Archive for November, 2010

Labour Laws Violations in Pakistan

Under the 1973 Constitution labour is defined as a ‘concurrent subject’ making liable for implementation both the Federal and Provincial Governments. The Industrial Relations Ordinance makes provision for the appointment of a Collective Bargaining Agent (CBA) to determine the representative character of the trade union in industrial disputes and to obtain representation on committees, boards [...]

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Etihad Airways – World’s Leading Airline for 2nd Time

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has been awarded the prestigious title of “World’s Leading Airline” for a second consecutive year at the World Travel Awards (WTA). The accolade was presented to Peter Baumgartner, Etihad’s Chief Commercial Officer, at a gala event in London. The Abu Dhabi-based airline was also named [...]

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Smuggling and its effects on economy of Pakistan

Smuggling severely harms the economy of a country in multidimensional ways. It undermines the local industry, discourages legal imports and reduces the volume of revenues collected from duties and levies by the state. Unfortunately a parallel underground economy has taken roots in Pakistan. A major proportion of the revenue to be collected by the Government [...]

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Angelina Jolie ka Thappar by Talat Hussain

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SHAME: Mobilink Celebrates Halloween

The news in today’s day and age somehow doesn’t seem to amaze me anymore. But much to my dismay a little picture in the daily express which had the Mobilink’s marketing team proudly celebrating Halloween got me completely off guard. What is going on in the country? We have a so called socially responsible organization [...]

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Mobilink organized Halloween Night in Islamabad

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Etihad Airways Celebrates Seventh Anniversary

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, celebrates its seventh anniversary on November 5, 2010. In seven years of rapid growth, Etihad has flown over 26 million passengers on more than 180,000 flights to destinations across the Middle East, Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, and Asia. Over the same period the airline’s [...]

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Obama’s Visit And Kashmir Issue

The cruel British rulers of sub-continent, while leaving India left behind the traditions of their criminal acts, continued to be committed by their successors in India. Kashmiri nation was made the scapegoat for such inhuman practices. Indian rulers forceably occupied a muslim majority state, which was to otherwise join Pakistan. They used their military might [...]

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Mobilink offers lowest call rates on Hajj Roaming!

Mobilink always ensures convenience of seamless services and connectivity to its customers, whether at home or abroad. Likewise, for the blessed occasion of Hajj, Mobilink offers lowest call rates on International Roaming with up to 85% discount on Zain Network in Saudi Arabia. This offer includes: Lowest call rates No security deposit (indigo customers) No subscription charges [...]

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$260 billion gold mines going for a song, behind closed doors

Quietly, and below the media radar, some 20 top corporate bosses and lobbyists of two of the world’s largest gold mining groups have been meeting President Asif Zardari, Prime Minister Gilani, Governor State Bank and others in Islamabad throughout last week, pressing them to quickly hand over one of the world’s biggest gold and copper [...]

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