Newspaper Articles Archive
Terror Plot Reportedly Uncovered In Europe: Western intelligence agencies are reportedly tracking a plot to carry out terrorist attacks in Britain, France, and Germany. Citing unidentified intelligence and security officials in the United States and Europe, Western media reported that the potential attacks were allegedly
‘We need to make clear . . . the cancer is in Pakistan’ -By Bob Woodward: President Obama dispatched his national security adviser, retired Marine Gen. James L. Jones, and CIA Director Leon Panetta to Pakistan for a series of urgent, secret meetings on May 19, 2010. Less than three weeks earlier, a 30-year-old U.S.
Obituaries : Demises of Afaq Khan Shahid and Fatehyab Ali Khan: Senior Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Afaq Khan Shahid died of cardiac arrest on Sunday. He was a lawyer by profession and considered among those who were close to PPP leader Benazir Bhutto. Former Student leader, political activist, president
On Pakistani Navy’s forced Impounding of Baloch’s Land in Turbat – By Aamir Hussaini: Source: Daily Aajkal
Nawaz Sharif stands by the Parliament, supports Jatoi’s statement, rejects military intervention: Related article: Mian de nare wajan ge ’اداروں میں سب سے بڑا ادارہ پارلیمنٹ‘ میاں نواز شریف کے مطابق پاکستان کی عوام کی خواہشات کی عکاس پارلیمنٹ ہے اس لیے پارلیمنٹ کی حاکمیت کو بھی نقصان نہیں پہنچانا چاہیے
Democracy at the brink? Dr Hasan-Askari Rizvi: Democracy at the brink? Dr Hasan-Askari Rizvi Daily Times 26th September, 2010 Democracy is a joint exercise of different state institutions and the political class with an emphasis on constitutionalism, the rule of law and respect for democratic principles.
Umar Cheema: Pakistani journalist speaks out after an attack (by the ISI) – by Jane Perlez: Related articles on the LUBP: An act of barbarity: kidnapping and torture of Mr. Umar Cheema – by Aamir Mughal Umar Cheema Saga — Other view point by Fawad Manzoor ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — An investigative reporter for a major
Politics of judicial appointments – by Asad Jamal: Politics of judicial appointments By: Asad Jamal Friday Times , September 17-23, 2010 The Supreme Court’s recent decision to allow extension for indefinite period to additional judges, who were appointed to the four high courts about a year ago,
Is the military cheating Orakzais? by Farhat Taj: A potentially dangerous development is afoot in Orakzai and no one in Pakistan seems to care. The military authorities and the Orakzai political agent (PA) have ordered the internally displaced persons (IDP) from the Lower Orakzai to go back
Feeding the white elephant: Defence budget hike: A report in this newspaper yesterday suggests the defence budget has been quietly hiked by an astonishing 25 per cent, from the budgeted figure of Rs442bn to over Rs550bn. As usual, neither the government nor the military has seen
PPP to continue with policy of reconciliation: CEC: Secretary-General of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party Jahangir Badar said that it was decided in the CEC meeting to continue policy of reconciliation and the PM was asked to continue dialogue process. In a media briefing after PPP Central Executive
Saylaabi Jihaad – by Gulmina Bilal: Potraying the danger from banned organizations working in flood effected areas of Pakistan
The hypocritical media – by George Fulton: Source: Express Tribune (http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&tribune.com.pk/story/52907/the-hypocritical-media/) The media, more than most professions, draws charlatans to its ranks. It has always attracted enough bad apples to make industrial quantities of cider, and perhaps no more so than its proprietors. Britain’s press
The day Ahmad Kharal fell -by Shafqat Tanvir Mirza: Rai Ahmed Khan Kharal was one of the greatest freedom fighters in the Punjab rebellion of 1857. It was Sept 21, 1857, when a bard or a folk poet of dholas had said: (With the fall of Ahmad (Khan
China plans 1-gigawatt N-power plant in Pakistan: China plans 1-gigawatt N-power plant in Pakistan Source: Dawn, September 21, 2010 BEIJING, Sept 20: China’s main nuclear energy corporation is in talks to build a 1gigawatt atomic power plant in Pakistan, an executive said on Monday. China has
Profiling Pakistani jihadists — by Ali K Chishti: One major draw for jihadis in Pakistan is the clout a religious militant enjoys with the law-enforcement agencies. The militant organisation gives otherwise powerless men a strong sense of identity in an increasingly fragmented social structure What kind of
UN Holds High Level Meeting on Pakistan, Few New Contributions: A high-level meeting on Pakistan’s flood crisis held at the United Nations yielded only a few new contributions to a $2 billion humanitarian appeal. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hosted the meeting Sunday evening ahead of the U.N.’s annual gathering
EU deal is a landmark by S Rehman: Source: The News, September 19, 2010 If some people are of the opinion that the success in breaking the protective cocoon of European Union has come by itself or without any consistent struggle, they are mistaken and unaware of
Q and F merge to form APML: Pir Pagara, chief of the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) said all generals of the Pak Army are patriots, adding the Army would not force into the scene at anyone’s behest; instead, it would come on time. Talking to media
UN issues largest-ever disaster appeal at over $2 billion for flood victims: The United Nations and its partners today launched their largest-ever natural disaster appeal, seeking more than $2 billion for millions of Pakistani flood victims devastated by nearly two months of massive inundations in what Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the
Afghan vote deemed successful, despite Taliban attacks: Kabul – Afghan government officials said Saturday that parliamentary elections were ‘successful,’ despite Taliban attacks aimed at disrupting the vote. ‘I want to congratulate all Afghans on the completion of successful parliamentary elections,’ Fazel Ahmad Manawi, chief of the
Janam Ashtami Celebration in Lahore: In rare show of inter-faith solidarity, Hindu community of Lahore postponed the birth celebration of Lord krishna because of attack at Karbala Gamey Shah attack on Youm-Ali procession . Tribune LAHROE: The Janam Ashtami (the birthday of Lord Krishna) was
EU agrees to grant Pakistan trade breaks: Great Britain and Germany were pushing the 27-nation summit to offer Pakistan trade advantages to help the country battle flood devastation. European Union countries agreed on Thursday to grant trade concessions to Pakistan to help it overcome the impact
MQM leader Imran Farooq assassinated in London: Senior MQM leader Dr. Imran Farooq has been stabbed to death in Mill Hills locality in London. Dr Farooq, 50, was repeatedly stabbed in the head and neck during the assault in Edgware, north London. The killer uses a
PFUJ asked the democratic set up to ensure its writ on media owners!: According to the PFUJ, these facts expose the true face of media owners from their conduct. These are permanent features and agenda of the media industry and media tycoon were building their empires on the blood of working journalists,
President resolves to ‘further strengthen democracy in Pakistan’: President Asif Ali Zardari hoped that the observance of the International Democracy Day would lend strength to the pro-democracy forces throughout the world and discourage potential dictators from curbing the aspirations of the people through political adventurism. President Asif
David Cameron to push EU to ease Pakistan trade terms: British Prime Minister wants to give Pakistan ‘enhanced access’ to EU markets, but is likely to find opposition from more protectionist countries David Cameron is pressing the European Union to agree a new regime of trade concessions to Pakistan to alleviate the
Pakistan needs civilian rule, says US envoy: The US has dismissed suggestions that the Pakistani military could form a viable alternative to the civilian government, widely criticized for its handling of the country’s flood crises. Special envoy Richard Holbrooke praised civilian politicians and said the US would support
Late Dr Wazir Agha: Obituaries to Renowned Urdu critic: Dailytimes: Life and times of Dr Wazir Agha – Urdu’s most noted critic By Dr Amjad Parvez It pains me to add the word ‘late’ to Dr Wazir Agha’s name, whom I found to be a great intellectual, a
Global Media Watchdog says 52 Journalists Killed This Year: Journalists around the world risk their lives for reporting and the world’s oldest global media watchdog says 52 journalists lost their lives while on duty in the first eight months of this year. During the opening ceremony of the
Fear and apprehension among Christians: There is fear and apprehension among Christians in Pakistan as the country celebrates the end of the Muslim observance of Ramadan.News of Holly Quran Burning Day in the U.S. by a Pentecostal priest in Florida has led to tension,
Pakistan Floods Putting Thousands of Pregnant Women at Risk – by Ira Mellman: The floods that inundated many parts of Pakistan have left many of the most vulnerable parts of the population at great risk. They are the unborn, the newly born and their mothers. The numbers are staggering. Of the 18
US will never be at war with Islam: Obama: United States president Barack Obama has told a deeply polarised America that Islam is not the enemy as ceremonies took place to mark an unusually tense, ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Moving remembrance ceremonies were held to honour
The Wrong Bandwagon by Soufia A Siddiqi: Cross post : Institute of Democracy and Development by Soufia A Siddiqi Lately, Ufone’s been making all of us laugh really hard. That’s ended brutally with its latest advertisement in the Saaf Awaaz campaign. A lot of people I know are
Wronged souls don’t vanish: an obituary of Zaman Khan Marri – By Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur: Zaman Khan Chalgari Marri, a practicing lawyer, was kidnapped on August 19, along with another lawyer Munir Ahmed Mirwani from Quetta. On September 6, his mutilated body was found in Mastung. He leaves behind an inconsolable wife, seven daughters,
Why stop corruption when you have Allah? — by Dr Manzur Ejaz: As expected, the conspiracy theorists have alleged that Indian bookies cooked up the plan to malign Pakistani cricket players. Notorious Pakistan crook Mazhar Majeed and his sister are allegedly married to Indians. Actress Veena Malik, ex-girlfriend of one of
The Green Revolution? – By Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa: Source: Express Tribune Altaf Hussain has come out openly, with guns blazing, against feudalism. In his recent interview with journalist Sohail Warraich, he bemoaned the continuation in power of a class that can only offer authoritarian-feudal-dynastic politics. Is he