Archive for: August, 2012

One in ten Facebook profiles are fake

One in ten Facebook profiles are fake Almost one in ten Facebook profiles are fake, it emerged on Thursday. It means misuse of the social network by paedophiles and con artists could be even more prevalent than previously thought. According to company filings, around 8.7 percent – 83.09 million – of its 955 million active […]

Resignation of Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khosa to rock PML-N’s boat

As the heels of Captain Safdar’s episode are not recovered yet, the resignation of Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khosa from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz will rock the party’s boat wide and large. The PML-N is already struggling to reduce damages from the confrontation of Captain Safdar, the son-in-law of Nawaz Sharif, with the bigwigs of the […]

Kareena Kapoor: Heroine has given me a platform to perform all shades of acting

The ultimate diva of Bollywood industry, Kareena Kapoor, will be seen on the big screen on September 21 in Madhur Bhandarkar’s upcoming film ‘Heroine’ and she feels her journey wouldn’t have been completed without this film. In the film, Kareena has played the role of Mahi Arora, who is a famous movie star in the […]

Diablo 3 has over 10 million players

Diablo III was a highly anticipated game and it has lived up to the promise expected of it. Blizzard spent years developing the next installment of the dungeon-crawler and its commercial success has been as ground breaking as estimated.  In less than three months since it release on May 15 worldwide, the latest product from Activision […]

Kareena Kapoor’s ‘Heroine’ angers Dubai residents

The trailer of Kareena Kapoor’s upcoming film ‘Heroine’, which has been directed by Madhur Bhandarkar, infuriated the residents of Dubai since there is a dialogue in the movie which degrades Bollywood actresses who visit the city. The trailer of the movie which was recently released shows Kareena taking a dig at Dubai in a media […]

Pakistan welcomes hostages released by Somali pirates

The seven Pakistani crew members, who were released by Somali pirates following a $1.1 million payment, have received a huge welcome at the Qauid-e-Azam Airport Karachi. Families and government officials gathered to welcome the crews’ members who were released after being held hostage for one and half year. The released Pakistanis, who were part of […]

Tyler Wright and Courtney Conlogue back in business after Round 2 win at Nike US Open of Surfing

Australia’s Tyler Wright and America’s Courtney Conlogue put on impressive performances to clinch victory in their respective Round 2 heats at the Nike US Open of Surfing, the seventh and final stop on the 2012 Women’s Association of Surfing Professionals World Championship Tour, which went down at the Huntington Beach in California, America, on Wednesday, […]

Pakistan receives $1.1 billion from United States under Coalition Support Fund

After a lot of talk and wait, the United States has finally released $1.1 billion to Pakistan of the Coalition Support Fund (CSF), the first installment of its kind since December 2010. The United States released the funds after Islamabad and Washington inked an agreement governing Ground Line of Communications (GLoC) for NATO forces battling […]

Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan terms Imran Khan Tax evader

The leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) kept in beating their drums for proving their popularity among the masses. Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan accused PTI chairman Imran Khan of not paying taxes on his income, asking him to make details of his assets public. He […]

Darren Sammy confident of whitewash victory over New Zealand

West Indian skipper Darren Sammy is pretty confident about his team’s chances of imposing a clean-sweep victory over New Zealand in the ongoing Test series. The Windies crushed the Black Caps in the opening encounter, winning the game by nine wickets. The entire West Indian batting line-up performed magnificently, but Chris Gayle was star of […]

National Accountability Bureau dissolves JIT probing Arsalan-Riaz scandal

Under the directive of the Supreme Court, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has dissolved the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), tasked to probe the allegations of Malik Raiz about under-the-table deal between him and Dr Arsalan Iftikhar. NAB Prosecutor General KK Agha informed the apex court that the decision of dissolving the bureau’s special team was […]

Foreign Exchange reserves declines further to $ 14,575 bn

Karachi: (Friday, August 03, 2012) Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves, that have lately been on declining end, have gone further down by $ 198 million to about $ 14,575 billion as on July 27, 2012 on foreign payments. According to the sources at Pakistan State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday, the foreign exchange reserves held […]

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