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It has been a tumultuous week for Pakistan. Nearly four hours after President Zardari addressed the joint session of the National Assembly, promising no one would be allowed to compromise the sovereignty of the country, terror struck, and over 50...
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Today marks exactly a month since Pervez Musharraf stepped down as President of Pakistan. In this past month, PPP co-chairman Asif Zardari was elected as the new President of the country, nearly a dozen airstrikes by NATO forces have targetted...
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The votes have been counted, the ‘long live Bhutto’ slogans have been chanted in the National Assembly, and images of the PPP workers celebrating have aired all over the world - Asif Ali Zardari, co-chairman of the Pakistan People’s...
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The inevitable has finally happened: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader Nawaz Sharif announced today that his party is leaving the coalition government, citing differences with the PPP over reinstatement of the judges, and the nomination of Asif...
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More than a day has passed since Pervez Musharraf stepped down in what was a move that was long overdue. Following his resignation, Pakistanis have experienced different emotions: relief, that the impeachment drama is finally over, and a sense of...
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Today, Pakistan is celebrating its 61st Independence Day. But for an indication on how the country has been faring, 15 minutes before midnight, a suicide bomber struck a police station in Lahore, leaving five people dead and dozens injured.
So where...
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Fresh accusations by the Bush administration have emerged recently that Pakistan’s intelligence agency, the dreaded Inter-Services Intelligence is assisting militants in the tribal areas ahead of strikes by U.S. forces has put the spotlight on...
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In 2005, there were four bomb blasts in London, later dubbed the 7/7 tragedy.
Three years later, there have been 7 bomb blasts in a day, again on 7/7 - but this time in Karachi. The blasts followed a bomb blast in Islamabad yesterday which left over...
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A country is supposed to feel like home, where one feels safe and secure, and most important of all, free.
However, more so than before, Pakistanis are increasingly facing rising levels of insecurity and blood pressure.
There is currently yet...
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Today marks the 55th birth anniversary of slain PPP leader Benazir Bhutto, whose assassination in December last year left the world shocked.
How do we remember Benazir? As the young girl who was not allowed to be present at her father’s...
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