Did You Know?
Blog Saturday, January 31st, 2009Did you know that non-Jewish Israelis cannot buy or lease land in the Zionist entity? Did you know that Palestinian license plates in Zionist entity are color coded to distinguish jews from non-jews?
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What Prayer is
Blog Saturday, January 31st, 2009What Prayer is These words I jot down cos I shudder with fearAt the thought that young Muslims can sleep without prayerThat to close ones eyes can be as easy as pieThinking that prayer is a ritual, outdated, should die
Why is a man allowed to have more than one wife in Islam?
General Saturday, January 31st, 2009i.e. why is polygamy allowed in Islam? 1. Definition of Polygamy Polygamy means a system of marriage whereby one person has more than one spouse. Polygamy can be of two types. One is polygyny where a man marries more than one woman, and the other is polyandry, where a woman marries more than one man. [...]
Pakistan to play tri-series in Dubai
Sports Saturday, January 31st, 2009Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will be featuring in the tri-series in Dubai Sports City in April, Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam said on Saturday. He said Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dubai Sports City and dates for the event are being worked out.
NHA to spend Rs 520 billion on National Trade Corridor by 2012
Business Saturday, January 31st, 2009The government would spend Rs 520 billion by 2012 to develop National Trade Corridor (NTC) in order to boost trade activities and exports.
Smoking Riskier to Women Hearts
General Saturday, January 31st, 2009WOMEN typically get heart disease much later than men, but not if they smoke, researchers said Tuesday. In fact, women who smoke have heart attacks nearly 14 years earlier than women who don’t smoke, Norwegian doctors reported in a study presented to the European Society of Cardiology.
Pakistan is investor friendly country
Business Saturday, January 31st, 2009High Commissioner of Canada, Randolph Manl and Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan Chihiro Atsumi called on Chairman Senate, Mohammad Mian Soomro separately at the parliament House and discussed with him issues of bilateral interests with particular reference to investment opportunities in Pakistan.
Call to rehabilitate Indus
Blog Saturday, January 31st, 2009The decision to set up a Rehabilitation and Revival Commission to restore the Indus delta, as reported in the news report, ‘Call to establish Indus rehabilitation body’ (Jan 20), can still bring back one of the great river systems of the world to its original shape, though it is much belated as the damage caused [...]
BBC’s biased attitude
Blog Saturday, January 31st, 2009It does not surprise me that the BBC has refused to broadcast a charity appeal to raise emergency funds for the people in the Gaza Strip, as reported on (Jan 25). In fact, this was very much as per expectation.
Govt needs to ponder over drone attacks
Blog Saturday, January 31st, 2009This is apropos of the statement of the US defence secretary, Robert Gates, that the United States would continue drone attacks on the suspected targets inside Fata and that this decision has been conveyed to the government of Pakistan.