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Jul

Pro-Musharraf Rally

   Posted by: SAWJ   in Pakistan, Political, Society

A peaceful rally in support of President Pervez Musharraf will take place in Karachi and Islamabad in July. People from all walks of life are invited to participate in this pro-Pakistan and pro-Musharraf rally. Date & time: Karachi - July 6 2008 Islamabad - July 12, 2008 Timings: 4:00pm - 7:00pm To Participate in the rally please contact these Group [...]
“Pride, cowardice, and miserliness are bad for me but good for women.” Ali(A.S.)
By AHMED QURAISHI ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — For the past few months, Samad Khurram and another Pakistani student, Aqil Sajid, were responsible for creating many fake email IDs and then using them to send offensive emails, using an unusually grotesque and filthy language, to any Pakistani citizen who happened to disagree with their views on the lawyers [...]
Samad Khurram snubbed the U.S. ambassador. Great. But he also stalked a respectable lady lawyer from Lahore who is also a commentator. Her crime? She disagreed with Aitzaz Ahsan. So are people like Samad a symbol of the good or the bad in Pakistani politics? By YASMEEN ALI LAHORE, Pakistan — It is with some amusement [...]
Today, the 20th of Jamadi-us-Sani, marks the auspicious date of birth of the Holy Prophet’s heart, the Lady of Paradise (Khatoon-e-Jannat), Lady of all Women of the Worlds (Sayyeda-tun-Nisa-el-Alameen), Hazrat Fatimah Zehra (S.A.) in the 5th year of Bai’sat (revelation of Islam). Parents Born to Muhammad (S.A.W.W.), the holy prophet of Islam, and his first wife Hazrat [...]
Laila Sohail attended the now infamous June 18 ceremony where her colleague Samad Khurram snubbed the ambassador. But Laila says while she condemns the U.S. strike, she does not become any less patriotic by accepting the award. “While I am in agreement that Pakistan needs to take a more aggressive stance regarding its so called [...]
24
Jun

Favor Of The World

   Posted by: SAWJ   in Ali(A.S.) - Sayings, Quotes, Reflections, Society, World

“When this world favors somebody, it lends him the attributes, and surpassing merits of others and when it turns its face away from him it snatches away even his own excellences and fame.“ Ali(A.S.)
Seema Manazir just revealed the other side of the story. The abuses that followed only strengthen her case that Pakistani blogosphere needs to be cleaned up. And the more people know about it, the more ready they’ll be to recognize those who are spreading smut. By SEEMA MANAZIR Since I wrote the comments condemning Samad Khurrum’s [...]
By AHMED QURAISHI ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — At around 03:00 AM, Nawaz Sharif was so emotional he was choking on his own spit. Eyes popping out, red face, and the bulging neck and cheeks trembling with uncontrolled anger, the former prime minister screamed Pervez Musharraf should be hanged, or something to that effect. To hear someone actually say [...]
Samad has ruined it for the good Pakistanis in America. By SEEMA MANAZIR Friday, 20 June 2008. I do not agree that a Pakistani student should have behaved like that at a University event. Is that how we show gratitude to our mentors and educators? If Samad Khurram cared so much, why was a Pakistani university not good enough [...]
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