Yes, But Can She Say That in Urdu?
The Washington Independent.com
“Our civilian commitment must continue even as our troops begin coming home,” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee this morning about the revised Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy, reprising a th...
Nation: Rubaiyat of Bashir Ahmad
Time
s welcoming speech, the camel driver responded in his native Urdu: "Since I had the honor and good fortune of meeting you. I prayed to Allah for two things: One, for the good health of the American Vice President, and two, that I be allowed...
Glasgow University's 'new record' for Auld Lang Syne
BBC UK News
Other languages sung at the event were: Persian, Arabic, Malay, Vietnamese, Frisian, Hindi, Urdu, Irish Gaelic, Romanian, Scots, Welsh, Ukrainian, Yoruba, Swahili, Catalan, Bangla, Maori, Chichewa, Georgian, and Igbo.
Two minor girls found murdered, rape suspected
Daily Times
Mudassra Qadeer went missing on December 5 from outside her house in the Punjab University Quarters at Abkaari Road, Urdu Bazaar. The next day, her family staged a protest against her abduction by blocking the road. On Monday, her dead body...
'Forbidden' and 'Roses of Love' - Two Urdu poems of Tarannum Riyaz in ...
Chowk
curled around her hair strands. the world will not come to an end. I will not pine for you. Get lost if you aren't faithful, I shall share my pain with someone else. In the beautiful garden of life, I too shall pick the roses of love
Massacre at Pakistan mosque shows Taliban strength
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... militants showed they ... Taliban in South Waziristan claimed responsibility for the attack in a call to the BBC's Urdu service, saying the mosque was targeted because it was used by the army. A military spokesman said he was aware of t...
White House targets Afghan, Pakistan mobile users
Global Nation
WASHINGTON – The White House said Thursday that it dubbed video clips of US President Barack Obama's speech this week on Afghanistan into Arabic, Dari, Pashtu and Urdu for distribution on mobile devices. The White House, in a blog post, sai...
Sketch of Naval HQ bomber prepared: Pak police
Hindustan Times
The bomber could not speak or understand Urdu and blew himself up in haste when the guards challenged him, officials said. The attack was the latest in a series of terrorist assaults targeting Pakistani security forces.
Q&A: All about water closets
St. Petersburg Times
Another example, Pakistan, was chosen to mean nation of the holy people, he said, as Pak is a Persian/Urdu word meaning holy ... The show ran from 1969 through 1992 on network TV or syndication, and is now being shown on RFD-TV, a 24-hour n...
Mobile batteries, letter seized from arrested ISI agent
New Kerala
Lucknow, Nov 30 : Two mobile phone batteries, a letter written in Urdu and a mobile telephone number were seized from an alleged agent of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) while he was being taken to a court in Uttar Pradesh's Ka...
Pervez Hoodbhoy
Chowk
He is chairman of Mashal, a non-profit organization which publishes books in Urdu on women’s rights, education, environmental issues, philosophy, and modern thought. Dr. Hoodbhoy has written and spoken extensively on topics ranging from sci...
Afghan Sockets, American Plugs
CBS News
The two minute long messages were available in Arabic, Dari, English, Pashto and Urdu. In one Clinton said "the United States has a strong and steadfast interest in Pakistan's and Afghanistan's long-term security and stability." And when de...
INTERVIEW-Pakistan's Karachi the Taliban revenue engine - mayor
Reuters
Kamal is a member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), which represents mohajirs, the descendents of Urdu-speaking people who migrated from India after the creation of Pakistan in 1947. They are the biggest community in Karachi and domina...
