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Great Security Lapse : Marriott Hotel Blast

By Fatima Tassaduq • Sep 22nd, 2008 • Category: Politics

Advisor to the Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik, while talking to media, revealed that his ministry had received two days ago information regarding suicide attack on the Parliament House at the time of the president’s address. The security of the capital was beefed up and the surroundings of the Parliament House were declared as [...]



Pakistan’s 9/11

By Salman Mugsi • Sep 22nd, 2008 • Category: Politics

The horrendous attack on the Marriott Hotel Islamabad which resulted in massive death and loss is being termed as the 9/11 of Pakistan. First, it’s not the race of which blast and attack is more deadly and which is not, and secondly there have been more deadly and wide-scale attacks in Pakistan in different cities.
Just [...]



What Was Going on in the Marriott Hotel?

By Ali Yar Khan • Sep 21st, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Marriott Hotel has now become a ghost house which was yesterday the most beautiful and prestigious hotels in the Islamabad. While the condemnation of the blasts and the deaths and the loss of property is going on from all the quarters, some intriguing news is also pouring in.
After the blast, mysteriously fire was started at [...]



Radovan Karadzic : Killer of .3 Million of Muslims Arrested

By The Pakistani Spectator • Jul 24th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Radovan Karadzic grew a long, white beard to conceal his identity and even managed to openly practice alternative medicine while in hiding, officials said Tuesday in revealing details of the war crimes fugitive’s capture after a decade on the run.Karadzic, the wartime leader of Bosnian Serbs, was arrested Monday night in a Belgrade suburb, officials [...]



Protesters break into U.S. embassy in Serbia

By fzuberi • Feb 22nd, 2008 • Category: Misc

ELGRADE, Serbia - Protesters broke into the U.S. embassy in Belgrade on Thursday and set fires, cheered on by crowds outside rallying against U.S. support for Kosovo’s independence.
Doors were ripped off, set on fire and wedged in the embassy windows. Black smoke billowed from the building. Papers and chairs were thrown out of the windows.
One [...]