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Posts Tagged ‘Islamabad’

Politics saved, State… we can decide later

By Rai Azlan • Jan 22nd, 2013 • Category: Politics

Pakistan is a place that always loves to keep a spot in the news and mostly not for good reasons same goes with the Pakistanis either living in it or carrying the name of the country around the globe. I can still remember when my professor at University of West of England asked me “Rai [...]



Walk a Walk like Pakistanis they walk……

By A Khokar • Jan 18th, 2013 • Category: Features

Walk a Walk like Pakistanis they walk……
We have heard a lot of a walk like Egyptian and the popular song connected to it but….
No one would walk the way Pakistanis they walk…
Why
Because they are a Notch above the Rest.
In This Long March under the leadership of Alama Tahiru Qadri::they have shown to the world [...]



NTS: RESULTS ARE ANNOUNCED FOR NTS 2012 AND NTS 2011

By Guest Blogger • Jul 10th, 2012 • Category: Misc

Click for your NTS test results: http://www.nts.org.pk/
NTS test held at different places on last Sunday at Islamabad. It was for different disciplines. NTS 2011 result announced within the time line give. Now for the NTS 2012 result, I have seen different sites by and they are saying that NTS 2012 result Announced. But it is [...]



While Military awaits the orders from Supreme Courts

By A Khokar • Feb 7th, 2012 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

There has never been the time that military in Pakistan ever came in power at its own for the heck of it. It was always there on the demand of public and the politicians of the time; when they felt that a group in power has crossed all the limits of their corruption and nepotism. [...]



To Cure Karachi, Do Operation in Islamabad

By Haris Hashmi • Sep 12th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

I firmly believe that the decision to shift the capital from Karachi to Islamabad was the biggest blunder ever committed  by the dictators in Pakistan after the debacle of Dacca. From that day on, the Karachi felt deprived and the whole power structure shifted to the Punjab.
Federation is what keeps the Pakistan intact but by [...]



Growing Resentment in Pak Army

By Akbar Mayo • Jun 24th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Few days, much awaited and deliberated response of Pak army on Osama episode made headlines in the leading US papers: The New York Times and The Washington Post. The chief of army staff is under immense pressure and clinging to his post, the report says. For the first time in Pakistan’s history, a serving army [...]



Terror Roots in Southern Punjab

By Tazeen • Jun 1st, 2010 • Category: Politics

Once again the same loud statements from the federal and provincial government honchos after the terrorism in the city of Lahore. Federal Interior Minister Rehman A Malik said the terrorists could not enervate the government of Pakistan, as it would bear down upon the havoc-wreaking assassins in concert with the entire nation for [...]



When Taliban were Leaping over Margalla Hills

By A Khokar • May 5th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Pakistanis, they carry a peculiar Psyche of their own— that anything said concerning Mosque; it is taken, as a serious attack on its sanctity and is very vehemently resented. But Lal masjid debacle of mid 2007 is known to be the turning point in the history and it took the entire society by surprise that [...]



Fiza Signature Launch

By The Partylicious • Mar 9th, 2010 • Category: Entertainment

Renowned model and actress Fiza Ali recently launched her very own designer label: Fiza Signature with an exhibition put together by Verve Events at Nai Rang Art Gallery, Lahore. Showcasing her Ready to Wear Spring & Summer 2010 collection, Fiza is also planning to host more exhibitions in Islamabad, Karachi, and Faisalabad to introduce people [...]



The ‘Deepak’ Philosophy!

By The Partylicious • Mar 8th, 2010 • Category: Entertainment

Some 15 years ago, Fifi Haroon tagged him as the bad boy of Pakistan’s Fashion Industry. Now, Deepak Perwani wants to shed off that image and is ready to be a nice boy. And it doesn’t stop there. He’s bored. Even though he has had a successful showcasing at Milan Fashion Week as recent as [...]