Category: Pakistan
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ReviewMe !!
Review Me is a website which pays bloggers for reviewing websites, at its initial beta launch a few weeks, it has finally resurfaced opening their doors for a full public launch, it appears ReviewMe has made a strategic move to require all bloggers who participate in the program to issue a disclaimer openly showing that…
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Shoaib – Woolmer Rift Surfaces
To add another twist to the woes of the Pakistan Cricket Team. NDTV has just released an exclusive interview with a retired Indian Army officer attached to the Pakistani team during the Champions Trophy where he has revealed that Shoaib Akhtar had slapped coach Bob Woolmer on the team bus, in a tussle over which…
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Karachi – Dubai Dream Cruise – A Review
Yesterday I had the opportunity to have dinner on the ‘hype of the town’ Dubai Dream Cruises. Before I begin, I would like to issue a disclaimer more so to make you aware of the frame of mind I had while walking up the gangplank to enter the Gulf Dream Cruise vessel. I have previously…
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ACT NOW! 24 Hours Against Internet Censorship
Reporters Without Borders have started its online protest. The Internet is increasingly falling prey to censorship round the world. The 13 “Enemies of the Internet” are blocking access to news which displeases them and imprisoning bloggers who express themselves too freely. Join the campaign now to defend the right of all of us to freedom…
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RSF plans for an Online Protest Against Internet Censorship
Reporters without Borders is organizing a 24-hour Online Protest between 11 a.m. on 7 November and 11 a.m. on 8 November. This protest is to raise our voice against the 13 Governments that are being labelled as ‘Internet Enemies’. We as Pakistanis and activists of the Don’t Block the Blog where we condemn the Censorship…
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Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
All cricketing fans across the world must have finally reached some closure after the ball tampering fiasco at The Oval a few months back. Strong rumors reports to the extent that Cricinfo, a leading website on cricketing news, have announced that the ICC is seriously contemplating on removing Darell Hair from adjudicating any international cricket…
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Shoaib & Asif Banned
Shoaib Akhtar and Mohd Asif who had been sent home from India after their urine tests turned up positive have now been banned from cricket. Shoaib Akhtar will be on the sidelines for two years, while Mohd Asif has been banned for one year by the Pakistan Doping Tribunal.
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Bush Heading Towards Martial Law?
President Bush has signed into law a provision which will actually encourage the President to declare federal martial law. It does so by revising the Insurrection Act, a set of laws that limits the President’s ability to deploy troops within the United States. The Insurrection Act (10 U.S.C.331 -335) has historically, along with the Posse…
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Muhammads (PBUH) Christian Covenant and Benedicts Indictment
By: Dr Arif Alvi Article published in Dawn Tuesday 24th October 2006 & a digital newspaper version of the printed article can be found here, while the original full version with all relevant images is being reproduced below In his lecture on Faith, Reason and the University Memories and Reflections Pope Benedict the XVI, stirred…
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Pakistan asked to keep Religion Private
The new chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board has actually told his players to curb the public display of practicing their religion. “There is no doubt their religious faith is a motivating factor in the team,” Ashraf told Reuters. “It binds them together. But there should be balance between religion and cricket.” …. “I have told…
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In the Line of Fire – Free PDF
For those of us (including me), who refuse to contribute to the Pervaiz Musharraf Foundation (does it really exist??) as reported a few days prior, I now present you Pervaiz Musharraf’s Book – In the Line of Fire – A Memoir in scanned PDF version freely available for you to download and try to understand…
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Drug Nandrolone Haunts PCB
Nandrolone is the drug which has been found in the urine samples taken from Shoaib Akhtar and Mohd Asif. Nandrolone is similar to testosterone which is also banned by the International Olympic Committee if found in alarming quantity (Floyd Landis). Nandrolone is used my athletes as performance enhancing drug, as it contributes to increases in…
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Pakistani Cricketers Fail Dope Test
In an embarrassing development of events in the ICC Champions Trophy in India, it has just been revealed that Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammed Asif both have failed an internal Pakistan Cricket Board performance enhancing drug test just prior to their match against Sri Lanka on Tuesday. Both the cricketers are being immediately sent back and…
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Musharraf – Book Profit to Charity
A few weeks back I was very critical of Pervez Musharraf when he started his book tour in the United States to the extent of making a statement in my post Bomb Pakistan into the Stone Age, or else.: “I sincerely hope that the People of Pakistan see some of the royalty being submitted into…
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Coup Attempt in Pakistan
We may recall a few weeks back a strong rumor made its rounds within Pakistan that a coup was under way in the absence of Musharraf who happened to be in NY attending the UN General Assembly and simultaneously doing a book tour in the Untied States of America. It was also reported that the…