Posts tagged as: Berlin

Fall of Dacca: What have we learnt from our past mistakes? (Part Three)

To a few others it was a case of misplaced egoistic velour – not to be dubbed as the ‘chickens’ in the army parlance. The true information was not only denied to the common man in West Pakistan but even to those at the helm also. Handling of the East Pakistan issue at the International […]

Fall of Dacca: What have we learnt from our past mistakes? (Part Two)

The proverbial last straw that broke the camel’s back was Bhutto’s rejection of the 1970 election results which had given Shaikh Mujib ur Rehman’s Awami League a clear cut majority to form the government at the centre.   ZAB’s one after the other statements like “we will break the legs of any one going to […]

Fall of Dacca: What have we learnt from our past mistakes? (Part One)

December 16 comes every year to haunt the nation, particularly those few remaining who were witness to the debacle. I had the misfortune to be one.   On this day the Quaid’s Pakistan, which was considered an epitome of ‘Divided we Stand’, got actually divided by breaking lose all bonds of unity between the two […]

Pakistan to continue cooperation for peace in Afghanistan; says Foreign Minister Khar

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said Islamabad would continue cooperation for peace process in Afghanistan, the uneasy neighbor of Pakistan.   In an interview to France’s Le Monde daily‚ the foreign minister said democratic government of Pakistan wants to maintain bilateral relations with neighboring countries. In her view, trilateral conference in Ankara would […]

Anthony Ervin and Camille Muffat win gold medals – 2012 FINA Swimming World Cup

Anthony Ervin and Camille Muffat win gold medals – 2012 FINA Swimming World Cup Anthony Ervin and Camille Muffat won gold medals of the Men’s 50m freestyle and Women’s 400m freestyle, respectively at the 2012 FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup in Berlin. With his immaculate efforts, he stayed just a touch ahead of his closest swimmer […]

Daiya Seto and Jessica Hardy seize swimming titles – 2012 FINA Swimming World Cup

Daiya Seto and Jessica Hardy seize swimming titles – 2012 FINA Swimming World Cup Daiya Seto and Jessica Hardy seized gold medals of the Men’s 400m Individual Medley (IM) and Women’s 100m breaststroke at the 2012 FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup in Berlin. Seto remained just one arm-stroke ahead of his toughest competitor and clocked a […]

Penultimate over blitz leaves Punjab in shock

Ambati Rayudu and Robin Petersen smacked Piyush Chawla for 27 runs off the penultimate over as Mumbai Indians came from behind to win a thriller against the Kings XI Punjab at Mohali. Indians won by four wickets to keep up the pace with the top four sides. Winning the toss and electing to bat first, […]

The secret tunnels of Lahore

The secret tunnels of Lahore Lahore is also known as ‘’The Walled City of Lahore’’, ‘Old City’ or “Anderoon Shehr”. The wall was built in the Mughal Era from to protect the city during battles. Origin of Lahore is uncertain but it is believed that the Historical city is as old as 2,000 BCE. Lahore […]

Too much gaming may disturb pleasure levels of the gamer

Too much gaming may disturb pleasure levels of the gamer A new study found that teenagers, who play video games may enlarge their brains’ pleasure centres. Dr Simone Kuhn of Charite University Medicine in Berlin and a large team of European collaborators looked at 154 Berlin school children who were all aged 14 and also […]

Sony buys off Ericsson’s share for about $1.47 billion

Sony buys off Ericsson’s share for about $1.47 billion While addressing Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA ) in Berlin, Sony Chief Executive, Howard Stringer, confirmed on Thursday, October 27, that Sony is ending their mobile phone joint venture with Ericsson by buying off the latter’s 50 percent share for about $1.47 billion, to be the sole owners […]

Join WishFree.com

Photo Gallery

Unique Auction UAE
Log in