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    • Cease all military ops in Balochistan May 26, 2012
      ISLAMABAD – A declaration by a national moot on Balochistan Saturday expressed grave concern over the presence of Frontier Constabulary in Balochistan, saying that multiple intelligence agencies have not brought peace in the province. Instead, blood is being split every single day. Speakers at this SCBA organised conference on ‘Balochistan Issue […]
      Terence J Sigamony
    • Now, Gilani won’t appeal his conviction: Aitzaz May 26, 2012
      MIAN DAWOOD LAHORE – The PPP has decided not to appeal Yousuf Raza Gilani’s conviction, believing it could be harmful for the prime minister, leader of party’s present team of juristic jugglers revealed Saturday. In his latest jural stunt, Aitzaz Ahsan, who – after Babar Awan’s demotion as chief legal aide to President Zardari a […]
    • Long march champions have no mandate: Gilani May 26, 2012
      NAROWAL – Criticising the PML-N’s protest movement, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Saturday that right time for holding a long march was Musharraf’s era when judges were jailed and media was facing curbs and it was too late to make such a move now. Addressing a public meeting after inaugurating a Sui gas project for the people of Na […]
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    • Shahbaz repeats long march talk May 26, 2012
      KASUR - Punjab Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday said unbridled corruption in the country was responsible for loadshedding, poverty and massive unemployment in the country; therefore, people should extend full support to his party in the proposed long march towards Islamabad against the corrupt Pakistan People's Party (PPP) rulers. Shahba […]
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    • Ex-general Imtiaz Hussain commits suicide May 26, 2012
      RAWALPINDI - In a shocking incident, a retired lieutenant-general of Pakistan Army committed suicide by shooting himself with a 9mm pistol at his home in the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Phase-I on Saturday. Police moved the body of Lt-Gen (re) Imtiaz Hussain, 70, to the DHQ Hospital for post-mortem and later handed over to the heirs for burial. Area SHO […]
      Israr Ahmad
    • India rejects Siachen demilitarisation May 26, 2012
      NEW DELHI - Indian Chief of the Army staff Gen VK Singh has said that General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani's remarks on Siachen's demilitarisation could not be taken seriously. Last month, Kayani had told media that both Pakistan and India should talk about pulling out troops from the region and spend more on the development and prosperity of their people. […]
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    • 4 killed in another Waziristan drone hit May 26, 2012
      PESHAWAR - An unmanned US spy plane killed at least four people when it fired two missiles on a compound near a bakery in Miranshah Bazaar here on early Saturday. Sources said the compound was adjacent to a bakery where some people had taken refuge. The predator drone fired two missiles at the compound and bakery near Miranshah Bazar in North Waziristan. The […]
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    • Teacher, nephew shot dead on way to school May 26, 2012
      QUETTA - Unidentified gunmen killed a teacher and his nephew and wounded another four, including two daughters, in Kharan, some 40km south of Quetta, on Saturday morning. Police said private school principal Muzafar Jamali along with his three children and two nephews was on way to the school when armed men fired shots at his vehicle, killing his 11-year-old […]
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    • PPP fields team to pacify wrath of nationalists May 26, 2012
      KARACHI - Following the deadly assault on a rally of the nationalist parties in the city this week, a team of MNAs from the ruling PPP has rolled up its sleeves to evolve a strategy to calm down the wrath of the nationalist leaders over the controversial demand for a separate province for the Muhajir community. Constituted by the embattled premier, Yousuf Ra […]
      Ramzan Chandio
    • Grenade attack on restaurant kills one, injures 13 others May 26, 2012
      KARACHI – A man was killed and 13 others wounded in a grenade attack on a restaurant in Jamshed Quarters area in the wee hours of Saturday. According to SHO Khushnood, unidentified armed men came outside the restaurant at around 2:30am and resorted to indiscriminate aerial firing before throwing a hand grenade. DSP Qaiser Ali dispelled the concerns tha […]
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    • MQM condemns assault May 26, 2012
      KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement Chief Altaf Hussain on Saturday condemned the grenade attack on a restaurant on Jamshed Road. He said that terrorists were openly demanding extortion money from shopkeepers in Karachi and were attacking business centres and shops with hand grenades if their demands were not met. He said it was a matter of disbelief and grea […]
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    • Minister for concerted efforts to eradicate polio May 26, 2012
      KARACHI - As many as 16 cases of polio have come to the fore in the year 2012 and two of them in the province of Sindh, said Sindh Minister for Health Dr Sagheer Ahmed while presiding over a meeting to review the polio-eradication campaign on Saturday. The minister said that of the two cases in Sindh, one was from Mirpurkhas and the other from Hyderabad. He […]
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    • KTI warns against protests if petroleum prices raised May 26, 2012
      KARACHI – Karachi Transport Ittehad (KTI) has threatened to stage country wide protest if government increased the prices of petroleum products, here on Saturday. KTI also expressed serious concern over anticipated increase in petroleum prices in the next budget of 2012-13. In a joint statement, KTI President Irshad Hussain Bukhari, General Secretary S […]
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    • Supply line reopening to incite Salala-like attacks: DPC May 26, 2012
      KARACHI – Difa-e-Pakistan Council leaders on Saturday said they would bitterly resist the resumption of NATO supplies. Addressing a press conference after a DPC meeting, Jamaat-e-Islami chief Munawar Hassan said that the restoration of the NATO supply line supply would lead to repetition of Salala attack-like incidents. He said the reinstatement of the […]
      Nisar Mehdi
    • Three criminals held with ammunition May 26, 2012
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    • Shopkeeper gunned down May 26, 2012
      KARACHI - Mohammad Asif 26, son of Tahir was gunned down in an act of target killing in Block 13-D-2 within jurisdiction of Gulshan-e-Iqbal police station. DSP Pervez Iqbal Bhatti said that the deceased had a general store, the incident took place when two armed men riding a motorcycle came to his store and shot him. He was shot twice and the culprits escape […]
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    • KU declares BDS result May 26, 2012
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    • Rs150 billion uplift budget proposed for 2012-13 May 26, 2012
      KARACHI - The Sindh government has proposed Rs150 billion provincial development budget for financial year 2012-13. However, a proposal of over Rs20 billion development budget for districts and foreign-funded development projects would be the part of the budget. This was proposed in a meeting held at the Chief Minister’s House on Saturday. CM Syed Qaim […]
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    • Transporters protest killing of passengers May 26, 2012
      KARACHI - Transport associations have jointly staged protest against the killing of eight passengers in Nawabshah District According to the details, various transport associations blocked the main roads of the city and have given a week’s time to the authorities to arrest the assailants involved in the killing. The Sindh Air Condition Bus Owners Associ […]
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    • IGP for early arrest of bus attackers May 26, 2012
      KARACHI - Inspector General Police (IGP) Sindh Syed Mushtaq Ahmed Shah Saturday inspected the crime scene where a Kohat bound passenger coach came under armed attack on National Highway near Qazi Ahmed, Benazirabad District. The IGP called for detailed investigation report about the incident from Deputy Inspector Generals (DIGs) of Hyderabad and Sukkur, who […]
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US & NATO Forces Silence over Terrorist’s Border Crossing

  Source: http://www.markthetruth.com Zaheerul Hassan Pakistan Security Forces are successfully fighting an enforced battle all along her western boundaries since 2001. In the on going operation, the Security forces killed more than 1300 militants till May 27, 2009 and taken over the control of eight Mingora city intersections after intense clashes with the Taliban. As [...]

Failure of religious forces in Pakistan – Part II by Nadia Khan

  Source: http://www.markthetruth.com Nadia Khan Earlier, we had discussed as why religious forces lost ground in Pakistan in last five decades – how and where? Here we will analyse as how many opportunities brought up for religious forces to move back the nomenclature of the country towards Islam. A country, where 91% population (according to [...]

Raw strikes again in Lahore

  Source: http://www.markthetruth.com Zaheerul Hassan 30 people were killed and more than 83 injured in a suicide car bomb attack carried on Rescue 15 building located near CCPO office in Civil Lines area. The bomb has destroyed 16 buildings of The Mall Road. In this connection Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has strongly condemned the [...]

The ICC-PCB Reality Check

  Source: http://www.markthetruth.com Dr. Nauman Niaz The International Cricket Council now could be openly accused of recognizable discrepancy, changeability and prejudice. And this must lead to some impassioned argument about West’s two-facedness. Selectively, BCCI representing India seemingly now has been granted cricket’s knighthood by the ICC. In the 1970s when India weren’t as great a [...]

Failure of religious forces in Pakistan – Part I by Nadia Khan

  Source: http://www.markthetruth.com Nadia Khan Pakistani citizens, in or out of the country, as a nation, are quite religious (probably conservative) in all aspects of life. However, failure of religious forces in Pakistan is also quite obvious. The formation of Pakistan is based on “two nation’s theory” as Hindus & Muslims were two distinct nations [...]

India Bluffed LTTE – Sri Lanka Victory

A couple of years back I happened to come across four Sri Lankans Army officers who reveled that their country is passing through a Indian sponsored war with Tamils . They reveled that Velupilla Prabhakaran Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Chief is one of the world’s most ruthless rebels leader. They also narrated me that thousands of innocent Tamils and Sri Lankan forces have been killed during last few years

Bhasha Dam and Foreign Involvement

  Source: http://www.markthetruth.com Zaresh Khan Dams are an instrument of development, yet every dam small or large carries inherent risks of failure. In the case of a larger dam it could be catastrophic for life and property down the valley. Large dams are therefore planned and designed with utmost care to preclude as far as [...]

Beginning From The Middle – Let’s give it a new start

  Source: http://www.markthetruth.com Sajjad Ahmad Ah! Both things are not easy. Neither you can convince others nor you could be convinced by others. The tragedy is that this story does not end here. Both of you never tried to think about the reasons that why this happens to both of you each time, you come [...]

Taliban Militancy – Pak Security Forces Means Business

  Source: http://www.markthetruth.com Zaheerul Hassan According to the media reports and credible sources, Pakistan Security Forces has killed more than 1000 militants, hundred of insurgents suffered serious injuries and many arrested too in the recent anti militancy drive of Swat and FATA areas. During the ongoing operations, huge quantity of ammunition, latest weapons, number of [...]

Political Slogans in Pakistan by Nadia Khan

Source: http://www.markthetruth.com Nadia Khan When I was writing my previous article, “Slogans of MQM” I realized that this canvass could be extended bit more to include other political parties too. Here is the updated version. Nadia Khan. In Pakistan , political slogans convey the facts of life and are sometimes revealing the hidden information of [...]

Shadows Over LTTE

  Source: http://www.markthetruth.com Zaresh Khan Ever since the establishment of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 1976, there has been no peace in Sri Lanka even though many efforts were made through negotiations but all in vain. The government of Sri Lanka has always proved less enthusiastic regarding waging a war against the Tamils partly [...]

It’s Just a Matter of Pride?

  Source: http://www.markthetruth.com Dr. Nauman Niaz There is a fragile future of Pakistan to consider. Wracked by geo-political turmoil, threatened by terrorism, and lacking India’s wealth, Pakistan cricket has become a pariah, with BCCI manipulating and ICC shirking and tricking them without being the competent authority to take the decision which they not only authenticated [...]

Detriments to Swat Peace Pact

  Source: http://www.markthetruth.com Zaheerul Hassan Swat which remained on international focus due to turmoil brought out by the Taliban Insurgency since 2007, has now heading towards calm and peace slowly and gradually. General masses of Pakistan, particularly Swati population have welcomed the accord concluded between Sufi Muhmmad of the banned TNSM and the government. But [...]

Slogans of MQM by Nadia Khan

Source: http://www.markthetruth.com Nadia Khan In Pakistan, political slogans convey the facts of life and are sometimes revealing the hidden information of meaningful nature. Post partition number of slogans had made their way in our society. Ayub Kutta Hai Hai, during the days of former President Ayub Khan became quite famous even after his resignation and [...]

Pakistan – at the verge of chaos? by Nadia Khan

  Source: http://www.markthetruth.com Nadia Khan There are many elements and factors making the situation worse for Pakistan especially in FATA and Swat divisions. Double game of US or Allied forces: Taliban has emerged in those areas and now fighting with Pak Army fiercely. Many times analysts have asked this question as how a professionally trained [...]

Pitching Sikhs against Muslims

  Source: http://www.markthetruth.com Zaheerul Hassan The Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh few days back showed his concern over Sikhs Pakistani citizens living in Orakzai Agency were allegedly asked by Taliban militants to pay “Jaziya” for their protection otherwise leave the agency . As per media reports Taliban militants had taken over the shops and [...]

POOH-POOHING PAKISTAN

  Source: http://www.markthetruth.com Mohammad Sa’ad Fox News reported that Gen David Petraeus, Commander of US Central Command, had told US officials the next two weeks are critical to determining whether the Pakistani government will survive. United States believes, given earnest will, two weeks’ time is sufficient for Pakistan to eliminate talibaan operating from its turbulent [...]

INDIA’S DELUSIONS OF “GREATNESS”

  Source: http://www.markthetruth.com Amjed Jaaved Elections are in progress in India, portrayed as “the world’s largest democracy” by the West. Western notion of democracy (Westminster model) is that it is government of the people (masses, not classes), for the people and by the people. India has signed an agreement with the USA to become ‘great’. [...]

Pak Taliban Movement & US Agenda

  Source: http://www.markthetruth.com Zaheerul Hassan Pakistan president signed Swat peace pact as demanded by parliament, NWFP government, locals of Swat and Malkand Agency. Government and Armed Forces fully endorsed the pact with the hope of establishment of permanent peace in the area. The political leadership has favored the government steps towards restoring of peace but [...]

Karachi and a Champion of Muhajirs – Part 2 by Nadia Khan

  Source: http://www.markthetruth.com By Nadia Khan Reading his press statements which talk about his self-claimed love for the country or listening his speech is always a fun! His body language, if you are able to watch him, indeed through the news channels clips, you might feel that Bollywood actors are far behind him in exploiting [...]

Karachi & a Champion of Muhajirs – Part 1 by Nadia Khan

  Source: http://www.markthetruth.com By Nadia Khan Karachi is in fire again and in his own words, he is trying to “cool down” the situation, which he has ignited in last 4 months by propagating hatred against 98% oppressed elements of our society – Pathans, in the name of arriving Taliban! In last 4 months he [...]

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