Lahoris came in healthy numbers together to support the cause of the Internally Displaced People of SWAT in the IDP Charity Concert organized at Royal Palm, Lahore. The event had memorable and impressive performances by Coven, Meekal Hassan, Caramel, and Overload! PARTYLICIOUS: the niche societal press of Lahore were […]

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The fight in SWAT is the most depressing episode in the history of Pakistan, or at least the one I am witnessing in my life span. Pakistan is once again being used by separatists to fulfill their agenda – agenda which is never Islamic and always pro-self-government. It seems some people are really benefiting by […]

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The United States of America wants to facilitate us again and this time with a $ 1.5 billion economic aid package. One thing is definite, this $ 1.5 billion would not be spent to curb the socio-economic crises because of two reasons: we have corrupt leaders and Americans give money with strings attached – strings […]

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Source: BBC News
Nadene Ghouri laments the collapse of Pakistan’s most famous tourist destination while spending time as the only guest in a 50 room luxury hotel.
A valley as green as the emeralds that lie beneath the mountains. Cold and clear rivers flowing from the snow-capped peaks of the Hindu Kush. A brilliant blue sky - […]

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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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I am going to try to be as blunt and straight-forward as possible without deviating from the issue at hand (NOTE: I said I’ll try!).
This ‘one sided’ peace agreement with the Taliban holed up in Pakistan’s North is NOT GOING TO WORK!
Unless Islamabad has a few tricks up their sleeves and are earnestly at […]

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Source: BBC News 
Militants in north-western Pakistan have destroyed a girls’ primary school in the second attack of its kind since Sunday, officials say.
The wooden building was burned to the ground during an overnight raid in the Sherpalam area of Swat district. No group has claimed responsibility.
Another girls school had petrol bombs thrown at it […]

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There are confirmed reports that a suicide bomb blast has killed about 30 people. Reports on the exact number of the fatalities vary from 27 to 35 while over 50 people are said to have been injured. The blast took place outside a government high school in Mingora, where a slain policeman’s funeral was taking place.

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Source: The Associated Press
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON
The Associated Press
Tuesday, February 26, 2008; 4:16 AM
UCHRAI SAR, Pakistan — Hardcore militants who seized Pakistan’s most scenic valley are still holed up in its snowy heights, three months after President Pervez Musharraf sent in the army to show his resolve against spreading Islamic extremism.
Down below, life in the towns […]

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Source: TIME
By SIMON ROBINSON
Friday, Jan. 04, 2008

The Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan, one of the country’s most beautiful destinations.
(Charles Bowman / Alamy)
The young man at the airport approached me with a nervous smile and a hint of hesitation. He was from the Ministry of Tourism, he explained. Would I be so kind as […]

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Source: World (SAEED SHAH)
MATTA, PAKISTAN — The road to Matta in Pakistan’s scenic Swat Valley is lined with white flags. These flags are not signs of surrender, however, but a plea for peace that terrified locals fly from cars and buildings.

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Source: AFP
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — A suicide car bomber smashed into a police checkpost in Pakistan’s restive northwestern Swat valley on Sunday, killing a policeman and five civilians, officials said.
The attack in Kabal district was in an area where the military has launched an operation against militants loyal to pro-Taliban cleric Maulana Fazlullah.
“It was a […]

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Source: BBS News
Pakistan’s army has said it has cleared most of the restive north-western Swat valley of pro-Taleban militants.
Troops were pursuing several hundred hardcore supporters of cleric Maulana Fazlullah in the region’s mountains, the army’s head of operations said.
He said 290 militants had been killed and 143 arrested in recent weeks.
The fighting in Swat […]

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Source: AFP

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — At least 10 civilians were killed when Pakistani troops shelling suspected militant positions hit houses in the restive northwestern valley of Swat, police said.

Officials meanwhile said Thursday they had captured the brother of a fundamentalist cleric who is leading an uprising in the scenic tourist spot to press for […]

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Source: Reuters
By Junaid Khan
MINGORA, Pakistan Nov 23 (Reuters) - Pakistani troops have cut food supplies to pro-Taliban militants mounting an uprising in a northwestern valley, as they targeted rebel positions on Friday to flush them out of their strongholds, officials said.
Troops have clashed with fighters led by radical Islamist cleric Maulana Fazlullah in the scenic […]

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