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Preserving Culture in West: Mission (not) Impossible

By Guest Blogger • Oct 3rd, 2011 • Category: Features

Having been studying in an occidental state for the last one year and seven days, I have found my inherent bliss sprouting upon meeting any of my countrymen. However, despite being a stranger in a foreign land I couldn’t give up my habit of investigating a person’s nature and comparing it to my mental portraiture [...]



Is an Islamic State (Caliphate) an Extreme Islamic goal?

By Guest Blogger • Sep 30th, 2011 • Category: Politics

The word ‘extreme’ only takes on meaning when defined against some benchmark. ‘Extreme’ weather is a serious departure from a normal, expected climate; extremely hot or cold water is defined as such when compared against, say, lukewarm. The word is relative and defined in relation to some ‘norm’. Ideas are not different.
So to the question [...]



Nationalism Kills

By Guest Blogger • Sep 26th, 2011 • Category: Politics

We can’t make our decisions without outer interference, we can’t question the world when they abduct our people, our lands are bombarded almost every day without our permission, our army takes orders from US, whoever whenever finds something to blame; they blame Pakistan.
Please! There is a limit of being Optimistic. If we think having food, [...]



BISP Floods 2011 Badin Mirpur Khas Hyderabad Sanghar NawabShah List

By Guest Blogger • Sep 21st, 2011 • Category: Misc

Like yesteryear, this year the floods have once again wrecked havoc in the interior Sindh and things are beyond repair now and the people are suffering in millions.
The floods are due to the excessive rains. Though the rains are God blessing and this year we had excess rains, but the devastation in Sindh has [...]



Pickpocketing in Makkah

By Guest Blogger • Sep 13th, 2011 • Category: Misc

Probably nobody would ever think of being pick-pocketed and that too in a Super Market close to Haram at Makkah but this had happened to me on Thursday the 8th September 2011. Immediately after Dohr prayer I visited Bin Dawood Super Market in Makkah Towers opposite to Haram to buy some grocery items, there were [...]



Cure for Dengue in Lahore Punjab Pakistan

By Guest Blogger • Sep 13th, 2011 • Category: Misc

Dengue fever is wrecking havoc in the Pakistan, especially in the Lahore city of Punjab. Thousands of people are suffering from it and now it has spread to other cities and also the patients are being admitted in the Sindh and Khyber Puktunkhwa province.
Hospitals are worried and so are the doctors. This clean water mosquito [...]



Korangi Girls Degree College Students Kidnapped and in Allama Iqbal Train

By Guest Blogger • Sep 9th, 2011 • Category: Misc

Five girls students of Korangi degree college got kidnapped from outside the college and they were being taken to the other city in the Allama Iqbal Express. One of the girl showed soem courage and she phoned the 15 police and told them that they were five girls and they were abducted and now being [...]



Kuch pyar ka pagal pun bhi tha Rahet Fateh Ali Khan Title Song

By Guest Blogger • Sep 8th, 2011 • Category: Entertainment

Rahet Fateh Ali Khan has come up with a new title song for drama Kuch pyar ka pagal pun bhi tha. This drama is being telecasted by ARY Digital and this is the production of Samina Humuyun Saeed and Nasib and though the cast is not that great, the thing is that it is extermely [...]



Dengue Fever Help Prevention Medicine Vaccination in Lahore Peshawar Sindh

By Guest Blogger • Sep 8th, 2011 • Category: Misc

Dengue is an acute fever caused by a virus. It occurs in two forms:
1. Dengue Fever
2. Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever
Dengue fever is marked by the onset of sudden high fever, severe headache and pain behind the eyes, muscles and joints.
Dengue Haemorrhagic fever (DHF) is a more severe form, in which bleeding and sometimes shock occurs – [...]



Punjab Government Teachers Jobs on Contract 2011

By Guest Blogger • Sep 8th, 2011 • Category: Misc

In a very good and noble step, the government of Punjab has announced 30 thousands jobs for the teachers on contract throughout the province. All these teachers would be recruited for the government schools and also for the Danish schools.
The Punjab cabinet has given the approval for the recruitment of teacher jobs in Punjab and [...]