Archive for: February, 2012

Educational mess on Queen Mary Road

Are educational activities all about creating heavy traffic mess on roads and halting important movements of gentle citizens for hours coupled with generating immense pollution? Yes this is so. Passing by Queen Mary Road, Lahore at morning and noon times, you experience long traffic jams and clouds of smoke causing cough. Why? Just because there […]

US Army Colonel bashes US claims of success in Afghanistan

US Army Colonel bashes US claims of success in Afghanistan A US Army officer has accused the American military of painting a misleading picture of progress in the war in Afghanistan while glossing over the Kabul government’s many failings. Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis deliberately broke ranks with the official portrayal of the war after spending […]

Russian Foreign Minister lashes out at his country’s critics in U.N

Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, on Monday lashed out at critics of Russia’s decision to veto a United Nations resolution on Syria and reiterated objections to the plan, which was aimed at stopping the violence there. “There are some in the West who have given evaluations of the vote on Syria in the United […]

Widening fiscal deficit and slow growth; IMF sees Pak economy vulnerable to internal and external shocks

Widening fiscal deficit and slow growth; IMF sees Pak economy vulnerable to internal and external shocks Washington: (Monday, February 06, 2012) expressing concerns over Pakistan’s slow economic growth and the increasing fiscal deficit, the International Monetary Fund has said that the country’s economy was at a high risk to remain vulnerable to internal and external […]

Dropbox extends the amount of storage

The cloud-based storage internet service, Dropbox, has now increased the capacity of its free service initially, up to 5 gigabytes during a beta testing period. The Dropbox is letting the users enjoy this fabulous offer while testing their new feature which would allow users uploading videos and photos from cameras, USB’s or a SD card […]

Remedy to suspension, Sheikh and Hussain made advisors to the PM

Remedy to suspension, Sheikh and Hussain made advisors to the PM Islamabad: (Monday, February 06, 2012) After being served with a suspension notification by the Supreme Court of Pakistan today, Dr. Asim Hussain and Dr. Hafeez Sheikh have been made advisors to the Prime Minster Yousuf Raza Gilani. The decision was made a few hours […]

Google and Facebook remove “offensive” content from Indian websites

Google and Facebook have had to withdraw their content considered harmful to the religious sentiments in India. They have removed content from Indian domain websites, in response of a warrant issued by a civil judge in New Delhi. "The review team has looked at the content and disabled this content from the local domains of […]

Load-shedding to end on Tuesday: Naveed Qamar

Load-shedding to end on Tuesday: Naveed Qamar Islamabad: (Monday, February 06, 2012) Federal Minister for Water and Power, Naveed Qamar said today that there will be no load-shedding in the country from Tuesday onwards. Qamar, who was responding to a call attention notice in the National Assembly’s session, while claiming that the government has succeeded […]

Can’t afford war on Kashmir, issue must be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy: PM Gilani

Can’t afford war on Kashmir, issue must be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy: PM Gilani Islamabad: (Monday, February 06, 2012) stating that Pakistan was a responsible nuclear state that looks forward to negotiations, dialogues and diplomacy to resolve its long-standing issues with India, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said yesterday that Pakistan cannot afford a […]

Pakistan complete whitewash over England

Pakistan complete whitewash over England Pakistan completed their whitewash over England, by winning the three-match Test series 3-0. The hosts won their final game by 71 runs at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday, February 6, 2012. England needed 324 runs for victory with more than two days of […]

Judiciary to stand with top officials if forced to act against the rules: Chief Justice

Judiciary to stand with top officials if forced to act against the rules: Chief Justice Islamabad: (Monday, February 06, 2012) The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said today that if the top officials were forced to act against the rules, they will find the higher judiciary standing with them. The Chief Justice […]

Govt will not sell PIA for peanuts: Minister for Defence

Govt will not sell PIA for peanuts: Minister for Defence Islamabad: (Monday, February 06, 2012) Minister for Defence, Ahmed Mukhtar said today that the government had no plans to sell Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) for peanuts after injecting Rs. 15 billion into it for its overhauling. Speaking during the senate session and responding to the […]

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