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Posts Tagged ‘Sheikhupura’

Flood Management in Punjab : But What Next?

By Qudrat Ullah • Jan 29th, 2010 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Punjab, the land of mighty rivers and flowing canals witnessed many big deluges which caused losses to the tune of billion of rupees, besides damaging lives and property of the public. Although the flood management is the responsibility of the provinces, yet a number of federal departments are entrusted with the Federal Flood Commission, which [...]



Is it Right to Kill Over Defacement of Quran?

By Ghazala Khan • Aug 4th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Gojra riots, Sheikhupura riots and then similar incidents in Pakistan in which mob kills and burns and beats the alleged person over the disfiguration and insult of the sacred Holy Quran. What is achieved after mob kills the person or burns the locality of non-Muslims? Does Quran really gets defaced if someone tears its pages [...]



Shahbaz Shahbaz Shahbaz

By Rohail Butt • Jun 8th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

After eight years, seven months and twenty six days, Punjab’s eight crore people have once again got their favorite chief minister back. Shahbaz Sharif is the true tiger of the Punjab, he has proved it before, and he is all poised to do it again. Shahbaz Sharif has been in the Punjab Assembly since 1990 [...]



Identify the Terrorists

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Apr 5th, 2008 • Category: Politics

According to the police officials in Lahore, the suicide bombers of Naval War College have been identified and both of them are Muslim, Pakistanis and live not too far away from the Lahore City.
From the records of National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) and from the DNA tests, the two bombers were Abdul Hameed of Narang [...]