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KABUL: Bibi Roagoal is busy preparing her children for school. She is one of more than 50,000 Afghan widows struggling against the effects of war. The mother-of-four, who is 28, lives in a house on the outskirts of the capital, Kabul. She recently had a special visitor to extend a helping hand - and not [...]
Continue reading...Worsening security affecting Afghan aid groups
17. August 2008
KABUL: Deteriorating security in Afghanistan is making it more difficult for aid organizations to carry out their work, the director of a group that lost four workers in a Taliban attack said. Ciaran Donnelly, director of operations in Afghanistan for the International Rescue Committee, said the entire aid community has been affected by worsening security.”We’re [...]
Continue reading...Gen. Zia plane crash due to mechanical problem
16. August 2008
LONDON :The plane crash in Bahawalpur desert twenty years ago which killed former President General Zia-ul-Haq along with the US Ambassador Arnold Raphael and spawned several conspiracies theories has now been blamed on the mechanical problem, says a report in The Times. According to the daily, American, Soviet, Indian and even Israeli intelligence agents [...]
Continue reading...Americans are informed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
15. August 2008
What I am seeing in the US mass media is a simplistic and systematic demonization of Pakistan. I could site many examples, but all one has to do is look at the New York Times. Here’s how it works. Al Qaeda is evil. Al Qaeda is gaining strength in Pakistan. Therefore, Pakistan is evil. Popularity: 37% [...]
Continue reading...Musharraf’s exit to affect US strategy in Afghanistan
11. August 2008
WASHINGTON: The move to remove President Pervez Musharraf has set off alarm bells in official Washington, Gulf Times has reported. At this point, impeachment of President, ousting a president through parliamentary impeachment is unprecedented in Pakistan’s history, and fraught with legal and political uncertainties. Popularity: 33% [?]
Continue reading...Pak-China friendship group to be set up in Parliament: Gilani
10. August 2008
BEIJING :Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has announced the establishment of Pakistan, China Friendship Group soon in parliament to enhance exchange of parliamentary delegations, and further boost their economic partnership. It will help promoting people-to-people contact, particularly at the youth level through elected representatives. He made the announcement while addressing students of Urdu Department [...]
Continue reading...Gates approves $20 Billion in Afghan Aid
9. August 2008
WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates will endorse a $20 billion plan to substantially increase the size of ANA and will also restructure the military command of American and NATO forces in response to the growing Taliban threat, senior Pentagon and military officials said. Popularity: 38% [?]
Continue reading...Karzai Eyes another Term
8. August 2008
KABUL: President Hamid Karzai has said he will contest the coming election to fulfill his agenda for the betterment and development of his impoverished country, hit by decades of strife and continuing Taliban-linked violence. “Yes, I have a job to get done. I have to complete what I have started. I have to bring the [...]
Continue reading...Dr. Spanta for joint work with Islamabad against terrorism
6. August 2008
KABUL: Afghanistan is keen to work with Pakistan to fight Islamic extremism, but Islamabad must rein in elements in the government that are “out of control,” the Afghan foreign minister said Wednesday. Relations between the neighbours plummeted last month when Afghanistan directly accused Pakistan’s intelligence agency of involvement in a suicide attack on the [...]
Continue reading...Taliban Show Tenacity in Afghanistan: NY Times
5. August 2008
KABUL: Six years after being driven from power, the Taliban are demonstrating a resilience and a ferocity that are raising alarm here, in Washington and in other NATO capitals, and engendering a fresh round of soul-searching over how a relatively ragtag insurgency has managed to keep the world’s most powerful armies at bay. Popularity: 39% [?]
Continue reading...U.S. shortsightedness allowing Taliban to regroup: Washington Post
5. August 2008
WASHINGTON: The American officials have committed many mistakes in Afghanistan including the decision to eschew “nation building” and rely on Afghan warlords to keep order in the hinterlands and the declaration of victory in the country too son. “U.S. officials committed mistakes. One was the decision to eschew “nation building” and rely on Afghan warlords [...]
Continue reading...Spreading chaos may block relief for drought-stricken people
2. August 2008
KABUL: Aid groups working in Afghanistan say they may not be able to operate in parts of the country previously seen as safe because of a dramatic escalation in violence. An alliance of about 100 Afghan and international organizations reports a 50 per cent increase in insurgent attacks compared to last year, with many civilians dying [...]
Continue reading...CERF Earmarks $4.6m in Relief for Afghanistan
2. August 2008
UNITED NATIONS: The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) of the United Nations has allocated $30 million to support UN’s relief work in seven countries including Afghanistan. The announcement in this regard was made by Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holms. The funds given by CERF were often the last source of hope for people facing [...]
Continue reading...ISI involved in Indian Embassy attack - Pak rejects report of US agency
1. August 2008
NEW YORK: American intelligence agencies say members of the ISI helped plan the July 7 bombing of India’s embassy in Afghanistan, according to a report published by a U.S daily. The New York Times quotes unnamed American officials as saying the conclusion was based on intercepted communications between Pakistani intelligence officers and militants who carried [...]
Continue reading...Pakistan summons Afghan ambassador over bombing
1. August 2008
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday summoned the Afghan ambassador to the foreign office to convey “grave concerns” over a bombing outside the Pakistani consulate in the western Afghan city of Herat. Afghan authorities said a policeman and a woman were wounded when a small bomb attached to a bicycle was remotely detonated Thursday near the [...]
Continue reading...Colonial Expansion; American Imperialism vs European imperialism
1. August 2008
What circumstances led to the emergence of the United States as an imperialist power, and to what extent was/is American Imperialism different from European imperialism of the past couple of centuries? The rise of the US as an imperialist power and its domination of the world as never seen before, presents a very different example for [...]
Continue reading...Karzai Grip on Presidency Weakens as Afghans Tire of Corruption
1. August 2008
KABUL: Burhanuddin Rabbani turned over the presidency of Afghanistan to Hamid Karzai with a hug and his blessing seven years ago. Now, like many Afghans, Rabbani says he’s counting the days until Karzai is turned out of office. “We thought he was a young man who should be given the opportunity to work as president [...]
Continue reading...Expatriates can provide a great help in Nation Building: Sarfaraz Khan
24. July 2008
Friends Of Pakistan [representative organization for Expatriates] Canada Chapter FOP in Calgary, Canada By: Burhan Khan The Friends of Pakistan (FOP) have opened another chapter in Calgary, Canada and Mr. Burhan Khan will be the President of this chapter. Sarfaraz Khan, founder President of FOP here, announced this in Calgary on July 12th 2008 at Pakistan Community [...]
Continue reading...Indian Left Parties will Continue to Oppose and Expose Indo-US Nuclear Deal
24. July 2008
(ReportPress.com) - The leaders of India’s Left parties - Communist Party of India (CPI-Marxist), Communist Party of India (CPI), All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) and Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) -met on 23 July 2008 in India. They have issued the following statement: On Trust Vote: The Manmohan Singh Government has won the vote of [...]
Continue reading...U.S. Congresswoman Urges Secretary Rice to Deny Visa to Narendra Modi
24. July 2008
U.S. Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN) has strongly urged U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in her letter of 8 July 2008, to deny any U.S. visa to Narendra Damodardas Modi, Chief Minister of the state of Gujarat, India, because he has violated the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and the U.S.International Religious Freedom Act [...]
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It is easy to find comprehensive resources on most Western achievers, but it is rare to find about heroes from any of the developing countries particularly women. That never meant that the heroes do not exist however dilemma is; they are not written about.
The most respected of scholars, such as Mohammad Allama Iqbal, and champions of human rights causes, such as Abdul Sattar Edhi, are virtually unknown to general Western public and to the world at large. Finding literature on women achievers from South Asian or Muslim countries is even more unusual.
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Pakistan finally has decided to meet the world on media front and promote its brighter and enlightened image, here is an example of Pakistani site involved in citizen journalism TazaKino
Catch up objective news coming from Pakistan. The idea behind citizen journalism is to encourage people to report their own News. There are few very interesting stories along with excellent pictures.
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17. August 2008
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