Archive for: May, 2012

Supreme Court summons CM Balochistan in missing persons’ case

The Supreme Court of Pakistan said that it was not helpless in getting its decisions implemented, summoning Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani and Home Minister Mir Zafarullah Zerhi and ISI’s sector in-charge during hearing on cases relating to the missing persons. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry […]

Matt LeBlanc against the idea of ‘Friends’ movie, reunion

The actor is against the idea of a new series or a movie for the blockbuster show. He stated that there are no plans whatsoever for any such idea and refuted claims made by the media recently. He admitted that there are numerous rumours surrounding the media circle that a movie is being made on […]

Eskinder Nega honoured with PEN Award

If you are not aware of who Eskinder Nega is, you are not alone. The said individual is a prominent Ethiopian journalist who covered the developing human rights violations in his native country. Ironically, he is now held in contempt of the same crime he set off to raise his voice against. Nega’s trial will […]

Sights and Sounds of Pakistan: Sahiwal Last-part

  Sights and Sounds of Pakistan: Sahiwal Last-part  The Sahiwal breed was taken to Australia via New Guinea in the early 1950s, where it was initially selected as a dual-purpose breed. It played a valuable role in the development of the two Australian tropical dairy breeds, the Australian Milking Zebu and the Australian Fresian Sahiwal. […]

Troika meets to review ties with United States

The top political and military brass put their heads together to find out for the way ahead in stalled dialogue process with the United States for resetting bilateral ties, but it failed to bring any positive outcome. The deadlock on resuming relations with the United States lies on two different fronts, between Islamabad and Washington […]

Pakistan registers inflation at 11.3% during April

Pakistan registers inflation at 11.3% during April Wednesday, May 3, 2012: Pakistan has been struck with high inflation due to increase in fuel prices. During the month of April the inflation rate was clocked in at 11.3 %. Sohail Ahmad, Statistics Division Secretary, said, “Consumer Price Index (CPI increased to 11.27% in April over the […]

Significant Female Mathematicians in History – Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850 – 1891)

Because Russian women could not attend university, Sofia Vasilyevna contracted a marriage with a young paleontologist, Vladimir Kovalevsky, and they moved to Germany. There she could not attend university lectures, but she was tutored privately and eventually received a doctorate after writing treatises on partial differential equations, Abelian integrals and Saturn’s rings. Following her husband’s […]

Good Governance; a panacea for economic ills in Pakistan and beyond

Good Governance; a panacea for economic ills in Pakistan and beyond Marred by the persistent global financial crunch, the world seems disregarding a number of its previously held ideals. The phenomenon of lingering economic downturn has made it believe that fiscal recovery is perhaps mutually exclusive with societal welfare, environment protection, quality service delivery and […]

The pardon of Billy the Kid – Part 1

After 129 years, Billy the Kid continues to be pardoned by the governor. One of the most famous gangsters of the American West was shot by Pat Garrett in 1881. The death of his friend John Tunstall had led him to unleash a conflict known as the Lincoln County War in New Mexico, and flee […]

Chen Guangcheng comes out of American Embassy in China

Chen Guangcheng comes out of American Embassy in China Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese citizen who had sought asylum in USA embassy in Beijing, has finally come out after developing understanding with the Chinese government. Expressing her delight over this peaceful development, USA secretary of state, Hillary Clinton said, “I am pleased that we were able […]

Zardari had offered presidency to Nawaz; says Badar

Zardari had offered presidency to Nawaz; says Badar Islamabad: (Wednesday, May 02, 2012) The Secretary General of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Jehangir Badar said today that Asif Ali Zardari had offered the Presidency to Nawaz Sharif. Speaking at the inauguration of the party’s new Central Secretariat, Badar said that Nawaz Sharif had declined the […]

USA lauds Aung San Suu Kyi led democratic transition in Burma

USA lauds Aung San Suu Kyi led democratic transition in Burma Only eighteen months ago, Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was under house arrest. Today, the pro-democracy leader and several other members of the National League for Democracy have taken their newly won seats in Burma’s parliament. For the first time in the country’s […]

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