
The army spokesman, Major-General Athar Abbas, has told the press reporters that Pakistan anticipates lowering down its extensive military expenditure for the coming fiscal year. The Pakistan army eats up 16 per cent of the state’s annual budget every year and is hoping to lower its costs in the near future to help the cash-strapped […]
Nov 21 2011 | Posted in
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What makes K-2 the deadliest mountain in the world? Part-2 The deadliest recorded incident in the history of mountain climbing where no fewer than 11 mountaineers and climbers lost their lives on the “Savage Mountain” will perhaps suffice in justifying the magnitude of the lethal force K-2 exerts on the ones who attempt […]
Nov 21 2011 | Posted in
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Work hard, respect your motherland and get rewarded It has become a mind-set of a huge majority of people from all over Pakistan, whether they belong to lower, middle or upper classes of our society, that for having a better future, going abroad is inevitable. It has become a most common trend in every region […]
Nov 21 2011 | Posted in
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Children in Chitral, Pakistan are highly vulnerable. An incident took place on November 2011, was a tragedy. A teen boy and pre-teen girl made a decision to get married without informing their parents/guardians. They reached Begusht village and asked for help getting them married, and some gentlemen came forward, helped, and protected them from their […]
Nov 21 2011 | Posted in
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NGOs functioning without monitoring system Over thousand national and international Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) are functioning in the federal capital and remote areas of the country without having any monitoring system while authorities paid no heed to devise any mechanism to monitor their activities. A large number of national and international aid agencies landed in the […]
Nov 20 2011 | Posted in
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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 […]
Nov 20 2011 | Posted in
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Energy crisis is not only restricted to our country, Pakistan. It had been foreseen by many other countries too, which is why scientists today are busy in looking for alternate energy solutions. However, the crisis, which was in speculation for more than 30 years’, took its toll in our Pakistan. We have experienced every phase […]
Nov 20 2011 | Posted in
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Government of Pakistan to cancel loans of flood victims Government of Pakistan has decided to write off the loans of the people who have been affected by the recent floods in Sindh. This was revealed by Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Textile, Makhdom Shahabuddin during the last meeting of National Assembly. The Textile minister said that […]

BISE Lahore declares Intermediate Part-I result after correction Lahore, November 20: Finally, the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Lahore (BISE) has declared Intermediate part-I result after making the corrections through the rechecking of papers. The announcement was made on Saturday, November 19. Many senior members of education department were present there on the occasion […]
Nov 20 2011 | Posted in
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What makes K-2 the deadliest mountain in the world? Part-1 K-2, commonly known as “Chogori” in local dialect meaning “King of Mountains”, has the worst climbing fatalities ratio to this date. Located in the remote mountainous region right at the heart of the Karakorum Range, the gigantic granite structure reaches heights of up […]
Nov 20 2011 | Posted in
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Pervez Musharraf’s financial team refuse to release funds for his welcome Close aides of former president Pervez Musharraf and donors of All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) have refused to release funds to the party’s office-bearers based in Islamabad and Lahore, raising objections on their credibility. The office-bearers of APML in Islamabad and Lahore have demanded […]
Nov 19 2011 | Posted in
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Husain Haqqani reaches Islamabad from US Pakistan Ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani arrived in Islamabad after a week of hectic events that may cost him his job, and even create a new precedent for the country. Haqqani’s plane from Doha was due to land at Islamabad airport at a little over 2 am early […]