We just experienced a strong earthquake in Lahore and Islamabad 10 minutes ago (1:30AM approx.) that is being reported to have a 5.9 magnitude. The news was almost instantaneous on twitter though we are still waiting for the ‘old media’ t…
What’s good about a new year? To be honest, nothing is good about it given the extra effort needed at the time of speech delivery to make sure you don’t say next year to things which are suddenly going to happen in this year and the added menta…
EDITORIAL COMMENT | The War of Words
30 Dec 2008,
After a week of belligerence, during which sharp words were traded, Indian and Pakistani officials are cooling it, for now. India’s patience is
running thin and it is not hard to see why. A month afte…
Government of Pakistan has resumed the transport of supplies to the Western forces in Afghanistan three days after it was suspended due to fighting between the Pakistani security forces and the militants operating in the Khyber agency. The insurgents …
The Danger of Opinions
Pseudo-intellectual Dilemma #81427332
After a prolonged gap the Karachi Stock exchange (KSE) staged a recovery of 40 points on the last day of the trading week. KSE closed at 5794 points on Friday. Stock analysts attribute the bullish sentiment in the market to the launch of the much awai…
Adil Najam
According to the 1998 census, the population of Lahore was 6,319,000 (6 million) inhabitants.
According to today’s Daily Times, these inhabitants managed to make 9,580,902 (9.5 million) crank (prank or hoax) calls to the e…
LoL! Here I am with my first ‘mobile’ blog post. The truth is, I’m falling asleep outta boredom so I’ve decided to go for a good-for-nothing entry. I’m at the Abu Dhabi International airport… Like anybody would say, ‘Awam yahan achi hai
We spend too much time fretting over the way the industry produces programming, and too little worrying about the way the public consumes it. Michael Medved Try to understand the compiler to understand the language. Majid
Time was passing, she was in my mind. The beginning of a new year, 2009. I had wished al the people I knew before but wanted to be the wisher of her at the perfect time. As each second took place 2008 came to an end. The last moments of this year …
PTA orders blockade of political webpages, discussion forums
Friday, January 02, 2009
By Urooj Zia
Karachi
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) issued directives in the last week of December to Internet Service Providers (ISPs), ordering …
Is Imran Khan the new choice of agencies (ISI) in Pakistan?
Is he the new man who will replace the democratic set up in Pakistan?
A defender of ISI
Q: Is there any role that the ISI can still play with regards to the Taliban, considering that many…
Living in Karachi we are always complaining that the national resources are low on clean water, we complain of the load shedding and power breakdowns, gas water heaters rendering useless at times with the gas load shedding. But between all those co…
Two pillars of a bridge at Karsaz Road have collapsed today morning.
According to initial reports, two cars have been trapped under the rubble. Rescue teams have been sent at the scene of the incident.
Anyone coming across from that area pl…
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