A 46-year-old man who was rescued almost 100 hours after the devastating earthquake hit China, said he lived on cigarettes and paper napkins and drank his urine to survive those critical moments, the state media Xinhua reported. "I searched my pockets and found half a pack of cigarettes and a few sheets of paper napkins. […]
China quake death toll could hit 50,000
LUOSHUI TOWN, China – China warned the death toll from this week’s earthquake could soar to some 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. Rescue workers broke through key roads to the epicenter in the race to find survivors. More than […]
A Glimpse into War Journalism
A few days ago, I asked a journalist “how would you cover a war on the perspective of global journalism?” First, he surprised than he answered me that he is a crime reporter not a war reporter. I told him just to guess. This time he was a bit specific and answered, “it is difficult […]
Is Gen. Pervez Musharraf reponsible for this?
Millions of people, tonight, have seen, on the TV channels of Sindh TV and KTN, the corps of a young and innocent Sindhi man named Nadeem Memon. His body had been burned by cigarrettes and then sliced-up into pieces. Nadeem Memon had been a polling agent of the PPP. His poor father told the journalists […]
40 die as bomber hits DSP’s funeral
Forty people were killed and more than 75 others critically injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the funeral prayers of the slain Deputy Superintendent of Police, Lakki Marwat, Javed Iqbal Khan, in Mingora city on Friday evening. The dead included SHO Mingora police station Habib Jamal, Naib Nazim Malookabad union council Habibullah […]
Travel Guide: World Heritage Sites in India
A recent news release from the Associated Press (AP) reported four structures being named as World Heritage Sites by the UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee during its meeting held in Christchurch, New Zealand on June 28, 2007. These four new World Heritage Sites are: (1) the iconic Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia; (2) the Iwami […]