The year 2011 began with usual terrorist attacks and target killings in Karachi however as this year ends now we se that there has been a significant decrease in the number of killings due to terrorist activities. In 2011 a total of 4500 people were killed these include common people…
Month: December 2011
Punjab condemned and praised
PAANCH DRYON KA DES compiled and edited by Dr. Naveed Shahzad; pp 252; price Rs300 (lib); Publishers Department of Language and Literature, Punjab University, Oriental College, Lahore. The book consists of poems written in recent times on or about Punjab, its language and culture and published in different newspapers, magazines…
Makhdoom Muhammad Javed Hashmi
Makhdoom Muhammad Javed Hashmi is a Pakistani politician from Punjab the central province. he was born on January 1st, 1948 in Makhdoom Rashid, Multan. Hashmi is currently serving as Senior Vice-President of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz Wing) led by former Prime minister and party’s President Nawaz Sharif. He was…
Mountaineers Viktor Kozlov heading to K2 in winter
ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: Viktor Kozlov and his team of veteran mountain climbers have a reputation of achieving what no man has ever accomplished before this year they are heading for K2 in winter. The 16-member expedition team is in Pakistan after five years to climb K2 in winter, an almost…
Lost, found and lost – Article on British architecture
RUNNING the risk of sounding trite, let’s revisit the same premise: Karachi has countless buildings made at the time when Pakistan had not been carved out of India. Some are readily recognizable which is why they hold a special position in the city’s architectural profile ? the Sindh High Court,…
Pakistan a paradise for mountaineers Says Nazir Sabir
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is a paradise for the mountaineers of the world and needs special global attention to facilitate the climbers around the world to benefit from this opportunity. This was stated by the world renowned Pakistani mountaineer Nazir Sabir while giving a talk on his K2 and Everest climbs and…
Mahmood Khan Achakzai
Mahmood Khan (Atsakzai) Achakzai is the chairman of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, an Afghan Pashtun nationalist party based in the pashtun belt of Pakistan’s Balouchistan province. Interview of Mahmood Khan Achk Zai with BBC in Urdu Mahmood Khan Achakzai The son of activist Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai, he remained…
Maulana Fazal-ur-Rahman
Maulana Fazal-ur-Rahman, is a politician form Pakistan leading a Islam centric party called Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam. Additionally he is also Secretary General of MMAP (Muttihida Majlis e Amal Pakistan) Maulana was born on June 19, 1953 in Abdul Khel, Dera Ismail Khan Khyber Pakhtoon Kuwah province formerly known as NWFP. He…
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