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No substitution of Hujjaj after Oct 15
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Religious Affairs, Zakat and Ushr on Saturday informed that according to new Saudi regulations, the data of Hujjaj once submitted to them would not be changed. According to a press release issued here, the Ministry has started preparation of passports for the intending pilgrims for Hajj-2008, which would be submitted to [...]
Continue reading...Suicide attack at Wali Khan’s house kills 4
3. October 2008
ISLAMABAD: A suicide bomber blew himself up as he tried to storm the house of a member of Pakistan’s ruling coalition yesterday, killing four people but missing the politician, officials said. The blast in the troubled northwestern town of Charsadda highlighted the threat posed by Taleban and Al-Qaeda militants to Pakistan’s new government in the [...]
Continue reading...Tokyo Twins - Chapters 6 and 7
2. October 2008
Tokyo Twins A serialized online story Introduction Tokyo Twins looks at two issues - what the roots of terrorism are, and what the end of terrorism might be. One new chapter, in both text and audio, will be posted each week to Pakistan Times. Tokyo Twins - Chapters 6 & 7 - mp3 audio Chapter 6 - Full moon rising and [...]
Continue reading...International Day of Older Persons
1. October 2008
The General Assembly designated 1 October the International Day of Older Persons by resolution 45/106 of 14 December 1990, following up on initiatives such as the Vienna International Plan of Action on Ageing, adopted by the 1982 World Assembly on Ageing and endorsed later that year by the General Assembly. In 1991, the General Assembly adopted [...]
Continue reading...Eid-ul-fitr celebrated with religious fervour
1. October 2008
ISLAMABAD, Oct 1 (APP): Eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated with religious enthusiasm and fervor all across the country on Wednesday. Eid prayers were offered at Eidgahs, mosques and open places all over the country. In their sermons, Ulema highlighted the philosophy of Eid and prayed for progress and solidarity of the country and Muslim Ummah. Stringent security [...]
Continue reading...PM assured security of EU Diplomates; sympathised with Polish Ambassador
28. September 2008
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has expressed commiseration and sympathy with the Polish Ambassador Dr. Krzysztof Debnicki over the abduction of a Polish engineer working in Attock. The Ambassador called on him at the Prime Minister House Sunday evening. French Ambassador Daniel Jounnaeu, who is also President of EU group of Ambassadors also [...]
Continue reading...Six injured in Quetta blasts - PM and President condemned
28. September 2008
QUETTA : At least six people were injured, two of them seriously, when two blasts occurred after brief succession, in a CD Center and a Shopping Plaza, here in main commercial area, on Sunday afternoon, in jurisdiction of city police station, police said. The first blast took place when a home-made explosive device went off [...]
Continue reading...Iftar Party?
27. September 2008
Come Ramadan and every political party – be it right-wing, left-wing or middle-wing – float a new (political!) party with a limited life: Iftar party. Its life expectancy is that of a month! As soon as the Eid-moon appears over the horizon, Iftar party packs off and goes into hibernation mode for the next eleven [...]
Continue reading...Hajj pilgrims training to begin from Oct.14
27. September 2008
ISLAMABAD: The training of intending pilgrims selected for Hajj-2008 will be started across the country from October 14. The training Programmes will be conducted in collaboration with local administration at Tehsil and district level. Several Programmes will also be telecast and air on television and radio to aware the intending pilgrims about the rituals of Hajj. [...]
Continue reading...Novel on Prophet Muhammad (S) being translated by Iran into 4 languages
27. September 2008
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TEHRAN: Mehr News Agency has reported that Ebrahim Hassanbeigi’s novel “Muhammad(S)” will be published in French, English, Urdu and Uzbek after it has been translated into Arabic. Iraqi author Ibrahim Basri has translated the novel, recently published by Beirut’s Dar El-Hadi Publications, into Arabic. Farideh Mahdavi Damghani will translate the book into French and Iran’s cultural [...]
Continue reading...Pakistani President Zardari and Sarah Palin- favorite subjects for media
25. September 2008
Being non-presidential Mr. Asif Ali Zaradri was little flirt to Sarah Palin Alaska Governor and; Republican candidate John McCain’s running mate, has been getting a crash course in diplomacy and international affairs this week, meeting her first foreign heads of state courtesy of the U.N. General Assembly’s annual gathering of international leaders. That is very [...]
Continue reading...Female student killed, 23 injured in suicide blast in Quetta
24. September 2008
QUETTA : A suicide bomber blew himself up near Frontier Corps’ vehicles killing a female student and injuring 23 people including 15 FC men and six students on Wednesday noon. The blast occurred here opposite Askari Park on Airport Road, adjacent to Quetta cantonment, CCPO Quetta Muhammad Akbar said. The suicide bomber walked up towards two [...]
Continue reading...Indian Minister seeks ban on extremist Hindu groups
24. September 2008
PULWAMA: Labeling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Bajrang Dal (BD) and Rastriya Swamsevak Sangh (RSS) as terrorist organizations, India Minister for Chemicals, Fertilizers and Steel and Lok Janshakti party chief Ram Vilas Paswan has demanded imposition of blanket ban on the right wing Hindu organizations. He blamed the Hindu organizations for the [...]
Continue reading...UNSC stressed to bring justice to culpables of Marriot attack
23. September 2008
The Security Council today strongly condemned the weekend’s terrorist attack in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, which claimed more than 50 precious lives when a bomb rocked the Marriott Hotel, with foreign diplomats among the casualties and several dozen injured. The 15-member body stressed the importance of bring those behind the bombing to justice, calling on all [...]
Continue reading...Marriott targeted for becoming hub of International spies
23. September 2008
It has been confirmed that deadly suicide attack on Luxury Marriott hotel was a well designed surgical operation against secret agents of US and its allies countries. “It is obvious that Marriott had become the main hub of international spies now a day”, An Islamabad based analyst disclosed. She told that two floors of the Marriott [...]
Continue reading...Suspected terrorists involving in Marriot blast arrested
22. September 2008
GUJRANWALA: In connection to Marriot hotel blast that left at least 60 dead and 250 injured, five suspected terrorists were arrested in separate raids late on Sunday night. A private TV channel reported that the two suspected persons were apprehended in Gujranwala. It was reported that one of the men was the Imam Qari of a local [...]
Continue reading...Greater accountability needed to boost women’s rights, UN agency
19. September 2008
UNITED NATIONS: Stronger accountability measures are needed to track progress governments and multilateral organizations have made in implementing their commitments to enhancing women’s rights, according to a new report by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). The publication - “Progress of the World’s Women 2008/2009, Who Answers to Women - Gender and Accountability”, [...]
Continue reading...Pakistani cultural troupe will perform at 10th Asian Arts Festival
19. September 2008
BEIJING: A 24-member Pakistan Cultural Troupe arrived here Friday to perform at 10th Asian Arts Festival in Zhengzhou. Speaking at the Beijing Capital International Airport with media, the leader of the cultural troupe, Deputy Secretary (Culture) Abdul Sattar Khokhar said that besides taking part in the Asian Arts Festival, the troupe will also perform here [...]
Continue reading...Locals rescue abducted 300 children in Dir
18. September 2008
UPPER DIR: The local residents rescued on Thursday more than 300 school children who were earlier abducted by the militants. According to sources, militants kidnapped more than 300 children at a government school in upper Dir area. The locals, after receiving the reports, reached the scene and tried to rescue them, resulting in an exchange [...]
Continue reading...How Central and UP State Government HELPED terrorists bomb A’bad, Jaipur, and Delhi!
15. September 2008
I had talked of the pusillanimity of the Indian government authorities in dealing with terrorism. Now, there is proof that indeed Indian state governments are ACTUALLY helping the terrorists and helping them remain active due to a consistent appeasement policy! There is now evidence that the UP authorities had clearly obstructed the arrests of three SIMI [...]
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