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LAHORE: Historical Pak Tea House to revive literary activities

Writers and poets in the city will be excited, as the favourite haunt of intellectuals, Pak Tea House, is set to revive literary and cultural activities within the next two weeks. The building of the Pak Tea House, which was being used as a garment store, was vacated on Thursday on the orders of the Lahore commissioner and has now come under control of the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA).

After the closure of the Pak Tea House, a cloth dealer had illegally occupied the building and was using it as a warehouse. Read More »LAHORE: Historical Pak Tea House to revive literary activities

LAHORE: sub-standard housing societies eating up the historical city

By Tariq Farid

The mushroom growth of ill-planned and sub-standard housing societies has marred the charm of the historical city of Lahore, as around 90 percent of the new housing schemes are built in violation with the set rules and regulations of development and maintenance.

Daily Times has learnt that of the 231 housing societies across the metropolis that have been approved by the Lahore Development Authority (LDA), over 75 percent are either undeveloped or partially developed. Hence, only 25 percent societies are developed of which most are poorly maintained.Read More »LAHORE: sub-standard housing societies eating up the historical city

Second phase of New Islamabad (Benazir) Airport to be completed by September

National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence was informed on Monday that the second phase of the new Benazir International Airport would be completed by September 2012.

The airport is being constructed by a Chinese company, which is the world’s fourth largest construction company. The total cost of the project is is Rs 63 billion. “The first phase has been completed while the second phase will be completed by September 2012,” said a press release.

The committee meeting, chaired by Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho, was apprised that the cargo operation could be started in December 2012 and the main problem being faced in the project was the road network, which was to be completed by the National Highway Authority (NHA). The committee stressed the NHA to take appropriate steps for timely completion of the project.Read More »Second phase of New Islamabad (Benazir) Airport to be completed by September

Health benefits of sleep

AS lifestyles get busier and more packed these days, the average person is almost always faced with the temptation of giving up on sleep to get more productivity. After all, the availability of more and more part-time, particularly home-based pursuits makes money-making not only possible but also a very attractive task. Or, other people may choose to forgo sleep for social commitments, particularly after a busy week full of stressful work. While their body craves sleep, their being social beings demand longer periods of night socializing, resulting in a body deprived of sleep one way or another.
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Beware of E-waste as great health risk

By Tariq Farid/Daily Times

Hazardous E-waste has become one of the biggest health risks of this century in Pakistan, with rising trend of bulk imports of used and obsolete computers and other electronic equipment from the West, taking full advantage of “yet to be enacted E-waste laws” in the country.

The people, especially the youth, are buying ‘E-Waste of the West’ as branded computers due to lack of awareness about the grave risks it is posing to the environment, human life and animals.
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Mobile app to help Indian women fight sex assault

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NEW DELHI: A smartphone app launched Wednesday in the Indian capital Delhi aims to fight a rise in sexual assault cases by enabling
women to immediately alert friends or family if they feel at risk.

The “Fight Back” app created by Indian non-profit Whypoll will — at the press of a single key — send an SOS message via text message, email and Facebook.

Once the SOS is activated, recipients will be able to track the sender’s
location via GPS and come to her aid.Read More »Mobile app to help Indian women fight sex assault