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Posts Tagged ‘UK’

Devil of IT Devices in UK

By Majid Maqsood • Aug 13th, 2011 • Category: Politics

The current situation of UK riots has uncovered the silly dream of our society to upgrade the life style and intellect of fresh generation through accessibility to modern technology.
Prime Minister of UK Mr. David Cameron has condemned the upbringing of those children , as according to him, those involved in such reprehensible and despoiled activities, [...]



Q & A: A Pakistani Film on Bosnia

By Dil Nawaz • Dec 20th, 2010 • Category: Features

Aki Nawaz (born Haq Nawaz Qureshi) also known as Aki-Stani and Propa-Gandhi, is a British-Pakistani producer and musician.He is the front man of Band Fun-da-mental, a group that fuses left-wing politics, Sufi Islam, anti-racism and hip hop. His works can be  purchased here.
DN: Thank you for taking time out for the interview. Painful Peace is [...]



Zulu’s Strange Journey

By Rai Azlan • Nov 9th, 2010 • Category: Features

Zulqarnain Haider the person who played key role in last game to make Pakistan win and he was the hero of the moment that day. The same Zulqarnain, I gave him name - Zulu, is missing today and as per his fb status, he is doing all this as a result of life threat he [...]



TIECON Pakistan 2010 - in my views

By Rai Azlan • Nov 2nd, 2010 • Category: Technology

World has turned into global village I agree with the statement but still this immense development cannot coup with when someone truly want to be at one place but is unable to because of the distance between the places he is at and the one he want to be. However still there are tools to [...]



From UK with Love

By Rai Azlan • Jul 23rd, 2010 • Category: Features

Saeeda Warsi visited Pakistan, and this has been the big news since July 16 that the chairperson of Conservative party who is Pakistani by origin has visited Pakistan met some top people and visited many places including her hometown. I think it will be better if I say the hometown of her Father. Anyways, this [...]



New British Government Cuts It’s Pay to 5%, Pakistani Government???

By Ghazala Khan • May 14th, 2010 • Category: Politics

Yes, the Pakistani government has added some more clowns to the cabinet and has increased the perks, privileges and powers of the armies of ministers, advisors, consultants and all other sort of useless components which make up this pathetic regime.
A hung parliament has emerged in the UK, and by Pakistani standards it should have been [...]



Exclusive: Pakistan Call-Centre Odyssey

By Dil Nawaz • Jan 10th, 2010 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

Mirpur city of Kashmir is often called the ‘eastern most city of United Kingdom’ due to big population of British Kashmiris (Pakistanis or just Muslims, whatever they want to be known as).Jars of Marmite(a British peculiarity which I have never tasted) and tins of tuna fish and ‘baked beans in tomato sauce’ are easily available [...]



Tariq Ali’ s “Leopard and the Fox”- The Bhutto Story

By Dil Nawaz • Jan 5th, 2010 • Category: Features

Like Agusto Pinochet and American interference in chile, CIA, Ronald Regan General Zia Ul Haq and Afghan Jehadis played a dangerous game with the destiny of Pakistan.
Tariq Ali’s Book “The Leopard and the Fox- a Pakistani Tragedy” sheds light on role of Thatcher government and BBC in extending a lifeline to Brutal Dictator General Zia [...]



Alert:China to Execute Mentally Ill Pakistani

By Dil Nawaz • Dec 29th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Akmal Shaikh’s journey from a minicab business in north London to death row in a remote part of north-west China is a labyrinthine tale involving eastern European gangsters, harebrained business schemes and a dream of international pop stardom.
It began in Kentish Town, north London, where Shaikh lived with his British wife and children. The couple [...]



Lal Masjid of Bradistan(Little Pakistan) UK

By Dil Nawaz • Dec 14th, 2009 • Category: Misc

This Lal Masjid, actually a converted old Victorian church, built (originally) in Yorkshire stone is just like the other inconspicuous buildings lining the Leeds road Bradford moor, Bradistan an area famous for posh Pakistani curry restaurants competing with wilmslow road Manchester for the title of Curry Capital of the North of England.
But I am talking [...]