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Govt urged to launch effective rescue efforts
Jan 8th
PESHAWAR: A group of the civil society organisations, Network for Humanitarian Assistance, Saturday urged the government to launch an effective rescue
Hundreds of tourists stranded in Kalam Valley
Jan 8th
PESHAWAR: Hundreds of tourists along with their families from various parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and rest of the country are stranded in Kalam Valley
Suffering of flood victims continue on 3rd consecutive day
Jan 8th
PESHAWAR: Suffering of the flood victims continued on third consecutive day Saturday as not many among hundreds of thousands of stranded people could
WikiLeaks report about Osamas death false
Jan 8th
PESHAWAR: Revelations by WikiLeaks based on classified US military files on the Afghan war contain a trove of interesting and sometimes true informati
Five killed, 21 injured in Peshawar suicide attack
Dec 24th
PESHAWAR: In yet another grisly attack, at least five persons including two policemen were killed and twenty one received multiple injuries when a suicide bombers hit a checkpost located near the State Life building in Saddar bazaar locality on Thursday. Reports reaching here said that suicide bomber blew himself up closed to the checkpost killing [...]
Time to get Afghanistan right
Jul 21st
NEW YORK: After seven and a half years of international engagement, Afghanistan is at a very important turning point. The country faces a daunting set of challenges: a ruthless insurgency, comprised of militant groups with different capabilities and objectives; the government still struggles with corruption and delivery of basic services; the country produces 90% of [...]
Achievements of President Pervez Musharraf and his Government
Mar 5th
Pervez Musharraf’s Notes Introduction: This document lists some of the achievements of the former President of Pakistan, General (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf. It is, probably the longest single statement of feats of developments, repairs and enhancements in one of the “most difficult countries to govern” (Time Magazine). The Situation on 12th October 1999, when Mr. Musharraf [...]
Musharraf interviewed by SPIEGEL
Jan 27th
7 June 2009 – In a SPIEGEL interview, former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, 65, discusses the dramatic situation in Pakistan, where army troops are fighting Islamist extremists in the Swat Valley, his people’s ambivalent relationship with the United States and his country’s failures in combating the Taliban. SPIEGEL: Mr. Musharraf, there’s a bon mot that states [...]
Musharraf Era performance: Pakistan Flourishes
Jun 18th
Compiled By: Mirza Rohail B ©Our leader – Musharraf All this is all the more amazing when one considers that just six years ago, Pakistan was on the verge of bankruptcy, with only a little more than $1bn in foreign exchange reserves and its stock market teetering at 1,000 points (worth $5 billion only) and [...]
