Petroleum

Pakistan Faces Worst Petrol and furnace oil shortage

All over the country there are long queues of vehicles waiting to be refilled. Petrol is available but it is in low quantities. Way lower than the demand, all the petrol stations are being provided with much lower than routine quantity of petrol. The reason for petrol shortage is, PSO’s circular debt have increased to 200 billion Rupees and they does not have enough funds to buy petrol from refineries. Government also have done less in helping PSO (Pakistan State Oil) decreasing its circular debt. Punjab being most densely populated province of country is hit worse by the fuel shortage. Very long queues are seen on fuel-less fuel stations, as of today, the most fuel stations are no more able […]

current affairs

Should Pakistan have accepted the 250 million USD offered by United States for eradication of Terrorism?

First things first, 250 million US Dollars is not kind of amount which Pakistan can not afford easily. On a single on going metro bus project in Rawalpindi/Islamabad Pakistan have spent 450 million US Dollars. Metro bus project Lahore was build using same kind of budget. Plus there are dozens of projects going on in the country which are using a budget much more than this. Obviously, all those projects of higher budgets are of lower priority than the eradication of terrorism from country. Means PML-N (Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz) would have had spared enough money for terrorism eradication before starting on the low priority projects like metro transit systems and reconstruction and repair of motorways etc. As compared […]

Inside Story

People of Pakistan Forced to Face Twelve Hours of Electricity Load Shedding even in Winter Season

It is now 2015, here we are in Pakistan, facing the same problems as we had in year 2014. One of these problems is electricity load shedding, which have struck this time with more impact. It is winter season, when the electricity demand is the lowest, but people of Pakistan have to face 12 hours of load shedding in urban areas, in rural areas things are much worse. We are not facing the electricity load shedding here in Pakistan because we do not have resources or enough plants to generate enough electricity for winter season, we are facing it due to the incapable political administration led by PML-N (Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz) who do not want to run the […]

Sports

Cricket World Cup 2015 Schedule for Pakistan

Currently team Pakistan has been lined up to play six matches. Further matches will obviously be decided based on Performance of Team Pakistan. We will update and Pakistan gets more matches later on in the tournament, for now Pakistan is schedule to play following matches. Match Date Venue Stage/Pool Pakistan Vs India  14th Feb, 2014 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Pool B Pakistan Vs West Indies 21st Feb, 2014 Hagley Oval, Christchurch Pool B Pakistan Vs Zimbabwe 1st Mar, 2014 The Gabba, Brisbane Pool B Pakistan Vs United Arab Emirates 4th Mar, 2014 McLean Park, Napier Pool B Pakistan Vs South Africa 7th Mar, 2014 Eden Park, Auckland Pool B Pakistan Vs Ireland 15th Mar, 2014 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Pool B As […]

Sports

Pakistan Team for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Announced

Pakistan Cricket Team for Cricket World Cup 2015 have been announced today. Players who are included in Pakistan World Cup Squad are as follows. Ahmed Shehzad Misbah ul Haq Younis Khan Junaid Khan Sarfaraz Ahmed Muhammad Hafeez Muhammad Irfan Harris Sohail Shahid Afridi Yasir Shah Wahab Riaz Shoaib Maqsood Sohail Khan Umar Akmal Ehsan Adil People were expecting inclusion of Shoaib Malik but he was not included. Also, the inclusion of Muhammad Hafeez was a surprise, as ICC have already put ban on his bowling surprise. He normally have a low strike rate in batting, so some say including him was not a good move. However, everyone wants their favorite in the team, like I liked the inclusion of Shahid […]