Author: Hina Safdar
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Ban on Shisha Smoking in Sindh
The Deputy Commissioners of all five districts of Karachi have been directed to launch a crackdown campaign against places offering shisha smoking from today by Karachi Commissioner Roshan Ali Shaikh. This is in compliance with Sindh Home department’s imposition of Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code banning shisha smoking/selling across the province for two…
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Are you a registered voter in Pakistan? ECP displays Voter Lists, offers SMS confirmation
For the first time in Pakistan in collaboration with NADRA, Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has presented initial draft of computerized voter lists consisting of the names of 80.32 million voters on display centers at more than 50,000 public places all over the country yesterday. The preliminary electoral rolls will be displayed until March 20…
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And The Oscar goes to Pakistan. Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy with Saving Face.
What a great moment it was when a Pakistani short film has been nominated for the prestigious Academy Awards and even greater moment when it manages to win. Mixed feeling about the topic of the documentary being a bitter reality in Pakistan yet proud moment for the country to have been recognised at international level.…
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Pakistan Business Express – Nothing for Awam by Pakistan Railways
After shutting down 120 passenger trains and dumping so many engines, Pakistan Railways has launched its first ever Karachi to Lahore nonstop air conditioned train called Pak Business Express. The train is launched in a joint venture with private sector. Pak Business Express is apparently a VIP train with high class facilities for the passengers…
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RIP Arfa Karim, Daughter of Pakistan and Youngest MCP of the World
Every child is born as a bliss to the parents but some are blissful for nations. Such a shining star was the angel Arfa Karim Randhawa for Pakistan, who passes away today in Lahore. The youngest MCP, Arfa has suffered brain damage, leaving her in a coma at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Lahore…
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Bill Gates contacts Arfa Karim’s father for treatment in US
Everyone in Pakistan got inspired by the young, dynamic girl of Faisalabad in 2004 when the news came that she has become the youngest Microsoft Certified Professionals MCPs of the world. Genius Arfa Karim Randhawa kept the title of youngest MCP till 2008 and had the honor of visiting Microsoft Headquarters in USA upon invitation…
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Aleem Dar won ICC Umpire of Year Award 3rd time in a row
Adding another feather to his cap and once again defeating the best of the lot Pakistani Umpire Aleem Dar grabs the David Shepherd Trophy for ICC Umpire of the Year 2011. He has now won three consecutive ICC Umpire of the Year awards. Simon Taufel won it five times in a row and is the…
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Asia Arif, 6 year old Pakistani girl speaks Arabic better than the Arabs
Without a doubt she is a wonder girl Ma Shaa’ Allah. At such young age she is able to converse and understand the language that every Muslim should have learned to understand The Holy Quran. Asia Arif, a six-year-old Pakistani girl living in Doha, Qatar is well-known in the Arab world for her knowledge of…
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Asian Hockey Champions Trophy 2011 was not LIVE
Inaugural (Men’s) Asian Hockey Champions Trophy held in Ordos, China from Sept 3 to 11. Besides Pakistan and India, Malaysia, China, Japan and South Korea are the other teams that participated in the continental contest. The saddest part of the event is its media coverage which was just like it is an amateur league. Final…
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Who I am?
During my school days once on the way back home my friend asked me that tum kon ho/who I am to which I replied without a pause that I am a Muslim. She smiled and repeated the question and I replied that I am a Pakistani. She didn’t seem to be satisfied and inquired further…