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According to a news post on the Helicopters Association International, Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport has most recently installed the latest Runway Visual Range (RVR) system by Belfort Instrument Company for better visibility and safe aircraft landings during harsh weather conditions. All this makes landings in Lahore a bit more safer if you just exclude [...]

I must admit that it felt really nice going down memory lane while reading this lovely article by Afzal. True, there is perhaps no time in our life better than our childhood, which we can’t get back…but would it be too much to wish for a stable and calm Pakistan? Or was that all an [...]

Youth Performing Arts Council - Day 1
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 - Time: 06:00 PM
Venue: Alhamra (Qaddafi Stadium)
http://www.iypaf.com/schedule.html
Hall 1 (6 pm): Mir Theatre
Hall 2 (6 pm): Film Screenings
Camp 1 (7 pm): Puppeteer Society & Alif Adaab -NCA
Camp 2 (8 pm): Mass Foundation

I have no words to express my disgust over this piece of news. Does this moron not realize that he is representing Pakistan at an international level in the capacity of the President of Pakistan and its 160 million Pakistanis? Or maybe its just his “vadera” background which took over him…

NEW YORK (CNN) — Pakistan’s [...]

Originally posted by Jehan Ara

After all he is the only Pakistani to have won a medal at the Paralympic Games in Beijing. He suffers from Cerebral Palsy. Haider created history when he won the silver medal for Pakistan in the Long Jump competition. Haider covered the distance of 6.44 meters, equal to the Tunisian competitor [...]

Published on Monday, September 22, 2008 by The Asia Times

by Syed Saleem Shahzad

KARACHI - Pakistani authorities have compared Saturday evening’s devastating truck suicide attack on the Marriott Hotel in the capital Islamabad to the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
In terms of its psychological effect, the blast, which killed more than 80 [...]

The whole nation is struck dumb after the recent attack on the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad. But is it really something new for us? Do we consider for a single moment what this whole mess is all about? Don’t we all need to think whether this so called “War on Terrorism” is actually our war?

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