Archive for March, 2010
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March 12th, 2010
Pakistan navy test fires missiles, torpedoes
Pakistan on Friday successfully test fired new missiles and torpedoes from ships, submarines and aircraft in the Arabian Sea, the navy announced. “Pakistan navy fleet today tested its fire power in the north Arabian Sea to assess lethality, precision and efficacy of its weapon system,” it said. The navy did not disclose range or technical [...]
March 12th, 2010
NWFP Voices Against Night Packages
After Punjab Assembly, NWFP’s provincial assembly has also passed a resolution to put immediate ban on late night calling packages. In fact they went even further, and demanded ban on SMS packages too. Some may term the SMS part little harsh, but night packages are not seen well by many eyes. By the way, Punjab [...]
March 12th, 2010
Advertising Awards to Ahmed Kapadia, MD Synergy Advertising
The 19th & 20th APNS Awards function was held at Islamabad on Tuesday. Mr Asif Ali Zardari, President of Pakistan gave away the awards to the recipients chosen by the jury. The President said media should reflect positive societal changes and must contribute to national development. The awards were given to the excellent journalistic and [...]
March 11th, 2010
Muneer Farooqui warid’s new Chief Executive Officer
Warid Telecom today announced that its Board of Directors have appointed Mr. Muneer Farooqui as company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Prior to the appointment he served as Chief Executive Officer of Warid Bangladesh. He has with him almost 20 years of experience mainly in Telecom Industry of Pakistan and abroad. Commenting on the appointment [...]
March 11th, 2010
Rape more threatening than enemy fire
The number of US female soldiers sexually assaulted by their male counterparts and superiors in Iraq and Afghanistan has jumped by 25%, official US data shows. According to the latest Pentagon figures over 3,700 women were sexually assaulted in year 2009, which is close to a third of US female veteran population. This is while [...]
March 10th, 2010
Mohammad Yousuf Announces Retirement – So Long Gentleman
Former Pakistan cricket captain Mohammad Yousuf has announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket in protest against an indefinite ban imposed by PCB on him, a few days back. Yousuf, formerly known as Yousuf Youhanna, used to celebrate his landmark innings with cross sign converted to Islam after three years of his cricket [...]
March 10th, 2010
Where are the women?
She died over five years ago, but her words are a haunting warning that we continue to ignore: more women are leaving the Muslim community because of the way they continue to be treated. These were the words of the late Shareefa Alkhateeb, one of the pioneers of the Muslim community in the United States, [...]
