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Religious workers win thanks from flood victims Pakistani aid volunteers upload relief goods destined for flood survivors in Lahore on August 3, 2010. – AFP ISA KHEL: Pakistani religious charities have been quick to step in to help after this month’s devastating floods, winning hearts and minds as frustration with the US-backed government grows. The worst floods in 80 years have killed more than 1,600 people and left two million homeless along a broad swathe of the Indus river basin, from the north of the country to the south. The army was quick to respond with rescue efforts, saving many … Continue reading Jamaat-ud-Dawa wins thanks for flood response

 Parking fines in one street total £50,000 in a year More than £50,000 was generated in parking fines in just one street in 12 months. telegraph.co.uk Ipswich residents outraged Photo: HEATHCLIFF O’MALLEY Traffic wardens boosted council coffers by at least £56,820 after dishing out 1,894 tickets in Fonnereau Road in Ipswich, Suffolk, in the last year. That figure is based on motorists forking out the minimum £30 fine. Related Articles NHS staff paid overtime when off sick Myleene Klass has Marks & Spencer contract cut by £250,000 High turnout in Iraqi election Keith Vaz: £75,000 for a flat 12 … Continue reading Prostitutes generated £50,000 a year on one Suffolk Street

Solving our problems: Pakistan-ization The magnitude of the floods has not yet been registered – but it is time for Pakistani’s to rise up and change Going through testing times is not new for Pakistan. The world wants to categorise us as a failed state, or a potential terrorist country heading for a total disaster. Along with some countries (including our neighbours on both sides) nature has shown its anger towards Pakistan in such a way that all four provinces are effected almost equally. Pakistan has made it through worse times in the past. But the floods are the worst we … Continue reading Pakistan needs to separate religion from state

Fasi Zaka on old comic books, mediocre achievements and valuing substance in a woman. What is your idea of perfect happiness? Being happy with what I have now. What is your greatest fear? Being happy with what I have now. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Donating blood every day at 7 pm to help the poor. What is the trait you most deplore in others? I don’t like brutally honest people. Not all opinions deserve voicing. What is your greatest extravagance? Junk food. What is your current state of mind? Have become a bit pessimistic, the … Continue reading Not all opinions deserve voicing: Fasi Zaka

Mr Cameron doesn’t understand Pakistan. Sadly, he is not alone We see the extremes, but ignore those in the middle and our blinkered thinking is not only stupid, but dangerous Jason Burke The Observer, Sunday 8 August 2010 Article history A week before her death, travelling through the same lowland towns of the North-West Frontier province of Pakistan that are now half-buried under mud, Benazir Bhutto said to me: “Pakistan has changed Mr Burke, Pakistan has changed. And I need to learn about it once more.” Bhutto had returned to her native land three months earlier and after an eight-year … Continue reading Pakistan – Can you understand ?

VIEW: Friedman and Pakistan-bashing —Yasser Latif Hamdani Both Robert Gates and Hillary Clinton have admitted on record that much of Pakistan’s current dilemma is directly attributable to the way the Americans mishandled the post-Afghan war period. For some smug New York Times columnist to then get up and bash the country for ills that the US is partly responsible for only adds fuel to the fire Oscar Wilde once described patriotism as “the virtue of the vicious”. In the many articles published in this newspaper, I have tried to steer clear of the vicious kind of narrow chest-thumping patriotism, preferring … Continue reading Friedman and Paki-bashing

VIEW: Does Pakistan make sense? — II —Haider Nizamani If persistence of Baloch nationalism points towards limited success of the Pakistani national project, the dilution of Pashtun nationalism shows that Pakistani identity can co-opt regions by making them economic and political stakeholders in a united Pakistan Punjab’s nationalism is often subsumed in Pakistani nationalism, but there have been instances in the recent past when Pakistani nationalism did not serve the interests of various segments of the Punjabi elite, forcing them to resort to the narrower version of Punjabi nationalism. The 1988 elections for the National Assembly showed the PPP emerging … Continue reading Does Pakistan make sense?

COMMENT: Drowning in a sea of incompetence —Dr Syed Mansoor Hussain Over the years, more and more people in positions of relative power and authority assume those positions because of connections or outright bribes and once employed, hone their skills of sycophancy and develop connections to assure promotions or lucrative appointments Sometimes things look so bad that even an optimist like me has a hard time finding some silver lining to the ‘dark clouds’ hanging over Pakistan. Man-made disasters, natural disasters, terrorism, target killings and now the complete collapse of the Pakistani cricket team. What has emerged most forcefully out … Continue reading A sea of incompetence

COMMENT: Why does the PPP not govern? —Shahzad Chaudhry Politics at the moment is about power, not about serving the people. It seems that the president knows the difference well, but he is content to pursue his own plan even if it means handing over the reins to the PML-N at the end of his five years Within the last two weeks Pakistan has faced three major disasters. An Airblue flight went down in the Margallas, and exposed the inadequacies of the governing structure in proffering an organised effort to search and rescue. We became the laughing stock of the … Continue reading Politics is about power, not serving people