
The State Bank of Pakistan, in an unexpected move on Saturday, October 8, slashed the discount rate by 1.5% (150 bps) in a bid to kick-start economic activity in the country. However, how far this move will help in facilitating the aim is still not certain. This cut, the biggest of its kind in over […]
Dec 20 2011 | Posted in
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Hello! Good morning. Welcome to Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore where Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chief, Imaran Khan, and Pakistan Muslim League (N) Head, Nawaz Sharif, are going to play a single wicket game in order to determine who is more eligible for leading Pakistan in future. It is a cold foggy morning of December 20. The whole stadium […]
Dec 20 2011 | Posted in
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These days even real brothers and sisters are stuck in the vicious circle of social status, who bought which car, whose children are going to which school or attending which university, what were the menus on ‘xyz’ dinner invitations or which club it was (specially in case of Karachi, Islamabad still has one club which […]
Dec 20 2011 | Posted in
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Zardari’s comeback The breezes produced by the plane that brought President Asif Ali Zardari back to Pakistan boasted away a series of speculation, as it landed at the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Masroor, in Karachi. All type of rumors, speculations and gossips were let loose when the president made a return to the country, defying […]

Citizens of Rawalpindi and Lahore are finding the cold unbearable due to gas load-shedding, which is set to mirror the power load-shedding of summer. With temperatures in Islamabad flirting with the freezing point, residents of the major cities in Pakistan might as well resort to using wood and oil to warm their homes it seems […]
Dec 20 2011 | Posted in
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A tragic death of old friend: Common Sense In the recent past, we lost our dearest friend, Common Sense, which lived an uncountable life in the heart of masses. It will be no more with us on the brink of new millennium. Everyone is doubtful how old he was, since the record of his birth […]

Choosing a name for new born! Choice if newly born baby’s name is quite tough for moms & dads as well. Here are some interesting ways to choose your baby names. Pakistani kid’s names are very special in meanings because mostly Pakistani kid’s names are Islamic names. Pakistani parents have to follow up the names […]
Dec 19 2011 | Posted in
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It is shocking to note that we judge the human beings on the basis of religion, territory, culture, creed, colour and language. How nonsense this is. Why do we forget that all rational animals hail from one father, Adam, and all are made of one element, clay. You will laugh to read that I have […]
Dec 19 2011 | Posted in
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The overwhelming majority of universities in Pakistan focus more on a curriculum based academic approach as opposed to a more practical, hands on experience. Often students studying in universities here in Pakistan will be told that the real world is tougher, crueller and less forgiving than what life is during higher studies. They will need […]

No space for evils in Pakistan The trend to put bars on information appears to be increasing in Pakistan with every passing day. In the recent past, the cable operators, following the order of all-time bosses, took the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) off air in protest of broadcasting a documentary which deals with some aspects […]
Dec 19 2011 | Posted in
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By all means it is the best part of the year. It gives you the option of so many activities and plans that you just dread throughout the year, specially in summer. Everything about the daily routine turns out to be way more tolerant and even pleasant. When you wake up in the morning, the […]

It might not be the most appropriate assertion to make, but media in Pakistan is doing a bit more than what it actually should be doing. By media, I specifically denote newspapers and in today’s scenario, news channels as well. While news and truth are usually never the same, reporting should be based on facts […]
Dec 19 2011 | Posted in
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