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Oracle Parallelism Itching Wait Event

By Shayan Khan • Apr 15th, 2011 • Category: Technology

Parallelism is near to silver bullet for many of the database operation on huge volume of data. But as is the case with bullets, you have to handle them with care otherwise they could backfire.
PX Deq Credit: send blkd is a wait event you might see in your AWR report if you [...]



Pakistan Saved From Making Afridi Prime Minister and a new Party

By Shayan Khan • Mar 31st, 2011 • Category: Politics

The whole Pakistan is in a grief and engulfed in the dense sad blanket of disappointment after watching the dismal and coward performance of their team in the semi final of the cricket world cup 2011 in Mohali. The way team fielded poorly and dropped catches upon catches and stumping and poor bowling topped by [...]



Kon Banay Ga Meera Pati

By Shayan Khan • Feb 13th, 2011 • Category: Entertainment

Would you like to marry with Meera? No no, don’t worry Meera won’t milk you for money, dresses and bungalows and you would have full rights on her as the hubby but yes nobody can guarantee for how long.
Meera has been married and then denied the marriages so many times that now she has to [...]



Thanks ICC for Cleaning Pakistani Cricket

By Shayan Khan • Feb 5th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Instead of bashing International Cricket Council, its about time that we introspect and try to understand that the world is not silly or foolish and not every body is like us. People cherish the honesty and law and they respect it. The way Pakistani media is criticizing the ICC over banning the Pakistani players who [...]



Skiing in Mala Jabba, Kalam and Swat Starts

By Shayan Khan • Jan 27th, 2011 • Category: Entertainment

Terrorism-torn Swat is almost free from the terrorists. The military operation has completed and now the cleaning up of the Swat division from the left-over terrorists has also ended and it is open for the tourism and in this summer season the Swat people are expecting huge turnover of the tourists from within and outside [...]



Mohammad Yousuf Dropped from Pakistan World Cup 2011 Squad

By Shayan Khan • Jan 18th, 2011 • Category: Entertainment

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has once again repeated it’s ignominious and callous approach and without holding any press conference has announced the sqaud for the upcoming world cup.
There is no captain announced yet and we don’t know that who will be the captain as there are many captains including Misbahul Haq, Shahid Afridi, Younis Khan, [...]



Jobs You Can Do From Home in Pakistan

By Shayan Khan • Jan 3rd, 2011 • Category: Entertainment

So you are fed up with your job, irritating colleagues, disgusting boss, and the work environment. You are ill at ease with the way you are static in your job and there is no learning and earning and you are just stuck at the crossroads. You are also afraid of change but you want to [...]



Pakistan Women Cricket Team Wins Gold Medal, Congrats Sana Mir

By Shayan Khan • Nov 20th, 2010 • Category: Entertainment

Pakistan defeated arch rival Bangladesh to win its first gold medal at the Guangzhou Asian Games in women’s cricket on Friday.
Nida Rashid’s brilliant all-round performance guided Pakistan to a 10-wicket win in Guangzhou, China. After being sent into bat, Bangladesh were bowled out for 92 in 20 overs, with off-spinner Nida taking four wickets for [...]



Help Me in Searching the Bakra Please

By Shayan Khan • Nov 15th, 2010 • Category: Politics

These days, daily, I get out or to be honest forced out by the family to go out and find some proper Bakra for the sacrifice on the coming Eid. Now proper is quite a relative term. Yes, the bakra should fulfill all the requirements for the sacrifice, and along with that it should meet [...]



BREAKING !!! Reason Why Zulqarnain Haider Ran Away Revealed

By Shayan Khan • Nov 9th, 2010 • Category: Politics

People who are waiting for the actual reason behind the escape of Zulqarnain from team, Dubai and the Cricket would be perhaps disappointed to learn the real story.
Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider, who reached London yesterday in mysterious way has announced, in a telephonic talk with Geo News today, his retirement from international cricket. [...]