Category: Current Affairs
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Pakistan’s Female MPs Guilty Of Laundering Billions Of Rupees
Firdous Ashiq Awan – Rs. 1.1 billion Fehmida Mirza – Rs. 1.1 billion Faryal Talpur – Rs. 780 million Asma Arbab Alamgir – Rs. 580 million Naseem Chaudhry – Rs. 500 million While a man has to risk his life to enter the political arena, women have seats reserved in parliament in our fair world…
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Houbara Bustard: busted beyond measure?
It seems that humans and animals alike bear the brunt of maleficent intentions of the uber-rich. Nowhere does this stand truer than in Pakistan, where the Houbara Bustard is the latest in a long series of rare and endangered species on the hunting list of foreign “dignitariesâ€. The Houbara Bustard is a migratory bird whose…
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Dear Malala, Happy International Women’s Day
Dear Malala, I have read transcripts of your speeches on girls education and women’s rights every time you have taken the podium. But I have not been able to find anything on the gruesome rapes of women that took place in Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib prison. I have not read anything about the brutality…
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Highlights from Foodpanda Eat n Greet at Johnny Rockets, Dolmen Mall Clifton Karachi
foodpanda.pk has released glimpses from their Eat N Greet event held on 3rd January, 2015 at Johnny Rockets, Dolmen Mall Clifton Karachi. Highlights from foodpanda.pk Eat N Greet can now be seen on latest video compilation released from the company itself. The two minute montage covers the three hours event, communicating focus on foodpanda’s customer…
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Ebola in Pakistan: How to find and deal with deadly Ebola Virus
As Ebola virus spreads through the world, Pakistan is also at high risk of getting affected by this deadly virus that has no cure, till date. Ebola hemorrhagic fever has caused more than 7,000 deaths so far and the count is rising by every passing day. What is Ebola virus and is Pakistan ready to…
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Edhi Center Robbery: A Crime That Shocked Pakistan
Just few days before inaugurating SIUT transplant complex named after him and soon after the outrage on social media that why a person of such great humanitarian services was not being awarded the esteemed Nobel Prize, Abdul Sattar Edhi was mugged at gunpoint. Yes, Even the charity boss of Pakistan is not spared by robbers.…
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Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s Political Debut in Karachi
The share of dynastic politics stands at around 67% in Pakistan and to endorse its survival, the heir of Bhutto political clan, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari claimed his ownership of Pakistan people’s party as chairman yesterday in Karachi. Supporters of PPP from all over the country, especially from rural Sindh, gathered at the Bagh-e-Jinnah to witness…
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Marketing Of Brand ‘Malala’ By U.S. For Personal Gain
It seems as though the media can’t give us enough of Malala Yousufzai, whose fight against illiteracy and speeches on the importance of education take the limelight. I cannot fathom that Malala Yousufzai does not realize the level of her exploitation, and what baffles me are the number of fans she has gained in a…
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Government of Pakistan to split and sell PIA
In a drive to sell national assets to payback IMF loans, PML-N led government of Pakistan is eager to sell Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), the flagship national carrier, to a joint consortium of Emirates Airlines, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways. According to Reuters, Pakistan Minister of State for Privatization Mohammad Zubair (who is brother of…
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Open Letter To U.S. President Barack Obama
Mr. Obama, the girl in the picture is a survivor of a drone that you intentionally ordered to hit an area populated with civilians – innocent civilians. People who have caused you no harm or pain. Innocent civilians who wanted to carry on with their daily activities but were victimized, terrorized, and killed. Can you…