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Pakistan has taken a U-Turn on anti-corruption efforts, since former President Pervez Musharraf promulgated the National Reconciliation Ordinance two years ago, the global anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International said Thursday. [Continue]
At least 11 people were killed, two of them foreigners, in a suicide bombing at Peshawar’s Pearl Continental five-star hotel late Tuesday, officials and police said. More than 50 people were also injured the dare devil attack on one of the prime targets of Taliban militants, in the capital of North West Frontier Province, who [Continue]
Pakistan’s Supreme Court Wednesday upheld the disqualifications of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif in an election case, which means they can no longer hold any public office. As it was not enough, President Asif Zardari suspended the provincial assembly of the Punjab province and dissolved the provincial [Continue]
Pakistan’s chief of army staff (coas) General Pervez Ashfaq Kayani Wednesday urged the United States to refrain from attacking Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants in Pakistani tribal areas after repeated US missile strikes and cross-border raid in Waziristan region bordering Afghanistan. The text of a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public [Continue]
Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of slain ex-premier Benazir Bhutto on Tuesday took oath of the office of president of Pakistan. He could not have ever imagined to become the president, when his illustrious wife and a two time prime minister was leading the Pakistan Peoples Party. Her assassination in a bomb and suicide attack [Continue]
Today 18 more people including some alleged militants have been killed in a missile strike by suspected US military drones in the restive North Waziristan tribal district bordering Afghanistan. On Friday three women and three children were also killed in the same border region and several more people have died in almost daily attacks on [Continue]
I downloaded the beta version of Google’s newest Chrome internet browser with great expectations, but was not much excited after a few hours of use and decided to keep using FireFox 3 which is fast and has many features I require. I liked the interface and fast loading of pages, but needed FireFox 3 like [Continue]
Today, I had one hour spare before going to office, so turned the wheel and drove up the Margalla hills. It was around 9.00 am.and for the first time that I drove there leaving morning rush behind in the city. The lush green environs were so soothing to eyes and mind and chirping and twitting [Continue]
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today announced in a televised address to the nation that he has resigned to avert impending impeachment by the parliament. In a one-hour live speech Musharraf defended his policies and said that he strengthened Pakistan’s economy, but was sad to see it sliding since the new coalition government took power [Continue]
Mr President please do this nation a big favour and go home now. What are you waiting for? You have already wrecked this country for your own self benefit. First you put the country in grave danger by undertaking the Kargil adventure in 1999 and then to save your own skin and your cohorts, you [Continue]
