World Affairs And Beyond

Captain Muhammad Iqbal Khan was born , on the 15th of November, 1960 in a small village called Pashtoon Garhi, in the then District of Peshawar now delineated in District Nowshera, in the North West Frontier Province  presently called Khyber Pukhtunkhwa of Pakistan. From his very childhood, Muhammad Iqbal Khan was known to be a very brave and daring person. He was pure in the heart and mind and  never bore any grudge towards anyone. I have heard alot about him from my family. My great-grandmother loved him the most of all of her grandchildren. When I was a kid, he used to visit us in Peshawar. I vaguely remember him. I heard that he wanted to become a doctor ever since he was a kid, but then later during his college days, he changed his mind and chose to join the armed forces. He joined the Pakistan army in 1982. I once visited the castle on Attock bridge where he used to stay. On the 21st of September, 1987 he was sent to Siachin, which is the world's highest battlefiel...

Heavy rain and floods in the province of Khyber-Pukhtunkhwa on the North-West Frontier of Pakistan have killed hundreds of people and displaced many others. I wonder why disaster upon disaster on this land? I am forced to write this, as I feel I should. So here it is... It really is sad indeed to see how homes were destroyed by the floods due to dam spills, and how people were displaced. I want to share something I was just thinking about after the floods hit my village. Yesterday morning I was told that most of the village was evacuated and people were safe. Before the floods, there was a conflict on lands in my village. All the cousins and brothers and relatives had become enemies and pointing not just fingers but also guns at each other for the sake of lands. They just loved lands and wanted more and more of the inheritance. This is a story of my very close relatives. I am sure they will learn a lesson from whatever happened now. All those lands are now under heavy floods. These wer...

Buner is a district in the N-W.F (Pukhtoonkhwa) Province of Pakistan. Some of its union councils were severly damaged by the talibans, and during the Operation "rah-e-rast", in the battle against the terrorists. Here are some pictures of the damaged houses (taken by Gohar Jamal) in the union council "Kauga" which has a total population of 28,000 where 8 houses were completely destroyed, while 60 partially. Union council Nawagai has a total population of 20,900 where 10 houses were completely destroyed while 20 partially damaged, and union council Gagra with a total population of 30,000 people, was left with 8 houses completely destroyed, while 105 were partially damaged. In union council Dewana Baba, having a total population of 15,000, had 8 houses completely destroyed while 18 partially damaged. According to our correspondent, Gohar Jamal, most houses were only partially damaged, and a few were destroyed. Though there were many casualties, yet, since most o...

Picture taken by Gohar Jamal. The remains of a truck carrying cattle was hit by a missile in Buner. Following are the other unfortunate vehicles' remains hit by the Taliban missiles and mortars.        Pictures taken by Gohar Jamal .