Pakistani Blogs

The World Bank has increased by $ 100 million financial assistance to Pakistan to help cope with flooding, bringing the total to $ 1 billion, the bank said Wednesday in a statement.

The actress, Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations, Angelina Jolie has already donated over 100,000 dollars (about 78,000 euros) of his own money to help those affected. She has recently used his promotional tour for the film Salt of the disaster to talk through the Pakistan.

Pakistan has been hit by the Tsunami of crisis these days, a chain that seems to have no end unfortunately. Yesterday evening just after iftar three blasts ripped through the Yaum-e-Ali (RA) procession in Lahore, a city of eight million near Pakistan’s border with India. The procession was to mark the martyrdom anniversary of Hazarat [...]

Of late, the western media has developed a liking to christening Pakistan with catchy labels, and Pakistan seems to be more than happy to oblige. First it was Slakistan (a slack country because of its slack governance), then Darkistan (thanks to the mismanagement of electricity) and of course the highly popular; Pornistan (nothing much needs to [...]

Operation Iraqi Freedom is over. Obama is incredibly proud  of his unformed men and women in service. The Commander in Chief  is ‘awed’ by their ‘sacrifices’ and that of their families. The men Mr. President is proud of are perhaps not proud of their leaders and themselves. I don’t think I need to say much: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoJHTuP7Lh0&feature=related

The highly respected British magazine The Economist featured a front-page article in their 21 August issue about the possibility of a major war between China and India. I’ve been thinking about this scenario for over a decade, and authored a book, War at the Top of the World, that warned of the dangers of a future Sino-Indian conflict. Just thinking about this topic staggers the imagination. ...

Altaf Hussain’s call for taking action against corruption and exploitation by feudal is laudable but the way proposed by him is questionable. But he is right in saying that Supreme Court can order army, rangers and police to take action for implementation of their decisions.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will announce on Thursday more aid to help those affected by the devastating floods in Pakistan, the State Department said. Spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters Wednesday that Clinton will announce the new assistance while attending meetings at the United Nations in New York. The United States has provided more than 90 million dollars in aid ...

The Bharatis are wringing their hands in frustration as they watch the Pakistanis and Chinese rapidly building the infrastructure for an engineering feat that will be a wonder of the world. As Pakistani and Chinese engineers build new links between Pakistan and China, and as the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and the Pakistani Army Corps of Engineers dig tunnels and expand the existing ...

SRINAGAR (Indian Occupied Kashmir): In occupied Kashmir, veteran Pro-Pakistani Kashmiri Hurriyet leader Syed Ali Gilani has condemned the curfew and restrictions imposed by the authorities to foil the march towards Tourist Reception Centre grounds, reports KMS. Syed Ali Gilani, in a statement issued in Srinagar, termed the restrictions as frustration on part of the occupation authorities. “The ...