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Posts Tagged ‘Kohistan’

Hazara Province a mere wish of ANP

By Asad Ghauri • May 16th, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Hazara Province and slogan which embarked new life in sinking ship of Ayub family a sardar in Hazara Region or may be a slogan for them to have a level play with another sardar (Mahtab Abbasi). In this movement they are also using noble man like Baba Haider Zaman. (I donot have any problem with [...]



Dasu Landsliding Kills More than 100, 3 Villages Wiped Out by Avalanche

By Altaf Khan • Feb 18th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Update: An avalanche killed at least 80 people in a remote mountain village in northern Pakistan where rescue workers struggled to free another 30 buried under snow and ice, police said.
The disaster struck in Kohistan district, which borders Pakistan’s mountainous northern areas and is blanketed in snow for most of the harsh winter, hampering efforts [...]



Can He Do It?

By Altaf Khan • Jun 24th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Nobody in his or her sane mood could trust the capacity, the commitment and the political will of the President. It’s not yet another ZardariĀ  bashing post, rather it’s simply said to jot down that the widower of Benazir Bhutto is not up to the task and this has resulted in empowering the army chief [...]



Af-Pak Strategy and a different Islamabad (Urdu Column)

By Ch. Naeem Sidhu • Mar 1st, 2009 • Category: Politics (Urdu)


Journalist Mosa Khankhel Martyred : First Test for Nizam-e-Adal

By Fatima Tassaduq • Feb 18th, 2009 • Category: Politics

The first casuality after the peace accord in the Malakand agency is of the journalist of The News and GEO. Mosa Khan Khel was the man killed in the firing from the unknown side by the unknown people.
This killing not only is the tragic in it’s essence, it is also extremely ominous for the peace [...]



Keywod in Swat / Kohistan Rightnow is Implementation for Peace

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Feb 17th, 2009 • Category: Politics

A tiny ray of light has emerged from the restive Swat area of Pakistan. People of Swat who are living in the camps in Mardan and in the suburbs of Swat in cruel cold with bare minimum things are hoping their hearts out to go back to their demolished homes and to rebuild thier lives. [...]