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Sanaullah Zehri is Poison for PML-N in Balochistan

By Ali Yar Khan • May 22nd, 2013 • Category: Politics

Top leadership of PML-N is already sweating under their teeth as they go bonkers over forming government in the restive province of Baluchistan. They very well know that their real test and real trouble would start after government formation as there are many variables there, but for now they are overcome internal rifts and external [...]



Rural Development in Pakistan: Issues and Future Strategies

By Guest Blogger • May 22nd, 2013 • Category: Politics

Pakistan is agricultural country .agriculture contributes 21% GDP in economy of Pakistan and 70% in the export. Agriculture sector gives employment to 17 million people who is 44% of the total labor in country and 67% of people living in rural area. Main source of income of the people living in rural area is agriculture [...]



PTI Goons Harrassing Saad Rafique Wife and Kids

By Rohail Butt • May 21st, 2013 • Category: Politics

Just like pets cannot digest ghee, the people with low self esteem cannot digest their defeat. There are various media reports and also eye witnesses that the PTI goons are now harassing and threatening the family of Khawaja Saad Rafique after losing in Lahore constituency. Even PTI family columnist Hassan Nisar has mentioned that in [...]



Why Zac Goldsmith is So Worried About Imran Khan?

By Tabish Siddiqui • May 21st, 2013 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

Hundreds of thousands of pounds are being spent on daily basis in London and around Britain to launch, manage and intensify the campaign against the MQM’s chief Altaf Hussain. MQM’s office in London has learned that this campaign is being funded by the very wealthy people who are not even Pakistanis. MQM’s office will release [...]



Theft of Electricity in Karachi and Its Impact on National Income

By Guest Blogger • May 21st, 2013 • Category: Politics

Pakistan has been facing very big problem of electric power but in current four year energy crises is increase on large scale. One of the big reason of electricity crises is theft of electricity. This problem faced all over the Pakistan but especially Karachi city is highly faced problem of electricity theft. Main Problems are [...]



ELECTIONS 2013 AND AFTER

By amicus • May 20th, 2013 • Category: Lead Story, Politics, Worth A Second Look

That general elections were held despite all odds is itself a great achievement. Things appeared too uncertain until General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani made it absolutely clear in his address at the GHQ on the occasion of the Martyrs’ Day on April 30 that “Allah willing, General Elections would be held in the country on 11th [...]



Let’s Close Fronts and Make Peace

By Air Cmdre (r) Khalid Iqbal • May 20th, 2013 • Category: Politics

The elections have gone well, and the electoral frenzy is declining fast. Turnout was high, young people voted in large numbers and the idea of democracy seems more strongly rooted than ever before. People have pronounced their mandate. Yes, accusations of rigging are there. In Karachi it was obvious; there are reservations about some other [...]



Please Support PTI to Throw MQM in Arabian Sea

By Salman Mugsi • May 19th, 2013 • Category: Politics

I am also huge critic of Imran Khan and PTI, but for this only time lets join hands as this is the golden opportunity to liberate the Karachi and its people. If we loose this chance, then it would be darkness in the future. For decades and decades, we are living under the umbrella of [...]



Election 2013: Defeat of Corrupt Media in Pakistan

By Farooq Cheema • May 19th, 2013 • Category: Politics

We all know, media whether print, electronic or social, plays an instrumental role in carving out public opinion in any democratic system. In the past, we have seen how media jolted even some of the world’s most powerful governments by publicizing their scandals and leaking out state secrets. Occasionally media’s role has also come under [...]



Everything Investors Need To Know About Earnings in Pakistan

By Guest Blogger • May 19th, 2013 • Category: Misc, Politics

You can’t get far in the stock market without understanding earnings. Everybody from CEOs to research analysts is infatuated with this often-quoted number. But what exactly do earnings represent? Why do they attract so much attention? We’ll answer these questions and more in this primer on earnings.
What Are Earnings?
A company’s earnings are, quite simply, its [...]