The Key to economic growth lies with an expanding middle class ISLAMABAD: (30 November 2011) “Countries with larger proportion of middle class have achieved exceptional economic growth despite the recent global recession in national economies throughout the world" said Dr. Vaqar Ahmed, Head, Inclusive Growth Unit, Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) here on Wednesday. He […]
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U.S. given deadline to empty Shamsi Airbase It has recently been announced by the Prime Minister of Pakistan Yusuf Raza Gilani that the U.S. have been given the deadline of December 11th to vacate the Shamsi Airbase. The deadline has been given to the U.S. by the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan. The […]
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Many technology companies have taken the dual-screen technology in their strides but to date there has been none seen with a success. Including another screen into the equation seems an incredible idea but thus far there has been little or no success observed. The addition of an LCD either increases the depth of the phone […]
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A culture is not always composed of gentle, soft, good and fair things. Sometimes, many illogical, exploitative and unethical things penetrate, become an ‘integral’ part and then a whole society starts following them from generation to generation. In the Pakistani society, any nonsense norm does not take long time to become a ‘fair’ and ‘auspicious’ […]
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Herbicides could weaken plant resistance – scientists Researchers at the Purdue University have discovered that using herbicides could possibly weaken plants’ resistance. Dr. Angus Murphy, a horticulture professor studied the movement of auxin which is a hormone that is essential for plant development. The experiments showed that a protein named ABCB 4 which is responsible […]
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Passive smoking leads to heart failure If you have chronic heart failure, being around a smoker may be bad for your physical and mental well-being, a new study suggests. Researchers found that of 205 non-smokers with heart failure, those who regularly breathed in secondhand smoke reported more problems in their day-to-day functioning — physical and […]
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Police can’t take action against all terrorist threats: says CCPO The police chief of Lahore said that government agencies issue numerous threat warnings to the force on weekly basis, not for the sake of Police to stop them, but to prevent themselves for being blamed if any threat turns into a terrorist attack. During a […]
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Facebook has added another feature to its network that will certainly raise some eyebrows among the users. This new feature shows the user’s location on the webpage’s status bar. The most frustrating thing about this new addition to the network is that it has no TURN ON/OFF switch in the settings. After pulling out their […]
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After Pakistan announced to boycott the Bonn Conference on Afghanistan yesterday, today it’s Ambassador to China Masood Khan had also conveyed the message to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Khan told that his government had taken the decision to boycott the conference after country’s federal cabinet’s resolution. In addition to that the Ambassador […]
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Gilani seeks briefing on impact of ‘No’ to US aid The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Yousuf Raza Gilani has directed country’s finance minister to give a detailed briefing to the federal cabinet on how a “No” to US aid would affect the Pakistan economy and its day to day business. This was revealed by the […]
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Role of youngsters in the progress of Pakistan Young people are considered the assets of every society and they play a central role in the progress of their country. The role of the youngsters always keep the nation upfront at the international level as through their contribution, the nation moves on and on in the […]
The Muslim bloc leading the vote count in Egypt The Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) said early indications showed it was ahead in the races for seats allocated both by party list and to individuals. In the party list race it was followed by the Islamist Salafi al-Nour Party and the liberal Egyptian Bloc, […]
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