Society and Culture

Too many divides for Pakistanis

I was just thinking as a Pakistani nation we have created too many divides amount our selves. We call us Pakistanis and mostly Muslims but still are divided too much. These divides are not only limited to our religion or sects, cost/creed are also bases of these divides. That is not all, most recently we are witnessing divide on bases of politics. Voting a political party is one thing but if you are a common man/woman, creating a divide on base of which party you voted is bit too odd. Before and after last elections we witnessed, Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) have emerged as two of biggest parties in country. PML-N secured approximately 15 […]

Politics

Rana Sanaullah Resigned after Shehbaz sharif demanded a Resignation

After the Prime Minister of Paksitan Mian Nawaz Sharif Landed back home from his foreign tour today a meeting was held between him his brother Shahbaz Sharfi who is Chief Minister of Punjab and the senior Ministers of Punjab about the Lahore incident of clash between local police and Tahir-al-Qadri supporters, the supporters of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT). As in incident police had opened fire on normal public, 8 civilians were killed on spot and 1 policeman was also killed. Also police was seen working under a civilian, Gullu Butt, who is allegedly Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) supporter. Gullu butt was seen breaking vehicles and broke into a shop and its freezer to provide free drinks to police, […]

Media

Geo Entertainment and ARY News to Face License Suspension by PEMRA

Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) have decided to temporarily suspend the licenses of ARY News and Geo Entertainment. Not only this both will will have pay a fine of ten million rupees each. Geo Entertainment’s license is being canceled for one month for showing blasphemous content in its morning show hosted by anchor Shaista Wahidi. In addition to 30 days ban on GEO they will have to pay 10 million Rupees as fine to PEMRA. ARY news on other hand will be banned/off-air for 15 days and similar 10 million rupees fine is imposed on it as well. ARY News is being taken off-air by PEMRA as according to them they have received several complaints against channel suggesting that […]

IT & Telecom

Pakistan finally gets 3G and 4G mobile technologies today

Today’s sun will rise with shining its rays on invisible waves of 2nd Generation GSM gsm. But by the time it will be setting, things will not be the same. By that time amongst five of Pakistani telecommunication operators three would have have 3G and 4G licenses. Which means they would be able to offer latest telephony and data services to their subscribers. In terms of telephone Third Generation (3G) and Fourth Generation (4G) technologies will make the voice much more crystal clear and would open new horizons like video and conference calling with great voice clarity. In terms of data now internet speeds over cell phones would break the barriers of old 15KB/s and will be increased by at […]

Sports

Pakistan Loses Semifinal of Street Children World Cup against Burundi

Street Children World Cup (SCWC) is being played between teams of most unprivileged, most disadvantaged street children from 19 countries. Its being held in Brazil and along with game of football it also include art competitions, sightseeing tours as well as workshops for these children. After some tremendous victories Pakistan Street children team had reached semifinal of football game in SCWC. Those victories also include an ineradicable victory against India with 13-0 score. However this Pakistani team lost their football semifinal against Burundi (a South African country). However, one fact we must have in our mind these were most unprivileged street children of Pakistan, who didn’t had any practice matches or stuff back at home, so even by reaching semifinals they […]