“I tell my story not because it is unique, but because it is not,” Malala Yousafzai speaks of the many girls like her who have also been targeted for wanting an education, at the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo, Norway.
“They (the TTP) do not want to impose Sharia at the barrel of a gun. They only want to get out of America’s war,” Imran Khan told the media in March 2014 when talks between the government and the TTP were being held.
“My son made his mother cry, but saved hundreds of mothers from crying for their children,” Mujahid Ali, slain schoolboy Aitzaz Hasan’s father told The Express Tribune in the aftermath of an attempted suicide attack on a school in Hangu, which was only thwarted when Aitzaz confronted the attacker.
PHOTO: AFP
“#COAS was asked by the Govt to play facilitative role for resolution of current impasse, in yesterday's meeting, at #PM House,” Director General ISPR Asim Bajwa said in a tweet, contradicting the government’s earlier claims that it was the army that had initially made the offer to mediate the crisis between the government and the protesting parties. Many politicians had been perturbed by the army’s inclusion in the political crisis caused by the Imran Khan-led sit-ins in Islamabad.
ISPR Release:#COAS was asked by the Govt to play facilitative role for resolution of current impasse, in yesterday's meeting, at #PM House
— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) August 29, 2014
“Tell me one name, one name [of a child] that you tell me that he has died because of hunger,” Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah said in the Sindh Assembly. Hundreds of children have died of acute malnutrition in the desert region of Tharparker this year. Many have accused Shah's PPP government of mismanagement and negligence, accusations that the PPP has denied.
“(Saint) Abdullah Shah Ghazi has saved us many times before and he will save us this time as well,” Sindh Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani. He said this during a parliament discussion on Cyclone Neelofar, a heavy storm that was threatening the coast of Karachi. Dismissive of the safety precautions needed, he instead believed that the mystical powers of Saint Abdullah Shah Ghazi and his mausoleum that lies near the Karachi coast would be enough to protect Karachi’s residents.
“I folded my tie and pushed it into my mouth so that I wouldn’t scream,” Shahrukh Khan, 16, a victim of the Peshawar school attack on December 16. He was shot in both his legs.
PHOTO: AFP
“Then be ready for the fire,” cricketer Ahmad Shahzad’s reply to Sri Lankan counterpart Tillekaratne Dilshan when Dilshan rebuffed Shahzad’s invitations to convert to Islam.
“Uncle Altaf, keep your ‘namaloom afraad’ in check. If my workers are even slightly perturbed, forget the London Police, I personally will make your life a living hell,” Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari goaded Altaf Hussain prior to a PPP meeting, which he warned the MQM not to interrupt.
“Everything was happening as per the plan according to which there would be elections in September and for that matter the chairman had asked us (Jahangir Tareen, Shah Mehmood Qureshi and me) to hunt for new members for elections,” Javed Hashmi said at a press conference, accusing the joint sit-ins by the PTI and PAT of being “scripted”.
COMMENTS
Comments are moderated and generally will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive.
For more information, please see our Comments FAQ