Category archives for: Pakistan

Death rituals in Pakistani society: A curse in the garb of virtue

A culture is not always composed of gentle, soft, good and fair things. Sometimes, many illogical, exploitative and unethical things penetrate, become an ‘integral’ part and then a whole society starts following them from generation to generation. In the Pakistani society, any nonsense norm does not take long time to become a ‘fair’ and ‘auspicious’ […]

Passive smoking leads to heart failure

Passive smoking leads to heart failure If you have chronic heart failure, being around a smoker may be bad for your physical and mental well-being, a new study suggests. Researchers found that of 205 non-smokers with heart failure, those who regularly breathed in secondhand smoke reported more problems in their day-to-day functioning — physical and […]

Pakistan conveys it’s Bonn Conference boycott decision to Chinese Foreign Ministry

After Pakistan announced to boycott the Bonn Conference on Afghanistan yesterday, today it’s Ambassador to China Masood Khan had also conveyed the message to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Khan told that his government had taken the decision to boycott the conference after country’s federal cabinet’s resolution.   In addition to that the Ambassador […]

Role of youngsters in the progress of Pakistan

Role of youngsters in the progress of Pakistan Young people are considered the assets of every society and they play a central role in the progress of their country. The role of the youngsters always keep the nation upfront at the international level as through their contribution, the nation moves on and on in the […]

Pakistan blocks BBC World News TV channel

Pakistan blocks BBC World News TV channel Reports confirm that All Pakistan Cable Operators Association has unanimously blocked BBC’s International news channel, BBC World News, from broadcasting in Pakistan. According to the cable operators, the move is in response to a documentary, named Secret Pakistan, broadcasted by the channel. Authorities also issued warnings to other […]

Headstart edged out by Chandbagh in friendly encounter

Headstart edged out by Chandbagh in friendly sports encounter Islamabad School champions, Headstart, were edged out by Chandbagh in a series of friendly sports encounters played in Sheikupura. The Islamabad-based school specially travelled to Lahore in order to go head-to-head against their rivals and a series of cricket, football and basketball fixtures were arranged by […]

Pakistan decides to stay away from Bonn conference

Pakistan decides to stay away from Bonn conference The military and political leadership of Pakistan has decided to stay away from Bonn conference after naked aggression of Nato forces on its territory. Bonn conference is scheduled to be held in December, to decide the future line of action over the current prevailing security situation and […]

A similar NATO strike in the future will not be tolerated, says Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari

Pakistani President, Asif Ali Zardari has made it clear to the U.S that government will not tolerate another incident similar to the Mohmand Agency strike by NATO. He also added that the decision to ask the U.S. to vacate the Shamsi Airbase was taken with unanimous consensus. The President was talking to U.S Ambassador, Cameron […]

Digital Divide – Part One

Digital Divide – Part One The Digital Divide is most commonly defined as “the gap between those individuals and communities that have, and those who do not have, access to the information technologies that are changing our lives rapidly”. Technology has become the driving force of change in the world today. It has altered our […]

Rampant deforestation threatening ecology near Nanga Parbat, Fairmeadows

  Rampant deforestation threatening ecology near Nanga Parbat, Fairmeadows   The region which extends from Karakorum Highway all the way to the scenic resort of Fiarymeadows near Nanga Parbat, is owned and controlled by the local inhabitants of the region and government has less control over the area and is seemingly nonexistent. The road which […]

The lust of the chair

The lust of the chair In Pakistan the tradition of leaving office voluntarily is missing. The troubling reality is that in recent history, our heads of state have been invariably forced out of office. In fact, over the last 40 years, we don’t find a single instance of the de-facto head of state leaving on […]

Mark Zuckerberg admits committing "a lot" of mistakes

Mark Zuckerberg admits committing "a lot" of mistakes In a recent blog post on Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, has acknowledged that they have committed "a lot of mistakes," and believes it is unfair to overshadow much of the good work they have done. The founder of the social media network began by recalling the history of […]

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