Archive for  December 2012
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Pakistan Coast Guards (PCG) seized a huge quantity of Hashish from Naka Khari Check Post near Winder (Balochistan). PCG officials received information from intelligence resources about the smuggling of narcotics through RCD Highways. A special
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The Prime Minister has assured to extend the support of the Federal Government to South Asia Media Summit being held on January 15-17, 2013 at Islamabad, stated a press release of the APNS. Masood Hamid,
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"Cheers to the IG Punjab." "Why? Has the law and order situation improved?" "Well, not quite, I mean there are arrests but I am not sure that there is a feeling of security in all
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The economy of the country must be geared towards absorbing 2 million new job-seekers every year. This is the strong indication of the fact that a demographic time bomb is ticking. There is, therefore, no
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When Olawale Oluwasegun's career in publishing and politics failed to take off in Nigeria, he decided to invest all his savings and risk his life to seek a future in Europe. He had no idea
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Customer identification in banking and financial businesses has gained importance due to abnormal increase in financial crimes including tax evasion, money laundering and terrorist financing. There are two sets of requirements for this purpose, that
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Our television drama producers and actors are all worked up over the spectacular success of a Turkish soap opera, "Ishq-e-Mammnu" (Forbidden Love) dubbed in Urdu. They describe it as a death knell for the local
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Following last week's approval by the federal cabinet, the government is introducing 23rd constitutional amendment bill to increase the number of reserved seats for minorities in the national and provincial assemblies. In order to make
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As the PKR traded close to Rs 100 per US dollar in the open market and nearly at Rs 98.35 in the interbank market on 17th December, 2012, the State Bank seemed to have lost
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Punjab University's Pakistan Study Centre (PSC) organised a seminar on 'Chisti Sufis' and the culture of books at its seminar hall. Professor Dr Sajida Alvi, eminent scholar and Professor of Islamic Studies at McGill University,
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