Issuing orders to target national and international media organizations over Malala’s coverage, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Hakimullah Mehsud has appointed his subordinates in different cities of the country. According to a report published by BBC Urdu, intelligence agencies have intercepted the telephonic conversation of Hakeemullah Mehsud with one of his sub-ordinate Nadeem Abbas alias ‘Intiqami’ […]
Oct 13 2012 | Posted in
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Pakistani actress-cum-model Veena Malik is shunned by the very society that created her into what she is today. It surely comes as a shock to find people speaking her name with disgust, as if bringing the very name on their tongue would cause it to burn. This sort of an attitude of the Pakistani nation […]
The Supreme Court has confirmed the pre-arrest bail federal minister Makhdoom Shahabuddin and Ali Musa Gilani, son of former premier Yousaf Raza Gilani, in the Ephedrine quota case. A three-member bench headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk heard the pre-arrest bail petitions filed by Shahabuddin and Musa Gilani, rejecting the request of Anti-Narcotics Forces (ANF) prosecutor […]
Oct 12 2012 | Posted in
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Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said that the attack on teenage peace activist Malala Yousufzai could possibly be a turning point for Pakistan, declaring it as a wakeup call for the country. She noted, “Today, for us, it could be possibly a turning point. I would keep my fingers crossed on that. And what […]
Oct 12 2012 | Posted in
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After MQM chief Altaf Hussain threatens Ulema to expose them if not given decree against attack on Malala Yousufzai, at least 50 Islamic scholars belonging to Sunni Ittehad Council declared Taliban’s attack on the peace-activist as un-Islamic. Issuing a joint-ordain (Fatwa), they said that the Taliban’s interpretation of Islam was incorrect and was deviant from […]
Oct 12 2012 | Posted in
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Condemning cowardice attack on Malala Yousufzai and other girls, the Federal Cabinet on Thursday expressed determination to continue fight with vigor to root out terrorism and militancy in the region. The Cabinet, which met under the chair of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, also prayed Almighty Allah for early recovery of all the girls. The […]
Terming the ongoing war in Afghanistan as a Jihad, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has said that there was no other way to resolve the issue of militancy except political solutions. He, however, avoided commenting whether the war in Pakistan’s tribal belt could be labeled as terrorism or not. Reiterating his stance on finding […]
Oct 11 2012 | Posted in
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Terming it a cowardice attack, leaders from across the globe voiced their outrage and strongest condemnation over the shooting of Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani peace-activist. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, US President Barrack Obama, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and UK’s Foreign Office Minister Baroness Warsi condemned the attack on Pakistani peace-activist. A statement issued […]
Someone brilliantly exposed the mentality of attackers who shot Malala Yousafzai in the head, “To shoot a little girl in the head, inside your heart and soul must be dead.” Fourteen-year-old Malala Yousafzai, who was awarded the National Peace Award, was injured in a firing incident on Tuesday when she was on her way home […]
Oct 10 2012 | Posted in
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Days after PTI’s Imran Khan took out an anti-drone rally; a US drone targeted a militant compound in North Waziristan, killing at least five people. A security official while speaking to the media said, “Several US drones flew into the area before dawn and fired four missiles on a compound, killing five militants.” The strike […]
Malala Yousafzai, the winner of the first National Peace Award (NPA), has been injured in firing at her home town, Swat. According to the reports, unidentified assailant opened fire on the vehicle of Malala when she was going towards her home from her school, injuring two girls including Malala. The attacker wearing police uniform stopped […]
Rejecting all allegations leveled by an Indian television channel about match fixing, Pakistani umpire Nadeem Ghauri has said that it was propaganda against him and there was not reality in the report. Speaking to the media, the accused umpire said he had not been in the international panel for two years, adding that some people […]
Oct 9 2012 | Posted in
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