It is summer time… Please note and circulate… Do not turn on A/C immediately as soon as you enter the car! Please open the windows after you enter your car and do not turn ON the air-conditioning immediately. According to a research done, the car dashboard, sofa, air freshener emits Benzene, a Cancer causing toxin (carcinogen- take note of the heated plastic smell in your car). In addition... 

The deal that never was‏ Now that Swat is up in flames again, the deal should be made public.        By A. Ameer THE deal between the ANP-led government in the NWFP and Sufi Mohammad’s Tehrik-i-Nifaz-iShariat Mohammadi was a non-starter from the first day as circumstances forced the government to bet on the wrong horse. In the process, many perceived the ANP as abandoning its long-held values... 

IDPs: a test case By Syed Irfan Ashraf & Faizullah Jan Monday, 18 May, 2009 | 08:20 AM PST |   We have an obligation towards the refugees fleeing the fighting – File photo. EIGHTEEN-year-old Bakhti Zahid forgets his pain — at least temporarily — as he narrates the tale of his brother — and seven others who were mowed down by helicopter gunships that targeted their convoy on... 

http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite? c=Article_C&cid=1239888860035&pagename=Zone-English-Family%2FFYELayout By  Maryam Bachmeier Psychologist, Counselor, Writer – U.S     What if the women in the White House were veiled?   Can you imagine if women in the U.S White House all decided to veil themselves?  What would the world think?  What would Muslim... 

They didn’t succeed to avail an opportunity to showcase their movie, Kambakkt Ishq at the celebrated Cannes Film Festival due to the continuing stand off between the producers and the cinema complex owners but that hasn’t diminished  the producer, Sajid Nadiadwala and Eros International’s morale. They are now busy in talks in order to get a grand platform for showcasing their movie. There... 

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From AFPAK to PAKAF By ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE, UPI Editor at Large Published: May 18, 2009 at 10:32 AM WASHINGTON, May 18 (UPI) — Barely born, AFPAK, the acronym for Afghanistan and Pakistan as a single theater of operations, has already been displaced. Pakistan is now the most dangerous of the two theaters, or PAKAF. The heart of Islamic extremism lies in Pakistan. Almost all terrorist trails... 

 Akshay Kumar, bollywood star was imprisoned by the police on Monday due to her cynical attitude in public place while performing for the current Lakme India Fashion Week (LIFW). Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Arvind Mahabadhi told that “We arrested him under Indian Penal Code Section 294, which deals with obscenity in public. Since it is a bailable offence, he was released on bail.”... 

  Daniel O’Donnell, the member of assembly is striving hard to induce his other coworkers to approve Gay Marriage legally. He has taken influential initiatives to pursue Republican Assemblyman Greg Ball’s vote. He impeded Mr. Ball’s parents to visit the Capitol, urging them to push his son for backing the measure. He confined Mr. Ball in a statehouse elevator and shouted over hime, “vote... 

  Cottage in northern Iran Uramanat – North-Western Iran Izeh – South-Western Iran Layalestan – Gilan, Northern Iran Bagh-e Eram Palace & Gardens – Shiraz Oroomieh Lake – North-Western Iran Winter night in Isfahan Marble Palace – Tehran Vank Cathedral – Isfahan , Iran Museum of Fine Arts – Tehran , Iran Shahzadeh Gardens -Mahan –... 

Believe it or not, the photo above is of a train interior in Japan! With the results looking nicer than most nurseries, the Japanese have taken the idea of ‘child-friendly public transport’ to the next level with these 2 beauties, both designed by eiji mitooka. He was the artistic force behind ‘omoden’ (toy train) and ‘ichigo ec’ (strawberry train), a couple of... 

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Why do we read Quran, even if we can’t understand a single Arabic word???? This is a beautiful story.     An old American Muslim lived on a farm in the mountains of eastern Kentucky with his young grandson. Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his Quran. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to imitate him in every way he could.   One day the grandson... 

Pakistan Army Soldiers Could Shoot Corrupt Generals and Politicians on U.S. Payroll U.S. Stirs a Hornet’s Nest in Pakistan http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/05/17-6 (InformPress.com) – Eric S. Margolis, America and Canada’s investigative journalist, has pointed out in his article of 17 May 2009, headlined, “U.S. Stirs a Hornet’s Nest in Pakistan”, that Pakistan... 

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The Playboy Running Pakistan by Nicholas Schmidle April 30, 2009 Nicholas Schmidle, who lived in Pakistan from 2006 to 2008, is a fellow at the New America Foundation and author of To Live or To Perish Forever: Two Tumultuous Years in Pakistan, which will be published May 12. Yoshikazu Tsuno, AFP / Getty Images As Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari heads for Washington—amid a fresh surge... 

Obama’s Murderous Guest by Fatima Bhutto Mike Segar / Reuters Besides ruining my country, I believe my aunt’s husband, Pakistani President Zardari, orchestrated my father’s murder. Is Obama really going to offer him billions more when they meet today? Something rotten has arrived in Washington. Today, President Barack Obama will shake hands and stage Oval Office photo ops for the... 

Prostitution in Pakistan Under the PPP Rule of Farzana Raja, Fauzia Wahab and Sherry Rehman – http://www.ummatpublication.com/2009/05/12/story6.html SEX IN DEPTH In Pakistan, a Dark Trade Comes to Light By William Sparrow (Asian Sex Gazette) – Prostitution in the Islamic nation of Pakistan, once relegated to dark alleys and small red-light districts, is now seeping into many neighborhoods...