It’s not to sprinkle salt on the wounds of the internally displaced people of Swat and the FATA, but it’s a fact that these people are somewhat responsible of what they are reaping these days. Had they stood up to the raging Taliban earlier in their areas and had they not adopted collous and cynic [...]
The news is that Awami National Party, the ruling secular party of NWFP is running feverisly a backdoor channel campaign to take all the political stakeholders and power brokers on board in order to alter the name of the NWFP province. They have formed delegates who are meeting other party leaders and the head of [...]
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The people of swat called IDPs are being returned to swat. For which we are very grateful to Allah Almighty ..Naturally the people displaced were happy by returning to their homes after undertaking great agonizing situation in the camps However our happiness seem to be still saddened. Besides many other problems waiting for the returning [...]
Finally the internally displaced persons have started returning to their homes. Homes they were made to quit due to brutalities inflicted on their peaceful lives by the savage Taliban. Hats off to these IDPs who successfully confronted the hard ships they faced while being away from their homes. The scorching heat, the consequent ailments that [...]
With soaring temperatures, humidity and increasing losses in their businesses, traders, teachers, students and local residents took to the streets in protest against the Pakistan Electric Power Supply Company (Pepco) and the Pakistani government due to extreme cases of power outages. They erupted into clashes, smashing furniture and private & public property, including a train [...]
The targeted killing of Dr Sarfraz Hussain Naeemi in Lahore by a suicide bomber, a teenager, is yet another reminder of the grim reality that time has come when we have to draw a line between the terrorists and the Islamists. We must stop using terms like Extremists, Jehadis, militants for the Taliban. They are [...]
Operation ‘Rah-e-Rast’ against the militants in Malakand Division is continuing unabated, while in different areas of Shangla, Swat and Lower Dir curfew is in the relaxing mode. Security forces heavy guns are carrying on shelling overnight and in the daytime the militants’ hideouts in different areas of Lower Dir including the upper areas of Swat’s [...]
Though 25,000 rupees are a joke when they are given to the people to restart their lives, but then something is better than nothing and given the magnitude of the crisis and the volume of IDPs and the limited resources of the authorities, these notes mean lot to the people who are ready to return [...]
There are many ills and evils in our society. Our country is the most corrupt in the Asia just after Afghanistan, our lawless neighbor. It goes without saying that many of our leaders are corrupt and morally deficient. They cannot set an example because they themselves know no better. But when one sees the magnitude [...]
