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Six Pakistani Universities have won its place in the list of top 300 Universities in Asia, proving the fact that investment in higher education in the country continues to reap dividends. According to a press statement issued by QS World Universities Rankings 2012, National University of Science and Technology (NUST-108) Karachi University (191-200) AKU (201-250) […]
Chinese company to invest $ 3b to establish wind farm in Pakistan Hong Kong: A Chinese oil and gas company named United Energy Group Ltd said today that it plans to invest around $ 3 billion to build a wind farm project in Pakistan to meet the country’s energy needs. The sources have confirmed that […]
Taliban deny reports regarding the death of Jalaluddin Haqqani The Taliban on Wednesday denied reports of the death of Jalaluddin Haqqani, the founder of the Pakistani-linked Haqqani network which is regularly blamed for major attacks in Afghanistan. “We strongly dismiss the reports that Jalaluddin Haqqani is dead. He’s alive,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told AFP, […]
Unending loadshedding erupts protests across country Lahore: (Wednesday, May 30, 2012) Irked by unending loadshedding, people in different cities across country took to the streets today. In various cities, the protestors turned violent and set public property on fire. In a similar incident in Faisalabad, a mob attacked Civil Line office of FESCO. It broke […]
The use of instant messaging services on mobile as WhatsApp, the IMessage Apple or Samsung Chaton has grown a lot. However, according to a survey SMS will dominate the traffic and revenue, at least until 2016. This is the main conclusion of a detailed study by the consulting firm Informa Telecoms & Media that represents convincing data: WhatsApp, BlackBerry […]
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi calls on COAS Kayani Rawalpindi – May 30, 2012: A delegation led by Mr Yang Jiechi, Foreign Minister of China called on Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani at General Headquarters today. The visiting dignitaries remained with him for some time and discussed the matters of mutual interest.
Another day, another Twitter beef. This time it’s a three-way dis-a-thon between Chris Brown, Meek Mill and Drake. All of this is bewildering and unnecessary so bare with us as we tried to sort the tweets out. Quite recently, Meek Mill, who is rumoured to be dating Rihanna, tweeted “U took me off ya song […]
The company is expecting operating losses in the first fiscal quarter, says CEO Thorsten Heins The beleaguering smartphone manufacturer, Research in Motion, froze the trade of its shares at Nasdaq on Tuesday. The trading however, started again after a fifteen minute interval. In a statement CEO Thorsten Heins released to explain the action taken, he […]
Starbucks Coffee has been running a twisted road and the very tarmac that the company paved the road with is giving it the bumps. Yes, it is their own concept of Starbucks being the ‘Third Place’ is giving them a hard time in managing the foot traffic and accommodating them in the closed and limited […]
It is not a new concept though. There have been many places in the past that have been a man’s third place, a coffee shop, a bar, a billiard club or a deli for that matter. What Starbucks did was dwell on the deficiency of a centralized and systematic organization of such third places. Free […]
“Changing the business model from third places to speed lane stops will not change the underlying human psychological need,” said Suzanne Roff, PhD, an industrial psychologist. “The value added to a cup of Starbucks coffee is the safe, unhurried comfortable environment that is not home or the workplace. This has become its brand identification.” If Starbucks […]
Personal computing started to find its footing in the technology world in early 80s. Though it came to Asia later in that decade, much late in South Asian countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh, it spread like fire in the jungle in the streets. However, almost every person in the contemporary world has been affected by […]
