Their best is not good enough Zafar Hilaly By the looks of it, the Romans considered civilisation as a way of living, an attitude of mind, of which the foremost principal was equal respect for men and their beliefs. They assessed the degree of civilisation of each nation not only by its laws or constitutions, or its literature or culture, or its wondrous edifices, but also by how much respect its society offered to its fellow man and his beliefs. By such a yardstick we are in the Stone Age, and regressing. While our society is divided between the rich … Continue reading Pakistan has replaced Islam with the worship of Mullahs?

“We will activate the status of MMA” Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that the MMA will be reactivated. tribune pk ISLAMABAD: JUI-F Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that all the religious parties have agreed to reactivate the Muttahida Majlis-e-Aml (MMA). Talking to media after attending a meeting of religious party leaders on Wednesday, he said that all the participants of the meeting have agreed to resume MMA and to continue coordination with each other in future. He also informed that the meeting did not evolve any strategy regarding its future policy however the next meeting of all the religious … Continue reading Pakistani Mullahs to revive the MMA (Mighty Mullah Alliance)

Another Faisal Shahzad? AFP Pakistani citizen Mohammed Saif Ur Rehman (C) was arrested at the US embassy. (REUTERS) tribune pk SANTIAGO: Chilean prosecutors on Wednesday, dropped a veil of secrecy over the case of Mauhannas Saifur Rehnab Khan, a Pakistani citizen who was found with traces of explosives as he visited the US embassy to discuss a revoked visa. Prosecutor Francisco Jasir issued a special decree that means no information about the police investigation can be released until after the interrogation process is complete or the suspect freed. Chilean authorities on Tuesday extended the detention of Khan under the South … Continue reading If you are Pakistani and have a matchbox with you – then you are a terrorist suspect!

Here are 10 awesome photos of animals getting in on the photobomb action. 10 Greatest Animal Photobombs Of All Time Continue reading 10 Greatest Animal Photobombs Of All Time

Written by Jenny DonaticloseAuthor: Jenny Donati Name: Jenny Donati <!– Email: info@paliban.org –> Site: http://www.palibandaily.com About: Jenny is both Webmistress and the primary editor around these parts.See Authors Posts (227) on 08 May 2010 // // 5diggsdigg Share1048 Doda dared to express a negative opinion about the authors of the Bible. She may spend two years in prison. Think the religious right goes overboard in the US? Under Poland’s blasphemy law, a Polish pop singer is facing two years in jail for interview comments about the Bible. 26-year-old Dorota Rabczewska, known as “Doda”, is a Polish pop star. Generally not … Continue reading Polish pop star faces two years’ prison for blasphemy

Astronomers believe they have found a super-massive black hole that has been flung out of a distant galaxy at high speed. Normally each galaxy, like our own Milky Way, contains a super-massive black hole at its centre. The material that falls into black holes heats up dramatically on its final journey and often means that black holes are strong X-ray sources. The red circle indicates where scientists believe the black hole to be. It is far from the galaxy’s centre Such objects are visible to astronomers as star-like points because X-rays penetrate through obscuring dust and gas. Student Marianne Heida … Continue reading Super-massive black hole is flung out of distant galaxy

As business secretary Cable will have real influence, which shows the Tories are serious about reining in the banks Larry Elliott guardian.co.uk George Osborne and Vince Cable – then political opponents, now cabinet colleagues – during the election leaders’ TV debate, 29 April 2010. Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Update: 6.30pm Vince Cable has control of banks. Or perhaps he doesn’t. Talk of a new era of collaboration to replace the sterlile old politics looks a bit wide of the mark now, amid confusion as to just who has responsibility for cleaning up Britain’s financial sector. After a day in which the story … Continue reading City is right to fear Vince Cable

Reports of Holocaust denial fail to reflect the many Arabs who believe the genocide bears lessons for all persecuted peoples Gilbert Achcar guardian.co.uk The issue of Holocaust denial in the Arab world has been widely covered in the media. Every public display of Holocaust denial by an Arab source is prominently reported and construed as further evidence of the pro-Nazi inclinations that Arabs, or Muslims, hold in their deepest hearts, especially when they are hostile to Israel. The deliberate provocations that the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, stages regularly contribute considerably to fostering this image. There is no dispute that Holocaust … Continue reading Arabs have a complex relationship with the Holocaust

Stop portraying breast cancer patients as victims Celebrity cancer stories don’t tell the whole story – the media must show people living with cancer, rather than dying from it Heather Lawrence guardian.co.uk I have been living with incurable breast cancer that has spread to my liver and bones for nearly two years. Thanks to two types of chemotherapy and a whole host of drug regimes and surgeries, my disease is under control. I work four days a week, see friends, go to the gym and generally have an active life like any other woman in her thirties. When I tell … Continue reading Celebrity cancer stories don’t tell the whole story – the media must show people living with cancer