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Malik Ibrar Hussain, KPK Forest Minister is a Timber Smuggler

By Guest Blogger • Jun 17th, 2013 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Shaukatullah Khan was shocked to see Malik Ibrar Hussain among the ministers as he administered oath to 12-member provincial cabinet at the Governor’s House on last Thursday. Governor including every Zaid and Bakar in KPK knows that Malik Ibrar Hussain is the head of timber mafia in the province and numerous cases [...]



Why Pakistan behind the Bangladesh in literacy development

By Guest Blogger • Jun 8th, 2013 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

This paper is conduct about comparison between these two developing countries. Definitions of literacy are also same but age group is different, in Pakistan literacy defined; literacy is reading and writing ability of 10 year or above it of a person in any language. Bangladesh defined; literacy is reading and writing ability of 15 year [...]



Health Insurance Card Forms Application Website Registration

By Guest Blogger • Jun 6th, 2013 • Category: Misc

Punjab government has announced health insurance card for the poor and needy of the province. This scheme is aimed at the people who are living below or just over the poverty line. This is meant to provide world class medical facilities to the lower class and the middle class of the Punjab province.
In every district [...]



Mass media and Agriculture Development in Pakistan

By Guest Blogger • May 30th, 2013 • Category: Politics

Pakistan is an agricultural country. The total economy of Pakistan is dependent on Agriculture sector. With its present contribution to GDP at 23.3 %, it accounts for 42.1 % of the total employed labor force and is the largest source of foreign exchange earnings. However the agriculture production is much smaller in Pakistan than the [...]



So Much for Independent Judiciary

By Guest Blogger • May 29th, 2013 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

Last evening 17th May when the “Judicial Tout” Chaudhry Aslam Ghuman advocate, withdrew his private complaint  based on a First Information Report (FIR) registered against former President of Pakistan, Gen (retd) Musharraf on August 11, 2009 by the police station secretariat, Islamabad for detaining over 60 judges, including Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, I got [...]



Global Potential of Takaful Industry

By Guest Blogger • May 29th, 2013 • Category: Misc

The Takaful business has proved its viability in a period of only two decades. The first Takaful company was established in 1979 – the Islamic Insurance Company of Sudan. Malaysia started Takaful business in 1984. The system gathered momentum in Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries. It has been growing at a rate of [...]



Economic Turmoil and New Government

By Guest Blogger • May 28th, 2013 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

As on 11th May, transition towards democracy’s been completed. Although some circles of society raised their reservations regarding this process, complaints of rigging were also seen at some places; however the overall process was satisfactory. Till 1st week of June, newly elected governments will take charge in center and provinces; and start their journey for [...]



How to control the violence and crime in Pakistani Youth

By Guest Blogger • May 28th, 2013 • Category: Politics

Criminal activities are increase over the time… Several factor that a person committed crime such as Economic, Family problems, unemployment, social factor, school environment and community environment etc. Generally crime is unexpected behavior of an individual. Crime is not only committed poor people but also committed elite class involve in it.
Sociology and law influence [...]



Land Distribution and Technology Change Production

By Guest Blogger • May 28th, 2013 • Category: Politics

The main challenge for development efforts in Pakistan lies in its rural sector, which is suffering from widespread poverty, rising unemployment, growing income inequalities and disproportionally low health and education opportunities. Most of these problems arise mainly, if not solely, from the skewed distribution of land ownership, leading to correspondingly highly unequal distribution of income [...]



Takaful Funds in Islamic Finance

By Guest Blogger • May 27th, 2013 • Category: Misc

A takaful fund is basically a pool of money that participants create to help each other. But such funds can’t survive if a country’s regulations don’t allow for a cooperative legal form of business organization or for companies that lack share capital (capital stock).
For practical reasons, takaful operators (which are usually limited liability companies and [...]