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Posts Tagged ‘United Nations’

Moon Sighted in Pakistan : UN Chief Become a Man

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Feb 4th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The spectacular failures of United Nations have shown it’s inability to provide any lasting and real relief to the world except playing lackey in the hands of United States of America. But then United Nations is an ideal thing and ideals don’t real exist. UN just aspires and to aspire is wonderful, to fail in [...]



Window of Opportunity for India and Pakistan

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Jan 27th, 2009 • Category: Politics

India wants to do what America is doing with the Pakistan. India wants to do whatever it wants at will. India has already gained a lot from the Mumbai terror attacks. Pakistan is playing on the backfoot, but India should be very careful, as it is playing with fire and if Pakistan is pushed to [...]



Deliberate Acquiescence to Israeli Terrorism

By Dr Shireen M Mazari • Jan 16th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Even as we in Pakistan are confronted with multiple developments and issues, the slaughter of innocent Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of a murderous Zionist state has focused our emotions of anger, helplessness and frustration alongside similarly displayed emotions across the civil societies of the world. For the Muslims in particular the attempted genocide [...]



Thank You IMF

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Nov 29th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Up until 1999 the IMF had been using the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility (ESAF) as the key instrument for supporting poor countries in implementing approaches to bring about substantive changes in the way countries’ programs are formulated. Later in that year the ESAF was replaced by the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) which places [...]



I Trust IMF more than I Trust Them

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Nov 16th, 2008 • Category: Politics

International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to extend a loan of over 7 billion dollars to Pakistan under stand by credit limit which will be repayable in four years. Loan under stand by credit limit is provided to those countries which meet the requirements of IMF. As usual the government ministers have started patting themselves [...]



UN Reluctant to Probe Benazir Assassination

By Ali Yar Khan • Nov 5th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Just after more than one month, one year will get completed since the two-time prime minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in the city where her father was sent to gallows by a dictator. When the Benazir got slain all the fingers pointed towards the then dictator General Musharraf, and Asif Ali Zardari also [...]



Pervaiz Elahi, Hamid Gul, Ejaz Shah Really Tried to Kill Benazir?

By Salman Mugsi • Oct 18th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Former ISI chief Lt Gen (retd) Hameed Gul, Former chief of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), Brigadier (R) Syed Ejaz Shah, and former chief minister of Punjab Chaudhary Pervez Ellahi were named by Benazir Bhutto behind the Karsaz Blasts in Karachi in which she escaped barely. At that time the name of former chief minister [...]



World Food Day:Please Contribute Practically!

By Saleem Khan • Oct 16th, 2008 • Category: Misc

World is observing “World Food Day” on Oct 16, 2008 under the dark shadow of food crisis all over the globe, especially in developing countries like Pakistan.
I appeal to our all readers that please take some practical steps to provide atleast one time meal/food to poor and hungry human beings living near you. Just try [...]



UN Refusal to Probe Benazir Bhutto’s Assassination

By Farid Masood • Oct 9th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of United Nations (UN) has refused the direct probe in Benazir Bhutto murder case, but he offered help in investigation process.
This is more likely decision the Pakistani Nation was expecting from UN and this also has revealed foreign elements’ involvement in this murder on December 27th, 2007 (evening).
This decision [...]



Shrine Board Triggers Kashmir’s Independence

By Ali Yar Khan • Sep 30th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The recent trouble was triggered by a Jammu state government plan announced in June to donate land to a Hindu shrine trust in the Kashmir valley. That has angered the Muslims throughout the valley and in order to punish the Muslims, a total economic blockage of the valley is in progress, and though India is [...]