ABBOTTABAD: The young Pakistani officer sighs when he thinks about what happened to Osama bin Laden. “Was he really here?” he said, adding that “All that, it’s like 9/11, we don’t even know if it really happened.” Sitting at the end of the track leading to the compound where US Navy SEALs killed the al [...]
PROFESSOR ALI SUKHANVER You greet someone at your door-steps but he pushes you back and forces himself into your home; what happens next? Surely your reaction would be very much hostile and aggressive. Same must have been the reaction of the security staff when some Americans, posing to be the members of US diplomatic crew, [...]
Thermal power costs 5 times of hydroelectric During the last eight years hydropower cost remained at Rs 1.08 per unit compared to the thermal generation’s cost of Rs 5.36 per unit, therefore Pakistan needs to focus on hydropower generation to resolve its longstanding power shortfall issue. Statistics available on the occasion of eight-year completion of [...]
Associated Press of Pakistan ISLAMABAD: Thar coal project will be operational from December 2013 which will bring prosperity in the country, said Dr Samar Mubarakmand member Science and Technology Planning Commission on Thursday. Talking to a private news channel, he said Pakistan had enough coal reservoirs that could provide electricity to country for more than [...]
By Mehmood-Ul-Hassan Khan The United Arab Emirates Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Charity Foundation has been purposefully engaged in eventful activities of iftrai programs in different areas of Pakistan since the dawn of Ramadan. A large number of needy people, poor families, children of orphanages, blind students, elderly people and the last but not the [...]
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) Associate Professor Dr Umar has been recognised by the MIT Technology Review as one of the top 35 innovators (TR35) in the world. The announcement was made by LUMS SSE on Tuesday, according to which Dr Umar is the first Pakistani scholar to have been selected for the prestigious [...]
By Mehmood-Ul-Hassan Khan The UAE Embassy in Pakistan with the collaboration of UAE charities mainly Red Crescent Authority organized series of extended iftari programs in the holy month of Ramadan in different cities of Pakistan especially Islamabad and Rawalpindi, right from the first of Ramadan. Embassy’s envoy said such purposeful initiatives will be continued and [...]
KARACHI: The Federal Cabinet is likely to discuss in its next meeting a proposal from Ministry of Commerce to allow commercial import of used vehicles, which is likely to be opposed by the industry and different government departments including Engineering Development Board fearing a total collapse of not only original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) but allied [...]
By Mehmood-Ul-Hassan Khan Most recently, China started exercises of its first aircraft carrier “Shi Lang” (larger than the French carrier Charles de Gaulle) in Dalian, with national pride which faced mixed regional reactions and international criticism/concerns. Right form the first day Chinese government claimed its increasingly naval power as defensive purposes but regional political scientists [...]
Mehmood-Ul-Hassan Khan The government of Pakistan has been rigorously engaged with so many internal and regional issues of survival, regional predominance, energy supplies and the last not the least grand regional conciliation for the last two months. Its active drive for conflict resolution, track II diplomacy, arbitration and developing regional consensus is the hot topic [...]
Mehmood-Ul-Hassan Khan Right now most part of the Middle East is swinging between the highly projected notions of spring and autumn. Spells of hope and desperation are going side by side in many countries in the region. Diehard supporters of status quo and jubilant prompters of revolution are at tug of war in the region. [...]
ANCIENT Greek athletes consumed honey to boost their energy and performance levels during Olympics events as it contains glucose and fructose, known to produce tremendous reserves of glycogen in the liver. Having a spoonful of unprocessed honey before bed can support your brain function. The fructose is stored as energy reserves in the liver, ready [...]
PROFESSOR ALI SUKHANVER Karachi, once the most prosperous, promising and developing financial hub ofPakistanis now at stake. The people ofKarachiare left with nothing but a feeling of insecurity and uncertainty. Stray bullets and unidentified killers are ruling over this metropolitan city. In spite of their best efforts the provincial government, the police, the Rangers and [...]
President Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday signed the regulation for the establishment of Wana Cadet College in South Waziristan Agency in FATA. Spokesperson to the President Farhatullah Babar said that the prime minister during his address at the Governor’s House in Peshawar on August 27, 2008, had announced the establishment of six cadet colleges to promote [...]
By Khalid Butt PAKISTAN talent continues to distinguish itself in the West. An Allama Iqbal Medical College alumnus was recently recognized for his contribution to healthcare by a newspaper in the United States.