Bugti women's killings meant to teach Brahamdag a lesson?
The internal reports of police and the information pouring in here through media reports suggest the killing of Bugti women--wife and daughter of a Balochistan MPA Domki--was preplanned. Also, it was meant to teach lesson to Baloch fugitive (in eyes of the establishment) Brahamdag Bugti.
Bugti has turned out to be a huge security threat for those who see Balochistan with their own spectacles. His sister Jhumar 32 and her daughter Jana 13 were killed
Prime Minister Gilani has constituted a 13-member committee to contact the country’s political leadership for convening an All Parties’ Conference (APC) to discuss the Balochistan situation.
The Prime Minister House on Tuesday said the committee would comprise Leader of the House in the Senate Nayyar Hussain
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We welcome if US, NATO or India intervene, says BRP chief
Baloch Republican Party chief Brahamdagh Bugti living in exile claimed Wednesday Baloch movement did not enjoy any foreign support, saying but they would welcome it, be it from the US, NATO or the India.
'We know foreign powers have their own interests; we think of our own greater interests", he said in a telephonic press conference at Quetta Press
Balochistan
Sindh Balochistan economy
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Saturday announced it would keep its key policy rate unchanged at 12 percent for the next two months in a bid to contain expected inflation in the second half of the 2011-12 fiscal year.
Since the start of the fiscal year last July, the central bank has cut interest rates by
Sunny Leone
With 50 thousand weapons at hand, Pakistan has yet another army
Gilani, Malik issue licenses for unauthorized bore in abundance
Also, 5 lac arms of authorized bore allowed since 2008
Could arming the people with automatic weapons ensure security for common people in the country? It does probably. That's why the Prime Minister and his Interior Minister have proved to be generous enough to issue over 50 thousand licenses for prohibited bore since they took over.
Also, it runs into lacs for those weapons which are marked as authorized bore. The figure for un-authorized bore licenses issued during the
incumbent government stands at 0.5 million.
By virtue of the number of prohibited weapon which might have been bought so far after issuance of licensees, Pakistan surely has an army other than the one our state
A.G.Pirzada
The deadliest weather related disaster of 2010 still continues to unfold in Pakistan since July 29, 2010, where heavy monsoon rains had triggered flooding that left over 2,000 people dead. Millions of homes, in thousands of villages and
PPP since teenager’s jamboree
The PPP 44 years on
Lal Khan
On the chilly morning of November 30, 1967, a relatively small gathering of around 300 people was taking place in Dr Mubashir Hasan’s house in Lahore. This was the founding convention of a new political party
Opinion
Balochistan: apologies won’t do!
Lal Khan
Genuine issues and real problems in society are so The weak hands of justice
Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur
Balochistan raises a question
Shahab Usto
Some sanity, but the shenanigans go on
Kamran Shafi
At last some sanity! After four weeks of mounting, and scathing comment in the domestic as well as foreign media, which all of us: politicians; Askari Qiadat particularly the Sipah Salaar-i-Azam and the Spymaster; honourable Justices, and us poor luckless
The poor: not worth a blanket?
Shahab Usto
I saw a grisly facet of Pakistan recently on a dark chilly evening, a facet that remains hidden from the chattering urban classes thanks to a media that is ever preoccupied with the more delectable and Balochistan — point of no return?
Malik Siraj Akbar
Sardar Ataullah Mengal, Balochistan’s first chief
From Pakistani & Intl' Media
US$2.4 bilion aid for Pakistan
$8.2 b to be spend in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan
Obama administration Monday proposed $2.4 billion in financial aid to Pakistan for the fiscal year 2012-13 while unveiling its annual budget of $3.8 trillion that calls for tax hikes on the rich.
Of this, $2.2 billion is in assistance to strengthen democratic and civil institutions that provide a bulwark against extremism and support joint security and counter- terrorism
BLA attacks construction company workers in Turbat
7 dead, 2 injured, 3 vehicles set on fire
Seven people were killed and two others injured on Tuesday in an attack on workers of a construction company in Turbat.
A group of men, armed with sophisticated automatic weapons opened fire on the labourers, camped along an under-construction road. The attackers also set on fire the
Kaneria lures Mervyn Westfield into the fix?
Danish named as ‘corrupter’ in Westfield trial
Pakistan international spinner Danish Kaneria was named in court on Friday as being involved in a spot-fixing scam that led to the trial of a former English county cricketer.
Prosecutors in the case of former Essex bowler Mervyn Westfield, who has pleaded guilty to spot-fixing and faces sentencing on Friday, said the player had been lured into the fix after an approach by Kaneria.
The Old Bailey heard that Kaneria told Westfield he would be paid to concede a certain number of runs in a particular over.
Prosecutor Nigel Peters QC said the deal emerged
Senate elections: MQM to have lion's share
PPP to have seven, PML - F one
Dr. Arbab Raheem may secure his return to SA
The MQM, a major coalition partner in Sindh government succeeded having what many called a lion's share in Sindh's 12 senate seats as the party
Punjab has two women terrorists with head money
The Punjab has begun seeing women terrorists now who are fighting alongwith their male counterparts in Pakistan.
The provincial government has listed two women terrorists who are now in CID’s 'Red Book' says a media report. They have also Rs. 0.5 m as their head money.
These two wanted women namely Maria and Tayyaba are allegedly involved in the
Pakistan deadliest country for journalists
Pakistan was the deadliest country for journalists in 2011 for the second year running, according to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists.
According to the group, 46 journalists were killed worldwide last year, of which seven deaths were reported in Pakistan alone. Five deaths each were reported in violence-hit Iraq and Libya. In 2010, 44 journalists were killed.
The group also said that deaths during dangerous assignments, such as covering street protests, reached
