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Ambassador Jamil, Chairman FBR discuss issues of Overseas Pakistanis

Associated Press of Pakistan

 

Associated Press of Pakistan

 Pakistan’s Ambassador to United Arab Emirates Jamil Ahmed Khan had a meeting with Chairman Federal Board of Revenue Ali Arshad Hakeem in which he took up complaints of Overseas Pakistanis who were harassed at different airports in Pakistan. “Overseas Pakistanis are a valuable asset of the country who are contributing in the uplift of national economy by sending record remittances to their homeland. They must be respectedRead More »Ambassador Jamil, Chairman FBR discuss issues of Overseas Pakistanis

DON’T WE CALL THEM TRAITORS?

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PROFESSOR ALI SUKHANVER

 

A few media groups, some journalists and so many NGOs belonging to the Indian lobby in Pakistan are now-a-days earnestly working for the approval of free-trade facilities between Pakistan and India. If unluckily approved, such trade policy would prove a catastrophic disaster for Pakistan.  The ever-worst energy crisis in Pakistan has badly affected the industrial sector. The industrial units which have the capacity of working round the clock are compelled to work only for six to eight hours a day. This situation is not only making lives of the labourers a hell but also increasing the cost of production. Moreover unfriendly taxation policies of the government and callous behaviour of government official with the Read More »DON’T WE CALL THEM TRAITORS?

LAHORE: Sheesha smoking still popular among youth

Students say government ban on sheesha unjustified

Café owners protest against raids, say business destroyed

By Aliya Mirza

Despite the City District Government Lahore (CDGL) imposing a ban on sheesha smoking, a large number of youngsters, both male and female, and even professionals belonging to different fields are still visiting cafes for sheesha as they claim sheesha smoking to be a “healthy recreational activity”.

The CDGL had started a crackdown against sheesha cafes in the city four months ago and almost all sheesha cafes were sealed in the process. The Lahore High Court (LHC) later gave permission for reopening the cafes, however, the raids continued during which the government officials confiscated sheesha hookahs and arrested workers and in some cases the customers as well.

A large number of sheesha cafes can be seen located on different important roads of the city, which not only provide sheesha but also serve as fast food joints for the visitors. Read More »LAHORE: Sheesha smoking still popular among youth

Osama Bin Laden was dead as US Marines arrived

 

Former al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was unarmed and already dead with a bullet to his brain when the US NAVY SEALS entered his bedroom in his Abbottabad compound, narrated a US Navy SEAL in his first-hand account of the raid. The Huffington Post has obtained a copy of the book. In the book “No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden”, a SEAL who used the pseudonym Mark Owen wrote that suppressed gunshots were heard when the team was less than five steps away from getting to the top. When the team members entered the al Qaeda chief’s room, they saw his wife wailing over his body, the book added. Owen also denied numerous reports that Laden had a weapon and resisted when the SEALS entered. He wrote that the al Qaeda leader was unarmed and had been fatally wounded with “blood and brains spilled out of the side of his skull”. The writer also negated several other reports, and said that the SEALS were not fired at outside the compound nor wasRead More »Osama Bin Laden was dead as US Marines arrived

In 65 years, India excels Pakistan in many fields

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“The News” report by Sabir Shah

LAHORE: Although the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a day older than its next-door neighbour India, it cannot match the excellence of its nuclear arch rival when it comes to the secular state’s accomplishments in political, educational, economic and communication development fronts during these 65 years.

A few pro-Pakistan critics may, however, try to snatch the credit away from India by attributing the country’s superb successes to its much bigger area and its six times larger population.Read More »In 65 years, India excels Pakistan in many fields

THE INDIAN GIRLS IN TROUBLE

PROFESSOR ALI SUKHANVER

 

A few weeks back, The Times of India published an article “Shame:DelhistillIndia’s rape capital”. This article by V Narayan says, “Delhicontinues to be the rape capital of the country, followed by Mumbai.Delhiregistered 568 cases of rape, compared to 218 in Mumbai in 2011, National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) statistics showed. In the period of 2007-2011,Delhitopped the chart, followed by Mumbai,Bhopal, Pune and Jaipur.” This article was very much shocking and disappointing for me because it reminded me of a renaming ceremony held somewhere in late 2011, in a central Indian district of Mumbai. In that ceremony more than 200 Indian girls chose new names for them just to give a fresh start to their life. These were the girls whose names meant “unwanted” or “disliked” in Hindi language. The Indian media took that event as the beginning of a revolution regarding the sorry plight of women inIndia. Various channels were hopeful that this revolutionary start up would help fight widespread gender discrimination that has givenIndiaa tilted gender ratio; more boys than girls. They were confident that this Read More »THE INDIAN GIRLS IN TROUBLE