Senate or which party would get a majority in the Upper House of the Parliament on March 2, but how some of them would become senators? Will they get into the House on merit or through corrupt and immoral practices which in the past many years have gripped our system? The journey for a "democratic Pakistan" has never been easy since its independence 73 years back. Unfortunate...

Fall of political morality February 16, 2021 A larger question today is not who will be elected to the 51 seats of the Senate or which party would get a majority in the Upper House of the Parliament on March 2, but how some of them would become senators? Will they get into the House on merit or through corrupt and immoral practices which in the past many years have gripped our system? The journey for a "democratic Pakistan" has never been easy since its independence 73 years back. Unfortunate...

KARACHI, the largest city of Pakistan and having two ports, which contributes more than 20 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) and provides 60pc of its revenue, is again at the receiving end for several reasons. As some political leaders have rightly highlighted, the approved population figure of 16 million on the basis of the 2017 census is a travesty, to say the least. Pure and simple statistics indicate that even if we assume the population figure of 9.30 million, which...

Nationalists vow to follow GM Syed’s politics Several factions of JST honour late visionary on his 117th birthday Sindhi nationalist leader GM Syed. PHOTO: FILE HYDERABAD: Sindhi nationalist leaders have reiterated their vow to continue treading on the path of non-violence as taught by their late iconic nationalist leader GM Syed. The nationalist leaders were speaking at separate public meetings organised on Sunday by several factions of the Jeay Sindh Tehreek, a party founded by Syed, in Sa...

Remembering G M Syed January 17, 2021 Syed Ghulam Murtaza Shah Kazmi, commonly known as G M Syed, was a renowned Sindhi politician, born in British-occupied Sindh in 1905. For many reasons, G M Syed is considered the father of the Sindh rights movement in Pakistan. And even after his death he continues to remain a towering figure, rallying his supporters, admirers and even opponents on his birthday every year. This year, his 117th birthday is being observed today in Sindh and other parts of t...

The writer is an author. PERHAPS half the readers of this column might not have been born 50 years ago. Others old enough will recall the mood prevailing in January 1971 across East and West Pakistan — a feeling of child-like accomplishment, of a new-found confidence as our dyslexic nation tottered towards democracy. The month before, in December 1970, the country had voted in its first ‘free and fair’ general elections, overseen by a military president, Gen A.M. Yahya Khan. He expressed ...

The writer holds a PhD from the University of Birmingham, UK and works in Islamabad. Some other books that have discussed One Unit include ‘Pakistan of Jinnah’ by Ahmed Salim, ‘Pakistan in the 20th Century’ by Lawrence Ziring and ‘Federalism in Pakistan’ by Muntzra Nazir. Interested readers may also find details of the One Unit scheme in some biographies and memoirs such as ‘Mera Siyasi Safar’ by Hasan Mahmood, and ‘Daultana Dastaan’ by Wakeel Anjum – both published by Jan...

Opinion December 27, 2020 There are mainly two reasons for discussing the One Unit episode in our history in this column. First is that in 2020, it was the 50th anniversary of the dissolution of One Unit, which after 15 years of experimentation was abolished in 1970. The second is the present drive of the government to roll back the 18th Amendment, which will essentially bring back memories of One Unit. For the uninitiated, just a quick recap. When Pakistan came into being in 1947 it comprised...

Achakzai’s statement generated intense indignation among the wider circles of Punjabi literati Last Sunday, Mehmood Khan Achakzai’s insinuation about Lahoris’ collusion with Hindus and Sikhs against Afghans stirred a heated response. I think by Lahoris he meant Punjabis in general. The people of the Punjab are frequently accused of not putting up a fight against invaders from the north. Achakzai re-invented that allegation by accusing Punjabis (he called them Lahoris, though) of aiding a...