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Update of Benazir Death : Benazir's Coffin is being shifted
2007-12-27 19:00:00
Right now the dead body of Benazir Bhutto is being shifted from General Hospital Rawalpindi to Chaklala Air Base Rawalpindi, where upon the arrival of her husband Asif Ali Zardari, it will be flown to Larkana for burial. Very emotional scenes while people see the coffin of Benazir being taken out.
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Update on Benazir Death : PML-N boycotts the Election 2008
2007-12-27 18:42:00
PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif has announced that his party would boycott the Jan 8 elections as a gesture of solidarity with the workers of People's Party. He has further said that it was the failure of the government and he demanded that the criminals should be dealt with iron hands.
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Update on Benazir Death : More People Killed in Riots
2007-12-27 18:26:00
According to the recent reports. 3 people have been killed in Khairpur, Sindh, and 1 is killed in Lahore. In Badeen, Thatta and Shikarpur, many people have been injured.
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Update on Benazir Death : National Mourning Begins.
2007-12-27 18:22:00
President Musharraf has announced three day national mourning in the wake of the Benazir Bhutto's demise. Government of NWFP has closed all the schools for unspecifed time, and Government of Punjab has followed the suit.   Qazi Hussain Ahmad, the leader of MMA (the religious alliance) has called for a nationwide protest tomorrow including rallies, wheel-jam srike and public meetings.   International fraternity also condemns the attacks. President Bush, Karzai, Rudd, Sarkozy, Manmohan Singh and host of orthers have expressed their grief over the horrendous act of terrorism.
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Update on Benazir Death : More Riots
2007-12-27 17:58:00
Asif Zardari is reaching Pakistan in one hour, and then he will accompany the dead body of Benazir in C-130 plane to Gari Khuda Bux, Larkana.   In Karachi, near Kalapul, National Hospital has been set to fire.   In Sialkot, Paris road is burning, and protesters have forgotten the protest and have started looting banks and shops.   In Lyari, Karachi, 22 have injured in the cross firing and one more factory is set to fire.   Elections offices have been closed all over the Pakistan.   Latif Express has been set to fire by the angry protesters.    
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Update on Benazir Death : 5 People Died in Karachi Riots
2007-12-27 17:38:00
Karachi is once again watching the familiar scenes of burning tyres, vehicles, aerial firing and rising violent protests. In different areas of Karachi 5 people have been died in riots.
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Update on Benazir Death : Benazir Died Before Reaching to Hospital, 5 more
2007-12-27 17:04:00
It is confirmed now that Late Benazir Bhutto in the way, when she was rushed to central hospital, Rawalpindi. 5 more people have died in the hospital.
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Update on Benazir Death : Main Suspects
2007-12-27 16:58:00
1- Baitullah Mehsud, a top commander fighting the Pakistani army in the tribal region of South Waziristan. He has close ties to al Qaeda and the Afghan Taleban.   2- The other was Haji Omar, the "amir" or leader of the Pakistani Taleban, who is also from South Waziristan and fought against the Soviets with the Mujahideen in Afghanistan.   3- Who Else?
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Benazir Bhutto's Profile
2007-12-27 16:54:00
She has been pictured in a People list of the "World's 50 Most Beautiful People" and in an arrest notice from Interpol, the international police agency. She has twice been the prime minister of Pakistan and twice been deposed amid allegations of corruption. Still beautiful and still accused, Benazir Bhutto, 54, returned to Pakistan ahead of the elections in October after living for the past eight years in exile in London and Dubai. Leaders of her Pakistan Peoples Party had been negotiating with the military government of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf on a deal that reportedly could have exempted her from prosecution and given her a share in the government. But the state of emergency declared by Musharraf Saturday night, ahead of an expected decision by the country's Supreme Court on the legality of his re-election as Pakistan's president in October, could impact these reported negotiations. Bhutto said Sunday that leaders of her party had been arrested by...
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Pakistan Election 2008 Have Been Postponed
2007-12-27 16:45:00
In the wake of tragic death of Benazir Bhutto in a suicide attack in Rawalpidi just a while ago, President Musharraf has announced from President House that Election 2008 which were to be held just after 12 days have been defered. New date of elections will be announced latter.
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Update on Benazir Death : 20 Dead and 60 Injured
2007-12-27 16:34:00
According to reports from General Hospital Rawalpindi and from the district head quarter, the number of dead has reached to 40 and the number of seriously injured is 60, and all those 60 are serious, while some 50 people have received minor injuries. Injured have been shifted to CMH, MH, General Head Quarters Hospital, and Central Hospitals of Rawalpindi.
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Update on Benazir Death : Sindh Smolders in Anguish
2007-12-27 16:30:00
As soon as the news is spreading in the interior Sindh , an expression of funeral is engulfing the whole area. In Larkana, the birth place of Benazir Bhutto, all the homes are fully covered in gloom and misery. Karachi is fully choked. There are reports from Lyari that armed people doing aerial firing, and tyres are burning on the roads. Shahrah-e-Faisal is fully jammed, and same is the case on other roads of Karachi.   In Larkana, Jacobabad, Kundhkot, Kashmore, Dadu, Hyderabad, and Nowshero Feroze, all the markets have been closed, people are coming out on streets as a expression of sorrow.   Murree road of Rawalpindi is burning. This is the same city where the father of Benazir was hanged 28 years ago.
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Update on Benazir Death : Rawalpindi-Islamabad in Violent Protests
2007-12-27 15:16:00
In Rawalpindi, right in front of Rawalpindi General Hospital where Late Benazir Bhutto died and her dead body is present right now, workers of People's Party are sitting and weeping loudly. In other areas of Rawalpindi like Faizabad, Saddar and Murree Road, angry crowd is burning shops and vehicles and shouting slogans against the terorists.   On Dusht Road, Peshawar, angry crowd has blocked the main road.   All the roads leading to capital Islamabad have been barricaded and  blocked and there are reports of collision of police with protesters.   Asif Ali Zardari and the two daughters of Benazir has left for Pakistan from Dubai.   Naheed Khan and Sherry Rehman are still very critical.
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benazir bhutto killed
2007-12-27 15:08:00
Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto died shortly after being seriously wounded in an attack after a rally in the city of Rawalpindi,
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Update on Benazir Death : Election 2008 Postponed ?
2007-12-27 14:55:00
In the wake of tragic death of two times former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, there are also reports pouring in from different quarters that Election 2008 could be suspended. Benazir's vehicle was bullet-proof, and it was sorrounded by her armed escorts, but the suicide bomber rammed his motorcyle and blasted himself. There was also direct firing on Benazir, which proved fatal.
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Update on Benazir Death : Violent Protests Erupted Throughout Pakistan
2007-12-27 14:47:00
People have come out on the streets, and they are burning tyres, public properties, and vehciles. Police is nowhere to be seen. People are angry, and all the major cities like Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Multan, Rawalpindi, Quetta, are in the severe riots. People are showing thier anger against the scourage of terrorism.   People have forgotten already elusive elections. TPS again requests nation to remain calm.
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Looking Back in my past.........
2007-12-24 13:23:00
I was walking fast when I realized that I had left something behind.I turned and searched anxiously everywhere but found it nowhere.I cold not believe it.It was a mistake on my part.If only,if only I could have hidden it well...protected it.... The chiming of the clock echoed in my ears when I realized that I was awake deep in my own thoughts.My past prickled my heart like a needle does a pincushion .When I thought about my past,it seemed that it was mottled with my fallacies,fallacies which still make my eyes stream.My tears were not like the rest but each one narrated its own story... I became restless and realized that I could no longer stay in the warm bed.I was forced to get up and my feet took me outside in the garden where the pretty flowers were sleeping.The shining stars did nothing to efface from my mind the memories of my past,instead I was desperate more than ever.I felt that I was lost in the darkness,it would soon overcome me.I tried to shuffle my feet ...
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Dawn : Bring Our Ayaz Amir Back
2007-12-24 11:46:00
By Fahd MirzaI for one buy the Dawn newspaper of Friday just to relish the column of Ayaz Amir. For the last some years, I use to buy newspaper in the morning, read it from page to page, leaving his column for last. As I know that pleasure delayed is pleasure doubled. For the rest of the columnist, I read the web version, when I have time.Needless to say that Ayaz Amir is one of the leading columnists of Dawn for the last 20 years, and he has sparkled their Friday edition to limitless bounds. His timeless columns with awesome wisdom and immaculate prose coupled with witty and comprehensive remarks impossible to not to cherish.Dawn Group of Newspapers has asked him to leave the paper as he is also contesting the election from his Chakwal constituency. What a tyrant attitude of Dawn management, I daresay. I mean, why? He is not a government servant, who is taking part in politics, and if he would be that than there is a great example to follow at the top.I know the ground realities in...
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The Declining Popularity
2007-12-24 08:38:00
Pakistanis saw a nightmare on 19th October 1999 when Mr Musharaf took over by over throwing Nawaz government giving rebound to the decision that he is no more an Army Chief and became the Chief Executive of Pakistan. We then heard of the slogan like good governance, corruption eradication etc.He then sent the elected President of Pakistan home with due respect. Then became President by himself. He also remained in uniform till this year end. During this 8 years period the country didn?t progress in any field of technology or in social support expect we progressed in Inflation, price hike, corruption, law & order weakness, making numerous by-laws to support a government etc.The term good governance etc were not supported by the acts they required. Many government or private institutions were occupied by the retired army officers, where they were not present before this government. These all acts made those terms/goals of good governance etc un-approachable. Then came the time when Ch...
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Whose the Hitler now??
2007-12-23 15:03:00
How many of you have seen Godzilla? I can still recall the scene where the French spy was distributing weapons and uniforms of the American army among his fellow Frenchmen. He also gave chewing gums to every soldier. So that they appear hip or cool or fly Yes, that?s what we all have learn from Hollywood. That American action heroes and war veterans are fearless and valiant. Bruce Willis despite being a regular LAPD cop can hunt down international terrorists in the most crucial of the situations and at the same time can be so hip and utter cool dialogues like, ?Yippi kai yeh?. In this media controlled world that we are living in perception has a wider and unfathomable effect then ground reality.n 2006 a movie by the name ?Rang De Basanti? was released in India . The plot revolved around a group of friends and how they transformed in to the characters they were impersonating. Now we all know that Indian ideology revolves around Gandhi. But this film promoted Bhagat Singh?s version of...
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Interview With Blogger Aasem Bakhshi
2007-12-23 12:05:00
Would you please tell us something about you?I am an Electrical Engineer by profession working currently with a government institution. Even though I wanted to be a sociologist or a college teacher, life was unfolded in such a manner that I am currently pursuing my PhD in Computer Engineering as a part time student. I am a passionate bibliophile but specially interested in religion, philosophy and subcontinental studies. Non Skeptical Essays is my personal blog and I regularly contribute at Pak Tea House also. I keep moving all over Pakistan but currently stationed at Lahore.Could you tell us what made you decide to blog?I am an avid diary keeper since school days. I won't claim to have a passionate desire to write as inspirational writers usually do have; however, I have always loved to write myself out in order to gain clarity and organize a particular train of thought. I had a diary in which I used to soliloquize and write points about religious and philosophical issues. It was ...
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Interview with Blogger Qadeer Ahmad
2007-12-23 10:15:00
Would you please tell us something about you?My name is Qadeer Ahmad and I blog at Bayaaz. My native town is Tulamba, but I was born in Karachi and I am living inMultan since 1998. I was born in April 1986. My father is a retiredarmy personnel, because he was appointed at different places in hisservice, therefore I have seen many places of Pakistan. I am studying ACCA. I am a simple person with not-so-many desires. Myreal friends (out of net) are only four. I like silence and calmness,yet I am a social person too. People say that I am a jolly person andknow how to bring smile on people's faces.Could you tell us what made you decide to blog?I was fond of blogging since my childhood ;) Joke aside, I am bloggingsince January 2005. At that time and even now, blogging is coveredwith the mist of seriousness. People use to write serious (crying?)posts describing their tensions, politicals affairs and religiousmatters. I wanted to do something new and different. So I startedwriting humour ...
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Prime Minister Pervaiz Elahi
2007-12-22 08:36:00
I have never said it even in the worst times that I don?t want to live in Pakistan, but I don?t want to be in Pakistan if and when Pervez Elahi becomes the Prime Minister of Pakistan. I mean, really PML-Quisling is series about it?After all these nine years, when everything has been screwed publicly. When there is no law and order. When there is no food, water, electricity, gas, oil and other consumer goods. When there are no jobs and poverty is rampant. When suicide bombers are cut loose, and when bombs are blasting in Balochistan and NWFP, and when the sugar mills and flour mills of lotas are chugging along nicely, how in the world they even think about that even a semi-literate Pakistani will vote or vouch for them?Has the judgment of a Pakistani gone that much awry? Have we lost all our values, ethics, ethos, and senses to accept that man as our top leader? I am concerned about the judgment of our people, if I keep the history in perspective. But then hell, no worries at all.I r...
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Engineering for Politics and Life, Part 2 of 2
2007-12-21 04:36:00
by Dan TowIf you missed Part I of this, here?s a link. I covered the principles:? Solve the problem within the current constraints of the actual world.? Never give up on solving the problem, but remain very open-minded about what is the problem.? You cannot choose reality ? what is, is.Part IIA solution to the problem that takes too long or costs too much is no solution. Any fool can build a bridge if money and time are unlimited. It takes an engineer to design one that is cheap and can be built quickly. Government can solve almost any one problem, with enough spending, but if solving the problem costs more than the solution is worth, for example, damaging the economy with high taxes to pay the costs, or with too much borrowing to (temporarily) avoid the high taxes, the government solution is no solution. Costs are particularly hard to ?weigh? when considering the pros and cons of some proposed government action, for a couple of reasons:? The money doesn?t come from the leaders? own...
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Interviewing Ayman
2007-12-20 14:16:00
After doing the necessary business of acquiring goats by the usual means for this Bakra Eid, i came across the ?hilarious news? that Al Qaeda would be now conducting an open interview. Yes my friends.. good old Ayman will be answering your questions and has requested all media outlets and journalists to send in the questions to Al Sahab. Al qaeda?s media wing for their answers by his own holy self. He has also requested on several Jihadi web sites to keep the questions short and concise. So i thought since I have nothing to do at the moment here?s my list of questions and Ayman?s supposed answers to them in an imaginary interview. Where is Osama Bin Ladin?Assalam walikum dear brother in Islam, do you not engage in greetings, are you not a Muslim? What is wrong with you brother, Osama is in a safe place, no one knows where he is, not even me his 2nd in command. We like to keep it that way so we can never be captured. Why some days even he does not know where he is, we load his sheesh...

Justified Adjustment in Election 2008
2007-12-20 12:08:00
One thing the whole nation wants with vengeance is to see lotas of PML-Quisling getting defeated ignominiously. They are well aware of the already planned and arranged rigging tactics by the local government which are mainly the sidekicks of the PML-Q. People want opposition parties to forge union of some kind focus on defeating these lotas for good.It is for these lotas that we are suffering from price hikes, hoarding, unemployment, poverty, international insult, terrorism and all the other social evils. It is due to these spineless lotas who always hamper the democracy and who welcome dictatorship and thrive in chaos, gloom and anarchy.Now people are welcoming the efforts of PML-N, and PPP to make seat to seat adjustment in the elections to defeat the lotas. For example, it is very imperative to defeat Sheikh Rashid in Rawalpindi, but for that to happen, either Javed Hashmi of PML-N or Paracha of PPP has to step down as candidate. This is the situation in many constituencies. Many...
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Wateen Launches WiMAX Nationwide for Consumers! (Press Release)
2007-12-20 08:56:00
Lahore, Pakistan, December 16th, 2007: Wateen Telecom, an Abu Dhabi Group venture in Pakistan, launches its WiMAX and HFC services for the consumer markets today. The launch will allow Wateen customers to have voice, telephony and broadband internet.Wateen Telecom has been working on establishing a wireless network infrastructure since early 2006, and installed the network in early 2007. Their WiMAX service is a major breakthrough in the Pakistani broadband market as it will be a fast and cost-effective alternative to existing broadband services.The development of the network has been carried out by Motorola, and is the largest WiMAX network ever installed. The project is a milestone for both the companies, as well as the nation, as it is expected to herald a broadband revolution in Pakistan, catering to more than one million users.Tariq Malik, CEO, Wateen Telecom, ?We are providing Pakistani consumers with complete communication solutions. Services such as high speed broadband inte...
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Interview with Blogger Shehzad Abbass
2007-12-20 08:49:00
Would you please tell us something about you?30 year old, had a computer since 1992. dismantled first computer in 1997 - trying to fix it since. blog at Anti-Climax.Could you tell us what made you decide to blog?I decided to find out for myself what all the fuss was about. I'm a big fan of people who blog for a cause. unfortunately I'm not one of those people - as such there was'nt any motivation behind it, I just started for the heck of it.What do you think sets Your blog apart from other blogs?In a post I classified bloggers as:1. whiners2. Tech Junkies3. Attempts at socio-political commentary4. Copy-Pastes5. A-total-waste of time for the blogger and blog readerThen there are some that are fun to read, and a very few that actually have original content.I dont have a theme for my blog but Im working on it. For the moment my blog drifts between all 5 categories on a regular basis.If you could choose one characteristic you have that brought you success, what would it be?aiming low...
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Murder of Gulgee
2007-12-19 12:38:00
Can you believe it? His paintings were full of life. His paintings where a masterpiece which were vivid and full of bonanza, which were put on with greater sensitivity and paintings resonate with intense and sharp feelings. Portions of the canvas sing with luminous lively color, thick blobs of paint pulsate with fiber-glass tears, the brush swirls strong and free. That was our Gulgee.He, his wife and a maid were murdered brutually at their home. Their dead bodies were three days old, when found, and thier death cause was strangulation. Who could do such a henious act? Its the death of art, and this gruesome incident has added more gloom to the already dismal national horizon.
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National Requirement Begets Fair Elections
2007-12-18 14:55:00
Enough has been said about the boycott of the upcoming elections. Now as it seems that elections are going to happen on time and all the parties with some serious clout are going to participate in it, though some bitterly and some sweetly.Even Condi the beautiful has pleaded to our man who was on the horse back some days ago and has asked him to have these elections in free and fair manner, exactly opposite of his referendum.These elections are unique from the previous ones in the sense that the whole world, especially the United States is watching them with keen interest. These elections are similar as the previous ones as the same thugs, goons, smugglers, waderas, and suckers are once again their as candidates.Its not that important to mention that mumbler has also called it important and our President General ® Pervez Musharraf is also touting election?s critically, and PML-Quisling?s lotas are implying that election are key towards the road of progress and prosperity, of course ...
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