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Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s great grandson and family got warm welcome on arrival at Benazir Bhutto International Airport after their first-ever air travel. People, especially political workers and civil society representatives, turned up in large numbers.  Read more... (1140 words, 1 image, estimated 4:34 mins reading time)

The portraits of Founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Muhammed Ali Jinnah have been missing from the Prime Minister House and Presidential House as blogger Farhan spotted it first and reported as “The terrible Blunder at the presidency”. Later on Aly B reported in as “Pakistan – No Longer A Living Monument Of The Quaid?”, Teeth Maestro as “Zardari throws out Quaid-e-Azam from the Presidency”. Afterwards it was revealed by The News and Geo TV.  Read more... (214 words, 1 image, estimated 51 secs reading time)

The first meeting between India’s prime minister, Manmohan Singh, and Pakistan’s president, Asif Ali Zardari, since the terror attacks in Mumbai last year, the brief encounter before Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Yekaterinberg, Russia was freighted with expectations of a fresh opening between the two countries.  Read more... (266 words, 1 image, estimated 1:04 mins reading time)

PML-N demanded a registration of a murder case against General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, his immediate arrest and the inclusion of his name in the exit control list (ECL).  Read more... (261 words, 3 images, estimated 1:03 mins reading time)

After a long time people of Karachi were able to spend at least a single day without load shedding. Thanks to the visit of President Zardari and Raja Pervez Ashraf.  Read more... (182 words, 0 images, estimated 44 secs reading time)

Asif Zardari

In the first four months after assuming the presidency last September, he made nine foreign trips costing Rs150m. He took off within a week of taking oath. This matter is a serious one and cannot be ignored. The country is in flames, hundreds of thousands are being uprooted from their homes in the north because of the army action in the Malakand division, the Taliban are retaliating and an economic meltdown is looming large.  Read more... (309 words, 2 images, estimated 1:14 mins reading time)

[Post has been updated with images from Chowrangi on 22nd May, 2009]

It is good to hear that President Asif Ali Zardari has said to take strong notice of unethical activities of his accompanying ministers, during the recent American tour.  Read more... (284 words, 2 images, estimated 1:08 mins reading time)

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf resigned under intense political pressure in August.

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, speaking on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” said he wishes the current government well and that he “would be the happiest person” if the nation deals well with threats such as the growing political and martial strength of the Taliban.  Read more... (588 words, 3 images, estimated 2:21 mins reading time)

Research by the BBC Urdu’s service into the growing strength of Taliban militants in north western Pakistan shows that only 38% of the area remains under full government control.

It was based on local research and correspondent reports as well as conversations with officials. It shows the Taliban strengthening their hold across the north-west.  Read more... (289 words, 2 images, estimated 1:09 mins reading time)