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Posts Tagged ‘sindh’

Well Done Mustafa Kamal

By Dawar Naqvi • Nov 18th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Many of the great achievements in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
I’d place current Nazim of Karachi Mustafa Kamal best fit for this quote.
Generally we Pakistani Americans hear negative news about Pakistan.
If it is about politics we mostly hear about [...]



Story of Yasmeen : Wadaira Shahi Exposed

By NKhan • Nov 13th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Daily Jasarat Karachi’s investigation cell has interviewed Yaseem who had been allegedly captive in Begar Camp of a renowned politician and feudal Lord of Sindh but managed to escape however she couldn’t take her three daughters with her.
The story of Yasmeen is not weird. This can occur here in this land of “PAKis” but the [...]



Pakistani Girl Thrown to Dogs

By Amna Gilani • Oct 28th, 2008 • Category: Misc

There is more to the bone-chilling account of the 17-year-old Taslim Solangi of Khairpur who was thrown to dogs ?she was 8-month pregnant and was forced to give birth to her baby prematurely.
The baby was immediately thrown into the nearby Ubhal Wah canal after her killer father-in-law passed a judgement that the child was illegitimate [...]



Mien Hoon Na

By M Mirza • Oct 1st, 2008 • Category: Politics (Urdu)


Quality from Scratch

By The Pakistani Spectator • Sep 19th, 2008 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

When quality consultant Azfar A Khan visited a tiles manufacturing factory in Pakistan he discovered it had a long way to go when it came to quality. Here he explains how he helped the management team embark on their quality journey and how it’s often the obvious things that [...]



Pir of London

By Salman Mugsi • Sep 3rd, 2008 • Category: Politics

I never knew why Ardsher Cowasjee, the renowned veteran columnist of Dawn newspaper, always called Altaf Hussain ,the head honcho of MQM, the “Pir of London”, until I hear the blessed statements of Mushahid Hussain, the presidential candidate from PML-Q from Nine Zero, the dreaded headquarter of MQM.
Mushahid was unable to stop his shaking head [...]



Consumer Protection in Pakistan

By Saleem Khan • Jul 17th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Consumer protection laws are made to regulate ‘a private law-relationship between individual, consumers and the businesses that sell those goods and provide services’. These laws cover a wide range of topics, including product liability, privacy rights, unfair business practices, fraud, misrepresentation and other consumer/business interactions.The internationally recognized eight consumer rights include; satisfaction of basic needs, [...]



Shahbaz Navigates in Balochistan

By Ali Yar Khan • Jul 16th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

One of the best thing ever happened to Pakistan is the chief minister of Punjab, Mian Shahbaz Sharif, the younger brother of Nawaz Sharif, the two time Prime Minister of Pakistan. Famous for his endless energy and the burning desire for efficiency and providing relief to the poor, Shahbaz Sharif is once again at the [...]



Jinnah pur once again

By M. Waqas (Ex MPA) • Jul 11th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Karachi Nazim Mr Mustufa Kamal was trying to renew the history of kamal attaturk when he made some surprising remarks and observations at the businessmen’s dinner in Karachi on Friday night in honour of President Pervez Musharraf. He told the audience that they should not take their money away from Karachi because “if they return [...]



Why Shoaib Suddle is Transfered

By Fatima Tassaduq • Jun 30th, 2008 • Category: Politics

When Dr. Shoaib Suddle was made Inspector General of Police, Sindh; he immediately stole the media limelight because of his role in the previous regimes of Pakistan People’s Party in establishing peace in the city of Karachi by force. The coalition of PPP with the MQM suffered with this posting but at that time PPP [...]