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  • Pak senators call for civilian control over surreptitious intelligence agencies

    Senators from both treasury and opposition benches have called for bringing the intelligence agencies under civilian and parliamentary control. The call from Pakistan senators comes to improve the law and order situation in the country. According to Dawn News, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan triggered a debate on civil-military relationship after he admitted in the Senate that ...

  • Pakistans new Attorney General seeks govts instructions on Musharraf treason trial

    The newly appointed attorney general of Pakistan is seeking written instructions from the federal government about the pending petitions seeking trial of former President Pervez Musharraf. Munir A Malik said he will be seeking the instructions under Article 6 of the constitution, which deals with high treason. Malik said was seeking government instructions as he believed in written ...

  • Petition moved in SC against law minister for aiding Musharraf during Nov 3 emergency

    A petition has been moved in Pakistan Supreme Court requesting it to restrain Zahid Hamid from working as federal law minister until the treason case against former President Pervez Musharraf is dropped. The petition stated that Hamid aided Musharraf impose emergency on November 3, 2007 and in his subsequent unconstitutional and unlawful acts. According to the Daily Times, the petitioner, ...

  • Malala denounces cowardly attack on female students bus in Pakistan

    Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban for promoting girls' education, has denounced an attack on a bus carrying female students in Quetta as 'cowardly'. At least 25 people were killed on Saturday when militants blew up the bus in Quetta and then stormed a hospital where survivors had been taken for treatment. According to Fox News, the 15-year-old said the attack ...

  • Indian army says militants may attack Hindu pilgrimage in Kashmir

    Indian army on Monday said militants might attack Hindu pilgrims going to revered Lord Shiva shrine in Jammu and Kashmir. Lieutenant General, Kaiwalya Trivikran Parnaik, intelligence reports pointed that rebels could disrupt Hindu pilgrimage as well as tourism in the state. "As far Amarnath pilgrimage and tourism are concerned, I would say in the last two years, we witnessed very fruitful ...

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Serenity

Serenity

Having never watched Joss Whedons short-lived 2002 TV series Firefly, I have no basis from which to judge its big-screen incarnation Serenity except as a stand-alone movie, and in that respect it works quite well. Knowing as I do that it is an extension of a TV series, and theref ... ...

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  • J-K Govt. holds workshops for promotion of Urdu

    The state government of Jammu and Kashmir recently organized an Urdu counseling cum workshop for promotion of the language. Teachers and professors from different states attended the event to enhance their understanding of the language. "We teach the students in Urdu language and explain things to them. So, these people who are all in service teachers in different schools come here to learn ...

  • Former Pak bowling coach says CT defeat doesnt warrant pressing panic button

    Former Pakistan bowling coach Aqib Javed has said that despite the team's heartbreaking performance in the series, it was not a panic situation at all and instead sensible decisions are required by the board. Aqib shared the nation's disappointment with the team's performance but said that selectors or the board should not opt for wholesale changes after former players demanded massive overhaul ...

  • Pak coach blames batsmen for Champions Trophy defeat

    Pakistan coach Dave Whatmore has blamed the team's batsmen for their poor performance, which led the team to its defeat in the Champions Trophy. Whatmore said that the practice matches were good but the team made mistakes, which it needs to rectify adding that despite the team knew of the conditions at The Oval, it failed to take advantage, The Nation reports. According to the report, blaming ...

  • TTP demands protection money from Pakistani businessmen to sustain jihad

    The Pakistani Taliban has reportedly asked two local businessmen to pay 'protection money' to help militants carry out 'jihad'. A senior police official told Dawn News that the chief executive of an Islamabad-based business establishment had received four letters allegedly from the head of the banned organization Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan's (TTP) 'finance wing'. The businessman has been asked ...

  • Pak Taliban says no peace talks anytime soon

    The Pakistani Taliban has said peace talks with government are on hold for the time being and will not happen anytime soon. The statement from the banned organisation Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) came as they are still mourning the death of their deputy chief, Waliur Rehman Mehsud in a US drone strike. According to the Express Tribune, TTP withdrew its dialogue offer to the new government ...

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