Ye islam nahi hay

We have all been brought up by our elders to not question men of our faith, some of us were given the leverage to do so and thus developed a higher level of understanding as to what Islam is and what it actually entails. Others however were taught dogmatically and rigidly and thus for them…

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Hoisting the red flag amid green shadows

By : Farooq Tariq The historic and victorious lawyer’s movement was a rainbow of various political colour. One could see all sorts of political trends trying to give their colors to lawyer’s movement. There were greens like Jamaat-I Islami and Muslim League Nawaz, reds like Labour Party and National Workers Party. There was tri-color Pakistan…

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Operation restarts in swat

Finally after much hue and cry raised by the entire countries moderate and civil structure as well as some timely concern shown by political parties the army has woken up and started an operation against the militants in the lower dir valley area of Swat. This operation was started yesterday and immediately helicopter gunships and…

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Vote for Faraz anwar @ guitar idol 09

Pakistan is being represented at Guitar Idol 09, the biggest competition for rock guitarists by Faraz anwar of Mizrab band. He is brilliant on the axe and has reached the finals of this competition. I want each and every reader of this blog to vote for this gem of a guitarist from Pakistan!! Vote by…

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An open letter to the president of pakistan

By Barrister Ali.K Chisti My Dear President, I hope you are well..? I see you on the television every day with a wide smile and Mash’Allah you look younger than ever each passing day. My Dear President, I will come straight to the point, I am concerned as much as you are about the SWAT…

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Aus-Pak Chappal cup

Things could not have been better for Pakistan’s cricket and PCB right now. First off they entered into contract to play at a neutral venue in Dubai at a brand spanking new purpose built stadium and to top it all off they got Australia to play the first series with them there. Although the Aussies…

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Why are muslims suffering?

By Dr Khalid Zaheer A tiny minority of Muslims has engaged itself in a war (jihad) against the West in general and against the US, Israel, and India in particular. What they are doing through their military adventurism is causing the entire Muslim ummah suffering at the hands of the Jihadis and, because of their…

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A new horror

Not a day goes by without some sort of threat in Pakistan to its citizens. by these mysterious men we have come to know loosely as the Taliban. We have as citizens of this country faced, murder, extortion, kidnapping for ransom, days without electricity and food shortages, we have dealt with car jacking and god…

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IPL fumbles at kickoff

Lalit Modi looked quite upbeat as he made all the captains in the IPL franchise sign off on a wall of sportsmanship in the opening ceremony of the IPL’s second season in Cape town, South Africa. However there was a remarkable difference in the first 2 matches played in last years T20 extravaganza and this…

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