Category: Lifestyle
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Most Honey In Grocery Stores Does Not Contain Honey At All
Growing up, I never liked the taste of honey. However, the honey that is sold these days tastes great. Not to mention the fact that “suddenly” it has gone from dark brown to yellow. Well, the reason is because what is sold these days is not honey at all. From Natural News: Just because those…
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Perils of Cigarette Smoking
Millions of people all over the world smoke. And there are millions of articles on the internet about the harms of smoking. What is more important is to see why people start smoking, because once people get addicted, it becomes very hard to quit regardless of the knowledge of the dangers. While some may start…
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Morning show hosts “Be Sophisticated”
As we all know morning shows are all “in†now a days on Pakistani media, I have noticed something that annoy me up to an extent and that is it’s a morning show not a bridal show and so please all morning show hosts out there you don’t have to over do your make up…
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Why are Advertisements by Cell Phone Companies in Pakistan Targeted by the Public?
Cell phone companies in Pakistan are notorious for showing advertisements that only show a girl and a boy talking, or perhaps flirting with each other. However, they are strictly doing business and they will show what sells. Futhermore, they are not sexualizing their advertisements, so why are words like raunchy, lewd, and obscene used for…
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Mirza Ghalib
Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, popularly known as Mirza Ghalib, was born in Agra in 1797. Ghalib started composing poetry at the age of 11. The idea that life is one continuous painful struggle which can end only when life itself ends is a recurring theme in his poetry. Below is one of his couplets. قید…
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Kashif Abbasi engaged with Mehr Bokhari
TV anchors Kashif Abbasi and Mehr Bokhari got engaged on Friday. The engagement was a family event and media was not invited. Kashif Abbasi started his TV career with ARY TV and continues to lead the channel while Mehr started her career with Samaa TV and recently switched to Dunya TV. Best of luck to…
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Craze for Girls Cell Phone Numbers
Along with the obsession with cell phones, the craze for girls cell phone numbers has escalated. There are many websites which list girls numbers by cities. Is it even legal to list anyone’s number on your website without their permission? The amusing part is, a lot of the numbers are fake. They are just there…
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Why Does Meera’s Age Matter?
Pakistani forums are abuzz with the incident of someone announcing that Meera had turned 25 at the Karachi Press Club. Meera has become the butt of all jokes. First off, the announcement was not made by her, and secondly, why does it matter how old she is? It seems like people cracking jokes about the…
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Insaan Ki Sub Say Bari Zaroorat Kya Hay?
Here is a page from a kid’s test paper. He/she was asked about top most need of a human being and what is the purpose of life? (Insaan ki sub say bari zaroorat kya hay aur insaan ki zindagi ka maqsad kiya hay). If you can read Urdu, enjoy the response. The kid, obviously, got…
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Harmful Effects of Drinking Tea
Tea reduces water content in the body, adds unnecessary sugar, reduces iron, calcium, and certain minerals in the body, and slows digestion. It has also been suggested that chemicals known as tannins in tea may increase one’s risk of esophageal cancer. Why is drinking tea customary in countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc? If someone…