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Posts Tagged ‘Earthquake 2005’

The Fault and the Divide: an account of the 2005 Earthquake

By Arun R. Zaheeruddin • Apr 1st, 2009 • Category: Politics

The earthquake that left Pakistan shaken in its step towards progress and lay waste to a generation of would-be leaders and youth. Now, though, how are we to respond back. I chose to write a book, what have you done lately with those painful memories.



Severe Earth Quake in Islamabad / Karachi in 2009 ? Rumor : Guess : Reality

By Ghazala Khan • Jan 6th, 2009 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

While the war rages on with mechanical fury in the West of Pakistan and Balochistan remains as distantly restive as it was ever and the Pakistanis suffer through every kind of crisis and are ill at ease with their days and nights and as the India threatens to attack Pakistan, another gloom is engulfing the [...]



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 [...]