Pakistanis in Denmark form the fifth-largest community of migrants and descendants from a non-Western country, The earliest Pakistani migrants came to Denmark in the 1960s and 1970s as migrant workers. That’s when the Danish Government opened doors for immigrants and termed them as guest workers.
Though the Danish government restricted labor migration in 1973, the Pakistani community continued to grow, largely through family reunification and transnational marriages. The spouses in these transnational marriages came largely from Pakistan, but roughly 3,000 were drawn from among the community of British Pakistanis as well. [click to continue...]
U.S. billionaire Bill Gates is no longer the world’s richest man. That title now belongs to Mexico’s telecom titan Carlos Slim Helu, according to Forbes magazine’s annual list of the world’s richest people.
As per the list Pakistan’s Mian Mohammad Mansha is ranked at 937 with a net worth of $1 billion (USD) and is the only Pakistani in the world Billionair list. (One of the reasons being not many Pakistanis declare thier asset - case in point our President reportedly is one of the richest men in Pakistan with a networth of $1.8 billion )
Carlos Slim added $18.5 billion (USD) to his fortune last year and has a net worth of $53.5 billion (USD), according to the list. This is the first time since 1994 that a person from outside the United States has held the title of “world’s richest person. “Carlos Slim is very dominant in the Mexican economy. He foresaw the rise of communications, so cell phones he embraced, but he’s also into more nitty gritty businesses like cement, and he’s put together quite an empire,” says Steve Forbes, the magazine’s editor-in-chief.
Pro-Pakistan blog always try to highlight the positive things about our country but there are times when you come across such things where it becomes difficult to remain quiet on things even if it goes against the reputation of few of the most well known Pakistani’s. One such incident was just brought to my attention by one of our friend and a fan of our site who has been working for Acid Victims of Pakistan.
The story is about the famous entrepreneurial lady of Pakistan and a very much known figure to beauty conscious ladies of our times…..Yes you guess it right! Miss Masarrat Misbah, the proud owner of Diplex chain in Pakistan and abroad. Masarrat Misbah is not only the proud owner of Diplex but she is also running a Smile Again Foundation for the Acid Burn victims of our society. She won a lot of applause from people from all walks of life both in Pakistan and abroad. [click to continue...]
Today when i opened up web edition of Dawn newspaper, i came across the story of Pakistani delegation comprising of Senators and MP’s who refused to go through the full body scanning at US airport and hence decided to cancel their official trip and reach back to Pakistan. The Americans try their level best to convince the delegation to accept the new reality, however, the delegation turned down all the requests. Dawn newspaper even report that American cited the fact that their own Generals and Congressman go through it and get themselves strip checked so it is a good enough reason for the Americans to make it compulsory for the whole world to follow suit. I wonder if tomorrow some General or Congressman turned out to be a gay, will that also become a benchmark for us to consider it a good enough reason to follow suit.
Anyways, Dawn did its level best to present a soft image of Americans, as it has been doing lately. According to Dawn:
While the State Department issued no statement on the incident, official sources claimed that the lawmakers had signed a document in Islamabad which explicitly said that they would have to go through the normal procedure, which would include body-scan, and that there would be no exceptions. [click to continue...]
For 1st March, 2010 the government announced new petroleum prices; though this time the government made a sincere effort to show a reduce in pricing but failed miserably. It seems that government has only mastered the act of ridiculing masses and the nation vehemently. In a bid to reduce prices the government only found space of 64 paisa’s to reduce but when it comes to increasing prices the government miserably fails.
The recent reduction in petroleum prices is equivalent to making fun of the misery of this nation. On 31st January, 2010 OGRA (Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority) [click to continue...]
In the recent geopolitical front the development of friendship between Saudi Arab and India is being looked at very closely. Indians got an overwhelming welcome by the Saudi’s; the entire royal cabinet was present at the airport to welcome the Indian P.M; an honor previously enjoyed by China and France only. Such a start to a PM of country who was visiting after 28 years was certainly an eye-opener for Pakistanis. It is not an eye-opener because Indians are visiting but because an enemy is trying to take away an elder brother. I know there are no permanent friends or foes in foreign policy of a country but certain things are ground realities and that are hard to change. [click to continue...]
Just when we thought that the Politicians and political parties can’t get any more dishonorable and shameless, another incident happened live on Pakistani channels. Yes Folks PML (N) Rally was powered by illegal electricity connection. Isnt it funny! how the bearers of the poor are caught red handed trying to be too smart.
According to the sources, Nawaz Sharif addressed party workers on Grand Trunk Road near University of Engineering and Technology. While Nawaz made a case for his own leadership in overcoming the problems of the common man, sources said the electricity provided to the PML-N meeting had been “stolen from WAPDA’s main line”.
Pictures on Geo tv clearly showed hooks were used to steal power from the main electricity lines. PML (N) at the time was doing a campagin for the upcoming NA -123 by-elections. The stolen electricity was used to power flood lights and speakers for the rally. Knowing the sensitivity of the issue and the fact that they were caught red handed , PML hastily arranged a press conferernce to clear the issue out. [click to continue...]
National Assembly’s seat no 55; has become one of the most heated and looked forth seat ever in any by-polls elections. The current election’s is all about changing loyalties. National Assembly (NA) – 55; comprises of half of the Rawalpindi city. These elections have become more or less like a fierce battle between Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) and Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed (Awami Muslim League). It is important to mention the history between the two parties i.e. PML (N) and Sheikh Rasheed.
Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed had long enjoyed the support of PML (N) and had [click to continue...]
This is a clip taken from the program by Talat from Aaj Tv and one student of Oxford University raises some serious questions about the Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party. The guy has stood to the occassion to share the way our supposedly future leader is behaving in Oxford. Do not forget to miss th last part where a PPP crony try to defend Bilawal Bhutto Zardari by mocking the 170 million Pakistani’s. The guy has the guts to say that the students sitting on that platform are not going to decide the future leader of Pakistan rather its the general masses, whom they can fool around all the time, who are going to decide the future leader. I think its a national shame for all of us. Watch the Clip!
Pakistanis in Denmark form the fifth-largest community of migrants and descendants from a non-Western country, The earliest Pakistani migrants came to Denmark in the 1960s and 1970s as migrant workers. That’s when the Danish Government opened doors for immigrants and termed them as guest workers.
Pro-Pakistan blog always try to highlight the positive things about our country but there are times when you come across such things where it becomes difficult to remain quiet on things even if it goes against the reputation of few of the most well known Pakistani’s. One such incident was just brought to my attention by one of our friend and a fan of our site who has been working for Acid Victims of Pakistan.
