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Archive for May, 2010
Lahore High Court Lifts Ban on Facebook
May 31st
Adil Najam
The news is finally in. As expected, the Lahore High Court has lifted the ban it had earlier imposed on the social networking site, Facebook.
So, what is the lesson in all of this? Who gained what in this entire episode? And who lost what?
The essentials of the news, as reported in The Express Tribune, [...]
Euro steadies after Spain downgrade
May 31st
HONG KONG: The euro steadied on Monday but remained under pressure after Fitch downgraded Spain”s credit rating and France said keeping its top credit rating may be a stretch without tough budget cuts.
The European single currency is on track for a h…
Oil above $74 after 14pc loss in May
May 31st
SINGAPORE: Oil prices rose above $74 a barrel in thin trade on Monday in thin holiday trade as worries about euro zone economic stability fueled the worst monthly loss for the commodity since December 2008.
U.S. crude for July delivery rose 42 cents t…
Ban on Facebook Lifted by LHC
May 31st
Lahore High Court on Monday morning, 31st May, 2010; ordered to lift the ban from social networking site, Facebook. The site was put under ban around 21st May, 2010 for the blasphemous content; in particular to the ‘Draw Muhammad Day’ contest being…
Faceblockistan
May 31st
Rebecca McKinson writes a blog post More problems in Facebookistan, here last paragraph quite aptly sums up the frustrations of the Muslim community as a whole – she says
This larger context also helps explain the extent to which moderate and cosmopolitan Muslim Facebook users who believe in free speech against censorship [...]
Amla”s 129 propels Proteas to fourth victory over Windies
May 31st
ROSEAU: Hashim Amla continued in his rich vein of form, and struck his third One-day International hundred to help South Africa shake off ”dead-rubber syndrome”, and win the fourth ODI against West Indies by seven wickets on Sunday.
Amla collected n…
Ahmadi ‘kafirs’ recite darood sharif while the ‘constitutionally lawful Muslims’ massacre them
May 31st
Here is a scene from inside the Ahmadi mosque, Lahore while it was under attack by the terrorists of Punjabi Taliban / Sipah-e-Sahaba (28 May 2010):
This video was recorded by Arsalan who was trapped along with other fellow namazis in the Ahmadi mosque…
Pakistan: The IMT and Manzoor Ahmed ‑ Against unprincipled careerism!
May 31st
Source: International Marxist Tendency
Written by the EC of The Struggle
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
The work of the Pakistani Marxists of The Struggle has been noted, both by our friends in the labour movement and also our enemies. The work has been extremely successful. Unfortunately, in the course of building a principled Marxist tendency, some comrades can fall [...]
India’s Exit from T20 World Cup 2010
May 31st
India’s exit from the T20 World Cup 2010 was blamed on players fatigue and the missing of key players like Sachin Tendulkar and Virendar Sehwag.
However, the truth is that India were done due to their lack of ability to play the short ball and …
Rocket lands near Peshawar airport; no casualties
May 30th
PESHAWAR: A rocket landed near Peshawar airport Sunday night from an unknown direction, Geo News reported.
No casualties were reported in the incident.
