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Posts Tagged ‘peshawar’

Load shedding or Masochism

By Anwar Jalal • Jul 5th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Load shedding is a greatest crisis going on across the country .However in some areas load shedding time is unscheduled as well as too long. while in some areas there is such type of load shedding which can not be called load shedding but totally a twaddle. One such locality is the civil residential area [...]



Peshawar Under Attack

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jun 13th, 2009 • Category: Politics

It’s easy, easy like wind for the terrorists to get mix up in any city of NWFP especially in the Peshawar. Afghanis, Tajiks, Uzbeks and tribal militants are just another Pukhtoon look-alike and they are exploiting that niche. Terrorists are trying to exert pressure on the government and trying to take the war from Swat, [...]



Peshawar Girl Kidnapped and Sold to Soldier

By Amna Gilani • May 7th, 2009 • Category: Misc

A number of females went missing from parts of Peshawar and Nowshera during the past months and were either recovered after payment of ransom or were sold against huge amounts of money. Some of them were later recovered even from brothels.
The actual story has been removed upon request and the source of actual story was [...]



Reason Why Baitullah Mehsud Attacking Pakistan

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Apr 3rd, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Just couple of months ago, Baitullah Mehsud head of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan announced one-sided ceasefire with the security forces of Pakistan and he announced that he is not going to send suicide bombers to the mainland Pakistan.
Before this ceasefire, some very good news came from the FATA as three Taliban commanders united and supported the security [...]



Purchased Peace in Swat

By Zeenat Rehman • Mar 14th, 2009 • Category: Politics

The shrine of mystic poet Rahman Baba was blown up by suspected militants and the people of the area were warned of not visiting the shrine to pay the homage. Bomb blasts, suicide attacks, shelling, rocket firing, kidnapping and encounters have become routine in many cities of NWFP from Kohat, Peshawar, Mingora, Charsadda, Shabqadar, Mardan [...]



Can Government Save Islamabad from Taliban ?

By Ali Yar Khan • Feb 14th, 2009 • Category: Politics

In ongoing operations in Darra Adamkhel and Swat, Pakistan army, one of the best in the world has made considerable advances, but as a side-effect, Talibans have announced retaliation in Islamabad. Taliban mean business this time and if not Islamabad, its people are in grave danger.
Taliban even have condemned and threatened some religious leaders of [...]



Rehman Malik Should Focus on Swat Instead of Zardari Games

By Rohail Butt • Jan 31st, 2009 • Category: Politics

Salman Taseer is enough to play Zardari games in the Punjab province. Musharraf’s crony Salman Taseer by using the brute force of Rehman Malik is busy in threatening, cajoling and making the lotas roll. Governor Punjab has gone literally mad in his blind and uncontrollable enmity with the Sharif brothers.
Rehman Malik is not the servant [...]



Benazir Income Support Program in Waziristan

By Mohsin Sehgal • Jan 21st, 2009 • Category: Politics

In a very commendable piece of work, the PPP government has extended the Benazir Income Support program to the restive areas of tribal regions in the North. These hinterlands of Pakistan depict the most oppressed and under-developed parts of the world and are ruled by the Taliban. This is where United States showers missiles from [...]



Indian’s Proofs or Fool’s Proofs ?

By Rohail Butt • Jan 19th, 2009 • Category: Politics

India either considers the world a fool or they have really gone dumb stricken as they have provided such a dumb document as a proof to Pakistan. The document is littered with such events that make one wonder about the mental capabilities of the Mumbai attackers.
Those Mumbai attackers engaged the Indian military might for full [...]



Last Chance to Save Swat

By Shayan Khan • Jan 16th, 2009 • Category: Politics

When Islamabad and Lahore and Karachi are buzzing with the talks of power struggles, 17th and 18th amendements, the Frontier province is slipping out of our hands. Just watch the incoming news and it’s enough to tremble our minds and hearts.
Swat is Burning, Bajaur is smouldering, Kohat is under the strike of rockets, Kooza Bandi [...]