Finance Minister Dr. Hafeez Sheikh will be the most talked about personality in the days to come as he will present the fiscal budget for 2012-13 in the National Assembly. Apparently, it will be a dreadful exercise. It will be a chest thumping day for the government while both the opposition and the media will […]
An Italian designer is embarking on an ambitious project to bring a Polaroid camera to the doorsteps of consumers based on the fundamentals of Instagram: capture, retouch, add filters and share in seconds. With a 50 million user base, the device looks to be as big a hit with the end users as the web-based […]
May 28 2012 | Posted in
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Sights and Sounds of Pakistan: Hyderabad Hyderabad – the second major city of Sind province, situated on the east bank of the Indus River. The site of Hyderabad was occupied before the 8th century, when it was a small fishing village. Its history goes back to pre-Islamic times, when Ganjo Taka (barren hill), a […]
May 28 2012 | Posted in
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Balochistan has been facing worst law and order situation mostly due to lack of political will to resolve its longstanding problems. By handing over the power to non-elected forces, the government provided fuel to the fire. The Baloch people indeed distanced themselves from rest of the country after they witnessed the inability of the government […]
President Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif has put his weight behind the Supreme Court in an apparent confrontation between the judiciary and the executive. While speaking to media, the two-time former prime minister said that the PML-N would not allow the ruling Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) to violate the constitution and make a mockery […]
May 28 2012 | Posted in
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In an apparent confrontation between executive and judiciary, Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani decided to defend the former at any case. While speaking to a private TV channel, the premier extended his support to parliamentarians, saying that there was no restriction on dual nationality in the Constitution of Pakistan. He observed, “Except the prime […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has put its weight behind the Supreme Court, announcing that it will file a petition against the ruling of Speaker National Assembly Fehmida Mirza regarding Prime Minister Gilani’s contempt case. Speaking at a public gathering at Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi, Imran Khan said big thieves are holding positions of power in the […]
The undefeated American prospect, Timothy Bradley, the current WBO light welterweight champion, is fully charged ahead of the biggest fight of his career with the eight-division world champion and the current WBO welterweight champion of the world, Manny Pacquiao. Bradley, who holds a record of winning all of his 29 professional fights (1 no contest), […]
May 28 2012 | Posted in
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Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar will soon be seen in his action avatar in the much-anticipated upcoming film ‘Rowdy Rathore’ and it seems as if he has impressed his co-star Sonakshi Sinha a lot. The actress says that Kumar has a much disciplined life style and he takes a very good care of his health and […]
May 28 2012 | Posted in
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Bollywood superstar, Shah Rukh Khan, co-owner of the Indian Premier League team Kolkata Knight Riders, landed in the middle of a controversy last Wednesday night when he got into an ugly brawl with a guard along with other MCA officials at the Wankhede Stadium after a match with Mumbai Indians. However, the actor has now […]
May 28 2012 | Posted in
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South Africa to host world’s largest astronomy project SOUTH AFRICA has won the right to host the vast majority of the world’s biggest astronomy project, a development local scientists hope will put Africa on the map in terms of scientific research and development. The nations belonging to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) organisation announced that […]
May 28 2012 | Posted in
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US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta vowed Sunday not to let the United States be “gouged” by Pakistan on the price it charges for overland deliveries of American military supplies to Afghanistan. Pakistan closed the land route to US supplies in November as punishment for a botched US air strike that mistakenly killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, […]
May 28 2012 | Posted in
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