Before going into the details of the "Local Financial Sources or Sources of Income" of Taliban militants, we have to know about various Taliban groups operating in the tribal areas. Tehrek-e-Taliban-e-Pakistan Mehsud Group (Taliban Movement of Pakistan, Mehsud Group): This group of Taliban operates countrywide as well as across the border and has claimed […]
Pakistan Polls Begin
Supporters of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, whose opposition party is being tipped to do well in today’s elections, rejoiced noisily today. But there has been little for anyone in Pakistan to rejoice about recently. The assassination of Benazir Bhutto has cast a shadow over these elections. A reminder – if Pakistanis […]
Family meals good for health
pakhtoon khan shinwari islamabad Feb 15, 2008 Adolescents who eat with their family more often do better in school and are less likely to use drugs and to have symptoms of depression or physical problems, than those who ate with their family less often. Family meals appear to have important health […]
Woman kills ex-husband
pakhtoon khan shinwari islamabad Feb 15, 2008 A woman with the help of her alleged paramour murdered her ex-husband at Shujabad, Multan, some 35 km off here, on Thursday. The Shujabad City police told that Hashim and Shamim Mai were married and had a son from this wedlock. Later, separation took place between the […]
Women gaining equal status in Pakistani society
Pakhtoon khan shinwari islamabad Feb 15, 2008 The status of women in Pakistan is being improved with the fast pace since 2002 and the political parties which were reluctant to award tickets to women on contesting National and Provincial Assembly seats now feeling no hesitation of fielding women candidates in the open contest. […]
Protests if fraud mars Pakistan polls, says Benazir’s husband
Asif Ali Zardari, husband of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, has warned that he could call for protests if vote fraud denies his party victory in next week’s elections. Expressing confidence that the PPP would form the next government., he told AFP at his fortified Lahore home that lack of impartiality of Pakistan’s election […]