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Thursday, June 14, 2007
Most Pakistani madrassas serving useful purpose
By Khalid Hasan
WASHINGTON: The US should refrain from getting involved in Pakistan’s broader madrassa reform efforts and accept that many of the traditional madrassas serve a useful purpose in educating Islamic intellectuals and providing shelter and food for impoverished youth, according to Lisa Curtis of the Heritage Foundation.
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‘Feel good’ book about Musharraf in the works
WASHINGTON: A “feel good” book about President General Pervez Musharraf is currently under publication in which he has been favourably compared with some great American presidents. The author, Prof Carl Wheeless from the United States, taught at FC College Lahore in the 1960s. He was recently invited by Gen Musharraf to spend another year at FC College, the president’s alma mater. The book will cover the time in office and record of several Pakistani heads of state, but it is understood that the current holder will come out of the assessment “looking big”. An inside source told Daily times that Wheeless, though a scholar with a good reputation, and author of Landmarks of American Presidents: a Travellers Guide, was given special privileges to write the book by the government, including logistics support, a research grant and other necessary facilities. In view of the current agitation in the country, Oxford University Press has been asked to expedite publication. khalid hasan
Courtesy DailyTimes.com.pk: feel good book
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Urdu Bazaar, Lahore, Pakistan
LAHORE - March 24, 2006: No way-out to avoid a traffic jam near Urdu Bazaar. — Dawn
poor animal!
MULTAN - March 24, 2006: A camel performance at the spring festival organised by the City District Government to mark the Pakistan Day
beast of burden
LAHORE - March 20: BEAST OF BURDEN: A damaged vehicle being taken to a workshop.—APP
Communing with pigeons
KARACHI - March 20: A child enjoys the company of pigeons, whom he feeds, at Hyderi on Tuesday.—APP
Waiting for drinking water
HYDERABAD (India) - March 20: People stand in a line as they wait to fill containers with drinking water supplied by a mobile water vehicle in a slum area in the Saidabad colony here on Tuesday. More than 500 families living in this slum area depend on water supplied by a mobile vehicle and provided by the Metro water works once in three days. 'Coping with Water Scarcity' is the theme for the World Water Day 2007, which is celebrated each year on March 22.—AFP
Mud slide in Kashmir
BAGH - March 20: A man marooned in an area of Azad Kashmir affected by hill torrents following heavy downpour over the past few days is being rescued by local people on Tuesday.—AFP
Palestinians
BETHLEHEM - March 22: Palestinian students wear traditional clothing during a cultural event taking place at the Bethlehem University here on Thursday. The event, which included a mock wedding, is to promote the education of traditional ideals of Palestinian culture.�AFP
The World Water Day,
HYDERABAD - March 22: Peasant women make their way to a distant place in order to fetch water. The World Water Day, being observed on Friday, is intended to highlight the need for reducing wastage of this precious commodity. � Photo by Yousuf Nagori
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