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STOP BLAMING, START DOING

13. August 2010

Grade-5:
3rd August: Oops only 11 days left for the Independence Day. It’s going to be so much fun; skits, dance, songs, speeches, parade, and so much more. Better get up and start getting ready this time I’m definitely going to take part in one of the programs.
Thought Mehak as she finally decided to get out [...]

Pak Army relief operation continues in KP

2. August 2010

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Pak Army relief operation continues in KP

PESHAWAR: The flood began to recede after wreaking havoc in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa amid the ongoing relief operation by the armed forces of Pakistan in areas affected by floods, Geo News reported Monday.
However, thousands of people are still in wait for relief in several areas.
Pak armed forces continue their operation in Dera Ismail Khan’s affected, where [...]

Flood-hit people decry insufficient relief

2. August 2010

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Flood-hit people decry insufficient relief

PESHAWAR: Flood-affected people staying at temporary shelters in various schools here on Sunday asked the provincial government to provide them proper relief and compensate them for the losses.
According to official estimates 2.5 million people have been affected by the natural calamity termed the worst in the history of the province. The uprooted people have been [...]

DATA DARBAR BOMBER CAUGHT ON CCTV FOOTAGE

2. July 2010

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DATA DARBAR BOMBER CAUGHT ON CCTV FOOTAGE

LAHORE: The scenes of carnage at one of Pakistan’s holiest shrines was caught on camera by closed circuit televisions which recorded the bombers in the final moments before they blew themselves up.
The dramatic footage shows a security guard at the shrine in the eastern city of Lahore chasing after one of [...]

AT LEAST 40 DIE IN SUICIDE ATTACK ON DATA SHRINE IN LAHORE

1. July 2010

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AT LEAST 40 DIE IN SUICIDE ATTACK ON DATA SHRINE IN LAHORE

LAHORE: In the first terrorist attack of its kind in the Punjab capital, two alleged suicide bombers blew themselves up at the Data Ganj Bakhsh shrine on Thursday night, killing at least 40 innocent people and injuring 170 others.
The first explosion took place in the basement reserved for ablution and the second in front of [...]

Azm-e-Nau: Hot Start Against Cold Start

30. May 2010

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Pakistan Army’s Azm-e-Nau-III exercise ends with 35 days round-the clock, almost non-stop, drill for sharpening wits and weapons, upgrading and uplifting physical and spiritual endurance capacities and capabilities and above all it was an exercise for operational readiness of faith, discipline and armament-with a renewed determination to fight any force on earth threatening the security, [...]

Commanders want extension for Gen Kayani

26. May 2010

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Commanders want extension for Gen Kayani

Army commanders have developed a consensus that COAS General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani should continue till the ongoing war on terror gets a decisive turn so that the achievements attained may be consolidated and not go waste.
The four-day Corps Commanders and Formation Commanders’ Conference that concluded last week took up the overall security situation of the [...]

PAKISTANI MAN : CHILE DETENTION IS MISUNDERSTANDING

26. May 2010

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PAKISTANI MAN : CHILE DETENTION IS MISUNDERSTANDING

A Pakistani man arrested at the U.S. Embassy in Chile last week when his clothes tested positive for explosives said Tuesday he was innocent and maintained a positive outlook.
“I strongly believe that there is a big misunderstanding stemming from a mistaken identity,” Mohammed Saif-ur-Rehman Khan told reporters in Santiago after a meeting with his lawyer. [...]

Pakistan Shehtoot (mulberries) the latest American craze

26. May 2010

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Pakistan Shehtoot (mulberries) the latest American craze

Almost everyone who sees a Pakistan mulberry for the first time exclaims, “Oh, my gosh, what is that?” It certainly is bizarre looking, a long, thin, purplish, snakelike fruit, anywhere from 1 to 5 inches long, with 3 inches being typical. Although not yet exactly common at farmers markets, they’re not nearly [...]

18th Amendment: Revenge of Pakistani democracy

24. May 2010

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18th Amendment: Revenge of Pakistani democracy

“Democracy is a government of the fools, for the fools, by the fools.”
(Gorge Burned Shaw)
18th amendment has become part of Pakistan’s constitution after being signed by President Zardari. The stated objective of the amendment was to decontaminate the constitution from all the authoritarian amendments made by non-democratic forces (read military rulers) particularly 17th amendment. This [...]