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Swat more peaceful than Karachi: Haji Adeel
Jul 4th
PESHAWAR: ANP Central Vice President Senator Haji Adeel on Sunday said that today Swat is more peaceful than Karachi and anyone cane visit the valley without fear.
He said that devolution process adopted by government will strengthen provinces and emp…
Tribute to ‘Hazrat Sheikh Osama’…really?
Jul 3rd
http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/6756/tribute-to-hazrat-sheikh-osama-really/
Firdous rejects Mukhtars Shamsi base statement
Jul 1st
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan rejected claims made by Federal Minister for Defence, Ch. Ahmed Mukhtar regarding Shamsi airbase being vacated by US, Geo News reported.
She was addressing a meeting at La…
Pakistan tells US military to leave ‘drone’ attack base
Jun 30th
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan told the United States to leave a remote desert air base reportedly used as a hub for covert CIA drone attacks, Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar was quoted by state media as saying Wednesday. His remarks are the latest indication of Pakistan attempting to limit US activities since a clandestine American military raid killed [...]
Ready to die for a life of freedom
Jun 29th
http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/6692/ready-to-die-for-a-life-of-freedom/
Afghan hotel assault; all attackers killed
Jun 29th
KABUL: Taliban suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a top Kabul hotel, sparking a five-hour battle with Afghan commandos backed by a NATO helicopter in an assault that left at least 10 people dead Wednesday.
Red tracer bullets arced through the night s…
Highly recommended book – Aboard the Democracy Train By Nafisa Hoodbhoy
Jun 28th
Pakistan through a journalist’s lens
Reviewed by Zubeida Mustafa, Dawn, June 26, 2011
Aboard the Democracy Train: A Journey through Pakistan’s Last Decade of Democracy
By Nafisa Hoodbhoy, Anthem Press, London
Aboard the Democracy Train — a title borrowed from Benazir Bhutto’s campaign by train for the 1988 election — is an account of politics in Pakistan through the experiences of a female
Israel ”approves plan to repel new Gaza flotilla”
Jun 27th
JERUSALEM: Israel”s security cabinet on Monday approved the navy”s plans to prevent an international aid flotilla from breaching the naval blockade on the Gaza Strip, local media said.
“The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) were authorised to prevent it i…
Gaza-bound flotilla set to leave Greece
Jun 27th
ATHENS: Hundreds of activists are preparing to board aid ships bound for Gaza this week in defiance of an Israeli blockade and UN warnings and in spite of the violent end to an operation last year which left nine dead.
About 350 pro-Palestinian suppor…
