Would you permit me?
Would You Permit Me? نزار قبانيNizar Qabbani في بلاد يغتال فيها المفكرون، ويكفر الكاتب وتحرق الكتب، في مجتمعات ترفض الآخر، وتفرض الصمت على الافواه والحجر على الافكار، وتكفر اي سؤال، كان لابد ان استأذنكم [Continue]
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My experience with MoneyBookers.com
After nine months of efforts, today I was finally able to withdraw my money from Moneybookers.com. I signed up at MB, because PayPal, the leading global online payment system did not work in Pakistan. I had to receive some money for the photographs sold at a website. [Continue]
The battle for South Waziristan
Pakistan launched a massive offensive against Taliban militants in South Waziristan tribal district bordering Afghanistan on October 17. One month after the pitched battles, the army has retaken major towns and villages killing some 550 militants. I visited Sararogha and Ladha villages on November 17, 2009 as part of a media team taken by military [Continue]
Military operation in South Waziristan
Some 30,000 Pakistani troops last month launched a massive military offensive against Taliban militants in the lawless South Waziristan tribal district bordering Afghanistan. The conflict has displaced about 250,000 people. The army has secured strategic heights in a three-pronged advance into militant stronghold and killed more than 340 [Continue]
List of hotels in Pakistan
This page lists names and addresses of hotels in Pakistan. The list shall be continuously updated, adding hotel address nationwide as a public service. ISLAMABAD ISLAMABAD MARRIOTT ***** Agha Khan Road, Shalimar 5, Islamabad Tel:+92-51-111 22 33 44, +92-51-2826121-35 Fax: +92-51-2820648, +92-51-2201071 Email: marriott@isb.paknet.com.pk [Continue]
Pakistan’s Zardari faces image problem
Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari continues to lack credibility and face a serious image problem one year after he took the reigns. Zardari who was once so tainted by corruption allegations that he acquired the nickname “Mr Ten Percent” ascended to presidency last September after military dictator Pervez Musharraf resigned [Continue]
What happens when car lease ends
I was very relieved to pay the last installment of my car this month. For the five long years, I had been religiously paying back my car loan, without a single phone call from the bank staff nudging me make delayed payments. It was so exciting to receive the clearance certificate from the bank and [Continue]
India, Pakistan again tense
The nuclear-armed South Asian rivals, Pakistan and India are again at loggerheads after Mumbai attacks. India started pointing fingers at Pakistan-based militant group Laskhar-e-Taiba even before it ended its operation against gunmen who carried out the carnage in Mumbai. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a telephonic conversation with [Continue]
Pakistan’s new President
Asif Ali Zardari, 52, widower of slain ex-premier Benazir Bhutto and co-chairman of Pakistan People’s Party was elected as president of Pakistan on September 6. His announcement to contest presidential election opened a floodgate of critical stories about the man who will lead the destiny of some 180 million, mostly poor, Pakistanis. [Continue]
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