In quite a strange development, a convener of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has joined Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, citing disillusionment by the party as reasons behind the move. Rana Muhammad Tanvir, who was the candidate for the PP-155 constituency, expressed annoyance over the behavior of senior leadership. On the other side, the PML-N happily accepted him into […]
Aug 23 2012 | Posted in
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The Curse of beggary and Pakistan Pakistan is among those few countries where the curse of beggary is not only prevalent, but it is rife. It is not that the country is very poor where every other person is deprived of the basic necessities of life, it is only because on a whole, the nation […]
Aug 23 2012 | Posted in
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Pakistan is often depicted in the west as a country of hard-line Islamic fundamentalists, terror training camps, subjugated women and cricket cheaters. In such circumstances, it can seem a hard sell to the potential tourist. Only a few people speak about the country’s fascinating diversity, its well-kept Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist shrines, the dazzlingly high […]
Aug 19 2012 | Posted in
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Nation celebrated the 65th Independence Day with zeal, enthusiasm Tuesday. The day dawned with special prayers in mosques for the progress and prosperity of the country. The celebrations begun with a 31-gun salute in the Federal Capital and 21-gun salute in all the four provincial capitals. A colourful ceremony of change of the guard took […]
Lahore: Renowned lawyer, intellectual and Pakistan People’s Party’s prominent leader, Aitzaz Ahsan said here today that the credit of restoration of democracy in Pakistan goes to Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. He said if he (CJ) had not stood against the dictator, Pervez Musharraf would still have ruled the country. Aitzaz, who was addressing a […]
Aug 14 2012 | Posted in
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Lahore: (Saturday, August 11, 2012) Pakistan is usually considered among the countries with minimal national expenditure on social services including education, however, national expenditure by no means is a measure or benchmark of the national talent as with regard to education, Pakistani students stun the world time and again. In a similar development, Muhammad Mohsin, […]
Aug 11 2012 | Posted in
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Declaring President Asif Ali Zardari responsible for energy crisis, Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday said ongoing spells of load shedding have ransacked the economy of the country. Speaking to the media, he was of the opinion that the province was being subjected to the revenge of worst kind with President Zardari playing the […]
Driving down a main road, in nearly all areas of the city of Lahore, it is very surprising not seeing something blocking part of the road, whether it is half or a little and in some cases nearly all. For pedestrians and especially commuters, traveling has become something which is avoided at all costs until […]
Aug 3 2012 | Posted in
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Lahore: (Thursday, August 02, 2012) After accident with a rickshaw at Mall Road underpass, a car plunged into the canal. According to witnesses, a car, driven by a woman, collided with a rickshaw, after which she lost control over the car, resultantly, the car fell into a canal. Sharing the details, police sources told that […]
Aug 2 2012 | Posted in
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Lahore: (Wednesday, August 01, 2012) In a robbery incident here today, a private security guard took away 20 million rupees from a bank’s cash car. According to details, a retired policeman and currently a private guard Sher Ali took away four bags containing Rs 20 million from the cash van that came today at a […]
Aug 1 2012 | Posted in
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Questions have been arisen about the emergency safety measures at media centers after five people lost their lives when a studio of Kohinoor TV channel caught fire during the transmission of live sehri show. According to the media reports, three guests and two other employees of the channel died of fatal burns and suffocation while […]
Lahore: (Monday, July 30, 2012) taking notice of the un-parallel pattern of loadshedding across the country, Lahore High Court ordered here today that there should be uniformity in the loadshedding across Pakistan. The honorable court ordered this while hearing a petition filed by Advocate Azhar Siddique against the loadshedding during Sehri and Iftaar. While hearing […]
Jul 30 2012 | Posted in
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