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Alleged Karachi Target Killer Mudassir Chief arrested
In a critical breakthrough against target killings in Karachi, Rangers have arrested four persons allegedly involved in murders of ANP workers and GEO reporter Wali Khan Babar. The suspects are Mudassir Chief, Murtaza, Atif and Raees Mudasir Hussain alias Chief is said to be the leader of the criminal gang involved in killing of ANP…
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Nabil Gabol resigned as Minister of Ports and Shipping, home raided by Police
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Nabil Gabol resigned as Minister of State for ports and shipping. Later in the evening, Nabil Gabol’s residence in Khayban-e-Ithehad, DHA was raided by police and according to Gabol, his security guards and employees were taken. No specific reason was given either by Nabil Gabol or the authorities. Gabol was…
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Prize Bonds mega scam
I had heard before that prize bond draws were manipulated, but there was no way of proving this. But in the Rs. 15000 prize bond draw (no. 45) held in Peshawar on 3rd January 2011, there is circumstantial evidence that this is indeed true. In that draw, three consecutive numbers (018845, 018846 & 018847) won…
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Is 2011 the environmental breakdown year?
Its only been some 15 days and we’ve already seen a good 600 killed by natural disasters, and billions of dollars worth of damage done to the environment. The question now is, when the hell will the world take this issue seriously? The worst floods of Pakistan’s history gave us a reinforcement of the fact…
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Energy Crisis in Pakistan and its Fall Out
“Crisis†is one word which has become part of ordinary Pakistani’s vocabulary like nothing else. 1st we have sugar crisis, then wheat followed by electricity and to add more fuel to the fire now we are going through the worst gas shortage in our history. In Punjab this crisis has hurt the most with every…
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Good Bye Salman Taseer
2011 has started with a sad note. Governor Punjab Salman Taseer was gunned down by one of his own security personnel during a trip to Islamabad. This assassination will be unique as the killer handed himself over to the authorities while the motive for his action is also crystal clear. It is undoubtedly a great…
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Governor Punjab Salman Taseer Shot Dead in Islamabad
Indeed a shocking and sad incident in the name of the religion. Apparently for his stand against Blasphemy law and his support to pardon the lady convict, Governor Punjab Salman Taseer has been murdered outside a restaurant in Kohsar Market, Islamabad, by one of his own guards named Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri. The guard shot…
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Woman Suicide Bomber? This Changes Things
There have been over 250 suicide blasts in Pakistan since 2006, but the most recent, in the Bajaur Agency marks a new trend. For the first time, the female sex was the guilty party, as a woman suicide bomber took her life, along with 46 others. The revelation comes as huge threat to Pakistan, considering…
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The Forgotten ‘Fatherly’ Figure
‘Quaid ka Pakistan’- ring a bell? A man who spent his life trying to unite all oppressed Muslims of the subcontinent in the attempt to achieve a better standard of living, and fulfill every Muslim’s dreams, our beloved Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah changed our future, and gave us the freedom we have today. This is…
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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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