Hindustan Times
President Barak Obama has signed the Kerry-Lugar-Berman Bill named after its sponsors and passed by the US Congress. In the statute book, it’s titled Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009.
The new law triples non-military US aid to Pakistan to $ 7.5 billion over the next five years at the rate of 1.5 billion dollars every year towards healthcare, education and creation of infrastructure in the social sector. Read more
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Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, October 19, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Filed under World · Tagged hindustan times, Kerry-Lugar-Berman Bill, pak, Pakistan, President Barak Obama, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
Moderate cleric Dr Sarfraz Naeemi’s assassination by a suicide bomber has shocked liberal opinion in Pakistan. He became a victim of the Deobandi Taliban for daring to pit he Brelvi school of thought against their ideology of violence.
Considered close to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his party, the Pakistan Muslim League (N), Naeemi presided over the Lahore based- Jamia Naeemia seminary that was the first to introduce computer education for its students. Read more
(2 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, June 15, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Filed under World · Tagged Dr Sarfraz Naeemi, ideology of viloence, Pakistan, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, suicide bombings, Taliban, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan
