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Standard Education in Pakistan

By Guest Blogger • Mar 12th, 2010 • Category: Politics

The standards of education in government school are very low and deteriorating day by day. We have noticed that the result of government schools in board examination is very poor. Over the years the results are becoming poor and poorer but institutions are showing fake results,
The first reason behind this performance is that students want [...]



Incredible India Glare

By Guest Blogger • Mar 11th, 2010 • Category: Politics

The publicity boom of `Incredible India’ is again captivating the viewers’ attention; despite the fact that many tourists claim, it still stricken and lies in tatters. It is weather-beaten, but the magic of Information Technology has helped its artists, tour operators and media managers to project their country’s spectacular aesthetic beauty as a land of [...]



PTCL Evo PCMCIA Card

By Guest Blogger • Mar 8th, 2010 • Category: Technology

As for all of you who are wondering about the title i.e. what on earth is an Evo PCMCIA card? Allow me to tell you that it is Aladdin’s magic carpet which will take you around the world on a magic ride. PTCL Evo Rocks! Not really ….. Not without an Evo PCMCIA Card. But [...]



Where US’ War on terror is heading?

By Guest Blogger • Mar 8th, 2010 • Category: Politics

“The stages of history are replete with chants and choruses of the conquerors of old who came killing in pursuit of peace”. Martin Luther King
The attempted terrorist attack on Northwest Airlines flight 253 on Christmas day and the “revelation” that al-Qaeda has regrouped and is planning more attacks from Yemen is generating renewed attention to [...]



Haqqani’s contract expires in May

By Guest Blogger • Mar 5th, 2010 • Category: Features

“The News” has gone into overdrive these days. Anonymous sources confided “The News” that Ambassador Haqqani’s contract is going to expire in May and reports speak of Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir being posted to Washington to replace Haqqani. This big and false rumor to begin to agitate again, I surmise. If you go through this [...]



Brinkmanship to statesmanship

By Guest Blogger • Mar 2nd, 2010 • Category: Politics

The recent visit of our foreign secretary to India did not achieve anything worthwhile, except that the Pakistani officials raised all important issues like Kashmir, water diversion, Indian interference in Baluchistan etc. Taking advantage of our foreign secretary’s presence in Delhi, the political leadership of IHK interacted with him that depicted convergence of views between [...]



The American Vulture has Landed

By Guest Blogger • Feb 28th, 2010 • Category: Politics

The British began their domination of the Indian subcontinent via the East India Company. This commercial entity, originally there from the 1600s to trade with the region, slowly began leading to the need to have a private militia there to protect its interests. By the late 1700s, the British had a regular army there to [...]



Lessons Learnt from Punne Blast

By Guest Blogger • Feb 28th, 2010 • Category: Politics

In an in-depth analysis on Mumbai attackers of 26/11, Ms Christine Fair - a political scientist at the RAND Corporation analyzed that the attacks though attributed largely to Pakistan LeT, doesn’t mean that India’s internal challenges are less dire.  Many Western experts feel that such precision planning and execution in the Mumbai attacks would not [...]



Benazir Income Support Program, BISP Survey in Quetta Balochistan

By Guest Blogger • Feb 25th, 2010 • Category: Politics

UNFORTUNATELY the poor and underprivileged people of Pakistan have been suffering due to lack of a comprehensive social protection system. It goes to the credit of the present government that has launched BISP as a tool for enacting a comprehensive social safety net catering to the needs of the ‘poorest of the poor’ of the [...]



Cartoon of the Year

By Guest Blogger • Feb 25th, 2010 • Category: Entertainment

Couldn’t help passing it on.
SMILE IS GOOD FOR HEALTH
‘When someone shares something of value with you and you benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share it with others.’
- Chinese Proverb