Poonch, Jammu,India Mar 31—They defeated the nefarious designs of the terrorists in Hill Kaka and fought neck and neck with the Indian Army during the operation Sarp Vinash but now they are feeling orphaned. The people of Kalali, Do Phalli, Chapra and Telgi Katha-all villages enroute Hill Kaka are ruing their decision to fight the […]
PDP celebrates demilitarization move as Hindus get killed
Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir, India Mar 30-While the Peoples Democratic Party has called for celebrations over the Union government’s decision to refer the demand for demilitarisation to a committee of experts, the killing of 5 hindu labourers has sent chill down the spine of Hindus living in the militancy affected areas of Jammu and Kashmir. […]
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15 A room. Music. One/several voices. Various temporal realms. The voice you are hearing now It’s my voice. This is my voice. And this is you. Standing there. Listening. Asking me. 1. So? I am tired of waiting. Waiting is complicated. When. Whom. […]
Heard by a Bird
"All slang is addictive." – Rollo May Did you see the cloud over Mount Tremper resembling Oliver Wendell Holmes with an elephant trunk last Tuesday? Bumper sticker: IT TAKES A CHILD TO RAZE A VILLAGE A Letter Dear Sparrow: I’m sure you’re following the High Street nomenclature debacle, in Phoenicia. For many years, the succinct […]
Rise in weapon prices
Dara Adam Khel a tribal area situated between Kohat and Peshawer, is a center of weapons trade and manufacturing. Soon after Soviet invasion on Afghanistan in 1979, "Soviet made Kalashnikov became available in Dara Adam Khel, till February 2006, its price was mere ten thousand Pakistani rupees, after outbreak of sectarian violence in Hangu its […]
Plight of women in NWFP
In Southern districts of NWFP, Bannu, Dera Ismaeel Khan and Tank, and in tribal areas of Dara Adam Khel, Dir, Kohistan and Waziristan, many girls’ schools opened by NGOs are closed now because extremists have targeted these schools on a plea that education for girls is unislamic and paves the way for westernization of society. […]