From the monthly archives:

February 2008

Gaza Holocaust

February 29, 2008

In a strange statement today, Israeli defence minister warned that Gaza would face a “bigger holocaust” if further rockets are fired from the Gaza Strip on Israeli cities. It is worth mentioning here that greater number of Palestinians are killed in the retaliatory fire by Israel. The casualities on Palestinian side not only include HAMAS [...]

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Execution of Chemical Ali – Ali Hassan Majid

February 29, 2008

As per the reports emerging, Saddam Hussain cousin would be executed within thirty days as the Presidency Council has approved it. Chemical Ali is held by Americans and will be handed over to the Iraqi authorities to carry out the verdict. Chemical Ali is blamed for the death of thousands of people during the Saddam [...]

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China Mobile to Invest $800 million in CMPak (Paktel)

February 29, 2008

The competition in the GSM arena in Pakistan is constantly increasing. Few years back there were just two operators but now the market is having five operators backed by strong international groups. Orascom, Singtel+Dhabi Group, Telenor, Etisalat and China Mobile are the backers of the five local operators. Since CMPak is the first international venture [...]

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Prince Harry in Afghanistan

February 29, 2008

The word is finally out in the international media that Prince Harry, 23, is fighting in Afghanistan for the past 10 weeks. He has been fighting in the most volatile and dangerous Helmand province. The media was informed about this news but they were asked to keep quiet on it. The news only emerged few [...]

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Oil Crosses $103 per Barrel

February 29, 2008

Today the oil prices touched their new high point of $103 due to the concerns about the American economy. Investors are pouring in their money in the commodities market after the major decrease in the interest rates by the US Fed. The increasing oil prices will have a major impact on Pakistan economy which heavily [...]

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New Chairman of Pakistan International Airlines

February 29, 2008

Kamran Rasool, a former Defence Secretary has been appointed as the new chairman of Pakistan International Airlines. PIA is in crises for a long time and last year its financial loss reached Rs. 12 billion. It is worth mentioning here that Kamran Rasool was also Chief Secretary of Punjab and was removed by Chaudhries of [...]

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Turkey Incursion in Iraq

February 29, 2008

Why United States in asking Turkey now to stop its operations against the PKK rebels in Northern Iraq when it did nothing to stop PKK from launching cross border infiltrations in Turkey. The attacks on Turkish army was becoming a routine and bomb blasts were taking place in all major cities of the country. Even [...]

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Pakistan Next Prime Minister

February 28, 2008

As we all know that Pakistan Peoples Party has some second thought about the next prime minister of our country. The name of Amin Fahim, which was first mentioned after the elections has now being thrown to the second place and Yousaf Raza Gillani, Shah Mehmud Qureshi and Ahmed Mukhtar are the new faces in [...]

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G3 – Pakistan Army Standard Assault Rifle

February 26, 2008

(Author: Blogger Hamza Khan) Today i am going to explain the general description of the Assault rifle used by the Pakistan Army i.e G3. The G3 was originally produced by the German Company Heckler and Koch (HK). Due to its simplicity and cheap manufacturing, it was adopted as the standard assault rifle by more than [...]

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Religious Tolerance – A Unique Example

February 26, 2008

Team spirit, respect and love are sure the best qualities we want our kids to get out of sports. Carleton University women’s fencing team did exactly that when they shared with their Muslim team mate how she feels and how she looks. Mozaynah Nofal is a young freshman athlete who finds herself the sole hijabi [...]

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Death of Surgeon General Lieutenant-General Mushtaq Ahmed Baig

February 25, 2008

It is a truly shocking act that the Lt. Gen Mushtaq was martyred today in Rawalpindi. It is worth noting here that all those who knew him agreed that he was a pious man who was also a hafiz e Quran and was a practising Muslim. We all pray for the soul of Gen Mushtaq. [...]

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Pakistan Blocks YouTube

February 24, 2008

The decision by the Pakistan government to block the access to the popular site YouTube is a justified to protest the videos depicting our Holy Prophet (peace be upon him). I think with a total blockage of YouTube in all Islamic countries, am sure the people behind these sites will learn their lesson to start [...]

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Pakistan Elections 2008 Update

February 19, 2008

From the results of the elections, it is evident that PPPP and PML-N are the two leading parties followed by PML-Q, MQM and ANP. This time independents have already won in large numbers and they will tilt the weight in the favor of the party that they will join. In any case, the government can [...]

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Pakistani Elections – its finally happening!

February 18, 2008

Well at-last the day has arrived when we are casting vote to select the leader of our country for the next five years ( or may be less due to high chances of it being dissolved as it is happening for the last 60 years in pakistan). Today is the day when five long years [...]

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