Overseas Pakistani Friends

Prime Minister’s Islamabad Task Force Chairman Faisal Sakhi Butt in a recent meeting directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to submit a workable solution and a time frame for the development of Sector I-15 to overcome shortage of housing units in the federal capital. The development of I-15 sector, which includes five to six Marla [...]

PROFESSOR ALI SUKHANVER                             What is more important; food or security; health or defence; prosperity or safety; certainly a difficult question to be answered. Today one finds a hurricane of allegations, accusations ultimately forming the shape of suggestions thatPakistanneeds not spend a huge amount on its army and the relevant security set-up. Various so-called western thinkers [...]

Writers and poets in the city will be excited, as the favourite haunt of intellectuals, Pak Tea House, is set to revive literary and cultural activities within the next two weeks. The building of the Pak Tea House, which was being used as a garment store, was vacated on Thursday on the orders of the [...]

By Tariq Farid The mushroom growth of ill-planned and sub-standard housing societies has marred the charm of the historical city of Lahore, as around 90 percent of the new housing schemes are built in violation with the set rules and regulations of development and maintenance. Daily Times has learnt that of the 231 housing societies [...]

She has charm and conviction. Our correspondent sat down with the 28 years old Bushra Zulfiqar, the extremely beautiful human development activist whose memoir A Daughter’s Heart has just been released.  Q: – A lot of media attention is coming your way since your book has been released. What is the most absurd thing you [...]

National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence was informed on Monday that the second phase of the new Benazir International Airport would be completed by September 2012. The airport is being constructed by a Chinese company, which is the world’s fourth largest construction company. The total cost of the project is is Rs 63 billion. “The [...]

PROFESSOR ALI SUKHANVER   Throughout the world, Pope Benedict XVI is recognized as a symbol of kind heartedness, affection and love for humanity not only by his followers but also by a great number of Muslims. People rank him as a beacon of compassion and sympathy for the whole of humanity. In his traditional beginning-of-the-year [...]

AS lifestyles get busier and more packed these days, the average person is almost always faced with the temptation of giving up on sleep to get more productivity. After all, the availability of more and more part-time, particularly home-based pursuits makes money-making not only possible but also a very attractive task. Or, other people may [...]

This is my Pakistan The News report by Shakeel Anjum She was bitterly crying on phone begging for her life in the captivity, as she had seen her 16-year-old brother on a CD being slaughtered by kidnappers and pieces of his dead body were sent to her father by them some six years back. Where [...]

National Investment Trust, Pakistan’s first and largest asset management company has introduced ATM card for its unit holders across the country. ATM card will enable customers to withdraw cash against instant redemption of their NIT units. NIT was formed in 1962, currently holding assets worth approximately Rs 82 billion, with around 60,000 unit holders. NIT’s [...]

Mehmood-Ul-Hassan Khan Under the wise leadership of the country, UAE has been in the full spring for the last 40 years, said by Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum while giving an exclusive interview to CNN. It has been complete socio-economic [...]

TOKYO: Japan has been developing a virus that could track down the source of a cyber-attack and neutralize its program, the daily Yomiuri Shimbun reported Sunday. The weapon is the culmination of a 179 million yen ($2.3 million) three-year project entrusted by the government to technology maker Fujitsu Ltd to develop a virus and equipment [...]

PROFESSOR ALI SUKHANVER   If remained unsolved and unresolved, the memo-gate issue may prove fatally catastrophic and lethally disastrous for the hard-earned and ever-dreamed democratic system inPakistan. Though time will decide whether this issue is a conspiracy against democracy or an evil plot against the military institutions ofPakistanbut one thing is very much clear that [...]

Published in The Nation on 9-Dec-2011 John Swinton, the doyen of the New York press corps, upon his retirement, made the following speech:  There is no such thing, at this stage of the world’s history in America, as an independent press. You know it and I know it. There is not one of you who [...]

Mehmood-Ul-Hassan Khan The government of Saudi Arabia announced a $187 billion surplus budget 2012 which clearly showed its wise leadership strong commitments to provide every possible facility to its people. Saudi Arabia being the largest economy of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and MENA (Middle East and North Africa) is also taking all possible measures [...]

Former cricketer Imran Khan reckons he could end militancy and corruption in 90 days if elected prime minister in a show of confidence which has helped make him Pakistan’s most popular politician. He drew at least 100,000 people to the streets of Karachi on Sunday in a massive rally that increases pressure on the government [...]

* US officials believe tied with Pakistan have been seriously damaged and an alliance can survive only in a limited form   WASHINGTON: US officials believe the country’s relationship with Pakistan has been seriously damaged and a counterterrorism alliance can survive only in a limited form, The New York Times reported late Sunday.   Citing [...]

Javed Hashmi announces joining hands with Imran Khan After making the formal announcement, Javed Hashmi said that it was Khan’s determination to bring change that convinced him to join the party. Hashmi admitted that Khan was his favourite cricketer but now he is a star politician as well. He told the reporters that he and [...]

PROFESSOR ALI SUKHANVER   In the second week of December 2011, theUScongress agreed on a defense bill that includes a provision to freeze some $700 million in assistance untilPakistancomes up with a strategy to deal with improvised explosive devices.  According to CBSNEWS, the fertilizer smuggled intoAfghanistanis being used in creating explosives and through this defense [...]

KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee traded at a record low on Wednesday hurt by import payments and a bleak economic outlook for the country. According to the interbank rate, the rupee was trading at Rs 90 to a US dollar. Tuesday, 20th December The dollar recorded growth against the rupee in the interbank market, dealers said [...]