The Pakistani Spectator

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Posts Tagged ‘Jalalabad’

La Ilaha Illallah

By M Mirza • Nov 27th, 2009 • Category: Features


Trapped in ‘la jungle’ – but still dreaming of El Dorado

By Guest Blogger • Sep 25th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Amid the crowds of young men sleeping rough in a fetid squat in the Calais sand dunes, Naseer, 15, stood out as a new arrival. The eager Afghan teenager from a village near Jalalabad arrived in Calais last week after his family paid $14,000 (£8,500) for him to be smuggled to “good, honest” England.
The journey [...]



The Adventure of the Barking Dogs

By Prof. Michael Brenner • Aug 5th, 2009 • Category: Misc, Worth A Second Look

We warmed ourselves before the fire late of a July evening in this the chilliest summer Georgetown had known since Coolidge’s day.  My companion lay sprawled in the wicker chair puffing on his favorite Calabash pipe.  The distinctive aroma of organic, shade grown Sobranie wafted through the salon.  I knew from long acquaintance, though, that [...]



Do You Want to Purchase US Helicopters?

By Ali Yar Khan • Jun 19th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment

If you are interested in purchasing unassembled Chinook, Black Hawk and Cobra helicopters, then you need to contact to the Taliban, as they have got them in their custody somewhere in the tribal region and they are looking for an appropriate buyer. They already have sold a Cobra helicopter for a huge sum of money [...]