Author: K. Shahzad

General Elections

Who will win Pakistan general elections 2013?

Different sources and surveys are concluding different outcomes of Pakistan elections 2013 but one thing is common in all of them, they are all rating Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). Also most surveys suggest that PML-N and PTI will secure more seats than PPP, so the real tough fight is going to be between the PTI and PML-N. Supporters of both parties are confident that their party will secure more seats than the other party. With the entry of PTI in the game this time, analysts are confident that no party is gonna get two third majority, they go forward in believing firmly that none of the parties are gonna secure […]

General Elections

Do vote on May 11 for positive change in Pakistan

Obviously by May 11, 2013 I am referring to upcoming Pakistan general elections. In around last two decades and specifically in last five to six years this country saw the worst of situations. Problems are not unknown to any Pakistani and these obviously are Electricity Load shedding, Gas Shortage, Law ‘n’ order situation, higher levels of corruptions, tax theft by elected members of assemblies, poor health and education facilities, bad economic situation, closing industries due  to no efforts to make electricity available, foreign incisions, terrorism and what not. We are also left far far behind in terms of communications and technology from most of rest of the world. This is very tiny amount of literate people gone out of their […]

Basic Needs

Electricity Load shedding gone worse in Pakistan as the caretaker government took over the country

Now a days people of Pakistan specially Punjab are facing the worst electricity load shedding of history comprising more than 12 hours daily. This is due to the worst performance of previous government. They have done noting to solve the country’s biggest problem, which is shortage of electricity. Things were even better before the previous government of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and gone worse due to non payment of fuel to the stakeholders providing fuel to electricity generators. They kept taking the bills from consumers but not payed the cost of fuel, each month they were owing more than previous to fuel providers, circular dept increased, which resulted in partial or full closure of some powerhouses. As the PPP government […]

Basic Needs

CNG Load shedding continues even in off peak season in Pakistan, who is responsible

As winters are long gone and we are well into the summer season. Which means the house hold demand of Natural Gas is at its lowest. On other hand CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) load management plan which was introduced in peak season is still applicable without any change. CNG which is environment friendly and is much cheaper than Petrol (Gasoline) and Diesel, and also is preference of most of vehicle owners in Pakistan. But unfortunately due to the wrong policies of previous government, the whole future availability of CNG is in jeopardy. Even right now CNG is available to people of Pakistan only for four days in a week and despite the fact that the peak season of Natural Gas […]

General Elections

Higher Education Commission issued a notice to Ex-Parliamentarians instructing them to get degrees verified till 5th April, 2013

Just the government of Pakistan People Party (PPP) is gone and care taker government took over. The winds of change are already blowing. Lots of efforts are being made from Pakistani Supreme court, High courts (Provincial courts), Election Commission of Pakistan(ECP) and Higher Eduction Commission (HEC) to make sure that Pakistan General Elections 2013 are free and fair. HEC is in process of verifying the degrees of former parliamentarians. They have already cleared some degrees and proved some of them as fake, which resulted in imprisonment of Ex Parliamentarians. Recently, HEC issued a notice to former parliamentarians about getting their degrees verified till at most 5th of April. This notice reads as follows. Public Notice for Ex-Parliamentarians for Degree Attestation […]