
Iran bans airspace for PIA as post-Hajj flights start Pakistan and neighbouring Muslim country, Iran, have enjoyed excellent bilateral ties from many decades. However the recent years especially after the 9/11 United States’ tragedy, they have acetified a bit. The latest example of this is the restriction imposed by Iran on the use of its […]
Nov 10 2011 | Posted in
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Behold the world of delicate Awais Lovely! A delicate, pretty, gorgeous, agonizing, slim and multi-skilled Awais Lovely is the new cyber sensation all across the subcontinent. His outstanding temperament to come up with one after another horrendously awesome videos is worth a tribute of six gunshots aimed at his polished forehead. He is willingly becoming […]

How happy they were! Totally unaware of the fact that they would not be able to witness the sun of November 7 setting deep into the green fields stretching around their house. Mother rose up early in the morning, cooked dessert, adorned her only son and sent him to mosque for Eid prayer by taking […]
Nov 10 2011 | Posted in
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To me it’s an issue of personal freedom. We live in a society where we have the technology to control our own reproduction. This is an advancement over the animals who have no choice. Animals have to reproduce because of their sexual instincts. Humans have the same instincts, but we now have birth control and […]
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Is UN successful in ‘World should be arm free’ campaign In 2009, 100 days before the World peace day on 21 September United Nations general secretary Ban Ki Mon announced a campaign with a slogan “World must be arms free”. The concentration during this campaign was primarily put on the retrenchment and destruction of the […]

Why World Peace is Not an Unachievable Dream World peace has been the centre of movement for a lot of people and organisations around the world ever since conflict between individuals and nations came into being. From that statement, we can easily see that the term has been around for a very long time. So […]

“No, Jihad does not mean holy war, it means struggle in Arabic,” this was a phrase that my Muslim friends and I repeated all too often in the aftermath of 9/11 in Britain. My generation who grew up in the shadow of 9/11 have had our religious experiences shaped not by moving Sufi poetry, reading […]

Third Gender pin hopes on new rights in Pakistan The term ‘Third Gender’ describes an individual who is categorized either by will or by social consensus as neither a man nor a woman. Mostly in Asia the term used to describe them is ‘Hijra’s’ of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. They are also known as Fa’afafine […]
Nov 10 2011 | Posted in
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Just how long should the Eid break be? With everyone still hungover from the Bakra Eid, many find it quite hard to get back to work, school/whatever it is that you are trying to get back to actually, since everyone’s routines have gone down the drain. The fact that Eid came right after the weekend […]
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Do your part honestly and leave the rest to Allah The fate of the democratic nations is decided through elections, which is the right and true procedure of democracy. The general masses in the whole country elect their representatives through whom they want to raise their issues and get the appropriate solution. However, if people stay […]
Nov 10 2011 | Posted in
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Journalism in Pakistan: a dangerous mix of facts and opinions The media is a powerful tool in any country. If one can control the media, then one indirectly controls the masses that are exposed to it. Be it unintentional or not, the way the media influences the millions of Pakistanis on a daily basis is […]
Nov 10 2011 | Posted in
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Although Pakistan has declared India to be its ‘Most Favoured Nation’ or MFN, the cross-border rivals are still seeking an explanation as to what this status actually means. The premiers of both nations are scheduled to meet at the Saarc Summit on Thursday, November 10 and Manmohan Singh is likely to seek details of this […]