The Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Oncology (INMOL) organized a “Breast Cancer Awareness and Survivors Celebration Program” at the Pearl Continental Hotel, Lahore, on February 13 A large number of participants, including lady health workers, nurses, students and faculty members of different women colleges, attended the program...more
In most case, the couples are on the same page, but when it comes to cash they're reading completely different books Usually, women are savers who keep an account of every penny, while men are spenders who only know "about" how much cash is in the account Money issues get worse when a couple becomes parents...more
Last year, 14 million farmers worldwide planted 330 million acres (134 million hectares) of biotech crops That’s an increase of 5 percent and 7 percent respectively These achievements set new records in both categories, according to a new report from the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) Unfortunately, Pakistan is not home to any of these farmers or acres...more
The year 2009 proved very disastrous for the agriculture sector due to shortage of canal water, unavailability of fertilizer, seed, diesel and electricity and increase in prices Similarly, due to the marketing problems of agri products, the growers suffered losses worth billion of dollars Agricultural experts have declared 2009 as the year of destruction for agriculture...more
The recent visit of Indian premier Manmohan Singh to Saudi Arabia carries a prefix " historic " as described by the Indian media, quoting, Saudi and other Middle Eastern media in turn but apart from that it does have several embedded messages for its archrival Pakistan...more
From a water abundant country at the time of Independence in 1947, Pakistan has become a water scarce country In 1947, Pakistan possessed 5,600 cubic meters of water per person, which was reduced to 1,100 cubic meters per head by 2009 and now stands around 1,000 cubic meters per person...more
The best thing that has happened to India with the advent of the 21st century has been the leadership of Manmohan Singh Highly cultured, suave, erudite and humble in disposition, he is highly regarded internationally as a statesman of considerable stature A leader with a vision and dynamism, he has transformed India’s political and economic landscape ever since he held the helm, earlier as Finance Minister and later Prime Minister...more
Chief of Army Staff [COAS] General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has observed that the tide in Bajaur Agency and South Waziristan has decisively turned against the terrorists, as organized resistance by militants is dying down apace However, he said isolated incidents of violence would continue to take place and army would continue to carry out limited operations...more
The world is such a beautiful place that has been given to us by GOD for free, but we humans have not paid much attention to it Instead of beautifying it we have played a role in destroying it With the advancement of science and technology everything seemed to be possible and achievable The damages that have been done are many but climate change and global warming is one of them...more
The National Assembly has completed its second parliamentary year but the nation is still waiting for the restoration of 1973 Constitution by scrapping the 17th Amendment incorporated by military dictator General Pervez Musharraf The government failed to introduce the draft bill of 18th Amendment despite assurances made by President Asif Ali Zardari in his address to the joint sittings of parliament...more
Sialkot Stallions confirmed their status as the pre-eminent Twenty20 side in the land, beating Faisalabad Wolves at a packed National Stadium in Karachi to lift their fifth consecutive RBS Twenty20 Cup...more
The nations all hope ends to won another world cup in our national game hockey as Pakistan come on the last number and failed to show their good performance in the Hockey World Cup which will be held in Indian Capital New Delhi
The performance of former world champion Pakistan in hockey world cup is going from bad to worse Once the undisputed champions in the world of hockey were beaten badly by the South Africans and well as host Indian in all departments of the game...more
