Many precious lives were lost as a result of the barbarous suicide attacks on Kohati Gate Church in Peshawar. How many? Well I think it is a posthumous insult to all the deceased when we sum up the dead bodies and present them in numbers. I object to the notion […]
Author: Kashif A. Khan
PTI and the fight against Rumors and Disinformation
Like always I went to my village to celebrate EID this year. It’s always fun celebrating EID at village. About two and a half months had passed since the May 11 general elections of Pakistan. The villagers had voted heavily in favour of PTI. It was my first visit to […]
PTI’s Justice (Rtd) Wajihuddin VS PMLN’s Mamnoon Hussain
30th July, 2013 is indeed going to be an important day in the history of Pakistan. PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) nominee Justice (Rtd) Wajihuddin Ahmed is contesting election for the Presidential spot against PMLN’s Mamnoon Hussain. It is highly expected that Mr. Mamnoon win this election with the PMLN successfully winning […]
Egypt army chief ousts President Morsi amid huge protests on Tahrir Square
Egypt’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ousted President Mohamed Morsi on Wednesday and declared the head of the Supreme Constitutional Court caretaker leader. Sisi also announced a freezing of the Islamist-drafted constitution and early presidential elections. Army chief al-Sisi, speaking on national television in front of a row of prominent political […]
BLA sends a message by destroying Quaid-e-Azam residency
Banned militant group BLA(Baloch Liberation Army) attacked the residency of the founding father of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah and destroyed it. They chose the residency of Mr. Jinnah because they wanted to send a message, they do not recognize Pakistan. BLA has been active in its insurgent activities since 2000, […]
Taliban Beheads two Boys for committing “Yogurt Selling”
Two Afghan boys who were aged 10 and 16, were allegedly beheaded by Taliban because they sold yogurt to Afghan Police and Army personnel. The boys were warned that they should not have any business dealings with any Afghan official. However, today when the boys were coming back after selling […]
Tehreek-e-Insaf and the Challenges in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has emerged as a leading party in KPK (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) with 35 seats. There are 13 independent candidates who won their seats. The inclusion of these independents could take PTI’s total number of seats to almost 48. The party nonetheless is going to form a coalition government with the […]
Nawaz Sharif terms Shahbaz claims of ending power crises a gimmick
PMLN chief and Prime Minister Elect Mr. Nawaz Sharif said that the claim of his brother to end power crises in two years was just an election campaign gimmick. He explained that sometimes, in the frenzied moments of election campaigns, one says things which otherwise should have been avoided. Nawaz […]
NA-250 Karachi sees low turnout in repoll in 43 polling stations
Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) today held a re-poll on 43 polling stations of NA-250 constituency of Karachi. The voter turnout was quite low. However, there were polling stations where the people waited in long lines to cast their votes. MQM (Muttahida Qoumi Movement) boycotted the re-poll in only 43 […]
Ali Musa Gillani says won’t allow election in Multan if brother not recovered
Ali Musa Gillani, the brother of kidnapped Ali Haider Gillani says that he will not allow elections to be held in Multan if his brother was not recovered by tonight. He said this upon reaching the place where his brother was kidnapped. Mr. Musa Gillani could not help control his […]