Until the Imperialists invaded Muslim Countries and the Muslims started mixing with non-believers, all our Muslim women walked in this world with great respect and dignity. The non-believers were finding it very difficult to come anywhere near the border of our Muslim sisters purity. The Hijab (Islamic dress for women) did not only protect them [...]

Karim Ranjha Chatorkhand, February 13: (TR) The Government Girls Primary School of Chatorkhand remains in shambles despite of a lapse of 18 months. Girls have been shifted to a boys’ school, many have stopped education. According to details  the school was affected during the August 2010 floods. The students were temporarily taught for some time [...]

By Surojit Gupta for The Times of India Trade ties between India and Pakistan are expected to get a boost as New Delhi reaches out to the business community across the border, starting Monday to assure them about the positive impact of normal trade ties. Commerce minister Anand Sharma will undertake a rare journey to [...]

KarachiTips is not just a trend, but beyond that. Back in summers 2011, inspired by the international Brotips, several such facebook pages came into existance and so did KarachiTips. It all started when three young enthusiastic individuals decided to give a shot, after getting offended by LahoriTips who were apparently dissing Karachi, and came up [...]

Chitral — Chitral district has had the maximum loan write-offs amongst the calamity hit KP districts according to statistics released by the State Bank of Pakistan. 10,000 borrowers had obtained loan worth Rs506 million in Chitral which included 7,597 borrowers obtaining loans of Rs148.84 million from the First Microfinance Bank, which have been waived off. [...]

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 [...]

Remember those days when we used to wait for postman to deliver our mail? Things have changed; we now receive most of our bills, invoices and notices via email. Marketing and promotional material that used to flood our post box, now being sent to us in our spam box! I recently conducted a random survey [...]

KARACHI, JAN 2012: Team SA Relief pledges continued support for the School Of Britainnica education initiative, led by Mrs. Yasmin Nigar for children affected by the 2010 and 2011 monsoon flooding in Sindh, Pakistan. The school is situated along the Super Highway (Karach-Hyderabad M8 Motorway). Yasmin Nigar, is an educationist and social activist from Pakistan. [...]

By Saria Benazir. “Benazir Lives”… I’ve always have heard this and possess an unyielding credence in these words. Nevertheless, as I turn up to gaze at the heavens in moments of obscurity, she is there to placate me and to grant me hope and direction. The instant, I see myself ripped by obstructions, she is [...]

Photo: AP The return of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to Thailand appears to be a formality at this point; a question of when, not if. It was inevitable as soon as the polls closed in Thailand’s last election this past July which saw Thaksin’s reincarnated Pheu Thai party, headed by his sister Yingluck, emerge [...]

Courtesy: Ms Virginia I am grateful to her for providing me such comprehensive information. HOLIDAYS Definition: Days usually marked by time off from secular work and school for commemoration of an event. Such days may also be occasions for family or community festivities. Participants may view them as being religious or as being largely social [...]

Part one Armageddon, two years on…. Men searching for survivors among dead bodies Haiti’s conventional image rarely extends beyond succinct summations of a corrupt, dangerous, impoverished and unstable place plagued by a litany of tragedies: man-made and nature-engineered. Perhaps then, it should surprise no one that the tarnished image prevailed, even two years after the [...]

Deceptive packages continue to flood the market by Telenor and once initial euphoria is settled down, customers actually end up paying more. An advertisement discernible at every location, space and airtime by Telenor claims to have offered its customers network wide free unlimited calls. The ad states, ’For the first time, Telenor has offered network [...]