Pakistan cricketers involved in match fixing
Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ijaz Butt has revealed that two Pakistani cricketers are involved in match-fixing and […]
Pakistan cricketers involved in match fixing
Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ijaz Butt has revealed that two Pakistani cricketers are involved in match-fixing and […]
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Source: International Herald Tribune
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Officials say a moderate earthquake has jolted a broad stretch of northwest Pakistan and the Kashmir region.
There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the 5.8-magnitude temblor originated Monday morning in the quake-prone Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan. It says it struck at a depth […]
Murtaza Bhutto, the elder son of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, was a revolutionary. Bhutto campaigned as an independent in the 1993 elections, winning a seat in the assembly governing the Sindh province. In 1996, he accused police of unfairly targeting his organization. Several hours after the conference, he was shot and killed along with six […]
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Source: China View
ISLAMABAD, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) — A head-on collision between two buses killed at least 17 persons and injured around 40 others Sunday at the national highway in the southern Pakistani province of Sindh.
The official APP news agency reported that a passenger coach going to Karachi, the Sindh provincial capital, collided with another passenger […]
Source: Mathaba
The International Committee of the Red Cross ‘ICRC’ Sunday launched an appeal of 7.8 million dollars for the affected people of Pakistan`s southwest.
It said that 20 to 30 thousands people have been affected and some 4000 mud houses destroyed in Ziarat district, some 60 kilometers from Quetta, the provincial capital.
The ICRC said that its […]
//www.thecurrentaffairs.com/?p=214 5 minutes introduction to ISLAMPlease share with your Muslim Brothersand Non-Muslim Friends.The Event is called “Qasida Burdah” by Muhammad Al Husa…
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Source: Market Watch
WASHINGTON, Nov 03, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ — – U.S. Government Assistance Now $2.5 Million –
The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an additional $1.5 million in emergency assistance in the aftermath of last week’s earthquake in Balochistan province in Pakistan. This brings the total USAID emergency […]
Source: The Hindustan Times
The sweeping valley of Ziarat district in southwest Pakistan, hit this week by a powerful earthquake, is famous for its ancient juniper forests and orchards filled with golden and green apples.
But the 6.4-magnitude tremor that destroyed homes and killed up to 300 people also felled many trees, robbing local apple industry workers […]
Source: The Associated Press
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court has freed the parents of a 5-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy on bail a day after police raided an illegal wedding for the children.
Police arrested the parents and a cleric preparing to perform the ceremony before 100 guests in Karachi on Friday.
On Saturday, a […]
Source: ABC News
A 5.0 magnitude aftershock rattled south-western Pakistan, three days after a powerful earthquake killed up to 300 people in the region, the US Geological Survey said.
The latest quake struck just before 6:00am (local time) north-east of the city of Quetta, in an area where tens of thousands of people were made homeless by […]
Source: Sify
New Delhi: The United Nations is ready to assist Pakistan in conducting a probe into the assassination of Pakistan’s former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said here on Friday.
However, he indicated the world organisation was not in favour of an independent investigation into the attack.
“I had discussed it with Pakistani authorities. […]
Source: The Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Police raided a wedding between a 7-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl in Pakistan’s largest city, arresting the Muslim cleric officiating at the ceremony and the children’s parents, a senior officer said Friday.
The cleric had not yet begun the ceremony in Karachi, which was attended by 100 guests, […]
Source: Daily Dispatch
PAKISTAN said that it does not intend to seek international help following the deadly earthquake that hit the country’s south-west Balochistan province, killing dozens of people and leaving thousands homeless.
“According to initial information the situation is localised so far. We can deal with it,” Farooq Ahmed Khan, chairperson of the National Disaster Management […]
Source: International Herald Tribune
ISLAMABAD: A powerful earthquake jolted parts of southwestern Pakistan early Wednesday, leaving at least 150 people dead and hundreds more injured, officials said. The death toll was expected to rise.
The 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Quetta, the provincial capital of Baluchistan, and several districts of the province between 4:30 a.m. and 5:10 a.m Wednesday, […]
Source: BBC News
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A earthquake of magnitude 6.4 has hit Balochistan province in south-western Pakistan, with at least 100 people reported dead.
Thank you Again Sirs July 21, 2008
Prime Minister of Pakistan
President Of Pakistan
Co-Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party
Federal Finance Minister
Federal Trade Minister
Chairman O.G.R.A.
Dear Sirs
We as a nation are great full to you for providing us an opportunity to thank you again in the same month of July, due to your act of kindness on Sunday the […]
ISLAMABAD: Nuclear scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan has said that North Korea received centrifuges from Pakistan in a 2000 shipment supervised by the security forces.For Full Story Pls Visit http://unbealiveblenews.blogspot.com/2008/07/n-korea-received-centrifuges-from.html
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Source: The Associated Press
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say heavy rains killed at least 10 people in Pakistan’s northwest, including six children who died when part of their mud house collapsed.
The rain has been pouring in the Swat valley area since Saturday evening.
Police officer Siraj Khan says officials recovered the bodies of six children ages […]
Literacy is the heart and life blood of development. Without it, Pakistan will remain an impoverished and a weak Third World country. If education does not prevail, the problems of Pakistan will reach at a stage which will make this country very vulnerable.
Stastically, Pakistan has made reasonable march since independence in many fields including education. […]
A comment left on a popular blog may be viewed by a few hundred people in one day. Multiply that by the lifespan of the blog and you’ll see that a simple comment may say a lot about you. Every blog comment is usually permanent. It’s not just a hyperlink but a long-term representation of […]
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The Robert L. Capp collection at the Hoover Institution Archives contains ten never-before-published photographs illustrating the immediate aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing. These photographs, taken by an unknown Japanese photographer, were found in 1945 among rolls of undeveloped film in a cave outside Hiroshima by U.S. serviceman Robert L. Capp, who was attached to the […]
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Source: Asian Tribune
By Adnan Gill
A nation’s path to success and maturity can be measured by its performance in Olympics. More importantly, its character can be judged by how it treats its heroes. However, the nations determined to leave their mark on history turn their ordinary citizens into idols. India seems to have mastered the art […]
Source: The Associated Press
A look at suicide attacks in Pakistan this year:
_ March 11: Separate bombers shatter seven-story police headquarters and house in Lahore. At least 27 people killed, more than 200 wounded.
_ March 4: Two bombers blow themselves up at navy training college in Lahore, killing four college employees.
_ March 2: Bomber attacks tribesmen […]