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Every year on 14th August the Independence Day, the Government of Pakistan bestows highest Civil Awards both to Pakistanis and foreigners having performed extraordinary high in different fields. This year Foreign Minister’s Honour Award, among other, has been given to two Pakistanis working in...

NAB Chairman taking note of public complaints has ordered inquiry against Karachi Electric for over-billing etc. 2. Last month in a talk show covering NEPRA’s public hearing, a senior anchor “twice” in his talk show stated that the KE CEO left the hearing to show how much “regard” he had...

REMITTANCES – NO ONE REALLY WANTS By Javed – 25 January 2020 To help achieve targeted remittances, the Ministry of Finance had taken host of new measure. Remittances soared to S11.4b during first half of 2020 said the Ministry including the manpower export exceeding from 382,000 to 625,000 in...

On the question of NAB referencing Zyed Zulfi Bukhari, responding that Zulfi Bukhari was a foreign national doing his business in UK and none in Pakistan, His Excellency Imran Khan wondered then as to how the Pakistani law could have, as such, jurisdiction over a foreign national & businessmen...

His Excellency Mr. Asad Umar, September 06, 2018 Minister for Finance, Revenue & Economy, Government of Pakistan, Islamaad. Your Excellency, His Excellency Mr. Imran Khan, our new Prime Minister, in his first address to the nation, among other things, pinned...

25 October 2017 The OPF is finalizing arrangements for a two day Overseas Pakistanis Convention (OPs Convention) to be held in the last week of December 2017. 2. Onقرض اتارو ملک سنوارو Nawaz Sharif called an Overseas Pakistanis Convention in Islamabad in 1997. Pakistanis from the...

22 April 2017 FIA is investigating, as usual for final outcome never to see light of the day, the alleged sale of a PIA flying A-310 aircraft to a German museum for peanuts and without approval of the PIA Board. The aircraft in question first flew with its crew to Malta without any...

22 February 2017 I am 70 with 50 years rich commercial and administrative experience. I never joined any student union, labour union or officers association including any political party. During middle of my age, a little I had “respect” for Jamat-e-Islami because I never heard of...

14 January 2017 On Indian scrapping of high denomination currency notes, our anchors had a lot of hysteria how inhumane this act of the Modi government was against its people. These Anchors, the present day’s highest level perfect intellectuals in all fields, forgot that early...

کہ خُوشی سے مر نہ جاتے اگر اعتبار ہوتا According to a statement on 03rd September 2016 by the Overseas Pakistanis Grievance Commissioner, the Pakistani Ambassadors around the world “have started” listening complaints of Overseas Pakistanis (OPs) on weekly basis without any prior appointment...

I am a senior citizen in the stage called the “bonus life”. My father 96 died four years ago. Till his death he sighed about the “Gora Raj” when life of a commoner was really easy, cheap and safe. Government statements were blindly trusted and taken as guaranteed word. My Grands always wished...

18 June 2016 I have just received a confirmatory copy from PTCL having directly deposited annual Dividend of Rs. 82 for the current year into my bank account. Exact Rs. 200 have been spent on posting of this half page counterfoil. Last year’s dividend too was Rs. 82/-. I wonder if it is...

The senior intellectual, journalist and writer Nazir Naji on the background of recent Panama Leaks comparing himself with Nawaz Sharif, has pride that he owned a house while the PM of Pakistan does no have a private home of his own. 2. This refreshed the very old now vivid memories of this...

This 68 years old acute diabetic surrounded by different old age worries could not control his abrupt and spontaneous burst of laughter reading a few minutes back when surfing the net he came across a PDF “Handbook for Overseas Pakistanis” on the websites both of the Honourable Federal...

Touching the latest international hot Panama Leaks topic, the senior journalist and anchor Arif Nizami specifically showed his surprise on the presence of name of Saifullah family who allegedly own more than 30 off shore companies. 2. It has been argued by almost all the participants in these...

PIA once was liked even by Europeans eg. Kennedy’s wife opted PIA for travel US to London. Tezgam once was preferred over PIA. Today lower commoners travel in Tezgam common-class and mostly free loaders in AC. During 50s, 60s a commoner invariably within a short time received reply from the...

Hardly an week goes by during the last about two years when allegations and rumors of money going abroad through airports or boats is not heard of in talk shows or not read in print. 2. Rafu Klasra in his talk show 24 March 2016 brought loudly to the personal notice of Interior Minister...

According to a news item Karachi based renowned NGO Sehri approached the Federal Ombudsman against Defence Ministry for its non provisioning of information under the Right of Information as to how many plots were given to specific NGO. The Federal Ombudsman refused to take up the complaint...

Relatives of a young women went missing from the Lady Wallington Hospital Lahore had to resort to blocking the traffic to get their case registered by the police. Pathankot incident happened in India. Dr. Imran Farooq murder case in UK but in no minute these cases were registered. Iftikhar...

New Pakistan Airways has been raised fooling the people that it would create and introduce abroad a soft image of Pakistan. This nation is since decades seeing such self-vested-interest dramas. Purpose behind some moves always invariably is something else than what was being painted. 2. One...