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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, September 7 (UNHCR) – UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie has been in Pakistan today, highlighting the suffering of millions of flood victims and the need for continuing aid for the displaced. Jolie is travelling as the personal envoy of UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres. On Tuesday she visited Mohib [Continue]
According to information just received, KB Feeder has been breached and flood water is moving fast to Chatto Chand about 10 kilometres east of Thatta city, the United Nations said late Friday. “National highway has been flooded. There is another breach at KB Feeder and flood is heading to Thatta,” UN humanitarian affairs office [Continue]
An elderly man on Saturday hurled his shoes at Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari at a public meeting in British city of Birmingham, local television channels reported in their breaking news. There have been anger in Pakistan over Zardari’s visit to France and Britain in the wake of massive floods that have killed about 1,600 [Continue]
The site of July 28 crash of Airblue flight. Still many people come to see it in Margalla Hills. I pray for the departed souls. Now visiting Margalla would always remind me about this tragic incident. May Allah bless all aggrieved families [Continue]
After the bilateral Strategic Dialogue meeting in Islamabad on July 19, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced several government-to-government partnerships with Pakistan that will strengthen cooperation in new information technologies, enhance mutual understanding between our diplomats and support the preservation of Pakistan’s [Continue]
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]
What are those notorious Swiss cases which the Supreme Court has asked the government to reopen in its judgment against NRO? The decision of the Swiss judge who found Bhutto and Zardari guilty of corruption and receiving kickbacks in SGS Cotecna casae can be seen here. Late Benazir Bhutto, the two-time prime minister of Pakistan [Continue]
The core group of PPP on Saturday accepting the UN Report recommended to the Prime Minister to take appropriate legal actions in the light of the UN Inquiry Commission report on assassination of ex-premier Benazir Bhutto. The UN report released on April 15, inter alia, calls upon the competent authorities in Pakistan to make a [Continue]
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) initiated an action against more than 100 illegal, unregistered satellite TV channels being on-aired through cable distribution networks all across the country. These illegal / unregistered channels were not only violating PEMRA laws but also were incurring huge financial losses to the [Continue]
I have been thinking about climbing up the Faisal Avenue underpass bridge and get some unique shots between the dusk and the night. The plan was executed Monday evening. It was scary to walk on the bridge as there was no pedestrian walkway and just about one foot area to save oneself from the rashly [Continue]
