Pakistan's ruling party concedes defeat By MATTHEW PENNINGTON, Associated Press Writer ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's ruling party conceded defeat Tuesday after opposition parties routed allies of President Pervez Musharraf in parliamentary elections that could threaten the rule of America's close ally in the war on terror.Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, head of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q, told AP Television News that "we accept the results with an open heart" and "will sit on opposition benches" in the new parliament." "All the King's men, ... Read More

bohat ache hai yeh nigran hukamat magar mujh ko pareshi bohat hai ke main shaadi shuda hun aur ghar main meri pehley hi nigrani bohat hai yun to pehley bhi thi, common kabhi asey to na thi aur mulk poorey main corruption kabhi asei to na thi aur alam e bala main ab soch rahey hain quaid ke jaisi ab hai meri nation kabhi aesi to na thi raha kuch b nahin baqi watan main magar ek khasta khali reh gaye hai tarasti hain nigahein roshni ko, faqt ek ... Read More

I just went to cast my vote which is my responsiblity as a citizen of Pakistan but there are so many questions which remained unanswered. Rigging charges have made people not sure if their vote will make a differnce or are we wasting our time and energy. Secondly someone like Imran Khan is not taking part in election ....so we are left with less options.... Moral of the story is that i didnt vote for a party but to make my vote count ... Read More

COLOMBO (AFP) - Pakistan are looking to host Sri Lanka if Australia pull out of their scheduled tour of the violence-marred country next month, a report said. A three-member Pakistan Cricket Board delegation visited Colombo to ask for Sri Lanka's consent to tour Pakistan and the matter was under consideration, privately-run The Nation newspaper said. It quoted top Sri Lanka Cricket sources as saying that Sri Lanka had been asked to play either a five-match one-day series or a three-match Test series ... Read More

Pakistan Newspapers A Pakistan News (Lahore, Punjab) Akhbaar Akhbar-e-Jehan (Karachi) Al-Akhbar (Islamambad) Al-Qalam Online (Peshawar) Al Qamar (Islamabad) Apna Jhelum (Jhelum, Chakwal, Sohawa, Dina, Pind Dadan Khan) Apna Pakistan Apnajpj (Jalalpurjattan) Apna Pirmahal AraienWorld (Punjab) The Asia Inside (Lahore) Associated Press of Pakistan Attock News (Attock City, Punjab) Babe Chakwal (Chakwal) The Balochistan Post BBC News Business Recorder Chitral News (Chitral) Chitral Times (NWFP, Chitral) Daily Ahamulakhbar (Punjab, Islambad) Daily Aitadal Daily Alfazl (Panjab / Rabwah) Daily ASAS (Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi & Faisalabad) Daily Ausaf Daily Awam Quetta (Quetta) Daily Awami Awaz ... Read More

Published in The Independent, it is definitely worth reading. ‘Since you were so kind as to greet us in London at Downing Street last month, the President would like to return the favour,” announces Major-General Rashid Qureshi, President Pervez Musharraf’s PR man over the phone. Only in Pakistan could the government’s head of spin be a retired major-general. He is referring to my last encounter with the President on 28 January – when, along with a 2,000-strong, placard-waving, slogan-jeering mob, I ... Read More

 will start by sharing one that i received recently:3 log jannat mein daakhil na hoN-gay 1: shirak karnay wala 2: waldain ka na farman 3: cycle pe mohar lagane wala Faisla aap ke hath mein hai. Hamara Khwab Bhokaa Nangaa Punjab Har qadam Khud Kushi Ki Jaanab ” Baat to Ehsaas Ki hai ” Cycle per Mohar Lagaein Apni Moat ko Yaqeeni Banain Ch. Azab-e-Elahi Mush was out with his driver….. their car hit a dog who died……Mush asked the driver to go and bury the dog in the nearby village ... Read More

Working With Islamic Finance Marc L. Ross, Islamic finance refers to the means by which corporations in the Muslim world, including banks and other lending institutions, raise capital in accordance with Shari'ah, or Islamic law. It also refers to the types of investments that are permissible under this form of law. It is a unique form of socially responsible investment. Islam makes no division between the spiritual and the secular, hence its reach into the domain of financial matters. Because this sub-branch ... Read More

US to blast satellite after space shuttle lands (Reuters) 16 February 2008 WASHINGTON - The United States will have the chance to shoot down a disabled US spy satellite from next Wednesday, after the space shuttle Atlantis ends its current mission, a US general said on Friday. “The window will open when the shuttle is on the ground,” said Army Lt. Gen. Carter Ham, director of operations for the Pentagon’s Joint Staff. The space shuttle is scheduled to land on Wednesday at 9:06 a.m ... Read More

India opens massive weapons fair, denies arming for war (AFP) 16 February 2008 NEW DELHI - A massive defence fair opened in India’s capital Saturday, with hundreds of global weapons firms competing for billions of dollars of sales to one of the world’s largest armies and biggest spenders. Some 450 firms from countries including the United States, Russia, Britain, Russia and Israel are displaying their latest hardware to technology-hungry India, the top arms buyer among emerging nations and expected to shell out 30 ... Read More