Basant

ان دو دنوں شہر کے مختلف حصوں میں خاص طور پر اندرونِ شہر کی چھتیں تیز روشنیوں والی لائیٹیوں سے منور رہیں۔

جہاں پتنگ بازوں کے درمیان ہار جیت کے مقابلے رہے وہاں اداروں میں بھی مقابلے نظر آئے۔

جہاں ایک نجی ٹی وی چینل نے گوالمنڈی میں فوڈ سٹریٹ کی ایک چھت کرائے پر لیکر بسنت پروگرام کا اہتمام کیا ہے تو ایک دوسرے نجی ٹی وی چینل نے کراچی سے ٹرین پر فنکاروں کو لاہور بلایا ہے اور اس ٹرین کو بسنت ٹرین کا نام دیا گیا۔

Protest Against the publication of cartoons in Karachi

Pakistani Sunni Muslims rally to protest against the publication of cartoons in Karachi

پنجاب اسمبلی کے سامنے کی اس تصویر میں پولیس بھی موجود ہے اور پتھراؤ کرنے والا بھی

US Army are you HUMAN?

P.M

BlackRock to gain control of Merrill asset arm

NEW YORK - BlackRock Inc. is taking control of the asset management arm of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. in a deal announced on Wednesday that will create one of the world's biggest money managers with $1 trillion in assets. In the latest effort by an investment bank to shed its asset management arm, Merrill Lynch (MER.N: Quote, Profile, Research) will swap its Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) for a 49.8 percent stake in the combined BlackRock company. BlackRock (BLK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) shares rose nearly 9 percent, while Merrill edged up about 0.5 percent in early trading on news of the deal that had been rumored for three days. "The initial reports of Merrill buying the whole of BlackRock were a little nerve-wracking, but I like the way this deal looks," said Ralph Cole, portfolio manager at Ferguson Wellman Capital Management, which owns Merrill shares.

Three Chinese, one Pakistani shot dead in Hub

Hub: Three Chinese engineers and a Pakistani driver shot dead in Hub area of Balochistan, police sources informed on Wednesday. Terrorists were reportedly were on a motorbike and shot them near a cement factory. Balochistan Liberation Army had reportedly claimed responsibility for kill

Pakistani protesters loot stores in Lahore, February 14, 2006.

Pakistani protesters

Pakistani protesters smash the items in front of KFC before setting the building on fire during a protest rally against the publication of cartoons depicting Islamic prophet Muhammad in Lahore February 14, 2006.

Smoke pours out of a burning KFC outlet in Lahore, February 14, 2006

A Pakistani protester burns items during a rally in Lahore, February 14, 2006.

Kitchen of newly launched Cafe Lazeez, a "British Curry Chain" in Islamabad

Pakistan India Match

لاہور کے ریگل چوک پر 12 فروری 1983 کو جلوس روک کر عورتوں پر ڈنڈے برسائے گئے۔

Pakistan bans medicine imports from Denmark

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to impose ban on import of medicines from the countries published blasphemous cartoons including Denmark. Federa Health Minister Muhammad Naseer Khan during question hour informed the Senate that medicine import ban would be applicable to all those countries that published blasphemous cartoons. The federal minister termed this as conspiracy and cleared that Pakistan wont accept such foolish acts. Naseer Khan told the Senate that Pakistan has purchased $304.5 million medicines from 45 countries including Denmark during last two years.

Pakistan’s growth rate in next 10 years to sustain at 7 percent: Report

ISLAMABAD: The Merrill Lynch in its Asia-Pacific report has said over next ten years Pakistan’s growth rate will remain at between 6-7 percent. According to report, what is toughest challenge for the country is to sustain the growth rate. The report has suggested expansion in Pakistan’s production sector and increased investment in the infrastructure projects would help sustain economic development in the country. Devastation losses from October’s killer earthquake would not impact country’s economic situation, for there was not that many agricultural activates.

Hezbollah chief tells Bush and Rice 'to shut up'

Beirut: The leader of Hezbollah said US President George W. Bush and his secretary of state should "shut up" after they accused Syria and Iran of fuelling protests over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad(PBUH). He was heading a march by hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslims yesterday. Shaikh Hassan Nasrallah urged Muslims worldwide to continue demonstrations until there is an apology over the drawings and Europe passes laws forbidding insults to the Prophet. The head of the guerrilla group, which is backed by Iran and Syria, spoke before a mass procession of Shiites marking Ashura, an annual remembrance of the 680 AD battle in which Imam Hussain was killed by rivals. Whipping up the crowds on the most solemn day for Shiites worldwide, Nasrallah declared: "Defending the Prophet should continue all over the world. Let Condoleezza Rice and Bush and all the tyrants shut up. We are an Islamic nation that cannot tolerate, be silent or be lax when they insult our Prophet and sanctities.

17,000 candles! It's a record

BAHRAIN last night set a world record by lighting 17,000 candles. The candles were lit at the Manama Processions Area near the Gold Suq. Al Hussaini Society for Islamic Arts organised the event and invited the Guinness World Records to attend, whose representative witnessed the event. Many people who had waited for hours to light their candles had to go back disappointed because of lack of time. The society managed to break the world record in Ashoora last year for the longest candle. It is a Bahraini tradition to light candles on the 10th night of Muharram. The record for the most candles on a cake was set by St Ignatius Cub Scouts, Cincinnati, Ohio, US, who lit 12,432 candles in celebration of Ohio's Bicentennial celebrations on May 9, 2003.

پاکستان پر امریکی پابندیاں ختم

امریکی صدر جارج بش نےجمہوریت کی بساط لپیٹنے پر پاکستان پر لگائی جانے والی برآمدی پابندیاں ختم کر دی ہیں۔
وائٹ ہاؤس کے ایک اعلان کےمطابق امریکی صدر جارج بش نے وزیر خارجہ کونڈو لیزا رائس کو بھیجے جانے والی ایک دستاویز میں لکھا ہے کہ وہ پاکستان پر لگائی گئی برآمدی پایندیوں کو ختم کر رہے ہیں ۔

امریکی صدر جارج بش نے کہا کہ اس سے پاکستان میں جمہوریت کی جانب جاری سفر میں آسانی ہو گی۔

فلسطین میں ایک جرمن شہری کو ایک گھنٹے تک محبوس رکھا گیا۔

Market Snapshot

Rescuers save 231 after ferry sinks

SAFAGA, Egypt - Hundreds of Egyptian men crowded around the entrance to Safaga port on Friday, weeping and angry as they awaited news of relatives missing on a ferry which sank overnight in the Red Sea.
"They are not telling us anything," Gadir Mohammed shouted. "Where are the corpses? Where are they taking the survivors?"
One man wept on another's shoulder and people around him tried to comfort him. "God willing, he'll come. God willing, he'll come," one of them said.
Search and rescue teams have found 231 survivors and 185 dead bodies so far after the ship sank during a crossing from the Saudi port of Duba to Safaga, 600 km (375 miles) southeast of Cairo.
But hundreds more are missing and rescue workers are running out of hope of finding more survivors. The ferry, which last had contact with the shore at about 10 p.m. (2000 GMT) on Thursday, was carrying more than 1,300 people.
The relatives, mostly male and dressed in traditional Egyptian robes common in rural areas, and mainly from families of Egyptians working in Saudi Arabia, sat on the pavement outside the gates of the port.

Killing in Palestine

Killing in Palestine

Picture of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH)

A book has been published in India with a picture of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) and seal as "Seal of Mohammed (PBUH)

Burning Holy Quran