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 […]

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http://thecurrentaffairs.com/index.php/the-fake-story-world-2nd-best-mayor/
One of the most highlighted news by several media entities reported the nomination of Mustafa Kamal as the World’s Second Best Mayor by the Foreign Policy Magazine.
Based on a quick investigation, it was revealed that this story was a misleading and was actually fabricated to be used as a propaganda tool by MQM. In fact, Karachi has […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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 This opinion was first published at The WeCite Blog
I’m not convinced we are winning it in Afghanistan. I am convinced we can… We are looking at a new, more comprehensive strategy for the region that would cover both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. In my view, these two nations are inextricably linked in a […]

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Islamabad and Karachi bomb blast – perfect timings – innocent victims – known culprits – Mush & Altaf Husain’s strike on PPP government
Within few hours after broadcast of Altaf Husain’s threat widely publicized on GEO and ARY, MQM terrorists strike almost whole Karachi, news are coming. There is no doubt it is planned and implemented […]

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Source: International Herald Tribune
KARACHI, Pakistan: Pakistani police were embroiled in a deadly gunbattle with gangsters Wednesday in a notorious slum district of the country’s biggest city.
Police in Karachi sent 100 officers and four armored vehicles into the city’s Lyari district Wednesday in a bid to arrest underworld kingpins who have been fighting a bloody turf […]

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Source: AFP
KARACHI (AFP) — Opener Salman Butt hit an attractive century to lift Pakistan to 329-9 in 50 overs in the fifth and final day-night international at National Stadium here on Saturday.
The 23-year-old left-hander scored 136 for his sixth one-day hundred, second in the series, and added a record 179 runs for the second wicket […]

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Source: All Headline News
Siddique Islam - AHN South Asia Correspondent
Karachi, Pakistan (AHN) - At least eight people were killed and 15 others wounded when rival groups of lawyers clashed in the country’s southern port city on Wednesday. More than 50 vehicles have been torched in several areas of Karachi.
Gun-wielding men on motorcycles opened fire at […]

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Saturday, March 01, 2008
 KARACHI: City Nazim Karachi Syed Mustafa Kamal has termed use of modern technology vital for socio-economic progress.
He was addressing a seminar at the Expo center after inaugurating 4th International Building and Materials Exhibition being organized by Institute of Architects here Saturday. The City Nazim said massive development works had been undertaken after […]

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Here are the videos and they work even after YouTube was banned by MQM! (Open this post to view the video)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoSo4DwzPw0

An alternate link for this Geo video is also available in case people in Pakistan are not able to view this [CLICK HERE]
The News reports: For the first time in the history of the country, the Geo News on Friday aired a video unmasking rigging in the February 18 elections.
In the video, the scenes of polls […]

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http://naqsha.net now brings you detailed Pakistan Maps overlaid on Google Maps satellite images. You can view in Hybrid mode (satellite overlay) or you can just see the maps generated by naqsha.net. No pluggins required. City details for Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar. Other cities on the way are Faisalabad, Hyderabad, Multan, Quetta, Wah, etc. Click […]

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Source: Dawn
Op-Ed by Ayesha Siddiqa
In the past few months there have been a lot of comments about feudalism in Pakistan. The general drift of the argument presented by many is that feudalism does not exist in the country any more.
There are others who argue that given the rise of capitalism in the country, feudalism is […]

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Source: The News International
Besides the Lawyers community, the HRCP and the People’s Resistance to also take part in the protest
The lawyers community will stage a protest demonstration on Thursday to celebrate “Iftikhar Day” at the Karachi Press Club (KPC) to express solidarity with the deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
The call […]

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Source: The emergency times
By Farhan Bokhari
PRESIDENT Pervez Musharraf’s promise to a gathering of businessmen in Karachi for coming down heavy on the ‘miscreants’ planning to disrupt next month’s parliamentary elections, yet again carries a hollow ring.
At a time when the poorest of the poor have recently braved an atta shortage crisis, compounding the quality […]

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Source: Dawn
Op-Ed by Qazi Faez Isa
Carry a placard — “Release Justice Rana Bhagwandas” — and you will be thrown into the slammer. FIR No.13/08 lodged at the Clifton Town police station confirms the highhandedness of Musharraf’s despotic regime.
Justice Rana Bhagwandas started his judicial career as a civil judge at the age of 24. In […]

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Source: BBC News
The dead in Pakistan are usually buried within hours - but the mummified body of a woman that sparked a diplomatic row has lain unburied for seven years.
Pakistani police discovered the mummy in 2000, during a murder investigation.
Script on the sarcophagus dated it to 6th century BC Persia. Both Iran and Pakistan claimed […]

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Source: Dawn
The bar organisations have planned a rally and a seminar to observe “Yaum-i-Iftikhar” on Jan 31.
A meeting of the office-bearers of the Sindh Bar Council, Sindh High Court Bar Association, Karachi Bar Association and Malir District Bar Association was held at the SHCBA office to draw up the day’s programme.
A rally of lawyers will […]

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Source: Dawn
By Faiza Ilyas
Far from the crowded eateries and bustling kitchens of the city of lights, a scene from a nightmare is played out: at an isolated spot near the beach in Bin Qasim Town, the air is heavy with the stench of decaying flesh as two tankers arrive loaded with the blood of slaughtered […]

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Source: Dawn - Opinion
By Zahra Chughtai
HOW often do most of us come across a disabled person, say a visually or hearing challenged individual, in mainstream life? How visible are they in offices or behind shop counters? The truth is that there is often little room for the disabled in the real world.
The more fortunate of […]

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Source: Los Angeles Times
In a country where extremists rage against the cosmopolitan, Ali Saleem dons the persona — and sari — of a flirty middle-aged widow for a TV talk show watched by everyone from models to mullahs.
By Bruce Wallace
January 21, 2008
Out of costume but not out of character, one of Pakistan’s hottest TV stars […]

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naqsha.net now brings you a Facebook application which you can add to your profile. Search places, make routes and view them on a map. You can also perform a radius search which allows you to find places under a certain category which are within a given radius of your selected location. Its great to find […]

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Source: The Australian News
SHOOT-on-sight orders were issued to Pakistan’s security forces last night after suspected al-Qa’ida and Taliban-linked militants detonated a powerful bomb in the heart of the industrial zone in Karachi, the Islamic nation’s economic capital.

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