The causes of road accidents in Pakistan have been categorised into three broad types: one, accidents related to poor mechanical condition of the vehicle which makes it un-roadworthy; two, professional skill of the driver and three, his training in, and knowledge of, traffic rules and regulations. There has been an ominous increase in the number of road accidents in Pakistan due to factors ranging from increase in population, irregularities in licensing procedures to insufficient training of drivers.

Apropos 'Public Verdict on Democracy: 2008-2013' by Pildat-Gallup, there is a clear split between the rural and the urban members of the jury. Compared to their rural counterparts, the urban members were much more critical of the process of democracy during the past five years. While -41% of the urban members gave an overall negative rating to the process of democracy during the past five years, the verdict of rural members of the jury was considerably less critical as -12% of them gave an overall negative rating. This difference shows up even more sharply in individual verdicts given on the 10 dimensions of democratic process.

Among the inner circle of Nawaz Sharif, Senator Pervez Rashid seems to be the best candidate for governorship of Punjab. Only four days were left for his permanent residency in UK, when he decided to go to Pakistan with Nawaz Sharif on September 10, 2007. When asked why couldn't he delay his departure for four days, he replied: "My life is in Pakistan, my heart beats in Lahore and my loyalties are with Mian Sahib.