From the monthly archives:

August 2008

Dr.Aafia’s son to re-unite with family

August 31, 2008

According to reports Dr.Aafia son will soon be handed over to Pakistani Officials . The eldest of her children Ahmed siddiqui has been accussed to be arrested with her mother in Afghanistan . While Dr.aafia’s family have been pleading fro her whereabouts for the past 5 years . KABUL, Aug 30: The young son of [...]

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The State of Pakistans Handset Market – An Analysis

August 30, 2008

Handset market has played the most pivotal role in the overall growth of Pakistan’s telecom industry. For me the handset market has played a kind of un-sung hero role in-comparison with the local Telco’s who have taken much of the limelight in the phenomenal growth of Pakistan’s telecom industry during these 6 years.The 1st H [...]

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Malik and Sayali? whats the truth!

August 30, 2008

Times of India broke the news on 28th August that Pakistan’s current cricket team captain Shoaib Malik is dating former Miss India and Bollywood actress Sayali Bhagat. The newspaper claimed that “a reporter bumped into them at a south Mumbai hotel where Shoaib Malik was staying when they ventured into a beauty parlour in the [...]

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Adam Khan in Pole position at Euro3000 series

August 30, 2008

British born Pakistani driver Adam khan is still leading the Euro3000 series currently being held in Italy. Khan is  competing, as preparation for A1 Gp where is going to represent team Pakistan. In Euro3000 Khan is driving for TP Formula, the English translation of the series website is currently proclaiming breathlessly “it is now clear that [...]

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Islamic Tv Channels Haram ?

August 29, 2008

I recently read an article in Jung magazine (of Pakistan) that says Television is Haram and teaching of Islam on television  and  the banking systems that banks of Pakistan follow are haram. I have not been in any Islamic school in Pakistan that focuses on Islam so I am not so sure how the system [...]

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Watch and Phone: Dual purpose

August 28, 2008

Quite an interesting Gadget . A watch that also is works as a GSM cellphone . It is a sleek and sophisticated innovation, which works like a regular watch and a regular phone both at the same time. Incorporating Blue Tooth technology for ease of use,the Watch Phone also features a 1.8” 260,000 color TFT [...]

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PML-N and PML-Q in for unity ?

August 28, 2008

The divorce between Zardari and Nawaz is now public . After the not-so-surprising divorce the scenario has changed drastically. PPP’s blame game has always been on the hike and so have their back stabbing tactics . Now that Mr.Zardari is all up for Presidency , rumor has it that rivals from the past might end [...]

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New Tax Imposed on Mobile Phones in Pakistan

August 28, 2008

The government of Pakistan has imposed yet another flat tax on the import of mobile phones. The tax amounts to Rs. 250 on every mobile set imported in the country. This tax is beside the one already imposed in the two months old budget amount to Rs. 500 per mobile phone. The total tax on [...]

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Tax Imposed on Luxury Items or Basic Items?

August 28, 2008

I was reading the report appearing on the local media that additional tax has been imposed on 350 luxury items and i knew right away that it won’t be devoid of stupid mistakes so i thought lets look at the list of the luxury items. So here are your luxury items: 1) Toasters (if you [...]

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Karachi University Violence

August 27, 2008

After the elections on the 18th February , the elected Prime Minister of the PPP announced that the workers and students union ban will be lifted . It was Bhutto’s strategy to organize a union for both labors and students . Later after freak incidents of violence this was banned . As educational institutes should [...]

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Bags of flour go green !

August 27, 2008

The world food crisis has had severe effects on Pakistan . As there is the presence of ‘other’ factors in the country .Smuggling for instance has caused severe shortage of flour . Prices have since hiked and for the poor it has become almost unaffordable . Now with ramdan coming up the Punjab government has [...]

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Country-wide Power deficit

August 27, 2008

The prolong load shedding is now out in full blow . Power failure ranges from 6 to 8 hrs a day . KESC has announced that this process is here to stay and so people should get use to it . The deficit will remain for 6 months to a year . According to reports [...]

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Draganflyer X6 UAV – World Smallest UAV

August 27, 2008

Draganflyer X6 is a master piece of engineering. I have been following this technology for quiet sometime but never saw its true commercial application. Today, while surfing the net, i came across Draganflyer X6 and i must confess, it is simply amazing. As per Gizmodo “The triple-tipped carbon fiber body has two carbon rotors on [...]

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Hindu Terrorists Burnt down 12 Churches in India

August 27, 2008

It is not common incident in modern Secular India that Hindu extremist terrorists attack the minorities or people belonging to other religions. The recent riots taking place in the Indian state of Orissa started when some unidentified people killed the a Hindu leader belonging to Bharitya Janta Party (BJP), a Hindu equivalent to Al Qaeda. [...]

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