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Fayyaz Yaseen
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Why Karo Kari still persists in Pakistan

Why Karo Kari still persists in Pakistan There are no two opinions about the fact that Karo Kari is a social evil that has inflicted dejection on women’s lives in Sindh and Balochistan. In the traditional context, the phenomenon is linked to familial honour and integrity, and thus, anyone speaking against the practice and condemning […]

New batch of security soldiers of graduate from Baloch & Frontier Force Regiment Centres

New batch of security soldiers of graduate from Baloch & Frontier Force Regiment Centres Rawalpindi – April 19, 2012: In an impressive ceremony, a batch of 900 security soldiers of the Strategic Plans Division graduated from the Baloch & Frontier Force Regimental Centres at Abbotabad today. Director General Security, Strategic Plans Division, Major General Muhammad Tahir […]

Clearance at Gayari Sector Siachen; work continues to extricate the buried soldiers and civilians

Clearance at Gayari Sector Siachen; work continues to extricate the buried soldiers and civilians Rawalpindi – April 19, 2012: To augment the search and rescue operation Ground penetrating Radars alongwith experts have been sent to Gayari. Norwegian team has carried out survey and preparing map of the area for engineering guidance. Meanwhile search operation continues at […]

COAS Kayani confers military awards to the army personnel

COAS Kayani confers military awards to the army personnel Rawalpindi – April 19, 2012: Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani conferred military awards to the Army personnel in an investiture ceremony held at General Headquarters today.  A large number of senior military officials and relatives of awardees attended the ceremony. 26 officers were […]

Kayani calls for lesser spending on defence

Kayani calls for lesser spending on defence Skardu: (Wednesday, April 18, 2012) Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvaiz Kayani, during his visit to Skardu, said today that development of the impoverished people was as important as security of the national border. He said that instead of diverting its resources to fuel an endless […]

Foreign Investment goes down by 65pc in first 9 months of the fiscal year

Foreign Investment goes down by 65pc in first 9 months of the fiscal year Karachi: (Wednesday, April 18, 2012) The ongoing fiscal year has been worst in terms of attracting foreign investment to Pakistan as from July 2011 to March 2012, in the first 9 months of the year, it has drastically fell by 65 […]

Earning hopes drive KSE towards a positive trend

Earning hopes drive KSE towards a positive trend Karachi: (Wednesday, April 18, 2012) After witnessing a negative trend at the shares market and KSE 100-index, the Karachi Stock Exchange finally exhibited a hope among the investors to expect strong corporate earnings in the quarter that closed on March 30. Recovering from yesterday’s declining trend, the […]

Federal Cabinet to witness a reshuffle

Federal Cabinet to witness a reshuffle Islamabad: (Wednesday, April 18, 2012) The federal government has decided to change portfolios of some of the sitting minister as well as to induct some new ministers to the cabinet. Today, in an oath taking ceremony here at the President House, President Asif Ali Zardari administered oath to five […]

Converted Hindu women to live with husbands

Converted Hindu women to live with husbands Islamabad: (Wednesday, April 18, 2012) After the Supreme Court’s verdict, allowing the three Hindu women who converted to Islam to make their own choices, Faryal (Rinkle Kumari), Haleema (Asha Kumari) and Hafsa (Dr Lata) have decided to live with their husbands. The three member bench, comprising Chief Justice […]

Budget paper foresees five major challenges for FY 2012-2013

Budget paper foresees five major challenges for FY 2012-2013 Islamabad: (Tuesday, April 17, 2012) The budget paper prepared by the ministry of finance has identified five major challenges for the next year’s federal budget. The biggest one of these challenges, as anticipated, is the country’s poor performance on fiscal front that is to hit even […]

KSE observes a mixed trend, 100-index closes marginally lower

KSE observes a mixed trend, 100-index closes marginally lower Karachi: (Tuesday, April 17, 2012) The Karachi Stock Exchange, that is witnessing a dipping trend since the beginning of this week, observed the 100-index going down further, albeit to a lower margin. As the day closed today, the 100-index ended 0.05 percent down or at 6.48 […]

Iran to retaliate with full force to defend territorial integrity

Iran to retaliate with full force to defend territorial integrity Tehran: (Tuesday, April 17, 2012) Iranian president Ahmadinejad said today that Iran is all set to respond to the threats posed to its territorial integrity. He said that the country was ready to cooperate with its Arab neighbours to maintain security in the Gulf region. […]

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