Tag Archive for Shahbaz Sharif

Free laptops is not the answer. What is?

by Pervez Hoodbhoy • April 30, 2012

To loud applause at a special distribution ceremony on Pakistan Day, PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif declared: “We do not give weapons in the hands of youngsters, we give them laptops; we give them education”. The laptop scheme is the brainchild…

by Abbas Zaidi • December 25, 2011

“Pakistan’s nuclear assets are not safe as long as Zardari exists [Zardari ke hotay huay],” said Shah Mehmood Qureshi a couple of weeks ago. This is gutter politics based upon shameless posturing. By making this claim, Qureshi has proved that…

by whh • October 3, 2011

Pakistan is facing worst sort of power crisis of its history as electricity generation falls to 9,000 mega watts whereas the demand is around 16,000 mega watts. People came out on streets in Lahore and other cities of the province…

by Masood Raja • March 1, 2011

Class, caste and housing in rural Punjab – the untold story of the Marla schemes This research is provided by Hussain Bux Mallah, from www.researchcollective.org. Click on the link below to open/ download the PDF version of this research. 12-SPA-Final-Paper-No-12