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Darul-e-Amman, Quetta turns into sub jail
Quetta: Wearing red kameez, black Shalwar and Dupatta, face of Shazia, an inhabitant of Darul-Amman, Quetta, was half covered. She looked angry when she uttered a few words, without having an eye contact. She looked an aggressive and traumatized person. Shazia was married against her will and was brought to Quetta from Peshawar where she …
His word is law: A sad tale of victimization and nepotism
Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar, who tries to portray himself as a reformist and always claims to be a torch-bearer of justice, violated laws and judicial norms, in many cases, to favour some groups and individuals, close to him. Truth Tracker obtained multiple documents and details that reveal that the outgoing CJP showed …
A new Charter of Democracy?
Lahore: On January 15, Prime Minister Imran Khan tweeted: “In a Parliament that costs taxpayers billions yearly, yet another walkout in NA by the Opposition shows that this is the only function they intend to perform. These are pressure tactics to seek an NRO & evade accountability for corruption in NAB cases not initiated by …
Accountability process creates political chaos
Lahore: In pursuit of their ambitious agenda of putting the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) top leadership behind bars, the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) government seems to have adopted the blatant a collision course with the top court’s chief justice by refusing to remove PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Sindh Chief Minister from the ban travel …
New Pakistan: An Asset or a Liability
Imran Khan is a twenty second but first ever genuinely elected prime minister in Pakistan. Since, his election explicitly explains that in the past we all knew who was going to be the next PM, CM, Governor, and even president of Pakistan but in new Pakistan we were just predicting that he/she might be appointed …
She was a genuine leader
Benazir Bhutto was a brilliant, unique, foresighted, brave and tolerant leader and had the potential to make Pakistan a real welfare state. Unfortunately, whenever she came into power, undemocratic forces blocked her way and kept her under pressure. December 27 was the death anniversary of BB and was observed particularly in Sindh. Pakistan Peoples’ Party …
PPP wants to change its face
Lahore: The PPP has challenged the establishment and Pakistan Tehrik e Insaf’s Government and may go for resistance inside the parliament and outside. Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday said, “We need a go-ahead from Asif Zardari and we can topple the PTI’s federal and Punjab governments.” Bilawal’s spoke like a fighter for the …
The Missing part of Quaid’s dream
Every time the democratic process is obstructed in Pakistan, the forces of obscurantism promptly appear on the scene to add the confusion and uncertainty. The conflict between liberal values, modernity and democratisation of the society and the outdated ideology preached by clerics in the name of religious philosophy is more than 150 years old. After …
Religious freedom in Pakistan
Earlier this month, a press statement by US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo said that Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan, have been designated as Countries of Particular Concern under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 for having engaged in or tolerated “systematic, ongoing, [and] egregious …
Land grabbers remain untouchable in Naya Pakistan
Islamabad: Action against land-grabbers is the top priority of the ruling Pakistan Tehrik e Insaf (PTI) and Chief Justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar, still landgrabbers’ mafias comprising journalists, politicians and lawyers are on the loose across Pakistan, especially in the twin cities, Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Truth Tracker learnt after thorough investigations. Common people, especially overseas …