Web Desk
Joined on: Nov 06, 2012
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan has said that he was against reserved seats for women in assemblies, adding that legislators in assemblies were representatives of the people. Addressing a seminar he observed, “How can some women be representative of women when they haven’t even contested elections? In some areas it is not possible for […]
To a few others it was a case of misplaced egoistic velour – not to be dubbed as the ‘chickens’ in the army parlance. The true information was not only denied to the common man in West Pakistan but even to those at the helm also. Handling of the East Pakistan issue at the International […]
Dec 16 2012 | Posted in
Opinion,
Pakistan |
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The proverbial last straw that broke the camel’s back was Bhutto’s rejection of the 1970 election results which had given Shaikh Mujib ur Rehman’s Awami League a clear cut majority to form the government at the centre. ZAB’s one after the other statements like “we will break the legs of any one going to […]
Dec 16 2012 | Posted in
Opinion,
Pakistan |
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December 16 comes every year to haunt the nation, particularly those few remaining who were witness to the debacle. I had the misfortune to be one. On this day the Quaid’s Pakistan, which was considered an epitome of ‘Divided we Stand’, got actually divided by breaking lose all bonds of unity between the two […]
Dec 16 2012 | Posted in
Opinion,
Pakistan |
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At least three people were killed and more than two dozen injured after Bacha Khan International Airport came under attack here on Saturday The airport was sealed after rockets and bullets rained on it form all sides as it was hard to nail the location of the attackers, however according to unofficial reports the […]
Dec 15 2012 | Posted in
National,
Pakistan |
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Star batsman and former captain of Pakistan Cricket team Inzamam-ul-Haque has said that though ‘consultancy’ is a new experience for him, he will make improvement in the batting side his first priority. Inzamam, one of the greatest players of Pakistan cricket history, was expressing his views after being appointed batting coach ahead of the […]
Dec 15 2012 | Posted in
Sports |
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You must have heard about the doomsday theory as how a rogue planet is going to crash into Earth on Friday (December 21, 2012) and kill us all? Some people are fascinated, and sometimes frightened, by rumors of the Mayan end-of-the-world myth. According to the urban legend, the world will end when the Mayan […]
Dec 15 2012 | Posted in
World |
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Ruling out any alliance in the upcoming elections, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has said the polls will be a war between the PTI’s ideology and looters of the public money and greedy politicians of the PML-N and PPP. Speaking to the media he said his party will collect taxes fairly and eradicate […]
Dec 15 2012 | Posted in
Pakistan |
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Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik has denied he had equated the demolition of the Babri Masjid with terror attacks, saying that he came in India with a message of love and peace. While interviewing to an India TV channel, he made it clear that he had never compared terror attacks with the December 6, […]
Dec 15 2012 | Posted in
National,
Pakistan |
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Life and business activities in different cities of Sindh including Karachi and Hyderabad has come to a halt Saturday as tension gripped different parts on Friday night after unknown men opened fire in the air. Fear gripped Karachi and Hyderabad, two metropolitans of Sind, after unidentified men forced shop-keepers to close their stores. […]
Dec 15 2012 | Posted in
National,
Pakistan |
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Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has said that he has no plan to protest demonstration against the Supreme Court’s judgment; rather he would prefer to submit his reply in the apex court while living within limits of the Constitutions. In his telephonic address to party workers in Lal Qila Ground in Karachi, […]
Dec 15 2012 | Posted in
National,
Pakistan |
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American President Barack Obama expressed grief over the deadly shooting incident in Connecticut which claimed lives of 27 people including 18 children, promising action to prevent such tragedies again but did not say what that would be. An emotional President Obama, tearing up as he spoke, said that their hearts were broken for the […]
Dec 14 2012 | Posted in
USA |
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