As
soon as news of Nawab Akbar Bugti's death broke, mobile
phone screens across the country registered a blitz
of SMS messages, mourning, conjecturing and a few, celebrating
the demise of Pakistan's most controversial tribal sardar.
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All
the leads of the investigation into the plot to blow
up trans-Atlantic airliners point once again to Pakistan.
Despite Islamabad's claims that Pakistan is the frontline
state in U.S. President George Bush's war against terrorism,
it is also seen by the world community as the epicenter
for international terrorism...........detail
"The
Grand Mufti began by thanking the Fuhrer for the great
honour he had bestowed by receiving him." Thus
begins an official Nazi account of a meeting on November
28, 1941, between Adolf Hitler and Haj Amin Al Husaini,
the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, the most influential leader
of the Palestinian Arabs at the time..........detail
It started
with some rain. Then before you could say the word "infrastructure,"
the city flooded. The mayhem that followed was of Katrina-like
proportions: power outages, telecommunication failures,
collapsed roads, sewage in the streets, car breakdowns,
stranded workers, five-hour commutes, flooded businesses,
crores of inventory soaked and ruined, inaccessible
hospitals............detail
Unilever pulled out all the stops for the fifth Lux
Style Awards, which also marked the 50th anniversary
of Lux. It was glamour at its glittering bling, bling
best on the red carpet, as Pakistan's top models, movie
stars, musicians and designers grabbed the spotlight
in sartorial creations that would have done a Hollywood
red carpet proud. It was Lux at its luxe best, vintage
cars et al.,..........detail
It
should have been considered only a minor incident, in
the rather ordinary circumstances that it happened.
But the conditions at The Oval cricket ground in England
didn't remain ordinary for long. After the Pakistan
cricket team was 'accused' of ball tampering,............detail