Sajra Noor celebrated her birth-day to-day in Lahore. I spoke to her. She said she does not want a 'gift'. Why ? She explained and said she wanted me back. I told her I will come at Gori's wedding. After hearing this she was happy. I spoke to Anne too. Sajra Noor is my grand-daughter and Tanvir's daughter. They are in Lahore and with aunt Lubna for their summer vocations. I miss all of them.

He goes on trial.

Saddam appears before tribunal BAGHDAD, July 29: The Iraqi Special Tribunal trying Saddam Hussein on Friday released photographs of the toppled leader being questioned on the suppression of Kurdish and Shia uprisings in 1991....

My submission to Anglo Muslim Dialogue.blogspot.com question BEN ZAB said... Dear, ... I have gone thru your questions. They are a good effortto bring people of different religions closer which, I believe, can bring peace in the world. I heard to-day at 7:30 pm central on Fox here some christian preacher saying that the Muslims' God was different than the God the Christians believed in. All people agree that Jews, Christians and Muslims' God was the same. however. I fail to understand what service that christian preacher did by saying that. Islam is the only, the ONLY, religion in the world which recoginses Jesus born to virgin Mary and Prophet of God. So why channels like Fox are allowing such thoughts to go around ? Tell me when your write on this subject. I will wait.Good luck and all ready to co-operatre with you. July 28, 2005 9:38 PM

An interesting cartoon without any comment.

Pakistani Meera, now a Bollywood film actress, appearing in Inian Ads too. She was critised for her role in Indian film 'Nazar' in which she is accused of kissing her opposite.

Tired of Weeping

Former UK Ambassador writes; WAJID SHAMSUL HASAN It used to be my firm belief that even those who consider violence as the sole means to their ends, would never be unkind to the great city of London and its people who have developed painstakingly since centuries, that spirit of tolerance and co-existence, that unreserved and unqualified commitment to Voltaire's hitherto unsurpassed concept that one might disagree with whatever your beliefs are but one would defend with one's life your right to free expression. In most difficult times in history London's unprecedented level of tolerance has never surrendered to imposed or self-imposed restrictions. It has served as a haven for dissenters who are either hunted or wanted by their own governments. Hunted and wanted in their own countries, they blossomed in London's free air and gave shape to their ideas that changed the course of history, opened floodgates for revolutions and made liberty and freedom a household phenomenon. Karl Marx, undisputedly one of the greatest philosophers of all times whose vision changed the world, found London's rich soil to provide healthy food to his thoughts that changed the complexion of human society. Pakistanis are proud to see a blue plaque on a building in London's Kensington/Olympia area. It says Pakistan's Founder Quaid-i-Azam lived there when he was doing his Bar from Lincoln's Inn. In Swiss Cottage area, on Kings Road you come across a flat that has a plaque stating that the place had been an abode for Dr Ambedkar--the man who gave India its secular constitution. Simon Bolivar, the Liberator of Latin America and last of the French Bourbon King Charles lived here in exile. Each London street has a story of its own to tell. Being an oasis of freedom in a vast world that is being torn by conflict ignited by leaders fighting a lifelong battle with ignorance and obscurantist forces opposed to them following 9/11, I had believed that London would remain beyond the pale of the terrorist violence. No other country or the people have as much courage as the British to confront challenges that offer no solutions. Their understanding of elements and circumstances that come in conflict with retrogressive authoritarian forces opposed to dissent and democracy elsewhere, have made British preserve London as a sanctuary for voices silenced in their own countries.  The July 7 series of bomb blasts have floundered all hopes. It made me hopeless. I wept. Although Prime Minister Tony Blair in his first reaction blamed the Islamists followed by his Home Secretary's reiteration of the accusation that the blasts had the stamp of Al-Qaeda, the Metropolitan Police refused to blame anyone, including European Jihad faction of al-Qaeda that had claimed the responsibility of the attacks.  While we are beholden to London's Emergency Services for pulling off a rescue miracle, Metropolitan police and the British intelligence apparatus have been acting very responsibly. They want to be sure of the facts before they point finger at suspects. Perhaps they have learnt a bitter lesson from the sexed-up dossiers on Iraq based on lies - that had led Tony Blair to be a keyplayer along with President Bush in justifying baseless War on Iraq to destroy its so-called stockpile of WMDs. The very fact that Blair and Bush plunged the world into the mother of all wars in the new millennium has given a fatal blow to all the higher pristine human values of freedom and tolerance that the British society had nourished and nurtured over the centuries. Former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook is one of the rarest British forthright politicians who had shown courage by resigning when Blair joined Bush in the illegal war. In the new world order where evil is justified on the ground of expediency, Robin Cook had taken pains to run an ethical foreign policy. Had Tony Blair listened to such saner voices the course of history would not have become so bloody as it seems to be getting with each passing day. I tend to believe veteran statesman Tony Benn rather than the other Tony who continues to maintain most brazenly that he and Bush went into Iraq to defend the great human values that their two countries have so dearly cherished. The undeniable truth is that they went to war for things other than higher human values. According to Tony Benn, who put it straight in BBC's Hardtalk that be it London bombings, killing of 3000 innocent people in New York's Twin Towers or killing of 100,000 innocent civilian Iraqis it is an ongoing political battle for the control of Middle East and he declared it categorically it is a political conflict and not religious. Robin Cook in his column in the Guardian (July 8) has carried Tony Benn's point further home. "The immediate response to such human tragedy must be empathy with the pain of those injured and the grief of those bereaved. Across London today there are relatives whose pain may be more acute because they never had the chance to offer or hear last words of affection." But perhaps the loss is hardest to bear because it is so difficult to answer the question why it should have happened.  Only the day before (July 6), London was celebrating its win in holding the Olympic Games. Indeed, nothing would have pleased more than those who planted the bombs to breed suspicion and hostility in the harmonious multi-ethnic British society. Robin's point needs to be adopted as a global belief that "defeating the terrorists also means defeating their poisonous belief that peoples of different faiths and ethnic origins cannot coexist." A forthright earlier Robin has warned the British nation not to be misled by propaganda by the vested interests: "We will be subjected to a spate of articles analysing the threat of militant Islam. Ironically they will fall in the same week that we recall the 10th anniversary of the massacre at Srebrenica, when the powerful nations of Europe failed to protect 8,000 Muslims from being annihilated in the worst terrorist act in Europe. "Osama bin Laden is no more a true representative of Islam than General Mladic, who commanded the Serbian forces, could be held up as an example of Christianity. After all, it is written in the Quran that we were made into different peoples not that we might despise each other, but that we might understand each other." Robin has minced no words in dilating on the real identity of Osama Bin Laden. He says: "He was a product of a monumental miscalculation by Western security agencies. Throughout the 80s he was armed by the CIA and funded by the Saudis to wage jihad against the Russian occupation of Afghanistan. Al-Qaeda, literally "the database", was originally the computer file of the thousands of mujahideen who were recruited and trained with help from the CIA to defeat the Russians. Inexplicably, and with disastrous consequences, it never appears to have occurred to Washington that once Russia was out of the way, Bin Laden's organisation would turn its attention to the West. Robin is also critical of Western response to terrorism. "So long as the struggle against terrorism is conceived as a war that can be won by military means, it is doomed to fail. The more the West emphasises on confrontation, the more it silences moderate voices in the Muslim world who want to speak up for cooperation. Success will only come from isolating the terrorists and denying them support, funds and recruits, which means focusing more on our common ground with the Muslim world than on what divides us." One would agree with Mr Cook that the G-8 Forum be used to initiate "a dialogue with Muslim countries, as none of them is included in the core membership. We are not going to address the sense of marginalisation among Muslim countries if we do not make more of an effort to be inclusive of them in the architecture of global governance." Robert Fisk's column in London's Independent (July 8) has a lot of food for thought for the world leaders who claim to hold their values of freedom and democracy dear. So writes Fisk, "It was clear Britain would be a target ever since British Prime Minister Tony Blair decided to join President Bush's War on Terror and his invasion of Iraq. We had, as they say, been warned. The G-8 summit was obviously chosen, well in advance, as Attack Day." Fisk reminds the world of Osama warning, "If you bomb our cities, we will bomb yours."' Fisk adds further, "They are not trying to destroy what we hold dear. They are trying to get public opinion to force Blair to withdraw from Iraq, out of his alliance with the US, out of his adherence to Bush's policies in the Middle East. The Spanish paid the price for their support for Bush and Spain's subsequent retreat from Iraq proved that the Madrid bombings achieved their objectives - while the Australians were made to suffer in Bali." No doubt, Fisk says, London bombings were "barbaric"' but, asks he, what were the civilian deaths of the Anglo American invasion of Iraq in 2003, the children torn apart by cluster bombs, the innocent Iraqis gunned down at American military checkpoints. When they die, it is "collateral damage"; when "we" die it is "barbaric terrorism." This difference has to end to revive those values that cherish life as the ultimate gift of God that demand equal respect, dignity both in life and death for all. Those who sit on piles of nuclear weapons and are drunk with power better get down to seeking words of wisdom from the likes of Robin Cook. It is a battle between haves and have-nots. Have-nots need to be provided a reasonable and attractive stake in life on earth so that they are not lured into becoming human bombs on the promise of a life of 'milk-n-honey' and bliss hereafter.

Look who supports General Musharraf ?

USA for tyrants and dictactors

when they are needed.

You dirty neocons!

The US agenda in the Islamic world is not to spread liberty but to protect US vital interests and prevent democrats from coming into power. The neo-conservatives have constantly dismissed opponents of their position as supporters of the status quo and apologists for tyrants and dictators. Remember who supported dictators like Saddam Hussain, General Zia Ul Haq, Seke Mubuto etc during the eighties? Who is supporting General Musharraf, Hosnie Mubarak and the dirty despots of the Middle East now? These same neo-conservatives who were then a part of Mr Reagan's administration and are gathered around George Bush now. KHALID MEHMUD. Islamabad, via e-mail, July 16.

3 Innocent young Kashmiri boys killed by Indian Army.

Army says it was mistake: SRINAGAR, July 24: Indian soldiers shot dead three teenage boys and seriously wounded a fourth in revolt-hit Kashmir on Sunday after mistaking them for rebels, the army said.The shootings in Bangargund village in the northern district of Kupwara prompted several thousand people to pour into the streets and demand punishment for the troops, police said.

Pakistan PM in Kabul.

Pakistani PM in key border talks The Afghan and Pakistani governments announce plans to improve security along their joint border. Rival aims hinder war on terror Afghans beheaded 'by Taleban' What now for the Taleban?

Past Relationships.

A worried Pakistani writes;

Sir: This is in reference to Dr Hasan Askri Rizvi’s article (Musharraf’s new campaign against extremism, Daily Times, July 24, 2005). As usual, the writer hit the nail on the head but he was mild in his criticism. By now we all know our general inside out.

With 9/11, he took a “V” instead of a “U” turn. For a “U” manoeuvre, you need time and distance to turn back but with “V” you can turn back without thinking for a moment. Musharraf is complying with western demands to the extent of national humiliation. Now with the 7/7 bombing in London, he has once again focused his energy on extremists, whose patron saints he shares his political spoils with. Is he kidding himself or us or the world?

Two extremist entities have brought the country to the verge of disaster again and again — military and mullahs. The military has destroyed our political culture while the mullahs are destroying our society through violence. The two have a marriage of convenience to keep away the genuine political parties.

Today, the military is trying to disentangle itself from its past relationship with the mullahs but it is not easy, as the offspring of this union inhabit the military itself.
ASLAM MINHAS
Karachi   ...... link Daily Times, Lahore. Letters col. July 25, 2005

USA Secretary for Foreign Affairs speaking to a gathering during her recent visit of the Middle East.

ISLAMABAD - July 22, 2005: To beat the heat, local youths enjoy a dip in Amrat Kund, a sacred pond for Hindus, at Katas Raj, Chakwal. As the legend has it, the pond came into being some four thousand years ago with the tears of lord Shiva (the god of snakes) who wept over the death of his beloved wife Satti. The pond is stated to be full of snakes, but they hardly harm anybody. Yadahastar, the eldest of Pandva brothers, had his famous dialogue with Yaksha here, according to different legends. — Photo and text by ...... Tanveerul Islam

ISLAMABAD - July 22, 2005: Poet Ahmed Faraz speaks in a programme at the Centre for Democratic Development of HRCP in Islamabad on Friday. Ashfaq Saleem Mirza of Islamabad Cultural Forum looks on. —

Friends-in-arms

Heralds of Tolerance. ---- a love letter ----- Musharraf meets Islam Karimov, the butcher of Andijan, they resolve to co-operate with each other in fighting the threats to their regimes. Musharraf meets Bush, the butcher of Iraq and Afghanistan, vows to continue the War on Terror. Musharraf praises Sharon, the butcher of Beruit, as a courageous leader. Musharaf, then, says the flaw lies with the Ummah, it needs to be more tolerant. Indeed. -MOEZ MOBEEN, Islamabad, via e-mail, June 6.

ISLAMABAD - July 22, 2005: Leader of the Opposition in the upper house Senator Raza Rabbani speaks to mediapersons in Islamabad on Friday. Senator Farooq H. Naik (L) and Senator Enver Baig are also present. —

A cartoon in a Pakistan newspaper without comment

Near Narowal Pakistan a new chapter of history is being written

Barbbed Border My Foot'

__ River Rave --- says

 

Prof Mohan Singh once wrote'
" Who can measure the freedom
Of waves of ecstatic Chenab
and the carefree winds of the East?'
But the Govt of India did attempt to measure it.
Because it thought when the freedom of rivers could be
arrested in the  big dams of Bhakra etc who bothers
the currents of the tiny Ravi. But it has proved
wrong. Ravi has uprooted many a border pillar and
washed away the barbed fencing that separated the two
people of India and Pakistan who were once one like
the waters of Ravi and the winds that bother little
the borders.
Yesterday many newspapers of Punjab have carried the
story how Ravi has washed away Barbed Border and the
Pillars and the BSF pickets. But no loss to life.
Govt of India which seldom hears the agonies of people
rose to the occasion and has immediately sanctioned
Rs. 1.5 crores for repairs of Border Fence.
The amount otherwise meant meals for about 30,00000
hungry mouths of Orissa, Andhra, Jharkhand, Bihar etc
whose crores of people are living below poverty line.
These newspapers have also posted photos of barbed
wire being washed away.
This has happened near Kartarpur territory. Should I
take it a positive omen?
Kartarpur Kooker
b.s.goraya 
Amritsar

Kartarpurbaba@yahoogroups.com,-
This group is dedicated to millions of Punjabis
separated by the barbed-border between India and
Pakistan. Primarily it seeks passport/visa-free
corridor from Indian side to the first shrine of Sikhs
namely Kartarpur sahib, Narowal in Pakistan for which
Pakistan Govt has agreed in principle. See
http://www.kartarpur.com. Besides day to day
discussions we will keep the members posted with the
latest developments on this Corridor or the Passage to
Peace Project.
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Registering concern about women rapes in Pakistan.

A way out to Protest !!! Help vitims by registering Your views ....... Attacks on women and children unfortunately happen all around the world, here in the US our women are raped, beaten,kidnapped and killed as well as our children. The difference is that the government and religious leaders do not condone it or cover it up with the exception of the Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandals. It is going to take the commitment of the Pakistani community (globally) to stand up and let their voces be heard on this issue. With that US Senator Clinto is repected around the world for her work in Human/Womens Rights her contact information is: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton United States Senate 476 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Phone: (202) 224-4451 General Fax: (202) 228-0282 Scheduling Req Fax: (202) 228-0121 TTY/TDD: (202) 224-6821 http://clinton.senate.gov/contact/webform.cfm The other contact should be made to the Pakistan Peoples Party and/or Ms. Bhutto by e-mail at: mbb@benazirbhutto.net In addition Pakistani's should lodge complaints with the Embassy in DC, write letters to the editors of the national and local papers/magazines, encourage the Pakistani Community/Cultural/Business Associations to speak out as well.

An other girl story

A minor abduction A 9-year-old girl, Maryam Sadiq, was abducted for ransom this February and was smuggled to the rugged lands of Gardez, Afghanistan. None, but a close relative was found guilty when the Public Complaint Bureau of the Pakistan Muslim League pursued the case.  She is back home and going to her school regularly but the worries of her mother have not yet ended, for the culprit is not in the custody of the police and that threatens a repeat of the ugly episode. Who should now take care of Maryam - police or the PML Public Complaint Bureau? -REEM PASHA, Islamabad, via e-mail, June 19.

Sayings of the Prophet.

People of knowledge are the inheritors of the Prophets.

~ The Prophet Mohammed (s).

Lahore, Pakistan, women take out a procession to celebrate 'population day' to educate women on size of their family.

From the balcony of White House

WASHINGTON, July 18: US President George W. Bush on Monday refused to guarantee the inviolability of the Line of Control saying that such a decision could only be taken by the leaders of India and Pakistan. After a White House meeting with visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Mr Bush announced the completion of an agreement — the Next Steps in Strategic Partnership — which he said would enhance the Indo-US cooperation “in the areas of civil nuclear, civil space, and high technology commerce

Master's REP talking to the humble servant.

Two in uniform: Border violations won’t be tolerated, Abizaid told* Musharraf asks for more technical support from United States * Abizaid praises Pakistan Army and law enforcing agenciesRAWALPINDI: Pakistan will not tolerate future violations of its frontiers and will thwart infiltration into areas it controls, said President Pervez Mushrraf...

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We are seeking justice, from the Government of Pakistan,

in respect to rape cases there and, want our Senators to hand over

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of Pakistan would visit USA in the end of July.  If you can do

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A new friend from K-2 Global writes; You have a very interesting blog about Pakistan, if possible I would like to exchange link with you. Go ahead .... its everybody's space.

Blessings of a Prophet.

Acquire knowledge. It enables its possessor to distinguish right from wrong; it lights the way to Heaven; it is our friend in the desert, our society in solitude, our companion when friendless; it guides us to happiness; it sustains us in misery; it is an ornament among friends, and an armour against enemies.

~ The Prophet Muhammad. (s)

Rapist forces girl to drink acid By Ali Abid SHEIKHUPURA: A man killed a 16-year-old girl by forcing her to drink acid after raping her. Azra Kausar was killed by her neighbour Irfan on Monday in Mananwala.Irfan raped Azra at gunpoint and then forced her to drink acid. Azra’s parent took her to Sheikhupura district Will some body take notice of what the sex animals are doing in Pakistan ?

Here are highly educated girls of Pakistan. Women are serving in the fields of education, medicine, air-force and almost all the sections of field life of Pakistan. This is improving the social standing of the women, at its palce, in Pakistan. Above is a group of girls who have received their University degrees from SZABIST at their first Convocation. Link. dawn. july18th

London. A London girl writes a tribute note and lays flowers near Tavistock Square, London, where Bus No:30 was blown on Jult 7th, 2005.

Is it a Election promise ?????

Dual-carriageway to link Lahore and Narowal * CM says road will cost Rs 900m, cut journey time to 75 mins NAROWAL: The Punjab government will build a dual-carriageway linking Narowal and Lahore, Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi announced at a public meeting in Degree College on Saturday. “The road will be of international standard, and will be constructed at a cost of Rs 900 million,” the chief minister said. The new road will cut journey times between Narowal and Lahore to an hour and fifteen minutes, he added. He said the government had also decided to provide Sui gas to Narowal and President Pervez Musharraf would soon visit the district to inaugurate the project. Earlier, addressing a function at Sughra Shafi Memorial Hospital, the chief minister said providing healthcare to the common man was the foremost responsibility of the government, but it needed help from the private sector. Elahi impressed upon the private sector not to use hospitals and healthcare centres to make money. He praised Sughra Memorial Centre for providing medical services to poor families and urged other institutions to use this as a role model. He said the Punjab government would spend Rs 6 billion on building and upgrading basic healthcare centres and rural healthcare centres. “It is our hope that institution such as Sughra Memorial will give a helping hand to the government so that the best results can be achieved from the government’s health infrastructure.” He praised singer Abrarul Haq for setting up the hospital and his other charity work. agencies Link: www.dailytimes.com.pk

Some Pakistani (s) believe that the MMA Government in NWFP by passing the Hasba Bill in the State Assembly has taken the system back to dark ages. The Federal Goverment has taken this Bill to the Pakistan Suprme Court and the Court will hear this case on coming 26th of July. Lets see which way the wind blows.

What is happening on the disputed Kashmir issue, between India and Pakistan, is now a big mystery. No body knows what General Musharraf is going to do with this problem. Is Pakistan going to loose Kashmir in this military rule. Every Khaki has been responsible for some big loss related to Pakistan, in a bid to remain in saddle concerning Pakistan. Pakistan lost 65' war and water under FM Ayub, East Pakistan under General Yahya Khan, General Zia was responsible for sectarian front and now its General Musharraf. What price Pakistan is going to pay for his rule? Is the question people ask in Pakistan and abroad.

Pakistanis protest against the passage of Hasba Bill by the NWFP Assembly in Pakistan. People were carrying banners which read that Hazba Bill was not acceptable. The Federal Government has decided to move the Suprme Court of Pakistan to look into this controversal Bill.

ANAA. Muktharan Mai. Khalid Hassan and his Post-Card.

On the contrary

Sir: In a Daily Times article dated July 6, (http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_6-7-2005_pg7_45), I was surprised to read about the accusation against the Asian American Network Against Abuse of Women (ANAA). Even more surprising was the fact that the article was written by Khalid Hasan, a renowned Pakistani journalist, who merely took his information from another article and presented it without bothering to check his facts. Mr Hasan quotes the editor-in-chief of Muslim Weekly, claiming that ANAA has been criticised by “some” in the Pakistani-American community for playing into the hands of “lobbies who do not wish Pakistan well and are always ready to blacken its name.” The names of the two persons comprising this “lobby” are Amit Shah and Gautam Desai. Perhaps Mr Hasan should do a background check on Mr Desai and Mr Shah before he hurls such baseless accusations.

I know both gentlemen personally and Mr Hasan’s and Mr Anwar’s comments cannot be further from the truth. Both Mr Desai and Mr Shah have put in a great deal of effort to help foster dialogue and friendly relations between Indians and Pakistanis in the United States. Mr Desai, who is also a Gujarati, has committed his personal funds to helping the Indian Muslim victims of the Gujarat carnage. Develop in Peace is a non-profit organisation which is run entirely on the voluntary efforts of those striving to maintain peace between the people of the Indo-Pak subcontinent. Mr Hasan claims that “Dr Amit Shah and Gautam Desai…. are accused of being the moving spirits behind the current anti-Pakistan media campaign.” I would like to see even one piece of evidence that supports this allegation.

As for blackening Pakistan’s name, I doubt there is much that ANAA can do further than what the Musharraf government has already done to tarnish Pakistan’s image abroad. The issue is not that violent practices and gross human rights violations continue to take place in the name of “culture” in Pakistan. All countries are guilty of human rights abuses to some extent.

The issue is how these violations are handled and whether or not legal justice is served. What is perhaps the height of naïveté is the assumption that by keeping Mukhtar Mai under house arrest, we can somehow protect Pakistan’s image abroad. In my opinion, President Musharraf’s decision to keep Mukhtar Mai from travelling was akin to shooting himself in the foot. A hero like Mai should be a matter of pride for Pakistan. The courage and resilience with which she has dealt with her situation serves as an inspiration to all women and men over the world.
AYESHAH IFTIKHAR
USA

Local Government elections in Pakistan.

Local Government elections and the women of Pakistan. Speakers tell the gathering its importance and women's participation in the coming local elections.

ISLAMABAD, July 13: An exhibition of paintings of some of the leading artists from Karachi, Quetta, Lahore and other major cities of Pakistan went on display again at the Khaas gallery on Wednesday. The freshness of the creations and novelty of themes were exciting and innovative but whispers that the prices were very high persuaded the painters and the gallery to reduce them by 30 per cent. Works by Akram Dost Baloch, Tabinda Chinoy, Mohammad Kazim, Anwar Saeed, Ifshar Malik and several other modern painters were displayed amidst rave reviews for art lovers.All these works had been put on display earlier at Khaas Gallery as a matter of routine but their high price tags also kept them hanging there for long.

The latest about Trains in Pakistan

127 Killed As Trains Collide in Pakistan
AP via Yahoo! News Wed, 13 Jul 2005 5:51 AM PDT
Three trains collided in a deadly chain reaction in southern

Pakistan after a train driver misread a signal early Wednesday,

killing at least 127 people and injuring hundreds in the country's

 worst crash in more than a decade, police and railway officials said.

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Muktharan Mai who exposed those animal who gang-raped her and took the fight to the Highest Court of Pakistan is now known to the Pakistan Prime Minister as well as the common man of Pakistan and around the world who want to stop criminal assults against the women. A US based welfare organization, mostly consisting of Pakistan Doctors living in the USA, played vital role to fight her case. One has to thank the Daily New York Times also for fighting her case in the newspaper field.

Bollywood India's Queen.

For her full name she is now called Ash. She is India's leading female actress. She is also taken as Indian's Bollywood Queen. The latest about her is she is Queen of the dolls. Enjoy her two poses. She really is a queen. A film Queen.

ISLAMABAD - July 11, 2005: FEDERAL Minister for Population Welfare Chaudhry Shahbaz Hussain gives away National Population Award to a health worker at a ceremony in Islamabad on Monday. Parliamentary Secretary for Population Dr Doniya Aziz is also present.—Online.

3 Trains collide in Pakistan killings 60 people

Fox, USA, just reported that three passengers trains collided with each other in Pakistan in which over 60 people have been killed. More details are coming in.

Another view of flood in Punjab, Pakistan

Some coins belonging to the old time were also found near Narowal. Compiler's note; These coins don't belong to more than 50 years old. I think some one buried his or her belongings in the ground and later died. Source. Daily Dawn July 12th, o5.

A treasure discovered near Narowal, Pakistan

NAROWAL - July 11, 2005: Coins and silver ornaments from the treasure discovered in Megowal village, some 15km from here. — Dawn July 12th, 2005

US woman lost while scakling K-2 in Pakistan

U.S. woman missing after avalanche on Pakistan's K2 mountain
AP via Yahoo! Asia News Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:04 AM PDT
An American woman was missing and feared dead after being caught

in avalanche while attempting to scale the world's second-highest

mountain in northern Pakistan, officials said Tuesday.

 

 

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Bosnian Muslim Women weep for their killed dear ones and demand JUSTICE

First Lady in Africa

First Lady in South Africa Laura Bush started a three-nation African trip that aims to highlight the Bush administration's battle against AIDS on the world's poorest continent. Go to Article • Today's Home Page Images AP

UK Sky TV channel says

U.K.'s Sky TV: Police make arrests in hunt for London bombers -

God's grace !!!

We seek from God success in the observance of adab. He who does not observe propriety is excluded from God’s grace.

~ Rumi (translated Nur-bakhsh).

7 Rapists arrested

Pakistan police arrest seven men over alleged revenge gang rape. By AFP ...Middle East Times Published July 6, 2005 Pakistani police have arrested seven men who allegedly gang raped a married woman to avenge her relative's suspected role in the abduction of a girl, police said on Wednesday. The attack appears similar to one involving another woman, Mukhtaran Mai, who was raped on the orders of a tribal jury in 2002 and whose treatment by Pakistan authorities has caused international outrage. Police said that in the latest incident armed men abducted the 25-year-old woman from her home in the rural town of Chiniot in central Pakistan last month and allegedly raped her at gunpoint. She was recovered from a nearby village when police raided the house of a man who later claimed that she was abducted "to avenge the kidnapping of his daughter by a man in her family", said police officer Humayun Masood. The woman told a local magistrate that she was raped by eight men for two days, head of the local police station Mohammad Mumtaz said. She denied involvement of her relatives in the abduction in May of the man's 20-year-old daughter, he said. "We have arrested seven people," Masood said. Police were trying to arrest the eighth suspect, he said. Women in Pakistan are often subjected to brutal "honor punishments", such as murder, rape and being burned with acid, to pay for the alleged crimes of relatives. In June Pakistan was criticized by the United States for its handling of the Mukhtaran Mai case after it banned the 33-year-old from leaving the country to speak to human rights groups. Pakistan's Supreme Court last week ordered the rearrest of 13 men linked to her case and suspended their acquittals by lower courts

Thank God Hurricane Dennis did not inflict that level of damage which was expect of it when it touched the gulf coasts of USA yesterday. However, still the damage runs into billions of dollors.

Helpless Flood effected people in Punjab, Pakistan

Muslim Women sit near their buried dear ones.

Muslim women in Srebrenica prepare to bury (MORE) of their dead, 10 years after the killings of some 8,000 men and young boys.

A father for the love of his SON?

A father set himself on fire to protest seperation from his son.