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Posts Tagged ‘Islamabad’

L’Oreal Paris - 100 Years Celebrations

By The Partylicious • Oct 28th, 2009 • Category: Entertainment

L’Oreal Paris celebrated 100 years of beauty and innovation with a fabulous show in Karachi earlier this month that was the talk of the town.
The event was jointly put together by Lotus PR & Wow Factor.



The Golden American Biscuits and SWAT - The Heaven of the Eternally Displaced Undead Souls. Eternally..??

By Kaptain Mirza • Oct 3rd, 2009 • Category: Politics

Let’s wander down the lanes of Kashmir which rocked to the tunes of the reverberating and scared mountains, whilst beneath them the earth was angered. Angered and filled with transgressions unpardonable.
Come October 8th and the fate of Kashmiris on this side was sealed away into ignoble and oblivious history. The 3 million displaced Pakistani Kashmiris, [...]



We are the ones we’ve been waiting for

By Muskan Hina • Sep 25th, 2009 • Category: Politics

There is nothing more powerful than hearing someone speak from their heart. We Pakistanis need to converge on one platform, become one voice and then with deeply felt conviction demand our rights. We need to change the way we are ruled and we need to change the way we live and we go about our [...]



Khuda Zameen Se Gaya Nahin

By Guest Blogger • Sep 14th, 2009 • Category: Entertainment

The production work on a mega drama serial on the isuue of militancy and terrorism “Khuda Zameen Se Gia Nahin” is in full swing these days. Written by renowned writer Asghar Nadeem Syed the Serial is being directed by a young director Kashif Nisar. Rich on the feelings of nationalism, sacrifice, valor and fighting spirit, [...]



US Occupation of Pakistan: Phase one is complete

By A Khokar • Sep 1st, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Pakistanis are watching it happen in the streets of Islamabad. The recurring nightmare has become a grim reality here that after watching last 8 years the horrors of the U.S. invasions and occupations of Iraq and neighbouring Afghanistan, the exterminators and executioners of “war on terror” have finally arrived in The Land of the Pure—-Pakistan. [...]



American Cantt in Islamabad

By Guest Blogger • Aug 13th, 2009 • Category: Politics (Urdu)


In Images: Masoom’s Cafe XO Launch

By The Partylicious • Jul 17th, 2009 • Category: Entertainment

Masoom’s Cafe XO had its opening night on the 3rd of July 2009 in Islamabad. The event was organized by Rezz Events. Islamabad’s socialites turned up for the red carpet event and had a great evening as KUFFUS played live.



Chauhar Chowk Suicide Attack : Another Intelligence Failure

By Maria Sultan • Jul 2nd, 2009 • Category: Politics

If you live or have been to the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, you will be will aware of the blockades, pickets and barricades after every kilometer. You get extensive driving training by passing throuhg innumerable zigzag barricaded ways on the main and by-roads.
It seems that all this security is there to harrass and [...]



Vacating Army House

By Prof. Dr. Mansoor Akbar Kundi • May 30th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The flashing of the news on a local TV channel on Sunday morning that ex President of Pakistan Gen ® Pervaiz Musharraf finally vacated his army house and shifted to Chak Shezad.   It traveled me back into the past and present of the rhetoric of the politics our rulers have made while in power, no [...]



Last Laugh Will Be From …?

By Mohsin Sehgal • May 29th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Well, our army has at last set it’s priorities straight, our politicos have also got their alignments in one direction and over-whelming majority of the populace also thinking in one direction, i.e. to crush Taliban before they crush rest of the country. Nobody wants to get butchered, or flogged or dictated by some chair-lift operator [...]