Archive for: January, 2012

Experts underscore conflict sensitivity for humanitarian actors

Experts underscore conflict sensitivity for humanitarian actors ISLAMABAD (16 January 2012) Humanitarian assistance without conflict sensitivity can cause or aggravate tensions and conflicts and may end up doing more harm than good, said experts during the launch of research study “applying conflict sensitivity in emergency response: current practices and way forward” jointly organized by CARE […]

Three PMs Killed, one issued contempt notice: Manzoor Wasan

Three PMs Killed, one issued contempt notice: Manzoor Wassan Karachi: (Monday, January 16, 2012) Sindh Home Minister Manzoor Wassan said here today that Pakistan’s political history shows that two prime ministers were murdered, one was hanged to death while the fourth one has been issued with contempt of court notices. Talking to the media personnel […]

Gilani to maintain the premiership: Law Minister Chandio

Gilani to maintain the premiership: Law Minister Chandio Islamabad: (Monday, January 16, 2012) Minister for Law Maula Bux Chandio said here today that Yousaf Raza Gilani will remain the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Claiming that all conspiracies against the parliament will fail, Chandio also disclosed that members of parliament will accompany Prime Minister Gilani while […]

Zardari sees no clash of institutions; consults coalition partners for constructive way forward

Zardari sees no clash of institutions; consults coalition partners for constructive way forward Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari here today in a meeting with coalition partners at the presidency said that relations with army and judiciary were getting better and that government will not clash with the institutions. In the meeting, convened to mull on […]

Hoodwinked Too – Failed to live its hype

Hoodwinked Too – Failed to live its hype Mike Disa’s Hoodwinked Too is a 2011 computer-animated family flick and the sequel to 2005’s Hoodwinked! The $30 million budgeted movie is produced by Maurice Kanbar and written by Cory and Todd Edwards. Featuring in the movie are the voices of Hayden Panettiere, Glen Close, Bill Hader, […]

Yousuf Raza Gilani in contempt

Yousuf Raza Gilani in contempt The Supreme Court of Pakistan has recently issued a contempt notice to the Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousuf Raza Gilani. The notice has been issued to the Prime Minister because he has failed to comply with the orders of the top court in the country The Supreme Court of Pakistan […]

Gilani to appear before Supreme Court; decision made in a meeting with President, coalition partners

Gilani to appear before Supreme Court; decision made in a meeting with President, coalition partners Islamabad: (Monday, January 16, 2012) Following apex court’s orders in NRO hearing today, and after consultation with the coalition partners here at the PM house, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has decided to appear before the Supreme Court in-person on […]

Three girls lost their lives in a concert at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore

Three girls lost their lives in a concert at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore Three girls were killed and many were injured during the stampede after the musical concert ended at Alhamra Cultural Complex, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, last night. A big crowd of young girls attended the musical concert of their college in which Pakistan’s famed singers […]

Middle East based start-ups that have the potential to grow in the near future – Part 1

Current times might not be very much in favour of new businesses but some entrepreneurial ventures have seen success in the past half a decade. Most of the new ventures that are coming off the ground these days are internet-based start-ups. Although only some of such ventures have tasted the sweet fruit of success in […]

Middle East based start-ups that have the potential to grow in the near future – Part 2

KTLA and CTV, in addition to newspapers and magazines like USA Today, Boston Globe, Forbes. 1.      2.       Gonabit With Groupon.com leading the way in group purchasing business, there is no surprise that many others have towed the same line. However, unlike Groupon, these websites are not looking to become public without a solid instrument of […]

Middle East based start-ups that have the potential to grow in the near future – Part 3

4.       Mustalahatak Mustalahatak is the latest addition to the internet, especially catering the Arabic internet. With enough contribution, if it receives, the website has the potential to become the Google of Middle East. The URL is crowd-sourced and demands the services of internet users who are literate in Arabic. The website offers services of translation […]

Middle East based start-ups that have the potential to grow in the near future – Part 4

speakers can avail to listen to the latest regional music. 6.       Kngine The search engines have been dominated by the US- and Japan-based technology companies in general and Google and Yahoo in particular, since the advent of the internet. Many other companies have also been successful in this segment. Ask.com and recently overhauled Microsoft’s flagship […]

Join WishFree.com

Photo Gallery

Unique Auction UAE
Log in