In a u-turn, US has changed its policy towards India. All of a sudden US has become friendly with India, presumably due to consensus of both the countries on a number of issues, especially eradicating fundamentalist Muslims from Pakistan and Afghanistan. In a joint effort, an attempt has been made to curtail nuclear capabilities of [...]
A man has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of murdering a pregnant Egyptian woman in a German courtroom.
The Dresden state court also ruled that Alexander Wiens would not be eligible for early release.
Wiens, 28, admitted stabbing Marwa Sherbini to death at a court hearing involving them both in July.
The crime sparked [...]
First, I thought to give my answer as comments in response to the thought provoking article, “Pakistan Zindabad” by Mr. Muhammad Ilyas dated Jun 9th, 2009 at Pakspectator.com but then I realized that my thoughts are far beyond the scope of comments so I have decided to go for an article.
Congratulations! One of my floor [...]
“It’s difficult to understand the lack of preparedness and the ineffective initial response to a disaster that had been predicted for years and for which specific, dire warning had been given for days.”
… Susan Collins
Security from terrorists’ attacks is a formidable challenge for any entity these days and hotels are no exception to [...]
Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan is in the grip of bomb blasts and terrorism. The loss of life is extremely sad, and any amount of condemnation of these attacks is insufficient, yet any condemnation now seems to be useless and without any efficacy.
We have to see and act beyond condemnations now. The point of ponder [...]
On September 15 and 16, I stayed at Marriot Islamabad. On September 17, came to Makkah to perform Umrah. While in Madinah Munawwara, I heard with deep shock and anguish that there was huge blast at Marriot Islamabad and the resultant loss of innocent lives, maiming of hundreds. The deep sense of grief engulfed me.
The [...]
When the frightening attack was carried out at the Marriott Hotel Islamabad, the whole nation became numb and then a wave of anger swept through the country, and everybody asked for immediate action and a unified strategy and something to be done on the war footings.
What we got was a smelling spectacle of incompetency and [...]
