Articles with tag: political parties

Pakistan People’s Party and Urban Pakistan: Reasons for Erosion of Support

Raza Habib Nov 7, 2009 interacts: 56

With the media explosion, the middle class sentiment has been given a collective “voice” which has the potential to change the political landscape for better or worse.

MQM, Mainstream Politics and AJK

Mazhar Iqbal Sep 13, 2009 interacts: 2

After winning two seats in AJKLA the MQM has entered into wide-ranging politics of Pakistan. The AJK case could be a base for its political rise or downfall simultaneously.

Muttahida Qaumi Movement: The Lost Promise

Raza Habib Aug 28, 2009 interacts: 20

There is a tendency in the media to brand MQM as a liberal party, frankly it is not. Yes it has secular credentials but it’s also a party with very firm roots in ethnicity.

Bombay Lefties

Prashant Bhatt Jul 29, 2009 interacts: 187

You can still find some of the old vanguard sitting in the garden at Horniman circle in the Fort area of Bombay, discussing the murder of the Communist MLA Krishna Desai.

Is There a Redeemer?

saeed qureshi Apr 2, 2009 interacts: 20

Is there some one from among the Pakistani leaders who can stop this calamitous down slide and reverse the dreadful drift?

Here We Go Again

Ahmer Muzammil Aug 9, 2008 interacts: 4

But it’s really a wet firecracker without Army’s intervention, because sehba auntie or shareefudding peerzada can’t jump the gates of PTV and take over.

And then there was The Impeachment Issue…

Shiraz Mahmood Aug 7, 2008 interacts: 432

A smug looking Mian saa’ab and the ever dramatic Dark Prince, announced at a joint press conference, their plans to pursue the Impeachment of President Pervaiz Musharraf.

Nawaz Sharif’s Moment of Truth

Karamatullah K Ghori Jun 26, 2008 interacts: 158

Nawaz Sharif disqualified to run for the national Assembly by none other than the Lahore High Court. How should he react to it? How should he take it?

Old Wine, Still Older Bottles

Babar Mufti Sep 28, 2007 interacts: 7

If the people of Pakistan don’t take to the streets, the politicians are themselves to blame. They have chosen the politics of convenience and non-agitation.

Musharraf the Out-smarter

Riaz Jafri Sep 25, 2007 interacts: 330

A lot is being said and written these days for and against Musharraf who first introduced the concept of ‘Pakistan First’ (keeping Pakistan before self and all).

Student Politics In Pakistan

Nabeel Khan Jul 5, 2006 interacts: 4

From the heydays of political activity in the 60s to the politically dormant entity of the 90s, a lot of change has taken place in student attitudes towards political activity. Who and/or what factors have been responsible for fomenting this attitude of a