Google has celebrated Pakistan’s 65th Independence Day by putting up a new specially designed Doodle. The Doodle has Pakistan’s symbolic crescent & star, and the letter ‘L’ in the word ‘Google’ has been replaced by Minar-e-Pakistan.
To be honest, one would expect a little more creativity from Google, but it is not that bad for a start. In the past, Google has been criticised for ignoring Pakistani and Muslim occasions such as Eid among others.

Around five months have passed since the unfortunate crash of Airblue flight ED 202. Considering the way investigations related to such incidents take place in Pakistan, it is not surprising that no outcome whatsoever has yet surfaced regarding the cause of the incident. Even the small compensation of 5 million rupees has not yet been disbursed to the victims’ families, which again is not surprising.
Today’s (December 14, 2010) DAWN Newspaper features Shiekh Muhammad Anwar’s letter to the editor which, so to say, gives a step-by-step guide on how the families may …

Pakistan Flood Map (16 August, 2010) (Source: OCHA)

Floodwaters continued rushing down the Indus River on August 10, 2010. The BBC reported that high waters had traveled more than 1,000 kilometers (600 miles), from the northern reaches of the country to Pakistan’s breadbasket in Punjab Province, and on to Sindh Province. In Sindh, two million people had already evacuated.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured these images on August 10, 2010 (top), and almost exactly one year earlier, August 11, 2009 (bottom). The images show the lower Indus River, at the boundary of Punjab …

Pakistan ‘A’, Pakistan U-19 and Pakistan national team are set to meet in a Twenty20 tournament taking place on 23rd March, 2010. In tough times like these when no international cricket has taken place in the country for more than a year, this event will provide much needed entertainment for starved cricket lovers in Pakistan. PCB has chosen Lahore’s Qaddafi Stadium as the venue.
The Pakistan Day Twenty 20 Challenge Trophy will first see Pakistan ‘A’ and Pakistan U-19 teams battle out each other. The winners of this match will …

Within few hours of the tragic suicide attacks at Lahore Cantt, Geo News released two amateur videos of the incident. One video shows moments just before the second blast, the other shows immediate aftermath of the blasts. The contents of the second video are quite graphic in nature. Among fire, smoke, and destroyed vehicles, injured (possibly dead) people can be seen lying on the floor as well. The cries of shocked citizens and commentary of the cameraman make the video even more objectionable.
The amateur cameraman can be blamed only a …

Pakistan cricket, which is already at an all-time low, has been rocked by the decisions taken by PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board) this morning. Acting on recommendations forwarded by the inquiry committee, PCB has taken extreme actions against Pakistani cricketers, which include lifetime bans and heavy fines. Here are the details:
- Mohammad Yousaf and Younis Khan have been given lifetime bans from all forms of cricket. This means they will not be able to even play domestic cricket. [Update: (5:15 PM, 10 March, 2010) According to the latest statement by PCB, …

The following videos have been made by general citizens, and not by professionals.
This footage was made few minutes after the explosion. Injured people can been seen coming from the blast affected location.

In the following video, a house affected by the blast is shown from inside.

This video has been made few hours after the blast. The rubble can be seen spread over a large area. Destroyed buildings and vehicles are also visible.

Other videos have not been posted due to the graphic nature of their content.

It’s no secret that the Western leaders & media are on a mission to malign Iran in every way possible. During the general elections in Iran, all Western media machinery tried every trick in the book create a negative impression about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad‘s government & Iran as a whole, and the propaganda about Iran’s weapons of mass destruction has continued for years before that.
In this well researched video, the true face of CNN is uncovered. References to Scott Rittler‘s (Former Chief United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq) article published in …

Due to lack of good local movies, and a number of other factors, Bollywood movies are very popular in Pakistan. In fact, the lifting of ban on Bollywood movies made way for revival of movie theater business in the country as Hollywood movies alone don’t attract enough public. Many new modern cinemas and multiplexes have popped up in all major cities of Pakistan, and its no surprise Indian movies are the best selling items on their menu. For example, if you look at current show schedules of Lahore-based cinemas, you’ll …