The destruction being brought about by devastating floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and in Northern Areas is still afoot as hundreds of people have lost their lives and thousands other have been rendered homeless.

The catastrophe in last three decades has claimed lives of over 280 innocent people at isolated places in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Jammu Kashmir during three-day long showers.

Scores of people are missing, many houses, link and main bridges, link roads, tributaries have been either completely...

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A commercial airliner carrying 150 people crashed in a ball of flames on Wednesday into densely wooded hills above Islamabad during heavy rain and poor visibility, leaving little hope of survivors.

Rescue officials said pieces of charred flesh and body parts were littered around the smouldering wreckage, partially buried on a remote hillside following Pakistan’s first major aviation accident in four years.

Private airline Airblue’s flight 202 from Karachi was coming into land at Islamabad’s Benazir Bhutto International airport when witnesses saw...

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Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani Thursday extended the term of Chief of Army Staff  Ashfaq Paervez Kayani for three years starting from November 29, 2010. Geo News Reported.

It was a televised announcement by the Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousuf Raza Gillani who said that this had been carried out in consultation with President Zardari.

The main reason cited by the premier was the ongoing operations in the country, and how constant leadership in the army was required.

Link to Geo News

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In a desperate attempt to block the verification of educational qualifications of its members and allies, PPP continues its shameful actions to sabotage the verification process. Earlier this month, Federal Law Minister and close aide of President, Dr. Babar Awan threatened the chairperson of Standing Committee for Education, Abid Sher Ali to back out from the process.

The actions were intensified last week when Sindh police arrested ex-DCO Farooq...

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Poll: Issue of Resolution against Media

Rauf Klasra revealed a sensational story today in Jang on how the resolution against media was drafted by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and how Klasra got hold of this information from his inside sources in PMLN.

We are not getting into the debate of whether the resolution passed against the media by elected representatives of all political parties under the influence of emotional speeches by a couple of MPAs was justified or not, neither are we...

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Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Morocco, Pakistan, Libya, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia

What do all these Muslim countries have in common?

The United States and Britain usually hand over suspected ‘al Qaeda’ captives to countries, each of which all has been cited for human rights violations and each is known to use torture in interrogations. The most common destinations are Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Morocco, although suspects have also been sent to Pakistan, Libya, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, and Saudi Arabia [Syria and Libya? But for all appearances...

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At least 10 people were killed and several others sustained injuries when three blasts occurred in Data Darbar Lahore on Thursday night.

According to rescue sources, 50-70 injured have been shifted to Meo Hospital and 20 injured are stated to be in critical condition. These 20 people are admitted in ICU for immediate operations. A number of women and children are also among the injured. As per Dunya News correspondent, all three blasts were occurred in the premises of Data...

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Poll: Please Vote!

In the early days of PKPolitics, Wasi Zafar used to be the favourite target of our commentators. But is Babar Awan (our current law minister) really one better over Wasi Zafar?

Babar Awan

- Fake Doctor
- Scandal with Dogar Court in Haris Steel Mill
- Threatened journalist Kashif Abbasi to lock and physically beat him
- Switched loyalty – Distributed Sweets on Bhutto’s death
- Openly threatened to defy Supreme Court on Swiss Cases
- Distributed millions on almost daily basis to Bar Councils...

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In a misguided and what can only be termed as a “ridiculous” decision by the LHC, PTA has been ordered to ban what can only be termed as the internet.

Citing the presence of sacrelgious material on these sites as the cause the following websites have been banned: Yahoo, MSN, Hotmail, YouTube, Google, Islam Exposed, In The Name Of Allah, Amazon and Bing.

It is hard to imagine the presence of Sacreligeous material on either sites, and what is interesting is that...

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When all over the world, the nations are using their natural resources intelligently, Pakistan is forced to waste them due to lack of provincial harmony, lack of good vision and solid planning. We are at the verge of destruction due to our so called leadership, which always fail to decide something for betterment of nation. Pakistan is currently facing its worst energy crisis and it seems that we are going hopeless, as on one side, our days are getting hotter...

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