
Imported Elephant calves suffer as Karachi Zoological Gardens fail to provide proper facilities It appears as if the apathy and the negligence of the Zoological Departments all over the country have surged to an all-time high, as the poor animals in several of the government enclosures continue to suffer by the hands of […]
Jan 10 2012 | Posted in
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Pakistan Telecommunication Limited has taken yet another step in revolutionizing the telecommunication industry in Pakistan. The pioneers of 3G networks in the country, who brought the fast speed internet in the reach of public without the hassle of wires, have now taken mobile telecom industry into their stride. The company announced Pakistan’s first 3G enabled […]
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First winter rain hit most parts of Punjab and upper Sindh last week and an immediate decline in the prices of farm products was observed in most parts of the province. However, the increasing winter cold has pushed up the prices of poultry products significantly since the last week. Drastically low temperature all over the […]
Jan 10 2012 | Posted in
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The success rate of the cases that brought to trial in Pakistan, where militancy is rampant, is unfathomable. Anti-Terrorism courts in Rawalpindi, the neighboring city of federal capital, upheld an acquittal rate of 60 per cent. It is worth highlighting here that the cases comprised of wide range of topics including murder of Polish engineer […]

Mehak Chahal gets proposed by Danish Khan on ‘Bigg Boss’ stage – Bigg Boss 5 Grand Finale The 32-year-old Bollywood actress and a Norwegian model of Punjab, Mehak Chahal, was one of the hot-favourites in Bigg Boss 5 reality show but her hopes of winning one of the most possessed shows in India quashed when […]

Post-conflict Peacebuilding The concept of post-conflict peacebuilding has drawn scarce attention in Pakistan even though conflicts of all sorts, including the destructively violent ones, have affected the country. While peacebuilding has many variants around the world, I will try to specfically focus the Liberalization and Democratization internationally. Divided into three parts, this is a series […]
Jan 10 2012 | Posted in
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Awami National Party (ANP), the main ally of the PPP-led coalition government, has turned its guns towards the PPP saying there is no provision in the Constitution about formation of new province in the country. Having varying stance over the issue with the PPP, the ANP said that first a constitutional amendment was required for […]
Jan 10 2012 | Posted in
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Apparently, the memogate saga is going worsen with every passing day. Both the judicial commission constituted by the Supreme Court and the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) are probing the issue alongside. The parliamentary panel will formally issue summons Tuesday to DG ISI Lt. Gen. Shuja Pasha and Hussain Haqqani for appearing before the […]
Jan 10 2012 | Posted in
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Scientists reveal that memory loss can start at 45 years of age Scientists have claimed that the brain begins to lose sharpness of mind, memory and powers of reasoning and understanding at the age of 45. Earlier it was believed that the loss of memory and sharpness of mind starts at the age of 60. […]
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Since 1990s, civil society organizations have started influencing the budget formulation in few developing countries. The inclusiveness in the budget formulation acknowledges the value due to public oversight and improved commitment towards pro-poor choices. The civil society budget initiatives are also supplemented by the critical media coverage. Budget is a set of technical financial terminologies […]
Jan 10 2012 | Posted in
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Ten dead bodies of FC personnel recovered from Upper Orakzai On Monday, the bodies of ten Frontier Constabulary (FC) men were recovered after they went missing during their clash with insurgents on December 22. Since then the whereabouts of the personnel were unknown and the military was conducting a search operation for them. A sources […]

Failure to implement Gas allocation plan in 2005 led to current short-fall Islamabad (Monday, January 9, 2012): A commendable source familiar with government policies has revealed that Pakistani government had a plan to gas allocation in 2005 but did they were least bothered about its implementation resulting in the current crisis in the energy sector. […]
Jan 10 2012 | Posted in
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