COAS, CJP, Dr Qadeer among top 50 influential Islamic personalities

Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary and Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan are among the top fifty influential Muslims of the World says an annual survey of Royal Institute of Strategic Islamic Studies, Jordan. Some twenty-four Pakistanis have made it to the top 500 influential Muslims in the 2010 [...]

Pakistan – The Nation of Dead Souls

Pakistan – The Nation of the Dead! It is obvious that that is something terribly wrong with the people of Pakistan because there is so much hatred that mobs can just kill anyone and flee off. The law is there and so are the respective authorities but the many years of slavery have killed our [...]

Scotland Yard finds no solid evidence of match fixing

The Lords Cricket Test match fixing scandal has entered its final and dramatic phase, with the Scotland Yard’s investigation team failing to find any concrete evidence of match fixing. Responsible and reliable sources of Scotland Yard had informed on Tuesday that despite ‘the video and other proofs’ as provided by the British tabloid, no credibility [...]

Campaign to get rid of foreign debts

INSPIRED by the front-page special editorial penned down by the Editor-in-Chief, which appeared in this paper on August 30, a group of public spirited citizens on Monday formally launched a public campaign to rid Pakistan of the debilitating foreign debt currently amounting to over 53 billion dollars. Speaking on behalf of progressive parties, students, intellectuals, [...]

Cricket scandal: India adds fuel to the flames

WITH condemnation and demands from all over the country and abroad for swift action against Pakistani cricketers, alleged to have been part of the no-ball conspiracy at Lords, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on Sports demanded on Monday the removal of PCB Chairman and the team management otherwise all the members of the [...]

Rs400m monument for Bhutto in capital approved

The Pakistan People’s Party government has approved the Benazir Monument Complex plan that will be constructed through taxpayers’ money at a vast piece of land near Shakarparian in federal capital Islamabad. The construction of the monument will cost Rs400m while the land provided by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) for the project is said to [...]

What Socrates Would Have Done?

Philosophies of Greek philosophers Socrates, Plato and Aristotle are still foundations of Western cultures and thinking. Socrates, the first of the great trio of ancient Greek philosophers taught Plato and Aristotle was the disciple and student of Plato. Aristotle used to be the tutor of young Alexander the Great. What the impact of the lessons [...]

Pakistan Navy to get new ships from US

Pakistan Navy is in the process of acquiring Oliver Hazard Perry Class Ships from USA. The ship will be named PNS ALAMGIR (F-260). This will be third ship in Pakistan Navy to bear this name. Ambassador of Pakistan to USA H.E Husain Haqqani will be chief guest on the occasion, says a press release received [...]

South Korea to set up wind energy project

As part of its multi-pronged strategy to augment the supply of energy in the country the Government is in process of contacting foreign governments as well as private parties which can provide financial and technical assistance for the development of this vital sector, sources disclosed today. In this connection an understanding has been reached with [...]

The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Governor, Owais Ahmed Ghani has highly appreciated the sympathetic and fraternal spirit of the Dubai based Pakistanis for promptly coming forward to help their flood-affected brothers and sisters in the province and welcomed the provision of Rs.1 million for this purpose as an emergent step. Commenting on this kind gesture of overseas Pakistanis, the Governor said, “It speaks the magnitude of their spirit of patriotism and the God-gifted qualities of humane and sympathetic nature”. The countrymen, he added, greatly regard the role and sacrifices of the overseas Pakistanis towards further supplementing the ongoing efforts of the Government to minimize the miseries of the suffering humanity. The relief and rehabilitation process of the flood affectees who have lost every thing, the Governor said, is a high time and resource consuming and hard and long process and we as a nation have to shoulder this gigantic responsibility with highest degree of self-less spirit, devotion and courage. “We salute all those who are already engaged in this sacred mission in their various capacities especially the ones who are generously contributing their precious time and resources to supplement the government’s efforts and easing the prevailing situation for their suffering brethren. Meanwhile, on behalf of the Governor, a team of senior officials of Governor’s staff including Ali Sher Khan Mehsud, Additional Secretary to Governor, Major Shumayal, ADC to Governor and Waseem Khan Khalil, DSP went to the door steps of each and every such affected family of district Charsadda and Nowshera whose near and dear ones have been lost or injured and formally handed over the financial assistance. The recipients, comprising legal heirs of 18 martyrs and 25 injured of recent floods of both the districts have been given cash assistance of Rs 20,000 on behalf of the Dubai based Pakistanis for each family.

A 70-member Pak-Turk Organization delegation visited five schools in Gulabad, Tehsil Tangi and had Iftar with flood victims on Monday. These camps are serving 500 flood victims daily with iftar dinner through National Trust for Population Welfare (NATPOW) with the collaboration of Pak-Turk Organization. Speaking on the occasion Chief Executive Officer NATPOW, Iftikhar Durrani said, [...]

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