Pakistan’s de-facto interior minister Rehman Malik announced that his government will suspend military operations in the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas for the month of Ramadan till the end of the Eid holiday (August 31st to October 2nd).
This ceasefire could provide the 260,000+ internally displaced persons from the Bajaur Agency an opportunity to return to their homes [...]

Aaj TV reports that Asif Zardari’s senior advisers have recommended that he drop out of the presidential race.
According to the station, Zardari and advisers are mulling over two options, besides staying on:

withdrawing his papers and having Feryal Talpur, his sister and covering candidate, run in his stead;
or withdrawing both of their papers and support the [...]

The Financial Times reports that Asif Ali Zardari “was suffering from severe psychiatric problems as recently as last year, according to court documents filed by his doctors.”
The documents claim that Zardari “was diagnosed with a range of serious illnesses including dementia, major depressive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder in a series of medical reports spanning [...]

Ok, it’s not the Qur’an or Hadith, but it starts with God’s Name and ends with the signatures of Asif Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif.

“Zalmay Khalilzad, the American ambassador to the United Nations, is facing angry questions from other senior Bush administration officials over what they describe as unauthorized contacts with Asif Ali Zardari, a contender to succeed Pervez Musharraf as president of Pakistan…

PML-N Leader Nawaz Sharif has announced that his party will be leaving the governing coalition completely and will sit in the opposition.  He made this statement in a press conference that is occuring as I write.  The PML-N will also put forward the name of Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui, a judge who retired when Pervez Musharraf took [...]

The Democratic National Convention is less than a week away and that means Barack Obama will probably announce his running mate by this weekend.
The talking heads in Washington presently favor Joe Biden, though there are other heavily mentioned alternatives as well as the chance of a surprise pick.
But, if Biden is selected, the implications for [...]

Vocals: Shahram Azhar
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معزول شہنشاہ
ہو مبارک اس شہنشاہ نکو فرجام کو
جس کي قرباني سے اسرار ملوکيت ہيں فاش
‘شاہ’ ہے برطانوي مندر ميں اک مٹي کا بت
جس کو کر سکتے ہيں، جب چاہيں پجاري پاش پاش
ہے يہ مشک آميز افيوں ہم غلاموں کے ليے
ساحر انگليس! مارا خواجہ ديگر تراش