Category: Current Affairs
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Shahzain Bugti’s Arrest … A New Pandora Box!
Time and time again it has been stressed that Pakistan’s elected government is running out of both time and options, when it comes to the prevailing situation in Balochistan. Where Pervez Musharraf has gifted us with many curses during his reign, in my opinion second to the upsurge in extremism remains the murder of Nawab…
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Karachi’s Karma Deficit
I provide you with some quick yet meaningful insight on our karma deficit, and how to bring this negative balance into the positive side, all the while reminding you of some great driving tricks you already knew. Whether you’re a good, courteous driver or would like to be more so, read on. I feel concerned…
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WTF – Its what CIA call its Wikileaks Task Force
The CIA has launched a task force to assess the impact of 250,000 leaked US diplomatic cables. Its name? WikiLeaks Task Force, or WTF for short. The group will be charged with scouring the released documents to survey damage caused by the disclosures. One of the most embarrassing revelations was that the US state department…
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Nicolas Sarkozy to target Muslim prayers
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will get another step further in his animosity against Islam by calling Muslim prayers in the street “unacceptable”. In his speech on New Year’s Eve, Sarkozy is expected to warn the public that the overflow of Muslim faithful on to the streets at prayer time when mosques are packed to capacity…
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The Importance of Religious Tolerance
Within the beautiful religion of Islam, there lie two problems. One, the extremists who misuse the name of religion and Jihad to cause damage all around the world, in attempt to fulfill their dream of having the world ruled their way. And the other, the rivalry and troubles between the two main sects of Islam,…
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Asif Ali Zardari dies- no, it’s not that one.
Asif Ali Zardari died yesterday. Yesterday, the poor and unlucky infant who was born in a rickshaw in Quetta passed away owing to severe chest infections. The child%
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TAPI Gas Pipeline: A Welcome Relief
Energy war is something we have heard through out the last century and it will be naive to say that this theme will be replaced in this century as well. First it was the great power penetration into Middle East which is still unfolding, while the collapse of USSR opened a new arena in Central…
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Swine Flu Is Back: Ten Dead
The deadly Swine Flu virus is back and has killed 10 people in Britain in the past six weeks. As a reminder, Swine Flu, also known as H1N1, killed more than 15,000 across the world after first being spotted in Mexico in March 2009. The Health Protection Agency is warning that influenza activity is increasing…
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Kohinoor Electronic Market Robbery: Divine justice for people selling stolen cell phones
The good God works in mysterious ways. Sometimes it seems that those who steal and plunder have the best things in life. They believe that they are being favored by God, and nothing stops them from continuing their looting. Smugglers and those who sell stolen and smuggled goods, for instance, think there’s nothing wrong in…
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It just gets worser and worser for Haiti
Struck by an earthquake that left its capital Port-Au-Prince shattered, its main government building torn to pieces, around 230,000 people dead and 300,000 injured, the small Haiti was ripped to bits and pieces. This was only to be followed by a series of after effects, as the nation tried to get over its grief. Mass…