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Plane Crashes into Margalla Hills Islamabad on 28th July 2010 BREAKING

By Sandy • Jul 28th, 2010 • Category: Politics

A passenger plane, with about 150 passengers onboard, crashed into Margalla Hills in Islamabad on Wednesday morning but no immediate casualty report has been received, police sources said. The private airlines flight traveling from Turkey to Islamabad via Karachi, the south port city of Pakistan, lost contact with the control tower [...]



Fast Lahore, Fast Islamabad, Fast Karachi, Fast NU, Fast Pakistan 2010, 2011

By Sandy • Jul 24th, 2010 • Category: Misc

In line with the thrust of our faith and glory of our heritage, we shall try our best to play an effective and meaningful role in creating a knowledge based society in Pakistan. This avenue would naturally and seamlessly lead to a civil society with knowledge driven economy.
In furtherance of these general objectives, we shall [...]



‘Eliminating the tension’ rather than diffusing it

By Sandy • Feb 3rd, 2009 • Category: Politics

It’s now almost two months since the 26/11 attacks. There have words and comments made from both sides. Ever since the attacks, I have been active on Pakistani forums like Pakspectator. One of the things that I have realized over this period is that there has been complete lack of acknowledgment of the problems that [...]