Archive for: June, 2013

PML-N’s Sardar Sadiq elected NA speaker

Pakistan’s newly-elected National Assembly on Monday elected Sardar Ayaz Sadiq‚ candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) party of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.   Sadiq secured 258 votes of a total 313 polled in the 342-member of the National Assembly, Lower House of the parliament, the outgoing Speaker Dr Fahmida Mirza announced.   Sadiq’s Shehryar […]

Pakistan’s Juniper Forest makes it to the Global Network of Biosphere Reserves

Juniper Forests of Ziarat has been added to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. The International Coordinating Council of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB), which met in Paris this week, has added 12 sites to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, bringing the number to 621 in 117 countries.   Juniper Forest in […]

Rana Muhammad Iqbal elected Punjab assembly speaker

Rana Muhammad Iqbal of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) was elected Punjab assembly speaker for the second time with absolute majority. Iqbal secured 297 votes while his rival Raja Rashid Hafeez of PTI bagged 35 votes. Other opposition parties had supported Hafeez. The polling was held in the building of Punjab Assembly in Lahore on Monday. […]

Pakistan bags best actress, silver medal in SAARC Film Awards in Colombo

Pakistan won 2 prestigious awards at 2013 SAARC Film Festival awards ceremony held at the National Films Corporation Sri Lanka. Pakistan won awards in the categories of Best Actress and Best Feature Films in the 3rd edition of the annual SAARC Film Festival, which was held from 26th to 31st May 2013.   The Film […]

Afghan Taliban confirm their delegations visited Iran

Afghan Taliban Monday confirmed that their leaders paid two visits to Iran on the invitation of Iranian government.   Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yousaf Ahmadi confirmed the visit a days after Iranian Foreign Ministry denied any such visit.   A delegation led by the head of political office of the Taliban in Qatar, Tayyeb Agha, […]

PML-N formally nominates Shahbaz Sharif for CM slot

The parliamentary committee of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) Monday formally nominated Shahbaz Sharif for the position of chief minister Punjab.   Addressing the PML-N meeting in Lahore, Shahbaz Sharif thanked the members for nominating him and giving him another chance to serve.   “I will learn from my mistakes and together we will make Punjab […]

International Star Abbas Hasan Ready To Steal More Hearts With “Away”

“Away” is produced by Rishi Rich and features work from his protégée Naamless, while the video stars Abbas Hasan opposite the glamorous Humaima Malick, and is directed by Adnan Qazi who has also directed a few other music videos and is a very talented young upcoming film maker planning to make it big in Bollywood. […]

Brave Humaima in Action from Thailand

Humaima Malick, the actress who rose to fame after her BAFTA award winning performance was recently seeing something very courageous and brave during her shooting of Samsung Mobil advertisement in Thailand.  Samsung mobiles are one of the most esteemed mobile companies in the world and Humaima is the first Pakistani female actor to represent a […]

Muhammad Aslam Hayat to join Telenor Pakistan as Chief Corporate Affairs and Security Officer from 8 July 2013

(Islamabad, Pakistan – 3 June 2013) Muhammad Aslam Hayat has been appointed as Chief Corporate Affairs and Security Officer in Telenor Pakistan. He will be joining the company from 8 July 2013.   Muhammad Aslam Hayat is an ICT regulatory professional who is currently working as Centre Director (CEO) of Pacific ICT Regulatory Resource Centre […]

National, Punjab assemblies elect speaker, dy speaker

The National and Punjab assemblies are set to elect Speakers and Deputy Speakers later Monday. Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) fielded Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, who had defeated Imran Khan in the election on Lahore seat.   Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) withdrew its candidates Yousuf Talpur for the speaker and Ghulam Rasool Koreja for the office of […]

Cardio-vascular and Diabetes: Prevention is better than cure

Introduction.   Coronary heart disease remains the most common conditions in the world and despite modern intervention; its prevalence is on the rise. It has been shown in studies that Asians are at more risk of developing Cardio vascular disease (CVD) and Diabetes mellitus (DM). There are two main types of risks, reversible and irreversible […]

PML nominates BNP’s Abdul Malik to lead Balochistan

Pakistan Muslim League (N) Sunday nominated Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch of National Party as its candidate for the slot of Chief Minister of Balochistan.     This was announced by PML-N Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif while addressing a news conference after the meeting of the party and coalition partners to discuss formation of government in […]

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