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04 June 2020 Senior journalist Ata-ul-Haq Qasmi recently through his column “انصاف کا جادو گھر“ tried to make aware the ordinary masses, who in effect themselves are already fully aware of, about the existence of the Federal Ombudsman Office which provides جادو گر style justice to the...

06 September 2019 The other day well known mini-screen face Rauf Klasra as a “breaking news” updated his millions of viewers from this unfortunate nation that the President of Pakistan (H.E Dr. Arif Alvi) had moved a Summary seeking restoration of his office budget. The government of “پاکستان...

06 July 2019 According to our national Dailies, Indonesia has returned back to USA five containers carrying plastic rubbish saying it will not become a “dumping ground”. Earlier, Philippines ordered similar garbage dumped in the country to be shipped back to Canada. 2. It was sometime...

Columnist Kamal Siddiqui in his article says price of a domestic return flight Karachi/Islamabad would touch Rs. 50,000 during Eid days whereas for the same distance a return fare Mumbai/Delhi is Rs. 25,000. Giving a break-up of variable costs involved, he calculated that it should not be more...

Banks have, under the disguise of a public awareness campaign, released advertisements as well placed on their websites notices entitled “Are you certain there is no fake bank account in your name”? 2. This senior citizen in his long-life has seen uncountable such so-called awareness...

A delegation of Bahrain-based Pakistani-investors recently called on Sardar Usman Buzdar, Chief Minister Punjab assuring him of investment in different sectors including information technology, livestock, dairy development, waste-to-energy generation, gold and jewelry in his province Punjab...

Our national hero Dr. Abdul Qadeer visited Bahrain and addressed the community in the Pakistan Club Bahrain. In my long stay in Bahrain, I witnessed only two occasions the Pakistan Club auditorium over-jam-packed in “graveyard pin drop silence”. First when Dr. Qadeer and then when our scholar...

21 August 2018 I myself did not listen or read Prime Minister Imran Khan’s address to the nation, as being of my age today I don’t believe on any word from the mouth of any politician. Through a talk show, however, I learn that he said people could contact him with any suggestion...

May 25, 2018 The other day on the current hot topic of coming election, a lady anchor questioned Sheikh Rashed Ahmed, mini screen favourite, if there was any chance of his coming into power. He replied he had been “Seven Timer” minister as such he was not that interested. I can remember...

By Shahnaz – 18 May 2018 In the background of recent life crippling load shedding in Karachi which Nawaz Sharif had finished from whole of Pakistan, Spokesman of K-Electric on 13 May 2018 came out with his usual sort of story as to how extraordinary the company was...

Last month a news item read that the Federal Tax Ombudsman Shukhera has constituted an Advisory committee and Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad Sukhera, Federal Tax Ombudsman was notified as its Chairman. This 70 plus is in the age group generally called “one hanging his legs in his grave”. But honestly...

19 April 2018 The Talk Shows covering the recent rape and killing of a 7-years innocent girl in Kasur, disclosed that there had been eleven similar ugly cases relating to children in the city. The shows also mentioned about some report revealing that during the last 3 years, reportedly 11,000...

As per the newspaper reports and talk shows footings, the well known anchor Matiur Rehman of “Apna Apna Gareban” and his team were allegedly mishandled by the staff of newly appointed Federal Ombudswomen against Harassment, Honourable Ms. Kashmala Tariq. According to the brief detail, she got...

The Sindh Government has approved a multi-storey underground bus station at the Numaish traffic intersection in Karachi including a retail commercial area under public-private partnership. A wonderful very brilliant deep long term planning indeed! There is a very old saying that the “an Arab...

12 February 2018 On the suo moto on appointment of Atta-ul-Haq Qasmi as PTV Chairman, the court was told that "Qasmi was given Rs. 27 crore during two years”. which were tax money of people". According to a news item, during the hearing, the deputy attorney general informed that PTV allocated...

05 February 2018 Karachi Electric through its press release reiterates that as a law-Abiding entity, it complies with all guidelines from the regulatory bodies Including from the Ombudsman Pakistan. The Press Release is in the back ground of a news item last month that against an Order of the...

05 February 2018 According to the newspapers, taking suo moto notice of the funds in the bank accounts abroad by Pakistanis, Honourable Chief Justice of Pakistan observed that the money is a national asset to be brought back to Pakistan. FBR, SBP, SECP have accordingly been directed to submit...

Once in a foreign country, a minister was addressing a press conference when a reporter put him a question. The puzzled minister enquired from where came the said information. The reporter replied, from Pakistan. The Minster advised him, and in fact to all present that “don’t ever be...

2 February 2018 According to the newspapers, taking suo moto notice of the funds in the bank accounts abroad by Pakistanis, Honourable Chief Justice of Pakistan observed that the money is a national asset to be brought back to Pakistan. FBR, SBP, SECP have accordingly been directed to submit...

A Jeddah daily the other day carried a news item that His Lordship Chief Justice of Pakistan has said that the Court will determine the mode of the medical college fees. The SC also observed that it would give preference to adjudicating upon cases related to health and education sectors during...