'Pakistan's middle class can't be harbinger of change'

She was delivering a lecture on 'Bringing change in a praetorian state' as a guest speaker at the 10th Hamza Alavi Distinguished Lecture held at Jinnah Medical and Dental College on …

Written on December 19, 2011 | Posted in jinnah, live, unlmitie | Leave a comment

SNGPL pick up eighth win of season

at the Jinnah Stadium . SNGPL now have an extra day's rest before their December 8-12 final against Peshawar, who are playing Quetta in the final round of matches. SNGPL's new-ball pair of …

Written on December 2, 2011 | Posted in UN, War, ad, jinnah, unlmitie | Leave a comment

Karachi: Two shot dead on M A Jinnah road

KARACHI: Two persons were killed and another injured when unknown armed men opened fire at M A Jinnah road in the

Written on November 27, 2011 | Posted in News, Politics, UN, ad, jinnah, karachi | Leave a comment

Small plane makes emergency landing in Karachi

KARACHI: A small plane belonging to a private aviation school made an emergency landing near the Jinnah Square are

Written on November 25, 2011 | Posted in Politics, ad, jinnah, karachi | Leave a comment

Former FATA senator’s son shot dead

KARACHI: Roaidad Khan, the son of former Senator FATA Sakhi Jan, has been gunned down near Gulshan chowrangi here late Monday night, Geo News reported. According to police sources, unidentified gunmen ambushed his car by firing which resulted in his death on the spot. Also, his driver received injuries in the process, who was immediately admitted to hospital for medication. Deceased Roaidad Khan would run a transport business here in Karachi and was hailing from Mehsud clan. The dead body has been deposited at Jinnah Hospital for autopsy where a large number of his friends, relatives and bereaved family members were present. His father, former Senator Fata Sakhi Jan, would be Senator during second tenure of Benazir government.

Written on March 8, 2011 | Posted in 2011, News, UN, US, ad, aid, jinnah, karachi, media, nato, police | Leave a comment

Taseer, Bhatti victims of religious intolerance: Zardari

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has held religious intolerance responsible for the assassinations of Salman Taseer and Shahbaz Bhatti, saying a small but increasingly belligerent minority is intent on undoing the very principles of tolerance upon which our nation was founded in 1947, according to the President’s oped published in Washington Post. He wrote: “Two months ago my friend Salman Taseer, the governor of Punjab, was cut down for standing up against religious intolerance and against those who would use debate about our laws to divide our people. On Tuesday, another leading member of the Pakistan People’’s Party (PPP), Shahbaz Bhatti, the minister for minority affairs and the only Christian in our cabinet, was murdered by extremists tied to al-Qaeda and the Taliban.” Zardari said that these assassinations painfully reinforced his slain wife Benazir Bhutto’s words and served as a warning that the battle between extremism and moderation in Pakistan affected the success of the civilized world’’s confrontation with the terrorist menace. “A small but increasingly belligerent minority is intent on undoing the very principles of tolerance upon which our nation was founded in 1947; principles by which Pakistan’’s founder, Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, lived and died; and principles that are repeated over and over in the Koran. The extremists who murdered my wife and friends are the same who blew up the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad and who have blown up girls” schools in the Swat Valley.” President Asif Ali Zardari asserted: “We will not be intimidated, nor will we retreat,” adding, such acts will not deter the government from our calibrated and consistent efforts to eliminate extremism and terrorism. It is not only the future of Pakistan that is at stake but peace in our region and possibly the world. He said Pakistan’s nation is pressed by overlapping threats. “We have lost more soldiers in the war against terrorism than all of NATO combined. We have lost 10 times the number of civilians who died on Sept. 11, 2001. Two thousand police officers have been killed. Our economic growth was stifled by the priorities of past dictatorial regimes that unfortunately were supported by the West. The worst floods in our history put millions out of their homes.” Zardari said the religious fanaticism behind Pakistan’s assassinations is a tinderbox poised to explode across Pakistan. The embers are fanned by the opportunism of those who seek advantages in domestic politics by violently polarizing society, he added. “If Pakistan and the United States are to work together against terrorism, we must avoid political incidents that could further inflame tensions and provide extremists or opportunists with a pretext for destabilizing our fledgling democracy.” He said the Raymond Davis incident in Lahore, which directly resulted in the deaths of three Pakistani men and the suicide of a Pakistani woman, is a prime example of the unanticipated consequences of problematic behavior. “We need not go into the legal, moral and political intricacies of this case. Suffice it to say that the actions of Davis and others like him inflame passions in our country and undermine respect and support for the United States among our people. We are committed to peaceful adjudication of the Davis case in accordance with the law.” He termed as counterproductive the threats to apply sanctions to Pakistan over the Davis affair by cutting off Kerry-Lugar development funds that were designed to build infrastructure, strengthen education and create jobs. “It is a threat, written out of the playbook of America’’s enemies, whose only result will be to undermine U.S. strategic interests in South and Central Asia, he added. President Zardari said in an incendiary environment, hot rhetoric and dysfunctional warnings could start fires that will be difficult to extinguish.

Written on March 5, 2011 | Posted in 2011, America, IPL, News, Oman, PPP, Pakistan, Politics, Terrorism, UN, US, USA, War, Zardari, ad, aid, ban, education, fair, floods, islam, islamabad, jinnah, jobs, lahore, live, nato, police, society, taliban, uth | Leave a comment

Two killed, two injured in Korangi blast

KARACHI: A bomb explosion damaged the house killing at least two people and injuring two others in Korangi area of metropolis, Geo News reported. According to the police, bomb exploded in a house at Ibrahim Haideri area near Korangi No. 5. Injured men have been identified as Ismail and Saddaruddin. Dead bodies and injured men have been taken to Jinnah Hosiptal. Police has kicked off interrogation with the detained suspects.

Written on March 5, 2011 | Posted in 2011, News, US, ad, aid, jinnah, karachi, police, pta | Leave a comment

Bhatti killing ‘attempt to defame Pakistan’: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Thursday noting important role of media in defeating designs of extremists urged it to educate people in the right direction. He was talking to representative delegation of National Press Club led by its president Muhammad Afzal Butt here at the PM House. Gilani said the brutal murder of Federal Minister Shahabaz Bhatti was yet another attempt of enemies of the State to defame Pakistan and the philosophy of tolerance, envisaged by the founder of the nation Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The Prime Minister said in Islam murder of anyone was a condemnable act and clearly shows that elements behind this heinous crime were enemies of humanity and the State. He said minorities and women were his constituency. He said for the first time he as Prime Minister celebrated Christmas at a Church with the christian community and recalled that the event was organized by late Shahbaz Bhatti. The President NPC Muhammad Afzal Butt said the media would continue to play its due role in projecting the soft image of Pakistan and would not shirk in its responsibilities. The Prime Minister handed over a cheque of Rs. 10 million for the NPC as announced on the occasion of the oath taking ceremony of the office bearers of the Club. Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr.Firdous Ashiq Awan was also present on the occasion.

Written on March 3, 2011 | Posted in 2011, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, News, Pakistan, Politics, UN, US, ad, aid, broadcasting, call, import, islam, islamabad, jinnah, media, women | Leave a comment

The Pakistani Truck Drivers Who Risk Their Lives to Help U.S. Forces in Afghanistan

From a distance, there's nothing unusual about the trucks in Karachi's Shiren Jinnah rest terminal. Lines of empty fuel tankers are parked on the side of a main road, waiting their turn to …

Written on March 1, 2011 | Posted in UN, US, ad, jinnah, karachi, unlmitie | Leave a comment

Karachiites protest against unavailability of petrol

KARACHI: Citizens of Karachi protested against unavailability of petrol and blocked roads in various parts of the metropolis, Geo News reported on Monday. According to details, petroleum dealers went on a strike against declining profits resulting Karachiites faced severe problems. Citizens staged sit-in at different roads as result massive traffic jam was witnessed. Police and Rangers baton-charged and resorted to tear-gas and aerial firing to disperse the protesting people in different areas. Shahrah-i-Faisal was also blocked by protestors and traffic was suspended. Gulistan-e-Johar, Shahrah-I-Faisal, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, M A Jinnah Road and others were the worst hit areas.(GEO URDU)

Written on February 28, 2011 | Posted in 2011, News, Politics, UN, US, ad, ads, jinnah, karachi, police, urdu | Leave a comment

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