April 10,1988, a day that remains etched in memory. Impossible to forget. It happened when terror attacks had not become as numbingly routine as they have today. That fateful day began in Rawalpindi and Islamabad just like any other day. People started going to offices and schools. Then suddenly,some ominus sounds were heard. One blast,then another, then another, [...]
It’s extremely ridiculous to even think that the federal government is brushing aside the violent protests as carried out by the banned religious outfits. Media has been reporting live from the Bara Kahu and suburbs of Rawalpindi and Islamabad and everyone knows that it’s just common public who is ill at ease with the current [...]
A press release no: 512 / 2009-ISPR dated 4th December 2009 reads as under:
‘In a highly tragic incident 36 innocent people including 17 children, 10 civilian, 9 Army personnel embraced shahadat when terrorists attacked a mosque in Parade Lane, Rawalpindi, Saddar today.
Reportedly 4 terrorists approached a mosque inside officer’s residential colony in Parade Lane, Rawalpindi [...]
It doesn’t need much research or historical analysis and super intelligence to figure out that the prime and constant target of the terrorists is the General Head Quarters of armed forces in Rawalpindi and it’s sorrounding buildings.
It’s far much easier for the terrorists to attack the mosques, banks, markets and educational institutes around the GHQ [...]
PTCL has become the first company in Pakistan to provide Broadband services in over 100 cities across the country, whereas before PTCL’s entry into the Broadband [...]
An explosives laden car parked near a police check post at Masryal Road exploded with a blast, injuring several people including policemen here on Thursday.
The wounded have been shifted to a nearby hospital.
Police and rescue teams reached the blast site after a lapse of 40 to 45 minutes where people carried out relief and rescue [...]
Besides of establishing a Ramadan package, the Punjab government of Shahbaz Sharif has come hard on the hoarders of sugar. The government has issued orders to take punitive actions against those sugar millers and traders, who have not been releasing the stock despite their commitment, causing a massive hike in the commodity price nationwide.
Not only [...]
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 [...]
With every war is attached an imminent humanitarian crisis and the Malakand War is no exception. More than a million people have fled their homes and they are unable to get any refuge. The thought of leaving home without taking anything along except a few items of utmost importance is terrible to contemplate. There are [...]
Mian Nawaz Sharif doesn’t need an enemy as he has got close aides like Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan, the parliamentary leader of PML(N) in the national assembly and another member of national assembly from the Rawalpindi Division. Nawaz Sharif trusts Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan blindly despite of the fact that Nawaz Sharif has always been [...]
