The nation has heard plenty of debate over racial profiling. But there's a form of religious profiling that some young Muslim women in America say they endure whenever they voluntarily wear the hijab. The hijab, also known as the veil, is the headscarf worn by Muslim women around the globe. It's a simple piece of cloth, but it can place young Muslim women in Western countries in difficult situations. She doesn't want your frosty public stares; the whispers behind her back; ... Read More

I would like to add one more beautiful and amazingly accoumplished lady of Pakistan to the list of  "Beautiful, Ageless Women." Atiqa Odho:Actress/host I remember her playing a stunning middle class wife in PTV play "Nijjaat". She played the role impressivley. Now after so many years we  see her taking interviews of the top personalities of Pakistan. Her ability to ask the right question at he right time and that too in a lively manner made the show popular at Geo tv. ... Read More

WASHINGTON, April 24: Two days of continuous congressional hearings on the Obama administration’s foreign policy brought a rare concession from US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who acknowledged that the United States too had a share in creating the problem that plagues Pakistan today. In an appearance before a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday, Mrs Clinton explained how the militancy in Pakistan was linked to the US-backed proxy war against the Soviets in Afghanistan. “We can point ... Read More

Tata abandons cheapest car plant BBC.co.uk Work at the West Bengal plant was suspended in August India's Tata group has abandoned plans to build the world's cheapest car in the eastern state of West Bengal. Tata group chief Ratan Tata said: "We have little choice but to move out of Bengal. We cannot run a factory with police around all the time." He was speaking after protests in a row over land acquired from local farmers. The car, the Nano, is expected to cost about 100,000 ... 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