Young achievers of Pakistan are making their protest heard by refusing awards. If justice cannot be achieved in a proper way and if media is not playing its role in raising issues then people do make efforts like these. Samad Khurram was the first drop of  rain and Asma Waheed is the latest. I am impressed by the awareness and understanding of todays youth regarding the situation prevalent in the country. They are not only aware of the happenings but ... Read More

Another concrete wonder has emerged on the earth's surface which will be inaugurated today on 4th of jan. 2010. This 160 storey structure which is around 800 metres tall will officially  be opened by the Ruler of Dubai with fireworks display and light show in a celebration that also marks four years since his ascension to power. When I visited Dubai as a child decades ago, it was a sleepy fishing village with a very few 4-5 storey buildings. Looking at ... Read More

Some people become a part of this global family via media. Being a cricket fan I have seen Wasim Akram and Huma wasim get married years ago and then their boys came along. They appreared on tv and news from time to time....today the news of her death made me sad. May Allah rest her soul in peace and give sabr to her family. She suffered from a unique kind of bacteria which she got infected by after eating a meal. ... Read More

Terrorists are becoming unpredictable and dangerous with time. Security forces are supposed to be their enemies but now I am sure these people who targeted International Islamic University in Islamabad are the enemies of every Pakistani. Read more. Six innocent students are killed, so far, who came out of their houses this morning to educate themselves. Think of the pains their parents took, who brought them up and now when they must have thought that their dreams are about to be ... Read More

I was at my work place in F-8/2 when we heard the blast and then phones started ringing. First we were told there is a blast near Zafar Chowk (E-8).  Second information was more worrying for me that blast site is around Zardari house in F-8/2 which is just next to OPF School. On hearing that I rushed out to pick my kids. I was praying on my way that all this may turn out to be a rumor ... Read More

US plans for ‘imperial’ presence in Pakistan Pardon the Pakistani news media going gaga over Washington’s plans to beef up, extraordinarily, its diplomatic presence in Pakistan. The plans are staggering and stupendous, for want of more descriptive adjectives. But they are, for the record, just geared to Washington’s diplomatic stake in Pakistan, lest the Pakistanis routinely clobbered in the ‘civilised western world’ for their outbursts of emotions over supposedly petty little things. ‘The Americans are coming, and coming big,’ according to ... Read More

The Iraqi journalist jailed after hurling his shoes at former President George W. Bush, will be released next month after his sentence was reduced for good behaviour. Muntadhar al-Zeidi’s act during Bush’s last visit to Iraq as President turned the 30-year-old reporter into a folk hero across the Arab world, amid growing anger at the 2003 invasion. He did not use a weapon nor did he try to kill Mr Bush still he was sent to prison. He should get a ... Read More

At least 5 people were reported killed in a blast at Rawalpindi while 8 others were injured. The blast is reported to have occurred at Misryal Road in Dhok Sidan here, said CPO Rao Iqbal. According to an eyewitness, a police picket seems to be the target of the blast and the suicide bombers came in Toyota Corolla 1986 model. ... Read More

LAHORE(The nation) - Members of the public will have a unique opportunity to observe an astronomical highlight of 2009 as the Earth passes through the debris of comet ‘Swift-Tuttle’, according to a Press release issued by The Society of the Sun on Saturday. Any person who can manage to observe the night sky on the 12th and 13th of August may be able to see up to sixty meteors an hour as the meteor shower peaks on these days. It is ... Read More

Is this peace? Is life back to normal? A doctor's (post-operation) visit to Matta Saturday, August 08, 2009 It was eight pm – around a week ago – when we arrived at the gate of Tehsil Hospital Matta in district Swat – after a twelve hour journey from Peshawar and more than 37 full body searches by the army (in the 30 kilometres from Mingora to Matta). The minute we approached the hospital gate along with our cargo of medicines in the two ... Read More