Afghan fighters allegedly used protests against a Quran burning incident as cover for an attack on the UN [Reuters]
Afghan officials say at least 11 people have been killed at a United Nations operational centre in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif when protests over the burning of the Quran by an American preacher turned violent.
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No chance of any nuke debacle in Pakistan: Expert
Fukushima disaster should serve as a wake-up call
Islamabad: [March 31]
Nuclear expert Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood on Thursday said there is zero probability of any nuclear disaster in Pakistan.
There are no chances of radiation in Japan reaching here to affect Pakistani people, he said.
Pakistan’s nuclear disaster management capabilities and nuclear safety record is one of the best in the world and location of country is safe, Bashiruddin Mahmood said while speaking at a seminar held under the aegis of Nazaria Pakistan Centre.
Dear All,
Though Pakistan has recently launched its new Anti-narcotics policy (2010) yet many think it, like the previous, a mere document short of action and implementation. It came into light after a few years of lapse since the end of the previous policy. The prospects of success of war on drugs in the last few decades, according to some assessments, are not dissimilar to the stories of ‘war on poverty’, and now ‘war on terror’. However, amid such claims and counter claims, researchers would like to critically evaluate the impacts of such anti-narcotic strategies and actions.
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