ISLAMABAD: One policeman died and several others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the gate of a Special Branch of Police station in Sector G-7 near Sitara Market here on Monday, police and eyewitnesses said. However, it is feared that the casualties may rise. The injured have been shifted to the nearby hospitals where emergency was declared. ... Read More

There is a saying in Urdu "be-waqoof dost se aqalmand dushman behter hota hai" and this is proved right in the case of Asif  Zardari. He got rid of seasoned politicians like Makhdoom Amin as he ascended the throne! In these difficult times Zardari's chosen and close aids fail to guide him. As rightly pointed out by Mr Hamid Mir in The News Daily. By Hamid Mir ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari is now angry with his close aides who pushed him into ... Read More

Marriott Hotel Islamabad is ablaze again. Only five months ago it was burned down to rubble after a huge suicide bomb attack. Marriot Hotel reopened three months ago. Immediate reason of fire is not known yet but smoke could be seen pouring from the upscale Marriott Hotel, close to the country's presidential palace. According to details, the fire engulfed two floors of the building. Rescue workers have shifted nine injured persons to Polyclinic hospital. People of this peaceful city had never ... Read More

ISLAMABAD (AFP) – Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday barred main opposition leader and former premier Nawaz Sharif from holding office and contesting elections, sparking political turmoil in the nuclear-armed nation. The court order also applied to his brother Shahbaz Sharif, leading to the immediate collapse of his government in the central Punjab province, Pakistan's most populous state and the country's political heartland. "All petitions have been dismissed by the Supreme Court," senior lawyer Akram Sheikh told reporters in the capital Islamabad. ... Read More

People all over the world are protesting against the Israel's aggression over innocent people. Everyone is showing their anger and disapproval in their own way. People  of Islamabad held a peaceful protest in the city on friday 2nd jan 2009. Today people of England are protesting but they are living in a democratic society for years and are more organized in their protest. A series of demonstrations are taking place across the UK to try and stop the Israeli air strikes ... Read More

"Some eleven dead bodies have been retrieved so far from the rubble of the fire gutted collapsed portion of Ghakhar Plaza building, saying 7 persons were still missing while 63 sustained injuries in this catastrophe. A fire that broke out in six-storey Gakhar plaza of Rawalpindi at 2:45 am on night between Friday and Saturday  destroyed more than 400 shops (shops of cosmetic, jewellery, garments and shoes were present there).  It engulfed the entire building through electricity wires and fire was hard to control. ... Read More

KARACHI: Senior analyst Kamran Khan said that Indian jet planes violated Pakistan air spaces twice on Saturday in Kashmir and Lahore areas while Planes of Pakistan Air Force (PAF), which were already on high alert, quickly came into action and forced the India’s fighter jets to leave Pakistan’s air spaces. He said that this Indian action reveals its nefarious design against the sovereignty of Pakistan and termed, “Indian version that it violated Pakistan air spaces by mistakes, a lamb excuse”, as ... Read More

This an intersting piece i read in todays newspaper and thought i should share it with u all. Time for the media to step up Ayesha Ijaz Khan If ever there was a time to shun The New York Times, BBC or other mainstream sources of news, this was it. How were the attacks in Mumbai being covered in other parts of the world? If you live in London and have Sky TV, there are several options for finding out. So I ... Read More

While driving at the time of salat Al Maghrib i observed the most beautiful 1st day’s moon which filled my heart with the praise for Allah. I thought i should share some wonderful information with you all. May Allah bless us and give us the courage to make the best of these 10 very important days of Zil hajj. Allah Ta’ala has endowed Friday to be the best day of the week, the month of Ramadan to be the best month ... Read More

Loss of so many human lives is very sad. But the terror such events create in the hearts of all the people of the world and especially to us living in this region is unimaginable. How do these people , so called terrorists, become so organized and powerful that they take a big city like Mumbai hostage ...the same thing happened after the death of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan. Life crippled not only in Karachi but else where too when these terrorists were ... Read More