Posts Tagged ‘UK’
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani concludes successful visit to UK
وزیراعظم یوسف رضا گیلانی کا دورہ برطانیہ کئی حوالوں سے انتہائی اہمیت کا حامل ہے۔ داخلی سطح پر یہ دورہ اس وقت ہورہا ہے جب پاکستان کی تاریخ میں پہلی مرتبہ ایک جمہوری حکومت اپنی پانچ سالہ آئینی [...]
Erosion of press freedom in Britain – by Shiraz Paracha
A British regularity body that is partly funded by the British government has ruled that a popular English language international news TV network with millions of viewers be taken off the broadcasting platform. In other words Press TV is banned in the United Kingdom. Apparently the British government is not happy with Press TV. It was [...]
Reverting to the Quaid’s Pakistan – By Wajid Shamsul Hasan
There is every reason for over a million strong Pakistani Diaspora in UK and Pakistanis wherever to celebrate their country’s 64th Independence Day with great fervour and enthusiasm. It will be their fourth Independence Birth anniversary under a democratic dispensation achieved after too much of blood, toil, tears and untold human sacrifices. [...]
UK report notes Pakistan’s progress towards democracy
Report says democratically elected govt of Zardari passed halfway mark of its term in office, notable landmark in country where no elected govt has seen out its tenure The Report launched on 31 March 2011 at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, at an event hosted by the Foreign Secretary. This report covers the FCO’s human [...]
Wikileaks cables: US worry over UK homegrown extremism
According to the BBC, US concerns that the UK was struggling to cope with homegrown extremism have been revealed in new Wikileaks cables. One cable said the British government made "little progress" in engaging with the UK's Muslim community after the 7 July 2005 terror attacks in London. The communication was delivered to Washington from [...]
EU agrees to grant Pakistan trade breaks
Great Britain and Germany were pushing the 27-nation summit to offer Pakistan trade advantages to help the country battle flood devastation. European Union countries agreed on Thursday to grant trade concessions to Pakistan to help it overcome the impact of flooding and maintain political stability. Details of the concessions are not yet [...]
As they say, “Sabr ka phal meetha hota hay” – by Ahmed Iqbalabadi
One and half months back, David Cameron said something which as a patriotic Pakistani, I would not have liked to hear. While replying to a question during his visit to India, he warned Pakistan that it should not be allowed “to promote the export of terror” in the world. He said it was intolerable that Pakistan should be allowed to “look [...]
Why the President Should visit UK as Planned – by Ahmed Iqbalabadi
British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, while replying to a question in Bangalore last week warned Pakistan that it should not be allowed "to promote the export of terror" in the world. He said it was intolerable that Pakistan should be allowed to "look both ways". The reflex action of the comments made me feel insulted for we as Pakistanis and [...]
President’s Uk visit to boost cooperation and alleviate misconceptions
According to a press release issued by the Pakistan High Commission in London, during his visit, president Asif Ali Zardari will meet British PM Cameron at his country residence in Chequers, on the outskirts of London, on August 06. He will also meet newly-elected Pakistani origin members of the UK Parliament and On August 07, he will address the [...]
UK Muslims welcome ban on hate preacher Zakir Naik
Related article: Zakir Naik: Muslim preacher of hate – by David Leppard The majority of Pakistani, Indian and other Muslims living in the UK have welcomed the UK government's ban on hate preacher Dr Zakir Naik's entry to the United Kingdom. تحریک انسداد متعصب ملا (تامم) کی جانب سے جہادی اور فرقہ [...]
Imran Khan’s campaign for Zac Goldsmith: Who is Imran fooling? Ayesha Ijaz Khan
Imran Khan continues to mislead. I cannot help but wonder if he can even relate to the troubles many Pakistanis and Muslims would encounter in being forcibly removed from Britain if the Conservative Party was to have its way The other night I tuned into the Nadia Khan Show as a change from the political shows I usually watch. Lo and behold, her [...]
Need a boost, PML-N? They’ll never admit it – by Shafiq Awan
The telltale between British Foreign Secretary David Miliband and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif over the latter’s U-turn on constitutional reforms made Nawaz blush. Reportedly, Nawaz Sharif demanded assurance from the foreign guarantor that his political survival would not be threatened after pending cases against him were opened or through any [...]
Pakistan’s right wing joins UK’s right wing: Imran Khan campaigns for a Tory candidate in London
Cricket legend Imran Khan and prospective MP Zac Goldsmith grilled at Kingston Mosque. Photo Source: Kingston Guardian Imran campaigns for Jemima’s brother By Murtaza Ali Shah LONDON: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan has thrown himself full-time into the election campaign of Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith, the younger [...]
Mothers’ Day: Mother Beloved and Bradistan – by Dil Nawaz
This is a special post on Mothers' Day. The obituary of Mrs Aziza B Qureshi, the mother of Fun Da Mental frontman Aki Nawaz. A celebration of Mothers' Day and Mother Beloved' s services to PPP, Bhutto family and Pakistanis living in UK. Mother Beloved was born in undivided British India; she could have got her British Passport on that criteria [...]
She embraced Islam, came to Pakistan, only to be killed by Taliban
Belinda Khan, 44, originally from Cardiff UK, was one of eight people killed when car bomb exploded in volatile Swat Valley Here is the story of a British woman (Amina Khan, previously Belinda Gardinal) who embraced Islam two years ago, got married to a Pakistani man. Her husband was killed by Taliban in Swat in 2008. On 8 February 2010, the [...]
Pakistan ‘holds al-Qaeda members’ suspected to be involved in the 2005 London bombings….
Pakistan 'holds al-Qaeda members'Seven suspected militants have been arrested during a raid near Pakistan's north-western city of Peshawar, officials say.Pakistani security officials told the BBC they suspect some of the men are members of al-Qaeda.The men were detained on Wednesday during an operation in the Bara area near Peshawar.Unconfirmed [...]
British academics condemn Israel….
Growing outrage at the killings in GazaThe Guardian, Friday 16 January 2009The massacres in Gaza are the latest phase of a war that Israel has been waging against the people of Palestine for more than 60 years. The goal of this war has never changed: to use overwhelming military power to eradicate the Palestinians as a political force, one capable [...]
Prince Harry and ‘royal racism’: “Anyone else here … ah, our little Paki friend, Ahmed,” "“You look like a raghead.”
Prince Harry apologises over ‘Paki’ remark LONDON: Britain’s Prince Harry apologised on Saturday after a newspaper website published video footage showing him calling an Asian army colleague a ‘Paki’, saying he had used the term without ‘malice’.The top-selling News of the World tabloid said the recording was made in (more...)
Rashid Rauf, a fugitive British militant, was killed in a US air strike in North Waziristan, a haven for militants and the Taleban
UK militant 'killed in Pakistan' (BBC News, 22 Nov 2008) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7743334.stmRashid Rauf escaped from police custody in Pakistan in 2007A fugitive British militant linked to an alleged UK plot to use liquid bombs to blow up (more...)
