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Clinton Admits US Liable For Situation In Pakistan

Clinton

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton acknowledged that the United States too had a share in creating the problem that plagues Pakistan today.
In an appearance before a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday, Hillary Clinton explained how the militancy in Pakistan was linked to the US-backed proxy war against the Soviets in Afghanistan.
‘We can point fingers at the Pakistanis. I did some yesterday frankly. And it’s merited because we are wondering why they just don’t go out there and deal with these people,’ said Clinton while referring to an earlier hearing in which she said that Pakistan posed a ‘mortal threat’ to the world.
‘But the problems we face now to some extent we have to take responsibility for, having contributed to it. We also have a history of kind of moving in and out of Pakistan,’ she said.
‘Let’s remember here… the people we are fighting today we funded them twenty years ago… and we did it because we were locked in a struggle with the Soviet Union.’
‘They invaded Afghanistan… and we did not want to see them control Central Asia and we went to work… and it was President Reagan in partnership with Congress led by Democrats who said you know what it sounds like a pretty good idea… let’s deal with the ISI and the Pakistan military and let’s go recruit these mujahideen.’ Read the rest of this entry »

Aik Shama-e-Ilm – Parhay Ga Pakistan – Bharay Ga Pakistan

One of the things that Pakistan needs the most at this time is Education. Quality education for each and every Pakistani. Knowledge about our religion Islam, knowledge of the science and technology, so that we can contribute in the progress of our Pakistan and in the progress of the world as well. As our Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) said that it is the duty of each Muslim men and women to acquire knowledge.

Here is a beautiful poem having the same message. “Aik Shama-e-Ilm”

Parhay Ga Pakistan – Bharay Ga Pakistan.

Pakistan Defeated Australia – Afridi Rocked

Shahid Afradi

A team desperate to erase painful recent memories immediately settled in at their new, adopted venue, with a four-wicket win against a struggling Australian side in Dubai. The devastation caused by Shahid Afridi’s career-best 6 for 38 had all but shut Australia out of the match before the halfway stage of their innings. A late recovery pushed them to 168 but it wasn’t enough to seriously challenge an unpredictable Pakistan outfit. Pakistan stuttered, rebuilt, stumbled again and a late push by Afridi, contributing an adrenalin-filled yet brief 24, pushed them towards a win.
The ultimate difference between the two sides was spin. While Pakistan’s pair of Afridi and Ajmal shared eight wickets, Australia’s Nathan Hauritz bowled four overs and failed to pick up a wicket. It wouldn’t be fair to blame Australia’s lone specialist spinner for the defeat. It was a collective failure of their middle order to read the spinners who mercilessly ran through the batting and effected a top and middle-order crumbling to the tune of 8 for 27.
Australia’s rapid demise was a reflection of their ordinary recent one-day form. A collapse of this magnitude exposed a weakness against spin which was also on show in South Africa, even with a number of familiar returning faces in the ranks. With the ball gripping and turning, Afridi’s mixture of googlies and topspinners caused most of the problems, but the relatively inexperienced Ajmal offered little respite with his doosras.

Fall of wickets

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Pakistani Students Set Freed – Proved Innocent

British Police

LONDON: All Pakistani Students arrested by British Police are set freed after being proved innocent. British police said on Wednesday they would bring no charges against 12 men seized in raids to foil a suspected Al Qaeda plot.
The men, 11 Pakistanis and one Briton, were arrested around northwest England on April 8 as part of an operation against what Prime Minister Gordon Brown called at the time a “very big terrorist plot“.
Police said all the suspects, aged between 22 and 38, had been released although 11 had been handed over to immigration officials and face deportation on national security grounds.
Prosecutors said there was insufficient evidence to justify holding them any longer or bringing charges, police said.

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Pakistan-Australia Cricket Series Starting Today

Much awaited Pakistan-Australia ODI Cricket series is starting today in Dubai at Dubai Sports City Stadium, a new Stadium with 25,000 capacity. Both teams have not played ODIs against each other since February 2005, however they met in twenty-twenty world cup played in South Africa two year ago. Both teams will be played one twenty 20 match as well in the series. Both the teams will be trying to win this series and improve their ICC rating. Pakistan cricket team led by Captain Yunis Khan is very positive in giving Australian team a hard time and winning this series. Australian team is being led by Michael Clarke without regular captain Ricky Ponting.

High security measures are taken to make this series a success, after recent attack on Sri-Lankan Cricket Team.