Category archives for: National

Brain drain versus the remittances that flow into the economy of the country

The venom of brain drain has existed in our country longer than the tenure of any government till yet. There are certain justifications to it but anyone at all with a little sense would know that the long term impact is adverse and we have even fallen victim of it now. For the majority of […]

Pakistan is NOT poor!

Pakistan is NOT poor! Pakistan’s top ten richest men are: 1.       Mian Muhammad Mansha Mr. Mansha has 40 companies registered to his name and own Muslim Commercial Bank of Pakistan. His business’s worth at the moment is $2.5 billion and is increasing at an increasing rate. 2.       Asif Ali Zardari Our president owns around a […]

Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline will be completed in 2011, Petroleum Minister – Pakistan oil and gas sector update

Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline will be completed in 2011, Petroleum Minister – Pakistan oil and gas sector update Islamabad – Pakistan may be going through its words energy crises since its birth in 1947 but the federal government is still giving statements that are far from truth. It seems as if Pakistan-Iran gas project is in […]

Foreign tour operators hail Pakistan as one of the safest tourist destination in the world

  Foreign tour operators hail Pakistan as one of the safest tourist destination in the world The tourism industry of Pakistan is probably the most severely hit entity in the war on Terror, which has practically jeopardized the ambitious plans of local tour operators and porters who have been mercilessly ignored by the government since […]

Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) launches water supply project in Beori valley

Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) has launched a number of projects to provide safe drinking water to the people of the flood affected areas of district and those remote areas, which are still without any water supply schemes while the contaminated water has caused outbreak of diseases in the areas. Addressing a gathering of the […]

Kalash valleys Road remained closed for the second Day against Cutting of forest

The road to the Kalash valleys of Bumburate and Rumbur remained closed for the second day on Sunday at Ayun town as the people of Thoriandeh and Muldeh villages have blocked the road as a protest against the cutting of forest adjacent to the Rumbur valley by the forest development corporation (FDC). An official of […]

Gawadar Port – Another major route for drug trafficking

The report titled ‘The global Afghan opium trade: A threat assessment’ released by the UN Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) after a case study on trafficking through Balochistan and Fata said the spot of Gwadar port endowed with an break to subvert trade sanctions on Iran. It said the rapid rise in trade volume […]

PM Gilani to present reformation plan in Commonwealth meeting

Dissbelief – The future of Pakistani music Contrary to popular belief, the ‘double s’ in “DissBelief” is not a typo, it signifies the rebellion against one’s current beliefs. The underground band from Islamabad started off back in 2005. However, the line-up kept on changing until they settled for one in 2009. We are all living […]

Funds’ approval for Lowari tunnel hailed

The local leaders of Pakistan People’s Party have welcomed approval of Rs. 18 billion for Lowari tunnel. The members said that the project’s completion would usher in a new era of development and employment. Addressing a news conference, general secretary PPP, Chitral Mohammad Hakim Khan, vice-president Shamsur Rehman and coordination secretary Iqbal Hayat said the […]

Government wakes up to railway pension crisis after death of elderly man

  Pensioners of the Pakistan Railways have been camped out in front of public banks for days but the government only woke up to the crisis after an elderly man passed away in Lahore. Mahmood Khan, a 70 year old former railway employee, died waiting in a queue to get his pension token. “There were […]

Pakistan Railways’ pensioners protest agaisnt non-payment

Pakistan Railways’ retired employees protested against the non-payment of the pensions on Tuesday here in Lahore outside the Bank. According to the sources the employees were waiting outside the back for more than five hours but the bank officials did not update them about the payment of their pensions. Ex-employees of railways have not been […]

Water scarcity is going to affect Pakistan in the future if proper measures are not taken

Water scarcity is going to affect Pakistan in the future if proper measures are not taken According to the Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture, one in three people are already facing water shortages. Around 1.2 billion people, or almost one-fifth of the world’s population, live in areas of physical scarcity, while another 1.6 […]

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