Allah governs the affairs of the various kingdoms and He commands and forbids, creates, sustains, gives death, gives life, gives power, strips power (to and from whom He wills) and alternates the night and day. He gives varying fortunes to people and alternates governments (and states), destroying some and bringing some into existence.  His Command [...]

Mobilink Volunteers Building a Wall I joined Mobilink in August 2011 as Manager for Corporate Social Responsibility. Having worked my entire career in the development sector, I was apprehensive about the switch to the corporate world which is driven by a desire to maximize profits rather than a commitment to human development. I have always [...]

MUNICH: Turkey and Qatar urged the West on Sunday not to attack Iran to solve a nuclear row, but to make greater efforts to negotiate an end to the dispute. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, a gathering of security officials and diplomats, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said an attack would be a “disaster” [...]

The News editorial of January 30 aptly described the problems being faced by the affectees of the Attabad landslide disaster and the damming of Hunza River, which have isolated the people of Gojal Valley (upper Hunza) for two years. I want to highlight the issue of two internally-displaced persons, Sher Ullah Baig and his son [...]

The price of oil has gone up again.Predictably comments of how this is “democracies revenge” on the hapless people of Pakistan, and how Zardari’s corruption means we pay more at the pump.What is frustrating is the expectation that, “if there is a shortage of gas, alteast it should be cheaper”. Every few days, some article [...]

(Reuters) – Seventy-three people were killed and at least 1,000 injured on Wednesday after a soccer pitch invasion in the Egyptian city of Port Said, in what a deputy minister called the biggest disaster in the nation’s soccer history. Violence at football matches across north Africa has increased significantly since political unrest began sweeping the [...]

Another example of our corrupt society. May Allah curse upon those corrupt people whom god is only wealth. http://tribune.com.pk/story/327394/free-medicine-disaster-lab-with-expired-licence-supplied-pic/   Syndicated from: Arcane Dignitary

PT Report Hussaini, January 31: Work on the construction of a jeepable track between Hussaini and Gulmit village in the disaster struck upper Hunza region of Gojal valley has been stopped for unknown reason, after some ‘inaugural’ pomp and show. According to details the district administration of Hunza – Nagar had started work on construction [...]

By Saria Benazir. “Benazir Lives”… I’ve always have heard this and possess an unyielding credence in these words. Nevertheless, as I turn up to gaze at the heavens in moments of obscurity, she is there to placate me and to grant me hope and direction. The instant, I see myself ripped by obstructions, she is [...]

Before beginning this let’s first watch a few clips from The Shawshank Redemption : Yes it is hope that keeps you going when the chips are down, when the going gets tough and when things can’t get any worse. Hope that things would turn out the way you want them to. Hope that nothing will go wrong [...]

I have been thinking for a long time. Now my mind can take it no longer. I slowly rise from my seat and with heavy steps move to the window; outside, the world looks as bleak as my room. I can partially see my reflection in the window glass. Are those my own tears? The warmth [...]

PT Report Gulmit, January 19: The community of Gulmit, Tehsil Headquarters of Gojal valley, today started levelling of ground for construction of a Al-Amyn Girls Hostel. The ground-breaking ceremony was held in presence of hundreds of men, women and young people of the disaster hit village. According to details, the United Stated Agency for International [...]

Prof Farakh A Khan’s exclusive contribution for PTH The aggressors have called people of what are now Fata and of Khyber-Pakhtunkhawa different names at different times of history labelled as terrorists or freedom fighters. The ten-year war has taken toll of the American purse and its fighters. On the other hand the Afghan people are [...]

Part one Armageddon, two years on…. Men searching for survivors among dead bodies Haiti’s conventional image rarely extends beyond succinct summations of a corrupt, dangerous, impoverished and unstable place plagued by a litany of tragedies: man-made and nature-engineered. Perhaps then, it should surprise no one that the tarnished image prevailed, even two years after the [...]