Shaikh Aziz
In the midst of an atmosphere of uncertainty, the last few days of electioneering were quite hectic. March 5, 1977...
Updated 25 Aug, 2013 08:06am
As the electioneering entered the active phase both the ruling PPP and the nine-party alliance Pakistan National...
Updated 18 Aug, 2013 07:13am
On Jan 20, 1977 almost all newspapers published a picture of Z. A. Bhutto on the front page calling him a great...
Updated 09 Aug, 2013 04:42am
The news of the formation of Pakistan National Alliance (PNA) did not worry the PPP. They believed that the nine...
Updated 04 Aug, 2013 09:18am
With the announcement of election dates, the opposition parties sprang into action. It was much awaited, but the ...
Published 28 Jul, 2013 09:55am
Bhutto wanted to give the shortest possible time to the opposition for electioneering, keeping the approximate date...
Published 21 Jul, 2013 10:09am
The opposition parties, especially the components of the United Democratic Front (UDF), were not unaware of the...
Published 14 Jul, 2013 10:37am
KARACHI, July 9: In the death of Sundri Utamchandani, Sindhi literature has lost an eminent prose writer, poet,...
Updated 10 Jul, 2013 08:12am
Z.A. Bhutto knew the electoral history of Pakistan, especially the two elections he was part of, i.e. the elections based on Ayub Khan’s Basic Democracy system in 1962 and the 1970 elections held by General Yahya Khan. In
Published 02 Jun, 2013 10:27am
The year 1976 began with many domestic and international developments, especially on the nuclear programme front.
Published 12 May, 2013 05:05am
The trial against Wali Khan began on May 10, 1976, about a year after Sherpao’s murder and Wali’s arrest. The government presented a list of 455 witnesses.
Published 31 Mar, 2013 05:07am
The murder of Nawab Ahmed Khan Kasuri haunted Z.A. Bhutto for quite some time, thanks to the repeated accusations of his son Ahmad Raza Kasuri.
Published 17 Mar, 2013 12:05am
Z.A. Bhutto wanted to take the people out of the gloom that had developed after the Indian nuclear test. He was sure he would be able to raise the morale of the people. However, at times various problems at the
Published 23 Feb, 2013 11:18pm
Z.A. Bhutto was making efforts to regain Pakistan’s lost status in the international community and wanted to move forward taking all parties together. But it was not possible without taking other parties in confidence.
Published 10 Feb, 2013 03:51am
KARACHI, Feb 2: In the death of Sirajul Haq Memon, Sindhi literature has lost not only an enthusiastic writer but a very committed person who applied his creative faculty for the promotion of many genres of Sindhi literature.
Published 03 Feb, 2013 12:02am
No doubt Z.A. Bhutto had a complex personality. He was extra-intelligent, charismatic and persuasive but at the same time he was a shrewd and astute person, who always tried to attain his goal — come what may — as
Published 20 Jan, 2013 03:11am
Since the Islamic summit was being held after the 1973 Arab-Israel War, also known as the Ramazan War or the Yom Kippur War, Arab-Israeli conflict attained focal importance.
Published 13 Jan, 2013 12:04am
IN the passing away of Shamsherul Haidri, Sindh has lost a distinguished writer, a poet steeped in tradition, a playwright and a man of integrity who did not compromise on principles.
Published 11 Aug, 2012 12:08am
GHULAM Mustafa Jatoi was a scion of an influential family of Nawabshah district. He held a number of key positions ...
Published 21 Nov, 2009 12:00am
When Suhrab Faqir thought of learning music, giants like Faqir Amir Bakhsh and Sona Khan along with a number of...
Published 01 Nov, 2009 12:00am
