KFA president hopes Basant will be celebrated as Governor Taseer in favour
LAHORE: There are bright chances of celebrating Basant and preparations for the festival have commenced with the change in the provincial administrative setup, Kite-Flying Association (KFA) officials told Daily Times on Thursday.
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Feb 272009
CHICAGO: Taking vitamin B can prevent a common type of vision loss in older women, according to the first rigorous study of its kind. It’s a slight redemption for vitamin supplements, which have suffered recent blows from research finding them powerless at preventing disease. Continue reading »
Interviews by University of Wales, Newport UK and FM Consultants
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Feb 252009
Interviews by Middlesex University, London and FM Consultants
On the Spot Admissions by Middlesex University, London
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Reported by The News and all national as well as international media.
The three-member Bench of Supreme Court has disposed off Sharif brothers’ electoral eligibility case by declaring them ineligible for contesting elections in its two-line short order announced here.
Shahbaz Sharif under this verdict has lost his seat in the provincial assembly and being no longer member of the Punjab House, he is no more Punjab chief minister, as SC has annulled the earlier notification about his being chief minister. Continue reading »
Says 300 scholars have returned to serve universities better
HYDERABAD: Former chairman of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Prof Dr Atta-ur-Rehman has said solution to many problems of Pakistan lies in development of education and allocating maximum funds for this sector.
He was speaking as chief guest at the inauguration of the three-day 29th Congress of Zoology International organised by the Department of Zoology, University of Sindh, on Tuesday. Scholars and zoologists from the universities of Pakistan, Iran and Bangladesh are attending the congress. Continue reading »
Shireen M Mazari
It certainly did not take Holbrooke long to reveal his arrogant ignorance about Pakistan. Hysterical over the Swat agreement – clearly it undermines the US efforts to expand the destabilisation of Pakistan and thereby seek a rationale for sending troops into Pakistan and eventually targeting the country’s nuclear assets – he made some absolutely absurd remarks. First he chose to declare the 9/11 perpetrators as being similar to the Swat militants and to the groups of militants in FATA. Only his arrogance would push him into displaying such ignorance since we all know that the perpetrators of 9/11 were well-off Saudis educated in Western institutions (not madrassahs) and living in the West. Unlike them, the Swat militants are a motley group comprising various shades of Pakistanis, primarily madrassah educated and certainly not from the financial elite of the country. As for FATA, the militants comprise several groups ranging from Al-Qaeda offshoots, religious zealots, Afghan Taliban, Pakistan Taliban, local groups and criminal elements. But for Holbrooke it would appear these crucial differences are irrelevant and all that is relevant is the religious identity! Talk about bigotry and prejudice. As for his understanding of the security situation in the NWFP, it was defined in terms of people not “being able to walk their dogs!” Now how many ordinary citizens of Pakistan actually keep dogs as pets and walk them every evening a la New York style? And this is the best Obama could muster as a Special Envoy! Continue reading »
Feb 242009
Most people do not know the five warning signs of a stroke and what to do if they suspect one — especially those most likely to suffer one, according to new research.
Older people and those who’ve already had a stroke were among the groups found to be least able to recognise the symptoms of a stroke and know to immediately call emergency service. Continue reading »
By now you must know that 70 American military “advisers and technical specialists” are on the ground secretly training the Pakistan Army to kill Al-Qaeda and Taliban. The CIA has already sniffed out 60 militants and told our Air Force to snuff them out. That done, now Richard Holbrooke wants COAS General Kayani to finish off Baitullah Mehsud and Maulana Fazlullah. Continue reading »
They once lived across the street from each other. Now they belong to two different countries. Often they don’t get visas to visit with each other. But when they do, it is like they are fifteen again, at a time and in a place when they were no divisions, only trees to be climbed and apples to be picked
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The formulation of management entities or plans is just not enough to lessen the risk of disasters. Like with so many other issues, it is effective implementation of these plans that remains the thorny issue
While disasters are inevitable, death and suffering from them is not. Humans can take varied action to help lessen the risks associated with disasters. Disaster risk reduction is a term used for lessening and preventing the effects of a disaster. Continue reading »
The transnational nature of militancy and its various strands have not only found root in the divisive and multi-ethnic base of South Asian societies, these are now also nurturing under dominant undertones of acutely aware and conscious religious identities
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By Mahvesh Farooqi
Islamic banking which used to be a myth in this part of the world several years ago is not only in vogue but is gaining rapid popularity theses days. Not only a number of foreign and local banks are doing good business in Islamic banking but even the conventional banks have been tempted to open special Islamic banking counters. In fact it was Dubai Islamic Bank which took the lead as early as 1975. Thereafter, Islamic banking grew into a worldwide industry exceeding handling amounts exceeding $900 billion. In Pakistan, Meezan Bank has made rapid strides in this sector followed by Bank Islami. Continue reading »
If we analyse the financial and economic impacts of the current years load-shedding the cost could be up in the billions. The demand for electricity is growing at an average rate of 9.5 per cent per annum over the past four years and a stagnant power supply and growing demand has created severe power shortages in the country
Coal energy: In Pakistan, coal reserve is estimated at 185 billion tons, which, according to Dr. Akram Sheikh (ex-Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission) is equivalent to at least 400 billion barrels of oil, in other words equivalent to the oil reserves of Saudi Arabia and Iran combined. Continue reading »
There is a growing body of evidence to show that an apple a day can keep not just the doctor away, but breast cancer too.
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed invasive cancer and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women in US, said Rui Hai Liu, Cornell University associate professor of food science. Recently, Liu reported that fresh apple extracts significantly inhibited the size of mammary tumours in rats – and the more extracts they were given, the greater the inhibition. “We not only observed that the treated animals had fewer tumours, but the tumours were smaller, less malignant and grew more slowly compared with the tumours in untreated rats,” said Liu, which confirmed the findings of his preliminary study in 2007. Continue reading »
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