Category: Current Affairs
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The curious case of Dairy Omung by Engro Foods
Engro Foods has emerged as the biggest and fastest growing company of Pakistan in past few years. Olper’s milk, O’more Ice cream and Tarang tea whitener are the best selling brands of the company with recent addition of Dairy Omung. Price Comparison: Generally tetra pack milk is expensive as compared to fresh milk prices. The…
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NATO and its plans in Afghanistan
A two day NATO summit begins in Chicago, USA with a last minute invitation extended to President Zardari. The main aim of the summit is to formalize a stretagy for the eventual withdrawal from Afghanistan by 2014 as agreed in the last summit. “There will be no rush for the exits,†NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh…
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India as MFN: Possible gains for Pakistan in Information Technology Sector
The Globalization of world economy has opened up immense possibilities for the development and progress of international community. The national and geographical boundaries are no more a barrier to free flow of money, technology and commodities. E-Commerce and IT Revolution has acted as a catalyst to the on going process. In international economic relations and…
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Transcript from Air Blue blame Captain for crash – CAA concludes
18 months after the fateful Air Blue plane crash in Islamabad, the transcript of conversations between Pilot, First Officer and Control Tower has been made public by the Civil Aviation Authortiy (CAA). AirBlue flight ED-202 crashed in the Margalla Hills on July 28, 2010, killing all 146 passengers and 6 crew members on board. Incidentally,…
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List of Passengers and Crew of Bhoja Air B4-123
List of passengers and cabin crew of Bhoja Air flight B4-123 that crashed at Koral Chowk on Islamabad Express Highway in Rawalpindi. Passengers in Bhoja Air flight B4-123: 1. Abbas Ali 2. Abida Javed Malik 3. Adeel Chughtai 4. Aiman Ikram 5. Altamash Khan 6. Anisa Akbar 7. Anum Hussain 8. Asif Aftab 9. Asmaa…
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Bhoja Air flight from Karachi to Islamabad crashed near Rawalpindi. 127 dead.
It is reported that Bhoja Air flight B213, crashed at the Koral Chowk on Islamabad Express Highway in Rawalpindi. The passengers and crew, a total of 127 people, are reportedly dead on scene. According to Geo, the plane which flew from Karachi at 5:00 PM was supposed to land in Islamabad at 6:50 PM, but…
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Asad Umar leaves Engro Corporation to join Pakistan Tehreek Insaf
Asad Umar, Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of Engro Corporation Limited, has left his job of 27 years, to join Pakistan Tehreek Insaf. According to the Express Tribune: Umar’s 27-year career at Engro began in 1985, when the company was still a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, the global oil giant. “I still remember the exact…
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Lest we Forget: The Death of Patriotism
It seems to me that we have been collectively successful in murdering Pakistani patriotism. We have spilled green blood as if it were poison. And now that not so much as a drop of purity flows within our veins, we still feel we have not been cleansed. Perhaps, it wasn’t the green that we were…
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Sell Dresses, Not Modesty: Karachi comes out against obscene Lawn advertisements
The fashion scene has changed in the metropolitan cities of Pakistan, especially in Karachi, since the arrival of what is now known as the Lawn wars. One textile company after another, followed by one designer to the next, and followed by every Tom, Dick and Henry, have launched their brand of lawn – or the…
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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…