Urdu Articles & Columns

LONDON: Spiritual Leader of Hur Community and Chief of Pakistan Muslim League (Functional) Pir Mardan Shah-II, more commonly known as Pir Pagara, breathed his last at the age of 83 here on Tuesday, Geo News reported. Pir Pagara was flown to London’s Wellington Hospital in an air-ambulance after suffering from an infection following his surgery in Karachi a few days ago, where he, reportedly, had shown some signs of improvement before his death. Doctors at Wellington Hospital said the cause of death was cardiac arrest. His funeral prayer will be offered here in London on Wednesday. A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight would fly his dead body back home on the same day. President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf...

Young Pakistan fast bowler Muhammad Amir who is serving a five year ICC band and who has been recently released from a young offenders institute in the UK is setto marry his lawyer during the case hearing Sajida Malik. According to report a newspaper the pair fell in love during the hearing of the spot fixing case, Sajida who is a lawyer by profession is a Brtitish Pakistani and is fluent in English and Punjabi. She met with Amir’s parents in Lahore when the pair returned from UK earlier this month. Source: ...

Nearly half-a-century after shooting down an Indian civil aircraft under orders during the 1965 war with India, a Pakistan Air Force pilot has sent a condolence message to the daughter of the pilot of the aircraft he downed. Qais Hussain, a rookie Flying Officer during the 1965 war, made this moving and humane gesture via an e-mail, expressing his condolences and providing details of the circumstances under which he shot down the Indian aircraft. The e-mail is addressed to Farida Singh, daughter of the Indian Air Force pilot Jahangir “Jangoo” Engineer, one of the three famous Engineer brothers in the Indian Air Force. The e-mail, with the subject line “Condolence”, dated Fri, Aug 5, 2011, is copied to Naushad Patel and Jagan...

Refusing to balk in the face of controversy, Veena Malik has filed for monetary damages against For Him Magazine (FHM) to the sum of Indian Rs100,000,000 following theirrelease of two magazine covers featuring the diva naked. The notice was delivered on Sunday and named Maxposure Corporate Media, FHM chieft editor Kabeer Sharma and photographer Vishal Saxena as respondents. It outlined Malik’s narrative of events surrounding the photo shoot for FHM, including the claim that “our client was assured that no nude photograph in any manner would be shot by you.” The notice reiterated that Malik’s photos had been morphed, stating that Malik had agreed to be shot in shorts and tee shirt and boots; wearing a fur coat up to thighs and boots; hot...

NEW YORK: Deputy Superintendent Shahzadi Gulfam of Pakistan received the 2011 United Nation’s award for International Female Police Peacekeeper Award on Sunday. The United Nations Police Division in the Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions (OROLSI), Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), and the International Association of Women Police (IAWP) International Scholarship Committee had awarded the 2011 International Female Police Peacekeeper Award to Deputy Superintendent Shahzadi Gulfam from Pakistan. She is currently deployed in the United Nations Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) as the United Nations Police (UNPOL) Team Leader posted in the Timor-Leste National Police (PNTL) Vulnerable Persons Unit (VPU) in the capital...

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Twelve Important Tips for a Happy Marriage Life: 1) Enter the Marriage with the Right Intention and Renew this Often Both spouses should enter the marriage with the pure intention of pleasing Allah, (سبحانه وتعالى), in order to receive His grace and blessings. The marriage itself, then, becomes an act of worship, and one for which both spouses will be rewarded. Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) will be pleased with them, and this will be the most critical element in ensuring peace, stability and happiness throughout the marital life. Realize that when an act of worship is continued over a long period of time, it becomes necessary to renew one’s intention often to remain on the correct path and to obtain the most benefit. 2) Remember...

ISLAMABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Dr Farooq Sattar told the US Consulate in Karachi that along with some workers of the MQM, former President Pervaiz Musharaf, some landlords, the ISI and other parties were involved in the May 12, 2007 incident in Karachi, WikiLeaks has disclosed. According to the cable, Farooq Sattar agreed with the suggestion of deweaponsising the armed wing of the MQM and said his party would seriously consider this suggestion. According to a secret diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks, Charge d Affairs of US Consulate Peter Boday in a letter he wrote on May 17, 2007, said that he had a telephonic talk with MQM leader Dr Farooq Sattar in which he told him that May 12 had damaged the MQM’s reputation...

Daily Ummat Karachi reported that MQM trying to hire best Lawyers in London to save Altaf Hussain in Imran farooq Murder Case. According to Daily Ummat on his first day of home arrest Altaf Hussain needed the hospital, MQM is trying his best to get Altaf Hussain out of UK.

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2011 was a bleak year for Pakistan — even by its own harrowing standards. My father, Governor Salmaan Taseer, was assassinated by his own security guard in January for his stand on Pakistan’s cruel blasphemy laws, and minorities minister Shahbaz Bhatti, the only Christian in the federal cabinet, was gunned down in March allegedly by the Punjabi Taliban for holding a similar view. In April, five of the six men accused of gang raping village woman Mukhtar Mai on the orders of a village council of elders were set free by the Supreme Court. Since the sexual assault on her in 2001, Mai has braved death threats to have her victimisers punished. She has appealed the verdict, but the court, it is widely believed, is unlikely to reverse the...

KARACHI: Millions of Pakistanis remained glued to their TV sets in late afternoon to watch live an explosive diatribe by Dr. Zulfiqar Mirza that harbours serious political consequences for his ruling party and even the overall political dispensation. Mirza accused MQM Quaid Altaf Hussain of treason, interior minister Rehman Malik of murder and protecting killers and of being a shameless liar. Mirza said he was in possession of letter, which purportedly Altaf Hussain had written to the then British Premier Tony Blair in 2001, offering to bring out hundreds of thousands of people in Karachi in support of any initiative or need of Tony Blair. At the end of his letter, Altaf Hussain urged Tony Blair to get the ISI disbanded before “it...

SLAMABAD: For some, Fiza Batool Gilani is a living example of the nepotism which has plagued Pakistan since its inception. She talks about empowerment, equality anddemocracy – yet people only listen because she speaks from her unearned position as the prime minister’s daughter. For others, Fiza is a thoughtful, determined young woman who did not choose to be Yousaf Raza Gilani’s daughter, but has chosen to make the most of her opportunities and cares deeply about making Pakistan a better place, especially for women. It’s a duality that continuously presents itself as Fiza tells The Express Tribune, from the cozy surroundings of Prime Minister House on a hill overlooking Islamabad, about the plight of the wretched of the earth. The...