by MJK on August 31, 2009
DHA Valley is one of the project that we have actively covered for our readers from the very first day of its launch. Recently, i came to know that DHA Valley is organizing a balloting today for all those file holders who have successfully paid all their outstanding installments till date. The Defence Housing Authority Islamabad is organizing the event at 5:00pm today. According to an announcement on their website:
All members are invited in Ballot Function. To be a successful part of balloting, all your outstanding dues should be clear. Ballot function for of Allotment of Plot Numbers will be held on 31st Aug, 09 at 5pm on DHA Expressway adjacent to Emaar site and DHA Valley point. You can watch LIVE coverage of balloting on ‘ARY NEWS’ at 5:30pm
Results of DHA Valley, Islamabad Balloting:
The results of DHA Valley Islamabad balloting will be made available after the balloting function at 5:00pm today. We will display the results for the ease of our readers.
The results can also be found at the following link
DHA Valley Ballot Results
DHA Valley Master Plan and MAP
by Owais Ehsan on August 30, 2009
Poetry in any form is good, but one that comes with humour and sarcasm adds to the spice. In Pakistan you will come across many public transport vehicles that have imprinted some form of poetry (shairi) mostly at the back of their vehicles. I have been collecting a few and want to share it with everyone. But last night i received a forward from one of my friends titled ‘Diwan-e-Transport’ , thought I would share with our readers;
There is presence of deep thought in some of these , while others represent the lower segments of the society, some are about lost love and some are about the social injustices of the society. Sit back and have a look at some of these truck , rickshaw, wagon poetry in Pakistan. [click to continue...]
by MJK on August 30, 2009
Image Courtesy: Nation.com.Pk
The New York Times has come out with a new set of allegations against Pakistan citing un named intelligence sources from the US. According to the allegations, Pakistan has extended the range of US provided Harpoon Missiles and hence made them capable to hit ground targets. According to Dallas News:
WASHINGTON – The United States has accused Pakistan of illegally modifying U.S.-made missiles to expand its capability to strike land targets, a potential threat to India, according to senior administration and congressional officials.
The charge, which set off a new outbreak of tensions between the United States and Pakistan, was made in an unpublicized diplomatic protest in late June to Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani and other top Pakistani officials.
The accusation comes at a delicate time: The administration is asking Congress to approve $7.5 billion in aid to Pakistan over the next five years, and Washington is pressing the Pakistani military to focus its attentions on fighting the Taliban, rather than expanding its nuclear and conventional forces aimed at India. [click to continue...]
by Owais Ehsan on August 30, 2009
Mubarakaaaan, Pakistani Golf team has created history by qualifying for World Golf Championship by finishing in the top 3 of the Asian Qualifiers. The whole nation is proud of the duo of Muhammad Shabbir and Muhammad Munir, who played outstanding golf to finish above the rest of the teams in the process elevating Pakistan to its first ever World Golf championship appearance.
Pakistan have played in the cricket World Cup, hockey World Cup and squash World Cup but never before in our history that we’ve been in golf’s World Cup. We showed that we are in there for the first time and hopefully we will be able to perform well in China (Munir)
National golf officials were delighted after learning about their golfers’ achievement. General Ashfaq Parvez Kiani, the Pakistan Golf Federation president, congratulated the players over their excellent performance. Taimur Hassan, the PGF secretary, said Shabbir and Munir have earned a morale-boosting result for Pakistan golf.
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by Owais Ehsan on August 30, 2009
If ever two people have dominated any professional sport, it has to be the two Khans from Pakistan, Jahangir Khan & Jansher Khan. The two squash players on their own can be the most dominating individuals in any professional sport. Mohammad Ali in boxing, Tiger Woods in Golf, Don Bradman In Cricket, in the same breath we have the Two Khans in Squash. But really is their any king of kings here? lets explore their careers and put them against each other, who you think was better of the champions.
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by Owais Ehsan on August 30, 2009
If you have missed the heavily decorated trucks and buses on the roads in Pakistan — you haven’t been to Pakistan. As a kid, i thought they just came in this form, and never noticed this art at all. In fact any truck without this artwork was something alien to me. Now that I have come close to realize the work put into this art, I am all the more proud of the artists and painters involved in this beautiful art.
Art in any form is joy to the eyes. In Pakistan there is this great art (known as Truck Art) which has captured the imagination of tourists and art lovers from all over the globe. Its not cheap, its not easy but a truck owner without a truck art is not acceptable in the the Truck Drivers fraternity. This tradition of truck painting in Pakistan has an interesting history as well;
Starting in the days of the Raj. As early as the 1920’s, competing transportation companies would hire craftsmen to adorn their buses in the hopes that these moving canvases would attract more passengers. The technique worked so well that pretty soon you couldn’t purchase a ticket without seeing dozens of beautifully painted trucks waiting to take you to your destination. While the art doesn’t serve the same purpose anymore, it is still as prevalent as ever and has become more intricate and developed a deeper cultural significance over time. (Weburbanist)
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by Owais Ehsan on August 29, 2009
The great news is that Northern Areas will have a province like status, and full autonomy. It will also have its own assembly council with a total of 15 members. There will be a governor, chief minsiter and six other ministers of Gilgit.
The Northern areas will be renamed to ‘Gilgit Baltistan’ and will have a province like status, Prime Minister Gilani announced on Saturday. In a special cabinet meeting, the government approved reforms package for the Northern Areas during which the PM stated that the area will be given full autonomy.
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by MJK on August 29, 2009
Pro-Pakistan conducts polls from time to time to take the pulse of the Pakistani community on different issues. Recently, we conducted a PP Poll to take our readers opinion as to which party they will support in the next general election in Pakistan? Before going into the results, i must clarify few things here. The polls are conducted online and on the site of Pro-Pakistan and hence a limited Pakistani audience participate in it. In this latest poll, a total of 828 people participated. The results of the polls shows the opinion of the educated Pakistani’s who have access to the internet and actively follow blog sites like ours and hence do not represent the common Pakistani people to a greater extent. Common Pakistani citizens lacks access to internet and hence their opinion might be different from the results of this poll. Blog sites like Pro-Pakistan are mostly visited by youth of Pakistan and therefore we can say that the results of this poll are mostly based on their opinion. Moreover, overseas Pakistani also uses internet and visit Pakistani blog sites and therefore their opinion is also best reflected in the results.
Now coming towards the Results of the Poll with Poll Question “Which Party You will Support in the Next General Elections in Pakistan?”. The answer choices given to the readers were:
1) Pakistan Tehrik e Insaf
2) Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz
3) Pakistan Peoples Party
4) Muttahida Qaumi Movement
5) Awami National Party
6) JUI-JI - The Islamic Parties (at least they claim so)
7) Others
8) None of the above
Now keeping the above options in mind, one can safely assume that approximately all major parties have been included in the results with two extra options giving the readers a choice not to support any of these parties or to show their willingness to support any other party beside them. The purpose of these two choices was to see if our readers value these parties or opt for others parties or no party at all.
Now the results are as following:
1) PTI - 321 votes with 39% of total votes
2) PML - N 233 votes with 28% of total votes
3) MQM - 106 votes with 13% of total votes
4) None - 88 votes with 10% of total votes
5) PPP - 44 votes with 5% of total votes
6) Others - 22 votes with 3% of total votes
7) JI-JUI - 15 votes with 2% of total votes
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by Sana Saleem on August 27, 2009
“I was held at Bagram until February 2003. I saw two people killed there. I was stripped naked, kicked, beaten, and threatened with dogs. Interrogators would hold pictures of my wife and children, and ask me what I thought had happened to them, while a woman screamed near by. By the time I, left I was actually looking forward to going to Guantanamo Bay. It was a 36-hour journey to Guantanamo. I was hooded, shackled, ear-muffed and sedated. I was put into a cell at the maximum security Camp Echo. I remained there most of the time. I was in that cell 24 hours a day, except for 15 minutes out of it twice a week. Guantanamo was more a psychological ordeal. I was released in January 2005.” -Moazzam Begg an Ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee recalled his experience while speaking to Tim Reid of The Times.
- Photo Courtesy- Telegraph
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