Overseas Pakistani Friends

Bank Square in Model Town safe haven for Sheesha smokers
Legal action against Sheesha smoking impossible, says Rana Sana
Nasir Butt
LAHORE: Sheesha smoking, a modern way of addiction, is spreading among youngsters in the provincial capital like a jungle fire and this latest menace rapidly infecting the school and college students of upper class.

 Muhammad Javed
In order to get not merely more remittances but also to fetch the Overseas Pakistanis (Ops) savings abroad, the Governments from the last 10 years, every six month or so announce this scheme or that scheme but the results are never nearer to the desired level. No doubt the figures of remittances must have [...]

ALI SUKHANVER
  Pak-India friendship is the most essential and almost inevitable element for a long lasting and deep rooted peace in South Asia. The present warlike scenario along the Pak-India borders can adopt an altogether different look if the two countries put aside all their differences, ignoring the past and simply keeping in view the regional [...]

By Kamran Riaz
In Pakistan, people, who have absolutely no knowledge of an issue under discussion, tell conspiracy theories about it with such conviction that one starts believing that perhaps these people are narrating a firsthand account of acts to which they were eye witnesses. 

By Aurangzeb Soharwardi
Pakistan is experiencing a huge energy crisis, which has jeopardised its economic progress and social development. Substantial electricity demand and supply deficit, depleting gas and petroleum reserves and dipping down water table are major concerns. Particularly, the electricity dilemma has posed a serious threat and requires to be resolved immediately. Besides maximum [...]

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan on Thusrday released its annual report on the state of Pakistan’s economy in 2008-09. Following is the economic outlook and summary of the report.

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has established a Cyber Security Task Force in the wake of increasing threats to the cyberspace and critical information resources of the country.
FIA Director General Tariq Khosa on Thursday announced the establishment of the task force, which would be headed by Ammar Jaffri, Additional Director General Federal Investigation Agency.

SBP Warns against too much reliance on western markets for exports
By Saad Hasan
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday said that Pakistan’s GDP growth is projected to remain between 2.5 per cent and 3.5 per cent during 2009-10 if the manufacturing and agricultural sectors performed well.

The play ‘Flight 420’ on Thursday brought much awaited laughter to the capital facing terrorism with social and recreational activities at its lowest ebb.
“Flight 420”, the latest play of Kopy Kat Productions, staged at Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) auditorium, is produced by Dawar Mehmood and directed by Shafqat Khan.

All the visiting friends are advised to check how many SIMs have been issued against their CNIC, from security point of view it is very important to block all illegal SIMS issued against your ID card.
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has developed a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) information system to address associated risks on security and [...]