As if the ravages of the floods, the incompetence of the government, and the shenanigans surrounding cricket were not bad enough, there is an additional cause of national depression: a group – ‘Kondemn the …

MERE LOG team spent Sunday 29th and Monday 30th August in Sibbi, Balochistan, distributing food packages, Lifesaver Jerrycans and other relief goods. We aided victims from Jaafarabad, Jacobabad, Naseerabad and Jhat Pat districts. Full report …

The Mere Log team visited a remote relief camp and distributed over Rs. 500,000 cash and goods worth more than Rs. 350,000 in Khairpur Sadat, in Muzaffargarh District, on Sunday, August 29th.
We were accompanied by …

ISLAMABAD: Muslim countries, organizations and individuals have pledged nearly $1 billion in cash and relief supplies to help Pakistan respond to the worst floods in the nation’s history, the head of a group of Islamic …

This past week has seen columns, in these very pages, promoting a new brand of hatred – self-hatred – inciting loathing amongst Pakistanis for themselves and their culture. Using the horrific Sialkot killings, these “western, …

SRINAGAR: Authorities in Indian Kashmir deployed police and paramilitary troops Saturday to prevent a separatist march against Indian rule in the region wracked by weeks of deadly protests.

By Catriona Luke – 26 August 2010 16:33
Despite its terrible troubles, this part of the western subcontinent is lively, beautiful and misunderstood.
I’ve worked in Mumbai and been in India many times, but have always had …

RAW AND BANGLADESH is an illuminating book written by Mr. Zainal Abedin, a senior Journalist of Bangladesh and published by Fatema Shahad in November 1995. It is printed by Madina Printers and …

Lately, we have been too depressed to notice a piece of real good news. Our very own ISI has been ranked the world’s top intelligence agency. And just in case one had never heard …

ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Army is unlikely to change its assessment of the threat from India despite heavy demands on its troops to provide flood relief while also fighting militants, a senior security …

India has canceled defense exchanges with China after Beijing refused to allow the visit of the Indian army’s General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Area Command, because he was responsible for Jammu & Kashmir, a state that …

KARACHI – Anticipating the looming disaster in Thatta, PKKH’s ‘Mere Log’ relief workers along with those from FIF (Falah-e-Insaniyat) Foundation had reached Thatta and Makli city early on Thursday with food, clean drinking water and …

On Allama Mashriqi’s 122nd Birth Anniversary
Nasim Yousaf
Allama Mashriqi was the founder of Khaksar Tehreek. He wrote Tazkirah, a scientific commentary on the Holy Koran, which was nominated for the Nobel Prize.
Allama Inayatullah Khan Al-Mashriqi …

SUKKUR (Reuters) – The United States will divert $50 million from a development package for Pakistan towards relief funds, the top US aid official said on Wednesday after touring a flood victims camp run by …

PKKH has launched the “IBN-E-QASIM: SEARCH & RESCUE BOAT SERVICE“ for affected areas in Sindh, as part of the MERE LOG [Phase II] aid and relief project for the victims of recent floods in Pakistan.
Docking …

Camp Koroona village sited near the Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway suffered huge losses as all its houses were swept away by floodwaters yet there was no casualty, thanks to a 24-year-old boatman who ferried 2,500 villagers to …

In 2006, Ravind Sistala was one among a clutch of scientists on deputation from the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) in New Delhi. Set up in the …

Malik Riaz Hussain, a billionaire Pakistani developer, has responded to the misery of millions of his flood-stricken compatriots by pledging to spend 75 per cent of his fortune on rebuilding their lives.
The extraordinary offer was …

PKKH is launching “IBN-E-QASIM: SEARCH & RESCUE BOAT SERVICE“ for affected areas in Sindh, as part of the MERE LOG aid and relief project for the victims of recent floods in Pakistan.
We will dock from …

LAHORE: Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed has asked Pakistanis to seek “forgiveness” from God for their sins in the wake of the devastating floods across the country.
“The widespread devastation caused by flood waters shows that …

Will US now dictate how Pakistanis help their own flood victims? US is forcing ISPR to give media coverage to US helicopters, and wants the puppet Pakistani govt to ban Pakistani charities that are doing …