Nick Clegg – the British Obama? Is Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg an Obama-style hero for our times, a Churchillian leader or a popular rebel in the mould of Che Guevara? Perhaps he’s just another great British underdog Download Clegg as Obama | Winston Churchill | Che Guevara Oliver Burkeman guardian.co.uk Is Nick Clegg the British Barack Obama? Photograph: Steve Caplin For Barack Obama, the crucial moment came one cold night in January 2008, when the one-term senator’s unexpectedly decisive triumph in the Iowa caucuses set him on the path to an epoch-making victory. For Nick Clegg, it happened last … Continue reading Nick Clegg and Barack Obama!

Paradox republic Posted by Nadeem F. Paracha Pakistan has been in the news for quite some time now. A country that (until about the early 1980s) was little known and usually mistaken for being a province of India in Europe and the United States, has rapidly risen to dramatically inform and fire the imagination of the western media. Of course, its rise in this context has more to do with disasters like military regimes, religious fanatics, feared nuclear proliferation scenarios, the dreadful specter of being invaded by fanatical monsters that the state itself created, and the questionable conduct of its … Continue reading Time for Pakistanis to wake up from Mullahism

Terrorists attack police, JI rally in Peshawar By Ali Hazrat Bacha Police officers examine the site of bomb explosion at a market in Peshawar. Two bombs, hours apart, exploded in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Monday, killing scores of people and underscoring the reach of militants despite successive military offensives close to the Afghan border, police said. –AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad dawn.com PESHAWAR: At least 23 people, including a deputy superintendent of police and leaders and activists of Jamaat-i-Islami, were killed and 42 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a protest demonstration of the party in … Continue reading Mullahs BOMB Mullahs in Pakistan – but blame everyone else!

VIEW: My name is Islam —Mahjabeen Islam It seems to me that the American vision will be forever jaundiced and my regular self will be painted and attired and then sneered and shouted at. And worse yet, my Pakistan has no place for me Mine is a name that causes virtual whiplashes. I can hear them say “Dr Islam? Are you kidding me?!” The sophisticated ones bite their tongues; the bold ones, when I introduce myself, extend their hand and say, “Then I am Dr Christian!” One would have expected tolerance and interfaith harmony to have plummeted post-9/11, with gradual … Continue reading My name is Islam

view: Religious political organisations and parties —Ishtiaq Ahmed It is important that the open, secular parties make specific arrangements for representation of religious and ethnic minorities in parliament and in sharing public office. Under all circumstances, a clear distinction must be maintained between the private religious beliefs and the public rights and obligations of an individual The shocking news that a senior faculty member of the Punjab University, Professor Iftikhar Baloch, was badly beaten up because the university disciplinary committee had expelled some goonda elements of the Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba (IJT) is a sad reminder of the overall decay of Pakistani … Continue reading Religious political organisations and parties

dawn.com In this photo taken on Feb 18, 2010, alleged Pakistani militant Mohi-ud-Din, talks to the Associated Press while in police custody in Lahore, Pakistan. – AP Pakistan Two suicide bombers killed in Lakki Marwat gun battle Two suicide bombers killed in Lakki Marwat gun battle LAHORE: Abdul Baseer sent the grenades and explosive vest ahead, then boarded a bus that would take him to his target, accompanied by the 14-year-old boy he had groomed as his suicide bomber. But before they could blow up their target, a luxury hotel in Lahore where they believed Americans would be staying, the … Continue reading The making of a suicide bomber

Markets are bustling and girls are back at school, but the root causes of the conflict still fester. – (File Photo) dawn.com MINGORA: A year after Pakistan launched a major operation to evict the Taliban from Swat Valley, markets are bustling and girls are back at school, but the root causes of the conflict still fester. For two years the Taliban paralysed much of the valley by promoting a repressive brand of Islamic law, opposing secular girls’ education and beheading opponents until the government ordered in thousands of troops. At only 125 kilometres (80 miles) northwest of Islamabad, its mountains … Continue reading Roots of Taliban conflict fester in Swat

Tech-savvy Indian minister gets caught in the web dawn.com IPL chief Lalit Modi used his Twitter site to leak details of the stakeholders in a consortium that Tharoor had helped put together for a successful bid for a new IPL franchise. —AP/File Photo Cricket Shashi Tharoor denies wrongdoing in IPL scandal Shashi Tharoor denies wrongdoing in IPL scandal NEW DELHI: Scandals have ruined many a political career in India, but Shashi Tharoor is the first minister to be brought down via Twitter. A former UN undersecretary general, Tharoor had brought a rare touch of Internet-savvy flamboyance to his brief tenure … Continue reading Tharoor – “cattle class in solidarity with all our holy cows.”

On behalf of the High Commission of Pakistan London – The British Pakistani Youth Council would like to invite its members and friends to ‘Iqbal’s plaque at Shakespeare’s Centre 23rd of April at 10:30 am Stratford-Upon-Avon’ INVITATION: Iqbal’s plaque at Shakespeare’s Centre 23rd of April at 10:30 am Stratford-Upon-Avon East Meets West: Iqbal’s plaque at Shakespeare’s Centre As a gesture of tribute to  great  oriental poet of Pakistan Allama Mohmmad Iqbal a plaque  of Iqbal will be inaugurated  at  Shakespeare’s Birth Place on the occasion of Annual International Festival at  Stratford- Upon- Avon  on  23rd of April at 10:30 am … Continue reading INVITATION: Iqbal’s plaque at Shakespeare’s Centre 23rd of April at 10:30 am Stratford-Upon-Avon

Chad Hurley: YouTube’s got TV in its sights Internet video chief says he wants YouTube to be watched in the same way as television, up from 15 minutes a day to an average of five hours. By Kamal Ahmad telegraph Chad Hurley: “There are going to be all these different devices with an internet connection” Related Articles The Most popular adverts on YouTube: YouTube: a history YouTube boss equates more minutes with more money BBC and Google in talks to launch international iPlayer site BT Vision vows to tackle slow take-up Footage of Tommy Cooper’s death on stage shown on … Continue reading YouTube’s got TV in its sights