Category: Current Affairs
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The Riddle of Zulqarnain Haider
BBC called him refugee cricketer, his team mates believe that his behavior is childish, while team manager Intikhab Alam and PCB officials feel that he is a psychopath. You have guessed it probably by now; I am talking about none other than Pakistan cricket team wicket keeper batsmen Zulqarnain Haider. His actions and tale is…
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Harsh Winter Awaits Pakistan Flood Victims
More than four months after the floods, more than 10 million are still receiving daily emergency assistance and nearly 7 million remain without adequate shelter. The aid agency Save the Children has warned that freezing winter conditions in flood-affected areas pose a fresh risk to flood victims, especially children. ”This must not become a forgotten…
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Kashmala Tariq walked out of Dunya TV show after verbal brawl with Shazia Marri
Kashmala Tariq is one lady who know how to stay in the news. The MNA of PML-Q (Hum Khayal) is famous for her ultra-modern dressing, her relations with General Musharraf and the on-air bashing she received from PPP MNA Dr. Firdaus Ashiq Awan. Kashmala let her dogs out when confronted with PPP leader Shazia Marri…
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Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane to play for Pakistan Haiti disaster relief
World champion footballers and United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassadors, Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane announced that the 8th Annual Match against Poverty as per the annual schedule of UNDP will channel funds into recovery efforts for the nearly 25 million people affected by the Pakistan floods and Haiti earthquake later this year. According…
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WikiLeaks say Zardari wants his sister to be Pakistan’s president!
According to the recent WikiLeaks data, Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari want his sister to succeed him. I once heard that all that Zardari eats is first tested by his sister Faryal Talpur (apparently she either herself eats or makes others eat part of his meals before he is served). I can think of ten…
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WikiLeaks: The Broader Picture
It seems that the terror of Wikileaks has gripped the diplomatic circles of the entire world. The release of more than 250,000 classified documents of US has sent the entire political scene packing. This isn’t the 1st time Wikileaks has come out with these revelations but the magnitude and the material involved this time around…
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Aftab Malik: Founder of Bihari Qaumi Movement killed in Karachi
Aftab Malik, ex-UC Nazim of Orangi Town UC 14, and founder of Bihari Qaumi Movement (BQM) was killed in Organi Town, Karachi today. According to this report, Aftab Malik was shot dead on Friday in the remit of Pakistan Bazaar police station, Orangi, Karachi, police said. An official of Pakistan Bazaar Police said that unidentified…
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The Beggar Mafia in Pakistan – An Unexplored Truth
Those 15 seconds, when you’re anxiously waiting for the red signal that is just about to turn green- a small child comes up to your car sticking his face in the window as hard as he can to make himself seen, or holding consumer goods, like tissue packets, biscuits, combs etc. asks you to buy…
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Kaya Bey: Last Resort for Electricity Generation in Pakistan?
The national grid of Pakistan is one of the poorest managed in the world, and is unable to provide electricity for major cities, halting industrialization and daily lives. Our government has been constantly criticized on power strategies. Now, a last resort has been employed in an attempt to save some blemishes from the face of…