Prosperous is he who purifies it, and failed has he who seduces it. (91:7-10) The mission of the Holy Prophet (S) marks the beginning of a historical movement for fashioning godly human beings and for founding great human societies on the basis of the sublime criteria of Islam. Though it marks the beginning of this [...]

Qawwali, like every other field, is dominated by giants. There’s half a dozen or more names that are known to every Qawwali listener, and even to most lay-listeners. Mention the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the Sabri Brothers, Aziz Mian Qawwal or Munshi Raziuddin Ahmed and you’re bound to be met with nods of recognition [...]

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Brazil has been affected in recent weeks by suggestions of a slow down in Brazil’s usually hot economy. Inflation in China also has received some attention. The result was that some market studies have been done on the BRICS and emerging economies showing that countries like Mexico, South Africa and Vietnam are doing quite well [...]

By: Shaukat Masood Zafar Pakistan’s rich human and material resource endowments have given it the potential to become a major player in the global economy. Pakistan is rich in minerals. It has good agriculture potential. The young population in Pakistan is large — as is the percentage of young who are unemployed but well-educated, meaning [...]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s economy has been facing the loss of Rs3 billion every day and Rs93 billion every month due to the highly controversial US-led war on terror for the last 46 months of the Gilani regime.The State Bank of Pakistan had calculated a total loss of $68.9 billion till June 30, 2011 to the country’s [...]

http://www.awaztoday.com/playshow/19748/Islamabad-Tonight-7th-February-2012.aspx http://www.zemtv.com/2012/02/07/islamabad-tonight-on-aaj-news-7th-febuary-2012/ http://www.friendskorner.com/forum/f247/video-islamabad-tonight-nadeem-malik-7th-february-2012-a-263332/ ISLAMABAD TONIGHT WITH NADEEM MALIK 07-02-2012 TOPIC- UNSTABLE ECONOMY OF PAKISTAN GUESTS- SARTAJ AZIZ, DR ISHRAT HUSSAIN, DR SALMAN SHAH SARTAJ AZIZ FORMER FINANCE MINISTER OF PAKISTAN said that bad governance is the cause of compound economic problems of the country. He said that the economic situation of the country is really [...]

Naoyuki Shinohara, IMF deputy managing director (Asahi Shimbun) The International Monetary Fund said Japan should triple its consumption tax in order to cut the country’s massive public debt. At 5 percent, Japan’s consumption tax rate is one of the lowest in the world. Anoop Singh, IMF chief for Asia, said “It has been our sense… [...]

One thing that bothers me about how Pakistan conducts its foreign policy is how narrowly it is focused on a few states. The four horsemen of Pakistan’s foreign policy are: the U.S., China, Saudi Arabia, and India. These states take an overwhelming and disproportionate level of our government’s interest, time, money, effort. Almost everything we [...]

  Etihad Airways Continues Africa Expansion with New Flights to Lagos, Nigeria Etihad Airways has announced the launch of flights to Lagos, the airline’s first destination in West Africa, from 1st July, 2012, subject to regulatory approvals. These direct flights will link Abu Dhabi and Lagos six times a week and will be operated by [...]

Economy in the Red: 4-Year Performance Real Economic Performance: The SBP’s foreign exchange reserves have declined by about $2 billion in the last six months. A deterioration in the current account balance due to lower cotton/textile prices and a sharp slowdown in remittances growth, continued difficulties in attracting external financing, and the beginning of repayments [...]

Transparency International Pakistan says Gilani tenure has given a loss of Rs 8,500 billions in corruption so far. Still nincompoos and corrupts in government expect people to pay taxes like “responsible” citizens. Yes, people like us who pay taxes despite corruption are responsible and they are responsible for beeing ignorant. People should go for a [...]

The last few weeks has seen the Karachi Stock Exchange nudge upwards. That has predictably led to cautious excitement. Could it be that we are returning to the glorious days of the Musharaf regime, when Pakistanis proudly pointed to KSE as one of the best performing stock markets in the world? Well, our Finance Minister threw [...]

By Shaukat Masood Zafar Pakistan is facing many serious problems nowadays, but the problem of price-rise is the most serious one. The government of Pakistan and LPG producers has recently dropped three more bombshells on the people of Pakistan by increasing the price of oil products. Though many of the petroleum products are deregulated now [...]