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Published by Ahmad on 29 Sep 2008

Pakistani Politicians - A real Look

A real closer Look at Pakistani top Politicians

Prime minister Sir Yusuf Raza Gilani with Information Secretary Sherry Rehman


You can see they even cant stop in Cameras
Information Secretary Sherry Rehman
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Published by Ahmad on 05 Sep 2008

Nato Bravery Now in Pakistan, Killing Innocents

US strike claims innocent lives in Pakistan

Missiles fired from an unmanned aircraft have killed at least five people in the Pakistani tribal region of North Waziristan. According to local residents and officials, two women and three children died in the strike.

Killing Innocents
This is the third attack on militants operating from Pakistani soil in the past few days. On Wednesday, a helicopter strike allegedly carried out by US-led forces in South Waziristan left 20 dead, including women and children. On Thursday, at least five Taliban militants were killed when a missile from a pilotless plane hit a house in North Waziristan.

Wednesday’s attack met with outrage in Pakistan. There were calls in parliament to retaliate in cases of incursions into Pakistani territory by foreign troops. It is widely believed that US forces have stepped up their anti-Taliban offensive to reduce the chances of terrorist attacks ahead of Pakistan’s presidential elections on Saturday.

Last Attack
Pakistan furious over alleged US incursion

Pakistan is furious about an alleged US attack on its territory on Wednesday. Twenty people were killed in the helicopter raid on a Pakistani village in the Afghan border region. According to an anonymous Pentagon source, the target was a Taliban hideout.

Islamabad has summoned the US ambassador and lodged an angry protest. The Pakistani Foreign Ministry says attacks like this damage cooperation with the United States in the war against terror. Washington has not yet responded to the allegations.

I don’t know this government also sold to US or not but people are really angry and people are becoming more and more anti-American in Pakistan while US claiming good image in people.

Who US is to bomb Pakistan Land…If there’s really some one hiding there tell government of Pakistan they can better manage or bomb them.

I know one Thing by killing Innocents US creating more fighters (Terrorists for US) andmore resistance…..

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I really condemn this act.

What do you say ?

Published by Ahmad on 12 Jul 2008

Mian Nawaz Sharif, A History of Nation’s Pride

After the comment on my post
Inside student life, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, I decided to post it. Credits are at bottom of page, Feel Free to comment.

Pakistan If you are one of the Pakistanis who applauded for former prime NawazPakistan Nawaz Sharif Sharif when he addressed a crowd of deranged lawyers and paid hungry supporters – who turned the most expensive piece of property in the heart of Pakistan’s federal capital into an open air toilet last night, then you should know that Mr. Sharif is not as innocent as he portrayed himself to be.

This is a guy who went shopping in Washington DC for a U.S. $ 25,000 watch as brave Pakistanis died fighting for their honor in Kargil, a battle that Mr. Sharif ensured we lost because he was busy in a personal fight with the nation’s military leaders.

Mr. Nawaz Sharif’s record is so embarrassing that, in another country with educated voters, he would never be reelected by the people.

His record includes unforgettable lapses and mistakes, each of them worthy of an inquiry commission that could disqualify him for life:

1. This man declared emergency after the May 1998 Nuclear detonations. Under the pretext of sanctions, he swallowed up the nation’s $10 billion foreign reserves. No questions asked and no accountability since!

2. This man, Nawaz, siphoned off millions of dollars of the money collected under the ‘Qarz utaro mulk sanwaro’ scheme where he appealed to the Pakistani nation’s patriotism and asked everyone to donate money to pay off the national debt. No accountability so far!

3. This man was shopping for $25,000 Philip Patek watches in the United States when our brave soldiers were dying in Kargil. No shame!

4. This man built a 2000-acre Raiwind palatial complex for himself and his family when our nation was contributing to the “Qarz utaro mulk sanwaro” scheme to pay off the national debt.

5. This man Nawaz is a PROTEGE of past military rulers who turned him from a dumb, Nehari-loving imbecile into a leader. General Imtiaz brought him from Dubai. General Jillani and General Zia-ul-Haq groomed him. Lt. Gen. Hameed Gul created for his an entire new political party, the IJI. Today he makes fun of the military. It says something about his character. He is an ungrateful person, someone we call EHSAAN FARAMOOSH in our language!

6. He is the first ruler in the history of Pakistan and maybe the world who ransacked the Supreme Court building and unleashed the private armed thugs on Shahbaz Sharif’s payroll as a private Sharif Militia and used them to stone the building of the Supreme Court and chase out its judges who dared to challenge his actions in 1997.

7. More than 80 complaints of corruption and misuse of authority were pending at different stages of inquiry, investigation and trial against former PM Nawaz Sharif when he was granted pardon by the president and went into a self-chosen exile. The complaint said Nawaz Sharif did not mention in his declaration of assets in the nomination form for NA-12 in 1997 that he owned a helicopter. It was alleged that he did not pay duties of Rs. 30 million on this machine.

8. According to a report:

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Published by Ahmad on 16 Feb 2008

Attorney General Malik Qayyum TAPED saying vote will be Rigged

Attorney GeneralTranscript

Leave Nawaz Sharif(PAUSE)….I think Nawaz Sharif will not take part in the election (PAUSE)…. If he does take part, he will be in trouble. If Benazir takes part she too will be in trouble(PAUSE)… They will massively rig to get their own people to win. If you can get a ticket from these guys, take it (PAUSE)…. If Nawaz Sharif does not return himself, then Nawaz Sharif has some advantage. If he comes himself, even if after the elections rather than before, …..yes….

Pakistan’s Attorney General Malik Qayyum gestures during a news conference in Islamabad November 15, 2007.

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Published by Ahmad on 05 Feb 2008

“Benazir Bhutto’s last testament” Exclusive

When Benazir Bhutto was assassinated she was putting the final touches to her hard-hitting memoirs. In this world exclusive extract, she makes shocking allegations from the grave – and urges reconciliation between Islam and the West Like most women in politics, I am especially sensitive to maintaining my composure, to never showing my feelings. A display of emotion by a woman in politics or government can be misconstrued as a manifestation of weakness, reinforcing stereotypes and caricatures.Benazir returns to Pakistan after eight years in Luxry Car

But when I stepped down onto the tarmac at Quaid-e-Azam international airport in Karachi on October 18 last year, I was overcome with emotion. After eight lonely and difficult years of exile, I could not stop the tears pouring from my eyes.I felt that a terrible weight had been lifted from my shoulders. It was a sense of liberation. I was home at long last. I knew what I had to do.I had departed three hours earlier from my home in exile, Dubai. My husband Asif was to stay behind with our two daughters, Bakhtawar and Aseefa. Asif and I had made a very calculated, difficult decision. We understood the dangers of my return, and we wanted to make sure that, no matter what happened, our children would have a parent to take care of them.It was a discussion that few husbands and wives ever have to make, thankfully.
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Published by Ahmad on 13 Jan 2008

Inside student life, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Free alcohol, hangovers, bisexual friends and a girl called Boozie Suzie … inside the student life of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

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His antics at Oxford University would shock people in Pakistan awaiting Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s return to take over the political dream shaped by his murdered mother Benazir. The 19-year-old’s preparation for his role in one of the world’s strictest Muslim states has certainly been unconventional.Orthodox Muslims will be surprised to see the new leader of the Pakistani People’s Party with his arms slung casually around two girls, one of whom declares herself as “bisexual” on a social networking website.

Conversations he has with friends on Facebook make reference to being hungover, his friendship with a girl he calls “Boozie Suzie” and the joys of “free alcohol”.

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Monster’s ball: Bilawal and friends in fancy dress for an Oxford University Hallowe’en event

There is no evidence that Bilawal drinks alcohol – but he was certainly living it up with his two female friends at a raucous black-tie party thrown by a student drinking society.

Bilawal had been enjoying the freedom of his first year at Oxford before he was named as his mother’s successor after her assassination last month.

It was all a far cry from the country of his birth, which is bound by strict Muslim customs where drinking is forbidden, homosexuality is illegal and male and female friendships carefully controlled.

Bilawal and the girls were dressed up for the annual Cardinals’ Cocktails event where, for a £10 entrance fee, students can drink as many cocktails as they can stomach.

The Cardinals is an exclusive all-male society favoured by the wealthiest undergraduates at Christ Church, Bilawal’s college at Oxford.

They hold the event for non-members once a year to raise money for a lavish dinner to be enjoyed by their privileged members at a Michelin-starred restaurant.

Only a handful of Christ Church students are allowed to join each year and they are initiated by being forced to down a bottle of port followed by eight pints of beer.

Bilawal and his friends were among hundreds of other students – not Cardinal members – at the bash this year.

Fortunately for him, his father, Asif Ali Zardari, has announced his son is too young to take power and that he will maintain day-to-day control of the party while Bilawal continues his studies.

Bilawal, who arrived at Christ Church in September to read history, grew up in Dubai after his mother left Pakistan for a self-imposed exile in 1999.

At Oxford he has not been seen at the student Islamist Society, eschewing the social events, at which only soft drinks are served.

One senior society member said: ‘He doesn’t come to any of our events.’ He has chosen instead to spend his time with gregarious new friends.

Two of the girls to whom he is particularly close, as our pictures show, are described on Facebook as being “engaged” to each other – Julia Caterina Hartley and Kirini Kopcke.

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Ladies’ man: Bilawal cosies up to bisexual friends Kirini Kopcke (left) and Julia Hartley, who say they are ‘engaged’

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Published by Ahmad on 02 Jul 2007

600 people Killed, Pakistan calls for flood victim Aid

Pakistan has called on the international community to sent aid to about one million people left homeless by massive flooding which has killed 600 people in the past 10 days.

The country has been battered by early monsoon storms, which have also affected Afghanistan and India, and more bad weather is predicted.

A cyclone in Baluchistan was the worst to hit the province in at least 100 years
A cyclone in Baluchistan was the worst to hit the province in at least 100 years

Water levels had begun falling in parts Pakistan on Monday, allowing rescuers to reach areas that had been cut off for days, officials said. Southern Pakistan was hit hardest.

A cyclone last week brought torrential rain and flooding to large tracts of the mostly flat Baluchistan province.

Cyclone devastation

The cyclone and floods, the worst in Baluchistan since records began nearly 100 years ago, have affected up to two million people and killed about 110.

An estimated 250,000 people are homeless.

The cyclone hit three days after ferocious wind and rain killed about 230 people in the southern city of Karachi.

Following a two-day tour of the flooded area on Sunday, Shaukat Aziz, Pakistan’s prime minister, asked for relief and rehabilitation aid from foreign countries, international agencies and private donors.

He said more helicopters would be added to army efforts to ferry food, medicine and other relief supplies to areas of Baluchistan.

Relief push

Ali Gul Kurd, deputy provincial relief commissioner, said that the weather was generally clear on Monday and rescuers were taking advantage to push into areas that have been cut off for nearly a week.

He said: “The water level is definitely going down … we’re slowly reaching even the worst-hit areas.”

More than two dozen military helicopters aided in search, rescue and relief operations

The military was helping organise rescue and relief efforts with six C-130 cargo aircraft and more than two dozen helicopters carrying out search and rescue and relief operations.

Aid was taken by rail and distributed in the town of Sibi while the coastal belt was supplied by sea.

Camps for the homeless, who have been crowding into schools, were also being set up.

But Kurd said: “We don’t have tents. Some non-governmental organisations have made commitments but we’ve also asked the Punjab government to supply us tents immediately.”

Punjab is the centre of Pakistan’s textile and tent-making industry.

Continued rains

The floods, the worst in Pakistan since 1992, are the second natural disaster to strike the country in 20 months. An earthquake hit northern mountains in October 2005, killing 73,000 people.

Kurd said snakes and gastro-intestinal problems were also major headaches. Meteorologists said southern parts of Sindh province and Baluchistan’s coastal belt faced more bad weather this week.

Flooding has also hit Pakistan’s Khyber Pass area, killing about 50 people.

In Afghanistan, Nato peacekeepers have been helping after floods killed more than 40 people, destroyed roads and damaged homes and irrigation works.

In India, about 180 people have been killed in storms and floods over the past 10 days.

The seasonal rain is vital for the region’s agriculture and economy. It also brings relief after many hot, dry months but every year the rains kill hundreds of people.

There’s also record rainfalls in my city

Published by Ahmad on 23 Mar 2007

Woolmer was strangled, police say

KINGSTON, Jamaica (CNN) — A pathology report indicated that Pakistani cricket coach Bob Woolmer died of “manual strangulation,” according to a statement from Jamaican police commissioner Lucius Thomas.

“In these circumstances, the matter of Mr. Woolmer’s death is now being treated by the Jamaican police as a case of murder,” the statement said Thursday night.

Police announced Tuesday that Woolmer’s death was suspicious, two days after he was found unconscious in his room at the Pegasus Hotel. Woolmer, 58, was declared dead at a hospital soon after he was found. (Watch what has emerged as a possible motive in Woolmer’s murder )

Initial media reports indicated he died of a heart attack.

Woolmer’s death came less than 24 hours after former world champion Pakistan was beaten and eliminated by the relatively unknown Irish team on St. Patrick’s Day, one of the biggest shocks in World Cup cricket history. The loss on Saturday prompted outrage among the team’s hardcore fans, with protesters burning effigies of Woolmer and the team captain in Karachi.

Asked about suspects, Deputy Police Commissioner Mark Shields would only say, “We have a few definite lines of inquiry,” acknowledging later that betting on cricket matches was among them.

Shields urged people with any information about the case to come forward.

“It’s a very busy hotel,” he said. “I’m absolutely certain that someone saw something that could help us in this investigation.”

Blood, vomit and diarrhea were splattered over the walls and floor of Woolmer’s hotel bathroom, said Pakistan’s team spokesman Pervez Mir Wednesday afternoon. (Watch Mir describe what he saw )

Police refused to comment on that report.

Earlier on Thursday, police fingerprinted all members of the Pakistani cricket team at the hotel, and they were to submit statements to police as part of the ongoing investigation, Mir said.

“It is standard procedure,” Mir added. “Each of them will come along and give a written statement.”

The players’ hotel rooms were on the same floor as Woolmer’s.

The team has been cleared to leave Kingston, and there was no reason to detain anyone, a Jamaican official said Thursday.

The team left the hotel secretly and was believed to be flying to Montego Bay, Jamaica, for two days’ rest before returning to Pakistan.

Woolmer, who was English, played Test cricket for England in the mid-1970s. He later turned to coaching and coached the South African national team before taking over as Pakistan’s coach in 2004.

Source : Pakistani cricket coach Bob Woolmer Murdered