tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44327786467092284112012-02-08T22:19:39.849-08:00Newspaper ArticlesLuqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.comBlogger361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-5765706515663564512012-02-08T22:16:00.000-08:002012-02-08T22:19:39.867-08:00New culture for women by I.A Rehman
ALL those working for women’s rights are receiving accolades for their continued run of success in the area of legislation. They deserve more of this because they have played a key role in getting the lawmakers round to their point of view.The passage of the National Commission on the Status of Women Bill is a most promising development. As an autonomous body with considerably enlarged Luqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-3746785907766492302012-01-26T20:44:00.001-08:002012-01-26T20:49:20.258-08:00Making absolute fools of ourselves By Kamran Shafi
All of the time, in more ways than one. So, first to our blow-hot, blow-cold prime minister who has executed another dizzying U-turn. This time on his statement that the Sipah Salaar-e-Azam (an honorific bestowed upon the Sipah Salaar by Akram Shiekh, who is also Mansoor Ijaz-of-the-Murky-Memo’s counsel) and the DG ISI had acted improperly in submitting a reply to the SC without the Luqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-75851451603782413972012-01-26T20:31:00.000-08:002012-01-26T20:31:41.467-08:00Clowns and red faces: comedy Pakistan style by Ayaz Amir
Coming from a dubious salesman a shady
communication treated as Holy Scripture. Only we could do this, without
stopping to think what it says about us: a nation of chumps hard put to
smell the difference between the earth-shaking and the trivial.The
cast of characters in the memo affair couldn’t get more sublime: chief
of the army, chief spymaster, shining jurists, a posse of media Luqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-61460278663039670222012-01-26T20:26:00.000-08:002012-01-26T20:26:15.998-08:00Let’s talk dirty by Mohammad Malick
Mohammad Malick
The writer is editor The News, Islamabad.
The
Islamic Republic of Pakistan is supposed to be a citadel of all that is
holy and sacred. It’s a ‘family value’ culture, you know. Unlike the
‘selfish, immoral westerners,’ we live and die for our families and our
children. Yet, a child is raped and molested every seven hours here. And
this ugly statistic is just the tipLuqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-71113267300539375862012-01-26T20:21:00.000-08:002012-01-26T20:21:50.110-08:00Holocaust by Harris Khalique
Harris Khalique
I felt a chill through my spine when lighting up a
candle at a memorial vigil. A small group of people had gathered
outside an old and unused synagogue in a Polish town sixteen years ago.
Besides having some basic knowledge of events that took place before and
during the Second World War, I had been to Auschwitz and other places a
few weeks earlier and visited the Luqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-54540945284992819792012-01-26T20:16:00.000-08:002012-01-26T20:17:56.694-08:00Shahbaz Sharif promises Mansoor Ijaz full security in Lahore
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday extended his
personal guarantee to provide an impregnable security cover to US
businessman Mansoor Ijaz and asked him to arrive in the Punjab to record
his statement in the memo scandal.
It is pertinent to point out that
both Allama Iqbal International Airport and Benazir International
Airport are located in the Punjab. Luqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-27982710370653831422012-01-20T20:43:00.000-08:002012-01-20T20:43:46.298-08:00Democracy and deception by Irfan Husain
IN his classic The Art of War
written 2,500 years ago, Sun Tzu advised military commanders thus: “In
war, practise dissimulation and you will succeed.”
Deception
has been a key element in strategy ever since tribes waged war against
each other. Generals take a great deal of trouble to conceal their true
intentions from their adversaries. Basil Liddell Hart’s masterpiece of
military Luqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-50230837435701879642012-01-20T20:40:00.000-08:002012-01-20T20:40:21.408-08:00HEC – the highs and lows by Dr Atta-ur-Rahman
Higher education, science and technology, and
innovation/entrepreneurship are the cornerstones to building a knowledge
economy. India decided to focus on engineering as a key sector with a
focus on information technology. There are 1,522 engineering colleges in
India today with an annual intake of 582,000 students. About 500,000
engineers are produced by India each year, thereby Luqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-15211337499831190312012-01-20T20:36:00.000-08:002012-01-20T20:36:24.239-08:00Why not? by Saleem Safi
Its speakers are as sweet as their language. People who speak the
Saraiki language are jewels spread across all provinces of Pakistan.
However, they are never compensated for their sacrifices. They are
living in far-flung areas of each province, and thus they are neglected
in Sindh and Punjab and are far from the power centre of
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Therefore, if they think a new Luqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-53227398376962812822012-01-16T20:55:00.000-08:002012-01-16T20:55:34.756-08:00The Quirks of Arfa a Tribute To an Extraordinary Person By Ali Moeen Nawazish
When Arfa was 9, newspapers and
television anchors talked ceaselessly about how becoming the youngest
Microsoft professional had made her the Wonder kid of our nation. They
portrayed her as this scholarly and somewhat highly intellectualised
figure. The image of a child who liked
nothing more than to glue her eyes to a computer screen, and saw what no
one else could perceive behindLuqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-1326298586131075342012-01-16T20:12:00.001-08:002012-01-16T20:12:48.053-08:00Siyasi Shahadat Ya Siyasi Halakat by Ansar AbbasiLuqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-83220322041644239602012-01-16T20:09:00.000-08:002012-01-16T20:09:02.628-08:00Qurbani Ka Waqt by Saleem SafiLuqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-10328125668882277642012-01-15T21:28:00.001-08:002012-01-15T21:28:30.496-08:00Sasti Shohrat by Dr Abdul Qadeer KhanLuqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-551993221153074302012-01-15T21:26:00.000-08:002012-01-15T21:26:47.232-08:00Ehsas-e-Jurm by Hamid MirLuqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-47328827255741028792012-01-15T03:43:00.000-08:002012-01-15T07:28:23.904-08:00Arfa Karim Randhawa Death News and Video
LAHORE: Arfa Karim, the world’s youngest
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), lost the battle of life after
remaining admitted at a Lahore hospital on Saturday night, Geo News reported.
Arfa Karim was only sixteen years old.
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Her funeral prayers will be offered on Sunday at 10 AM in Cantt area.
Born in 1995, Arfa Karim got the honor
of World’s Luqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-78730278318556843072012-01-13T20:23:00.000-08:002012-01-13T20:23:07.509-08:00Dusra Trial by Abdullah Tariq SohailLuqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-59577554582871168922012-01-13T20:21:00.002-08:002012-01-13T20:21:58.562-08:00Kehta Hon Sach Kay Jhoot Ki Aadat Nahi Mujhay by Dr Safdar MehmoodLuqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-66689650707982447612012-01-13T20:21:00.000-08:002012-01-13T20:21:04.135-08:00Oont Kis Karwat Bethay Ga by Saleem SafiLuqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-7554187517014524702012-01-13T20:19:00.001-08:002012-01-13T20:19:43.909-08:00Ajab Kahani Hai by Nazir NajiLuqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-43895300794486289982012-01-13T20:06:00.000-08:002012-01-13T20:06:18.180-08:00Rastay Apni Jaga Hain by Najam SethiLuqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-87361015653328642232012-01-09T20:03:00.000-08:002012-01-09T20:04:44.252-08:00Mazar-e-Quaid Ka Numaishi Islam by Nazir NajiLuqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-53719046693831143212012-01-09T19:57:00.001-08:002012-01-09T20:01:15.229-08:00Zardari Aur Karzai, Ajeeb Mumaslatein by Saleem SafiLuqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-23159083923295072652012-01-09T19:34:00.000-08:002012-01-09T19:34:15.069-08:00Amad Nama by Abdullah Tariq SohailLuqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-20288554066152758742012-01-09T19:29:00.000-08:002012-01-09T19:30:05.283-08:00Guzashta 2 Din Abdul Qadir HassanLuqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-32684757222937367902012-01-09T19:23:00.000-08:002012-01-09T19:23:00.393-08:00Tsunami Aur Zalzala by Ayaz KhanLuqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-40744525312478344962012-01-09T19:20:00.000-08:002012-01-09T19:20:02.900-08:00Tamam Turbines Theek Karna Hongi by Javed ChaudhryLuqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-26961847127112686952012-01-09T08:40:00.000-08:002012-01-09T08:40:54.680-08:00Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates contacts Arfa Karim’s father for treatment in US
LAHORE: Chairman of Microsoft,
billionaire Bill Gates has made a contact with the parents of world’s
youngest Microsoft Certified Professional Arfa Karim for her treatment, Geo News reported.
According to father of Arfa, Amjab Karim Randhawa, Bill Gates
telephoned him and expressed his wish about Arfa’s treatment in the US.
Gates has also directed his doctors to adopt everyLuqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-75062451303210674632012-01-09T08:37:00.000-08:002012-01-09T08:37:17.198-08:00US will respond if Iran blocks Strait of Hormuz: Panetta
WASHINGTON: The
United States will respond if Iran tries to close the strategic Strait
of Hormuz at the entrance to the Gulf, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta
warned Sunday, saying such a move would cross a "red line."
"We
made very clear that the United States will not tolerate the blocking of
the Straits of Hormuz," Panetta told CBS television. "That's another
red Luqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-3750229688079407722012-01-09T08:15:00.001-08:002012-01-09T08:17:42.580-08:00Pamper Wali Fauj by Ansar AbbasiLuqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-60885345478220034192012-01-09T08:09:00.000-08:002012-01-09T08:17:20.385-08:00Logo Dua Karo Kay by Dr Abdul Qadeer KhanLuqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-77577425457933667862012-01-09T07:52:00.000-08:002012-01-09T07:55:54.656-08:00Sadar Zardari Ka Adhora Sach by Hamid Mir
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Luqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-28238257027973317612011-12-05T18:30:00.000-08:002011-12-05T18:31:34.611-08:00Biyopari Qaum by Javed Chaudhry
Biyopari Qaum by Javed ChaudhryLuqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-41228210296734749012011-12-05T02:07:00.000-08:002011-12-05T02:08:35.216-08:00Indian Navy Proud of Pakistan’s JF-17 Thunder Aircraft!A special report released on Navy Day by the Indian maritime force in a local newspaper features the JF-17 Thunder fighter jet on the masthead – which has been jointly developed by Pakistan and China, an Indian news website reported on Monday.Navy Day commemorates the attack on the Karachi harbour during the 1971 Pakistan-India war.
Indian Navy Proud of Pakistan’s JF-17 Thunder Aircraft!Luqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-38426195011991458972011-12-05T01:40:00.000-08:002011-12-05T01:40:33.429-08:00Sirf Muskurahat by Javed ChaudhrySirf Muskurahat by Javed ChaudhryLuqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-74935841550468348112011-12-05T01:36:00.000-08:002011-12-05T01:36:35.309-08:00Kya Kayani Kuch Kar Saktay Hain? by Ansar Abbasi
Kya Kayani Kuch Kar Saktay Hain? by Ansar AbbasiLuqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4432778646709228411.post-16932761855364316762011-12-05T00:46:00.000-08:002011-12-05T00:46:32.913-08:00Sindh’s Representative Zardari Appointing Punjabis on All Top Posts, Ansar Abbasi
ISLAMABAD: President Zardari’s blessed Gilani government, which makes tall claims about serving the interest of the smaller federating units and leaves no opportunity to use the Sindh card, is betting on the brigade of top Punjabi bureaucrats to run his government as other provinces have either no or extremely low representation in the federal secretariat.Out of the 49 federal Luqmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14443702436867540503noreply@blogger.com0