ISLAMABAD: The Establishment Division on Monday issued an ambiguous notification explaining the package and remunerations of the newly-appointed chairman-cum-managing director of the state-owned Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV).
The letter of the Establishment Division bearing No 1/64/2008-E-6, dated June 30, 2008, says that besides the fixed remuneration of the new chairman PTV, any other “financial benefits” are […]

Haan Fauji ne Farangi se bachaya hai Watan ko,
Par Iska matlab ye nahi ke Barrack chor ke fauj raah-e-iqtadar pe chal parey,
Haan Aman - o - Mohabat se sajaya hai watan ko,
Aesey Aman - o - Mohabat se ke aaj Bhai Bhai ko mar raha hai Sarhadon par,
Haan Maan Ki Tarah Doodh Pillaya hai watan […]

 
O ALLAH, OUR MIGHTY LORD,
FORGIVE US AS WE COME ONWARD,
BLESS US AS WE COME FORTH,
TOWARDS YOU OUR LORD,
TO YOU, SO WE BUILD OUR FAITH STRONG.
MAKE US AS PURE AS THE DAY WE CAME INTO THIS WORLD.
FORGIVE US FOR OUR BLUNDERS,
FORGIVE US FOR OUR SINS,
BLESS US BY REBUILDING OUR SOULS,
MAKE US LIKE THE DAY WE WERE,
THE […]

This is in reply to the letter of WG.CDR. (R) AHMED S. JAN (DAWN, 20th May). I completely disagree with his notion that Zardari is abiding with the Bhurban Deceleration and Nawaz Sharif is not. I would request him to read the text of the accord once again:
1 - Allied parties, the Pakistan Peoples Party […]

Lawyer’s Coordination Committee and Lahore Bar Association announced the schedule of the long march for the restoration of Judiciary.
June 5 : Joint rally from Aiwan-e-Adal, Lahore to Faisal Chowk
June 6: Joint protest rally by doctors, professionals, teachers/professors, students, civil society, lawyers, scholars and the political parties to start at Data Darbar after the Jumma […]

Source: The Guardian

By Declan Walsh
It started with a dead dog, escalated into a tit-for-tat tribal war, and has now reached a grotesque climax with the exchange of 15 child brides.
Pakistani human rights activists are outraged at reports that a long-running blood feud in a remote corner of western Baluchistan province has been resolved by the […]

With sheer anger, I report that this blog is blocked for access in Pakistan since 3 PM, Saturday, May 31st, 2008. A few minutes later, I noticed FASTRising blog blocked as well while other blogs seemed to work. It was late in the night that I was informed about the blockage of the complete blogspot […]

Breaking News: There has been a blast in Islamabad in an area where a large number of embassies are located. There is no news yet on damage or casualties.
As Pakistanis, we sincerely hope that this is not  a start of another round of bomb blasts. Let’s pray for stability of this country.

Source: San Diego.com

When Mohammad Imran was planning the dinner for his cousin’s wedding reception, he had no excuse to trim the pricey menu down from six entrees. Then the government came to his rescue.
Punjab province’s newly elected leaders announced that starting this month they would strictly enforce an often ignored law that limits wedding feasts […]

Now, that the news of Musharraf’s resignation are popping up, arrangements are being made to provide him the safe passage. This leaves me with nothing to be happy about. What difference will it make if he now leaves with a safe passage ? He might move to his heaven, Turkey […]

Almost an year back, following the links on the Google search results for ‘Baluchistan Geography’ I happened to visit a blog titled Gedrosia. The content at the blog came as a surprise to me and I dropped an email to the blog-owner. Today, I feel myself in a better position to understand his feelings, being […]

Uninhabited deserts, barren land and an under-developed region going through insurgency for long – this is what I knew about Baluchistan before setting my foot there. There has been a curiosity somewhere inside me to know the details but it never grew strong enough to make a trip to the province. A few of us […]

Source: 3 Quarks Daily
Yasmin Hai is an acclaimed journalist who has worked on BBC2’s Newsnight and Channel 4 documentaries. In a wonderfully honest new book, she describes the challenges of growing up as the daughter of Pakistani parents - and a father who yearned for her to be accepted as English.
Grasping the door […]

I have some questions for those who say that they want the governement to take actions against wheat shortages and electricity problems at the cost of the judiciary issue. These questions are againstlso targeted towards the supporters of Musharaf. Plus I would also request the group of people who are against Musharaf to answer these […]

 JOIN THE GROUP - ‘RESTORE THE JUDICIARY IN PAKISTAN AND LET US GET RID OF MUSHARRAF AT ONCE..’- ON FACEBOOK
After the failure of talks between Zardari and Nawaz Sharif, it is certain that to restore the judges people have to come on the streets and register their protests.
Zardari has shown his true colour and has […]

 
USA has the flair of meddling in our domestic affairs and has once more proved this notion correct. A US congressional panel by Sheila Jackson Lee, a congresswoman, was told on Wednesday the PPP was doing a good job in Pakistan while Nawaz Sharif needed to be watched. As a matter of fact, since the […]

Pakistan People’s Party has shown its true colors. Sadly, it has shown that they are ones who cannot keep their word. Moreover, if the judges are not restored, it is a definite political suicide for the party. The party had pledged that they would restore the judges with dignity before the elections and even the […]

Source: IPS
 By Ashfaq Yusufzai

The Taliban have confirmed that their sympathisers have executed by stoning a runaway couple in this remote tribal region bordering Afghanistan — their first known use here of this long drawn-out death sentence for a so-called “honour crime”.
“A qazi (religious official) court run by the Taliban found the couple guilty of adultery […]

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. […]

The Current Government has to take major strides to craft a way so that prosperity reaches our doorsteps. Therefore, they should solve the judiciary issue as soon as possible, so that they can move their eyes to areas where paramount concern is required instantaneously and fundamentally. Following methods should be taken so that Pakistan eradicates […]

Recently, a group of bright expat Pakistanis have started a community based education and career consulting platform pkstudent.com. You can submit any query related to education (Scholarships, Study Abroad, Visa, Career Advice) and then a number of voluntary pkstudent.com consultants and other community members will advice you based on their knowledge.
Check out their website at http://pkstudent.com

Report published on Jalib Day organised by the South Asian Peoples Forum UK - By Daily Jang London dated 30 April 2008.  Posted By: Pervez Fateh (South Asian Peoples Forum UK) - info@sapfonline.org

In Memoriam HABIB JALIB

The great revolutionary Urdu poet of South Asia

Report & picture of activists - Daily Jang London 29 April 2008

Posted By: Pervez Fateh (South Asian Peoples Forum UK) - info@sapfonline.org

Why am I not surprised to hear this? *chuckles*
So our democratic, non-barbaric, pious, and ‘civil’ government has had the door slammed on their face by the T-Boys. Ha. Were you really expecting them to do otherwise? How silly of you.
There were basically four demands put forward by the T-boys to our kind government:
- Withdrawl of […]

For a Nation every Individual is the star in the galaxy of its destiny. The story of Pakistan is the story of ambitious generals who are denying the people of their rights; therefore, today’s Pakistan is a baby who is deprived of mother’s milk. At the age of sixty, it should been as strong as a […]