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WASHINGTON;The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid and disburse funds in ‘coming weeks, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Thursday.
Strauss-Kahn said discussion with a delegation led by Pakistan's |
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Muslim leaders rally in support of Islamic Center in New York
NEW YORK, Sept 2 (APP): Leaders from 55 major mosques and Islamic organizations held a rally Wednesday to speak out against religious intolerance and defend the building of the Islamic cultural center and mosque near Ground Zero, the site of 9/11 attacks in New York.
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Scandal-hit cricketers are innocent: Shamsul Hasan
LONDON, Sep 02: The three Pakistan players under scrutiny following allegations of fixing insisted they were innocent on Thursday but withdrew from the remainder of the tour of England because of the “mental torture” they have been through.
Bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir and test captain Salman Butt – accused in a Sunday newspaper of being involved in a betting scam – proclaimed their innocence in a meeting with Pakistan High Commissioner Wajid Shamsul Hasan in London.
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Al Gore announces appointing experts to study Pakistan floods
ISLAMABAD, Sep 2 (APP): President Asif Ali Zardari and Former US vice president Al Gore held a telephonic conversation on Thursday to discuss the situation of recent floods in Pakistan and its possible linkage with the climate change.President Zardari while discussing the causes of floods indicated that the factor of climate change and its impact should also be examined in this regard. |
Govt announces four Eid holidays
ISLAMABAD, Sep 02: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday approved four Eid-ul-Fitr holidays from September 10 to 13.
He has urged the nation not to forget their brothers and sisters affected by the devastating floods on this sacred occasion.
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Match Fixing Saga
By Barrister Amjad Malik
News of the world’s undercover report and latest revelations on spot & match fixing involving Pakistani Cricket players have startled the cricketing world. It is turning out to be a deadly development for the mainstream Cricket, and is disappointing for the those millions who |
Common People and Partition of India
Narrated by M. Tufail Uppal
Edited by Nasim Hassan, Delaware, USA
My name is Mohammed Tufail Uppal. I was born in a town- Raja Sansi India on December 20th 1921. This town is located about eleven kilometers north-west from the city of Amritsar on Ajnala road. While I approach towards the 90th year of my life I like to narrate my firsthand experience about partition of India.
Our family lived for over a century in Raja Sansi. My ancestors named Kishan Lal and Bishan Lal moved from Rajisthan to Raja Sansi Punjab in 1798. |
Floods, apathy and lawlessness
By Barrister Amjad Malik
I visited Pakistan amongst sheer crisis of floods. Water less or more create havoc in subcontinent and this year floods broke all records and millions are displaced, thousands have flown in the water and it is a setback for dwindling economy of Pakistan which relies mainly on crops. However, the relief efforts are slow and due to lack of resources less purposeful. |
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