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It’s an election year in Pakistan. In every democratic country, an election year tends to be the most busy year for political parties to gain public attention and increase their vote bank. However, the upcoming 2018 election is expected to be the most hotly contested election in Pakistan’s history. The election result will determine whether Supreme Court’s decision against the ruling PMLN has any effect on voter’s mind. PMLN insists any decision against them will have no effect on their loyal voters, and they’ll still win the 2018 election. PTI on the other hand believes a decision against PMLN will go in their favor and they’ll form the next government. Peoples Party is also hopeful to get a slice of the pie as a result of the unfavorable decision against PMLN. Will people still vote for PMLN or will they choose the alternative Imran Khan led PTI instead? Will the PPP have any stack in government after 2018 elections? We only chose these three parties because they’re the main parties ...

File photo of Naz Baloch. A poll from a fake twitter profile of Naz Baloch recently asked followers to vote for their favorite leader. The poll had the names of PTI Chief Imran Khan, Maryam Nawaz Shareef, and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhuttto, whose party she recently joined. The poll had some interesting results, Imran Khan received 81 percent votes from twitter users whereas Bilawal Bhutto 10 percent and Maryam Nawaz with 9 percent votes respectively. The result as of writing this article was based close to 13,000 twitter users opinion. Khurram Sher Zaman, her former colleague from PTI, replied to her poll saying “check out the difference yourself”. Naz Baloch quickly informed Khurram that the poll was posted from a fake ID. “Khurrum this is a fake twitter i.d. misusing my name”. Khurrum this is a fake twitter i.d. misusing my name i.e. @NazBaioch_ (using capital ” i “), I have already reported @Twitter, P...

Recent Screenshot of the WhiteHouse.Gov Website Recently, various media networks reported that soon after Trump’s inauguration, his administration  took down pages  related to Civil Rights, LGBT, Abortion, Climate Change and Spanish language content from the White House website. The news sent shockwaves among many who were already wary of President Trump’s various controversial pledges during his campaign. However, contrary to the misleading reports, in fact every new administration is handed over a fresh version of White House website where they showcases their own policies. The old website is wiped clean with every new presidency. The content of the old website are archived. For example all Obama-era material of the White House website have been archived and are available at Obama whitehouse.gov. Similarly, the official twitter handle of the United State President  @POTUS  was also wiped clean and handed over to the new incoming president. At the tim...

People ride along a street on a smoggy day in Daqing, Heilongjiang province. REUTERS/Stringer China and the United States are the top two biggest global carbon emitters. China has not taken drastic measures to curb carbon emissions until recent past, the US was playing a lead role in devising environmental policies and the Obama administration took several measures to minimize the impact of climate change. Former US President Obama had put a stop to the 1,179-mile Keystone XL Pipeline, which would have carried crude from Alberta tar sands to the Gulf of Mexico. In Obama’s view, the environmental cost was too much for a relatively modest supply of oil, and would have been at odds with this nation’s commitment to join a global pact to reduce greenhouse gases. He solidified his environmental legacy by putting an end to oil drilling in large areas of Atlantic and Arctic oceans during his last days as President. During the last two weeks, we saw a contrasting approach by the US and China to...

File photo of Qatari Prince, Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani. It was Qatari letter that played a key role in leading Justice Asif Saeed Khosa to call for disqualification of prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Justice Khosa believed that the letter from Qatari prince Mr. Al-Thani went against the stated position of the Prime Minister when it was juxtaposed with the speeches made by him. Prime minister in his first address to the nation had talked about a factory near Makkah but there was no mention of any factory in Dubai or real estate business in Qatar. Ironically he had named “near Makkah” as the place where they had formed their factory and not Jeddah. “My father setup a steel factory near Makkah during the days of our forced exile [Musharraf era], for which money was borrowed from Saudi banks”, said prime  minister in his first speech. Hence according to prime minister, money was borrowed from Saudi banks to setup a steel factory near Makkah. There was no mention of Dubai factory...

PTI chairman Imran Khan has challenged the ruling Sharif family to bring a defamation case against him in court and he’ll disclose the name of the person who brought their 10 billion offer to him. He said this while addressing a rally in Parade Ground Islamabad. Imran Khan was informed during the rally that the Sharif family is filing defamation case against him for wrongly accusing them of offering him 10 billion rupees for keeping mum on Panama case. “They are asking me to disclose name of the person bringing their 10 billion offer to me”, said Imran Khan. “I would gladly disclose his name before of the court. “Because I will be able to ask protective cover for that person as everyone is well aware Sharifs will target him after that”, he explained. Imran Khan further said that not just him but they also offered two billion to that person if he succeeded in convincing me. PTI chairman announced country wide protests till the resignation of PM Nawaz Sharif’s resignation. He called on t...

Regional integration and intra-regional trade have played an important role in the economic prosperity of many countries, the Association of Southern Asian Nations (ASEAN) being one such example. The first attempt to regulate and codify all the scattered provisions – under the auspices of trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan in 1965, when Pakistan and Afghanistan signed a bilateral Transit Treaty. The treaty recognized the right of Afghanistan to access to seaports of Pakistan, but did not address Pakistan’s access to Central Asia through the territory of Afghanistan. In spite of the bilateral Afghanistan Transit Trade Agreement (ATTA, 1965), Pakistani stakeholders still held the perception that the extension of transit facility to Afghanistan was being used for unauthorized trade, causing injury to the domestic industry and loss of revenue. Negotiations between Pakistan and Afghanistan on a new transit treaty commenced in 2008 after visiting a delegation from Afghanistan tabled a dr...

“Gwadar Port Operational for Trade Activities” a headline which marked the realization of the long sought dream of President Xi Jinping. It indeed proved that Sino-Pakistan relationship is without a doubt, higher than the mountains and deeper than oceans. CPEC is a channel for the Maritime Silk Route that connects around three billion people in Asia, Africa and Europe. As expressed by President Xi Jinping, “The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is so precisely situated that it magically connects Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.” Although there are various dimensions to look at CPEC, the existing narrative explores that CPEC has provided Pakistan with a distinct advantage. However, in China, the project of CEPC is a silk route road channel connecting different regions and countries in one string. For the world, CPEC is known as the game changer for the worldwide trade. Three major powers, US, Japan and India, appear to be excessively uneasy as they see the...

Posters and portraits of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief, Altaf Hussain, were removed by from the city’s famous Mukka Chowk in the stronghold of the party. According to the police, unidentified people removed Altaf Hussain’s photos and portraits from the Chowk.The law-enforcers have no clue about the people are involved in damaging and removing MQM leader’s photos as well as MQM’s banners and posters. Posters and pictures of MQM leader were also removed from Jinnah Ground in Karachi, Nine Zero, Azizabad and different locations in Hyderabad. The law-enforcers have no clue about the people are involved in damaging and removing MQM leader’s photos as well as MQM’s banners and posters.

The Scotland Yard said it was investigating the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain’s speech for inciting violence in Karachi when he addressed party workers and supporters from his north-London base on Monday. Violence erupted in Karachi after MQM’s Altaf Hussain, who has been living in Edgware for over 20 years, addressed supporters in the city via a telephone call. The police are examining Hussain’s speech following “numerous calls from the public” to see if his remarks broke any English laws, a Scotland Yard spokeswoman told the Guardian. She added, “Where evidence of criminal activity is found we will consult with the Crown Prosecution Service.” Authorities in Pakistan claimed Hussain described the country as a “cancer” and incited his followers to attack two media stations that he accused of bias. READ MORE:  What MQM Chief Altaf Hussain actually said? On the other hand, an MQM spokesman claimed that the violence flared after the party’s supporters were fired o...

Former minister and TV personality claims he is receiving death threats from the party  “ “I am being told I am a bigger traitor than even Mustafa Kamal, and that I will be killed in a more painful manner than Kamal,” Former MQM member Dr Amir Liaquat revealed on Thursday that he has been receiving death threats via SMS and phone calls from unknown numbers after leaving the party earlier this week. While talking to different private television channels, Amir Liaquat stated, “my life is in danger. If I am killed and found in a  bori  (sack), hold the leader of MQM, Altaf Hussain responsible”. Amir Liaquat said he was being called a “bigger traitor that Mustafa Kamal”. Mustafa Kamal is also an ex MQM member who also parted ways with the party after difference with Altaf Hussain. He returned from self-exile this year and formed a new party, Pak Sarzameen Party. The party consists mostly of ex-MQM members and is constantly inviting existing members to join them. Ami...

A total of one hundred and ninety offices of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) have been sealed across Karachi within three days. The local administration sprang into action and demolished the party’s unit offices in Mosamiyat, Bhains Colony, Tariq Bin Zaiyad Society, Gulshan-i-Maymar and Shah Faisal Colony on the plea that they were set up illegally. According to an official, the decision to demolish the MQM offices built on state land and amenity plots were taken during a meeting between Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and Chief Minister Shah on Wednesday. Besides, he said, the provincial and federal governments had also decided to dismantle or seal those offices of the party which helped unscrupulous elements or created fear among the general public. Earlier today, MQM offices were sealed in Jheel Park and Shah Faisal Colony areas. In Azizabad, the name of “Mukka Chowk” has also been changed to “Liaquat Ali Khan Chowk”. The photos and posters of MQM chief at Nine Zero and...

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has once again resorted to using allegations against Pakistan regarding its commitment and honesty to the Afghan Peace Process. While accusing Pakistan for the apparent stalemate in the talks, President Ghani stressed that it was largely because Pakistan has adopted a discriminatory approach and is keeping a distinction of good and bad Taliban and showing leniency towards them. According to him, such a policy by Pakistani leadership is reflective of its half hearted pledge to making the peace process successful. While President Ghani may have his reasons, right or wrong, to doubt Pakistan, one can’t help but wonder why Afghan leadership is so distrustful of Pakistan’s effort. What can be done about it and why is it that whatever efforts Pakistan has been making, are not being acknowledged by the Afghan counterpart? It’s a fact that the Afghan Peace Process was set in motion and has recently gained momentum by the dedicated efforts of Pakistan. This has bee...

Protests continue outside the Republican national convention at Cleveland against Trump and Mike Pence nomination. Donald Trump and Mike Pence were officially selected to be the Republican Party’s nominees for president and vice president. Protesters, who were a mix of various ethnicity and religions such as Muslims, Blacks and Mexicans, held placards with slogans such as “Dump Trump” and “Stop Trump” written on them. They said Trump was bent on creating hatred based on ethnic lines which was against the basic tenets of American philosophy.  “I do not want my children to grow up hating people because they are Muslims, Blacks or Mexicans, a society Trump is trying to create”, said a protester.

Protests continue against Donald Trump on third day of Republican National Convention. Inside the convention hall at Cleveland, Senator Ted Cruz refused to endorse Trump, shattering the nicely scripted facade of the party unity. “…vote your conscience, vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom and to be faithful to the Constitution”, he said while addressing the convention. Angry Trump supporters booed Ted Cruz and chanted “We want Trump”. Cruz’s wife, Heidi, also faced the jeers of angry Trump supporters. She was quickly taken off the floor out of fear for her safety. Interestingly, “vote your conscience” has also been a famous slogan of anti-Trump movement. Cruz’s call for people to vote their conscience was seen as his vote of no confidence in Trump. Outside the convention hall, anti-Trump continued their protests for the third day of the convention. Cruz’s remarks were taken very well by the protesters. “Conscience can never ask someone to vote ...