By Ali Arqam: Zulfiqar Mirza’s theatrics, Altaf Hussain’s histrionics, rabble-rouser Qureshi’s anti climax (of Nuclear Arsenal under threat episode), Munawwar Hasan’s  ‘No one loves me’ rants, Fazlur Rehman’s alarm bells of Islam in danger, the new theatrical production is a rally by JuD for “Difa-e-Pakistan”. Welcome to Karachi fairgrounds. First swearing Mirza damned MQM for posing [...]

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has been informed that some 1,000 journalists of Islamabad had applied for plots after the government launched new sectors in Islamabad and invited applications from the general public, government servants and others as part of a uniform policy to give plots to those who were permanently living in Islamabad and [...]

Sayyidi wa sanadi Hadhrat Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani (Allah preserve him) was approached by two scholars who requested for permission to narrate the Prophetic sayings (sanad e hadith). Both were graduates of Nadwat ul Ulama, Lucknow. They had brought the canonical books of the blessed Prophetic sayings (Hadith) with them and wanted to recite the [...]

By Tariq Butt for The Gulf Today Funeral prayers of the world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) Arfa Karim Randhawa, who passed away on Saturday night after protracted illness, were held in Lahore on Sunday. The prayers, held in Cavalry Ground, were attended by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and her close family members. Her [...]

For days I have been in hunt for some idea , some motivation to write about but I remained numb. With the goal of mass appeal , apolitical , and non controversial article loaming in my mind I tried to write on any topic possible and whatever I wrote turned out to be  unsatisfactory. I [...]

ہمیں ٹیگ کرنےکی سعادت ایک نہایت قدیم بلاگر کو حاصل ہوئی ہے۔ ہم ان کی بزرگی اور قدامت کا احترام کرتے ہوئے مندرجہ ذیل سوالات کے ہر ممکن حد تک آسان اور قابل برداشت جوابات دینے کی کوشش کرنے کا ارادہ رکھتے ہیں۔ دو ہزار بارہ میں کیا خاص یا نیا کرنا چاہتے ہیں؟ لینڈ [...]

Introduction: Recently there has been much discussion over Imran Khan’s PTI: Is it actually going to be a revolutionary party; or is it going to fail as all the “old faces” are joining it? The points stated by the supporters of the latter view are pretty weak and unjust, and are falsified in this post.__________________________________________________________ [...]

  Image via Wikipedia Governor Salman Taseer died at the hands of a religious fanatic on January  4 last year. Fearlessly championing a deeply unpopular cause, this brave man had sought to revisit the country’s blasphemy law which, as he saw it,  was yet another means of intimidating Pakistan’s embattled religious  minorities. This law – [...]

Special Investigative Report JOURNALIST and creative writer Habib R. Sulemani is locked inside his home in Pakistan’s garrison city, Rawalpindi, for over 21 months. He is living in solitary confinement after three attempts on his life in 2010. In September 2011, when The Terrorland published an article, Poetry turns into reality: war crimes case against [...]

Why has Prime Minister Gilani suddenly found himself on the precipice of utility?  Once upon a time, in the eighties, Gilani was a young minister in Prime Minister Junejo’s cabinet. At that point, Junejo wasn’t quite getting along with his Punjab chief minister, Nawaz Sharif. Most worryingly, even Ziaul Haq was convinced Nawaz was getting [...]

The Terrorland Report A leader of the Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has hurled threat at The Terrorland. Some Karachi-based journalists have asked The Terrorland Team to take the words of MQM leader and Minister Youth Affairs Sindh, Faisal Sabzwari, seriously, as it was aimed at journalist Habib R. Sulemani. “The MQM guys use the couplet [...]

“Pakistan’s nuclear assets are not safe as long as Zardari exists [Zardari ke hotay huay],” said Shah Mehmood Qureshi a couple of Image via Wikipedia weeks ago. This is gutter politics based upon shameless posturing. By making this claim, Qureshi has proved that he has the genes of his father who was a collaborator of [...]

Mehran bank scandal also known as “Mehrangate” was a major political scandal in Pakistan between 1990-1994 in which senior politicians and political parties were found to have been bribed by military and intelligence officers to prevent the re-election and destabilize the government of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).Initiated by Chief of Army Staff Mirza Aslam [...]

Finally Afaq Ahmed of MQM-Haqiqihad been released after almost eight years of imprisonment. Somebody who wasgroomed by Military Intelligence (MI) whom former COAS Kakar called, “my lads”to former IG Punjab Sardar who arrested Afaq and Amir in Lahore, Afaq Ahmed andAamir Khan parted with then Mohajir Qaumi Movement of Altaf Hussain and formedwhat was initially [...]