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The Oxford Dictionary defines goofball as a ‘naive or stupid person’, such words are too kind yet true also for the convicted Prime Minister of Pakistan. During Gilani’s recent UK tour he was interviewed by CNN’s Becky Anderson who confronted him on a recent poll that reported many Pakistanis were despondent and desperate to leave the country. [...]

GUEST BLOG by Nadeem Arif Najmi Yeh daagh daagh ujala yeh shabguzeda sahar, woh intezar tha jiska yeh woh sahar to nahin (This black-sooted light, this night-smeared morning, this is not the morning we had waited for) The immortal words of the great Faiz Ahmed Faiz above, have never been more pertinent.  Millions did not [...]

April 2012’s B-side is a special B-side focusing on the conviction for contempt of court of Prime Minister Gilani. The B-side begins by sharing the views of respected Pakistani journalists in Syed Talat Hussain and Mohammed Malick on Gilani’s conviction. To conclude, legal arguments are considered via an excellent article by Babar Sattar, thus April 2012’S [...]

Amidst the rumours of army coups and the much talked about civil-military divide, the Supreme Court’s NRO verdict on 12 January has somewhat been lost in all the chaos, claims and counter-claims.  In my opinion the Supreme Court has issued a brave and balanced judgement against the corrupt (morally and financially) government of Zardari-Gilani. A five member bench [...]

The proof of the pudding is in the eating so goes the common catchphrase. This will indeed be the case for Pakistan’s parliament and her civilian and military leadership after their recent unanimous resolution regulating Pakistan-US relations post Osama and Abbottabad. Personally I welcome the unanimous resolution passed by the joint sitting of the Parliament that lasted over [...]

Seen on the back of a rickshaw in Lahore: ‘Horn na bajao: Pak fauj so rahi hai’ For Sale: Obsolete #Pakistan army radar; can’t detect US ‘copters but can receive Star Plus; only Rs. 999″ I know my next door neighbour’s name. #BetterIntelThanTheISI ( Twitter hash tag) Gen Kayani: Any Indian misadventure will be swiftly [...]

The above set of photos sicken me and let me tell you why? The first photo shows the present non-practising pir and evidently the non-practising Prime Minister of Pakistan showing affection to a baby girl who now resides in a IDP camp owing to the government’s lacklustre response to the Hunza landslide. The Prime Minister [...]

Breaking News: PM Gilani can actually govern Pakistan. Yes I know its a shock for many readers to read the above statement and many will have fallen off their respective chairs by now. And so I will repeat the breaking news that the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani can actually govern! The evidence of such a [...]

Prime Minister Gilani is a man of many words and few actions. The PM to his credit or discredit readers can chooise, is always suited and booted and oozes class whilst his performance in Parliament and elsewhere is full of proud rhetoric and promises galore. However his words have yet to materialise into action with Gilani’s governance [...]