January 2010
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President signs Women Protection Bill, making it a... →
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Strumming through history By Salman Siddiqui →
Like a rollercoaster that zigzags through a steel maze in 60 seconds, Pakistan’s post-Partition pop scene has been a twisted yet thrilling ride with many uphill moments and several downhill turns.
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200th Follower!!
Thank you everyone for following us, a simple blog where we try to tell you stories from Pakistan which mostly go un-noticed.
We appreciate your continued interest, contributions, questions, suggestions and criticism in shape of reblogs, submissions and questions.
Thank you very much!
Also thank you whispermelies, you are officially our 200th follower :)
Best, a Pakistani
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Kung fu 'to keep children safe' from fighting in... →
salonika:
bbc:
Kung fu, a martial art normally associated with China, is becoming increasingly popular in Pakistan.
There are now around 200 kung fu centres in the country and many are located in areas where the army is fighting the Taliban.
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Pak-Turk to start $20 b project on... →
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Thank you Mirwais szemetel
I am not sure how it is about legitimacy of Pakistan? Family of Mohamed Gaffar Khan is today running a major political party in Pakistan (Awami National Party - ANP) and is a ruling coalition partner in Pakistan these very days. I am sorry but you seem to imply as if Nehru was coming with very innocent ambitions. If we have to go with the sort of theory you are proposing that Muhammad Ali Jinnah...
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Thank you Mirwais szemetel
Thank you for follow, reblog and also your comments about Pakistan.
Just few statistics for you.
By 1988 over 3.3 Million Afghan refugees were living in Pakistan.
By 2001 over 5 Million Afghan refugees were living in Pakistan.
With all attempts by Pakistani Government to send them back to Afghanistan, over 2 Million registered Afghan refugees still live in Pakistan, with millions more...
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The 2,700 year old Pashtun link to Israel →
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The Taqwacores movie trailer - premieres at Sundance Film Festival on January 24th, 2010
via rockistani
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Japan’s grandeur comes to life in eco-friendly... →
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Saudi Arabia: Honouring The Pakistani Hero Of The... →
via almas88:
At the end of November Saudi Arabia’s second largest city, Jeddah, was hit by heavy floods, blamed on poor infrastructure and mismanagement of city works construction. Many lives were lost, and even more people would have died had it not been for acts of heroism such as that of Pakistani Farman Ali Khan.
Pakistani blogger MtRtMk writes:
Nowadays, all one hears in news bulletins...
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TIME: Beyond the Bullets →
Got a question about Pakistan?
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The Pakistani band you have never heard of: Poor... →
About Poor Rich Boy (and the toothless winos)
Pakistan was dying. We decided it needed to be saved…so we got together and did nothing about it.
Follow them on Facebook, or read more about them in news.
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