Large sections of the public, including some journalists have recently raised concerned about the practices of Geo Television networks. The channel to many is notorious for spreading misinformation and lies, unethical journalistic practices and purposely over-dramatizing every news event. In many cases, information is withheld on purpose from the public in an attempt to push [...]
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Man behind CIA Defeat in Pakistan
By Zaheerul Hassan Politics, security and peace are interlinked factors which are directly connected and get affected due to the policies of global powers. The, intelligence agencies play pivotal role in framing foreign policies of the states. However regional and international politics and security environment is being controlled by super powers in particularly through their [...]
Menace of hoarding – major cause of poverty
By: Shaukat Masood Zafar Pakistan was perhaps the only country in the world where food was plenty. Now it is facing a daunting challenge of unprecedented inflation and food shortage, making it a key concern for the policymakers, economists and market participants. Widespread hunger and malnutrition is now the reality of Pakistan. There is hardly [...]
Corruption in Pakistan and Need of Accountability
By: Shaukat Masood Zafar According to Transparency International Pakistan (TIP), Pakistan has lost an unbelievably high amount, more than Rs8,500 billion (Rs8.5 trillion or US$94 billion), in corruption, tax evasion and bad governance during the last four years of Zardari-led Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani’s tenure. Corruption has increased in recent years at alarming level. [...]
ShahCar Offer: Ufone puts U in the driving seat!
For the month of March, Ufone has launched an outstanding offer which will put 10 of its valued customers behind the steering wheel of their very own cars! Ufone’s ShahCar offer has paved the opportunity for Ufone customers to take part in a lucky draw and win a smooth and sleek Toyota Corolla car! Ufone [...]
Masses want Pakistan a welfare state
By: Shaukat Masood Zafar Accoding to John Adams: “Democracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy; such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man’s life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure, and every one of these will soon mold itself into a system [...]
Media – A Ruling Class Tool
By: Shaukat Masood Zafar Life used to be much simpler for the people of Pakistan. About a decade ago, to talk about “private media” would have seemed either tragic or laughable. Everybody knew that the news media were little more than instruments of the mixed information. There was only one state-owned television and one radio, [...]
SAP to Arm SMEs with Real-Time Analytics Powered by SAP HANA™ in Pakistan
SAP AG has announced two new offerings that will deliver the benefits of the SAP HANA™ platform to small businesses and midsize enterprises (SMEs) in Pakistan. With analytics powered by SAP HANA for the SAP® Business One application and SAP HANA, Edge edition, SMEs will be able to leverage powerful in-memory technology from SAP. By [...]
Pakistan’s economy: during military civilian regimes
By: Shaukat Masood Zafar Pakistanis are not mature enough with democracy regime; while most of the politicians are morally bankrupt! The country’s current misfortune is due to civil leadership, who has demonstrated no appetite for sustainable change, economic or social. The effect of the stronger economic performance during military regimes translated into something more meaningful [...]
Drug Prices go up by upto 100 Percent
By: Shaukat Masood Zafar The prices of 350 medicines increased from 20 to 100 percent in the wholesale and retail markets across the country increasing inflationary pressures. Almost all local and multinational pharmaceutical companies notified the increase to their respective distributors, dealers and wholesalers. The increases – some as high as 100 per cent – [...]



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