News & Blogs from Pakistan
Archive for July, 2009
Cyber media Vs Print Media of Pakistan: A war within
Jul 30th
Media in Pakistan has grown after mushrooming of private TV channels and we have seen number of j…
Ramadan and its Medical Aspect
Jul 30th
Even though the primary purpose of Ramadan is the achievement of Taqwa yet one cannot deny the va…
Massa’s Lifesaving Helmet
Jul 29th
Last Saturday, during the qualifying session for the Hungarian Grand Prix, one of the freakiest Formula 1 accidents of recent years occurred to none other than Ferrari’s Felipe Massa. It was so scary that I sprang up from my bed and shivers ran down my spine. Massa’s life was spared by his F1 helmet. The [...]
The Plan to Topple Pakistan Military & Chinese direct Economic incursion into Gulf & Africa
Jul 28th
This is not about Musharraf anymore. This is about clipping the wings of a strong Pakistani military, denying space for China in Pakistan, squashing the ISI, stirring ethnic unrest, and neutralizing Pakistan’s nuclear program. The first shot in this plan was fired in Pakistan’s Balochistan province in 2004. The last bullet will be toppling Musharraf, [...]
Fear Of The Unseen
Jul 23rd
As Muslims we should have belief in the Unseen (that which cannot be seen). A part of the Unseen …
Time to get Afghanistan right
Jul 21st
NEW YORK: After seven and a half years of international engagement, Afghanistan is at a very important turning point. The country faces a daunting set of challenges: a ruthless insurgency, comprised of militant groups with different capabilities and objectives; the government still struggles with corruption and delivery of basic services; the country produces 90% of [...]
Govt determined to lead all efforts for development of free, independent media
Jul 21st
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mr. Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that the present government of PPP is determined to lead all efforts for the development of free and independent media in Pakistan and the government would continue to keep close coordination with journalist community. He expressed these views while talking to a delegation [...]
PEPCO finding creative solutions to manage rising electricity consumption
Jul 21st
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electric Power Company has instructed its power distribution companies to establish and operationalize efficacious control mechanism in order to monitor and regulate increasing electricity consumption by its domestic, industrial, agriculture and commercial consumers in urban and rural areas in coordination with National Power Control Center. The over all electricity consumption is for Domestic [...]
Speakers for dissemination of national, demographic surveys
Jul 21st
ISLAMABAD: Speakers here at an orientation seminar stressed the need for dissemination of national and demographic surveys at district and communities level to ensure proper implementation of policies in the country. “The information and statistics on Public Health plays a significant role in decision making for managers at all levels. Besides, its is equally important [...]
Chaudhry Shujaat re-elected PML-Q President
Jul 21st
ISLAMABAD: Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain was re-elected unopposed PML-Q President on Monday. Mushahid Hussain Syed was also re-elected as Secretary General in the General Council meeting at the PML -Q house. PML-Q dissidents known as ‘Like Minded’ did not attend the meeting. The Like Minded group says the meeting was unconstitutional and that one person can [...]
