May 26 2011
The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is addressing some core issues in improving the quality of life of the masses. A good news is their renewed attention to supply of clean water as apparent from the recent announcement of a planned water...
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May 25 2011
Hakim Ali Zardari, father of Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari, passed away on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad. Aged 81, the late Zardari had been seriously ill and been kept alive on life support...
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May 24 2011
Sadly enough, it has become typical of our country that bad examples are followed readily, particularly if there’ any chance of personal gain coming from doing so. The Young Doctors Association (YDA) is the most notable example in view. After...
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May 21 2011
Media, particularly the electronic media, in Pakistan claims to be free and frank about the country’s burning issues. Whether it’s a fact or self-proclaimed strength will be apparent from a few simple points that one might pose before the media....
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May 17 2011
Actress Veena Malik has been hospitalized after suffering a car accident on Monday night, May 16, 2011. The accident is said to have been possibly an attack on her life, though things aren’t clear at the moment. According to news sources, Veena...
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May 16 2011
Australia won the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey Tournament for the sixth time by overcoming Pakistan in the final match of the event played on Sunday May 15, 2011, at the Sultan Azlan Shah Stadium in Ipoh, Malaysia. It was a thrilling match with...
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May 15 2011
Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, a prominent political leader of Pakistan’s leading opposition party PML-N, was reportedly snubbed by the Director General Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) during the closed-door session of the parliament on Friday, May 13,...
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May 13 2011
In one of the deadliest terror attacks this year, at least 70 paramilitary recruits were killed in Shabqadar area of Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, this morning (Friday, May 13, 2011). The attack took place outside the paramilitary training...
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May 12 2011
The issue of sexual harassment of female students at the hands of their teachers and even by heads of departments has been followed by the provincial government after parliamentarian Nighat Orakzai raised the issue in the provincial assembly last month....
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May 10 2011
Pakistani cricket team captain Shahid Afridi is in trouble once again on account of the same charges as before, i.e. making irresponsible comments on media. But this time the issue sounds more serious as Afridi has been sent a show cause notice, a...
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