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Posts Tagged ‘Balakot’

Crisis Management in Swat

By Mohsin Sehgal • Jan 22nd, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Taliban who rose from the ashes of Afghan war now pose some very serious and alarming threat to the Pakistan. The Taliban gave up the peaceful struggle for enforcement of Shariah that was being waged earlier by Maulana Sufi Mohammad’s black-turbaned Tanzim Nifaz Shariat-i-Mohammadi (TNSM) and resorted to the use of force to accomplish their [...]



Qayamat Say Pehlay Qayamat

By M Mirza • Oct 8th, 2008 • Category: Politics (Urdu)


Earthquake Oct-2005, Unending Miseries

By Saleem Khan • Oct 8th, 2008 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

October the 8th is the third anniversary of the massive earthquake that struck many parts of Azad Kashmir and North West Frontier Province in 2005 that caused widespread deaths, destruction and displacement. Over seventy thousand people, mostly children, were killed. The facts and stories of miseries are well known to the nation and world which [...]



Naran Trip: Beautiful Travel Story

By ALi R Khan • Oct 2nd, 2008 • Category: Entertainment

Now its Time to told story of my wonderful college trip to Naran valley. We set off to Naran on may 8 2008 at 9am. A pleasant and noisy journey inside the coaster with pumped up friends and some boring teachers…
Our First stop was Abottabad where we refiled out stomach with Pakoras. Next was the [...]