By Deepika Jaitley,on April 23rd,2012 Contrary to false news reports about a “rising India”,its “booming economy”and it being among the “next engines of economic growth”,India is going nowhere. It’s a Third World festering pustule,bursting at the seams with 1.2 billion uncultured barbarians,ruled by an “elite”bunch of savages that is perhaps the world’s most corrupt, . . . →Read More:The Reality of india By Maryam Rahman,on April 23rd,2012 After Bollywood actor Vidya Balan,it’s now Veena Malik’s turn to get dirty. The Pakistani actor has signed the South remake of the blockbuster hit, The Dirty Picture,as the female lead, reportsHindustan Times. . . . →Read More:Veena follow Vidya Balan’s footsteps By Nathoo Ram,on April 23rd,2012 By Aneka Chohan A young girl lay dead across the bedroom floor,and a small open bottle lay just mere inches from her hand with the words ‘rat poison’ printed across the label. She had just committed suicide - an act forbidden by the laws of God and nature. Her reason? She was ordered by a judge to marry the . . . →Read More:Preserving honor? By Nathoo Ram,on April 23rd,2012 By K G Suresh Starbucks,the largest coffeehouse company in the world,recently announced a tie up with Tata Global Beverages Ltd to “harness the vast potential of the hot beverage market” in India. The partners have decided to open 50 cafes in several Indian cities in 2012 beginning with Delhi and Mumbai. . . . →Read More:Indians also want coffee By Deepika Jaitley,on April 23rd,2012 At least two new secondary education textbooks for class three in schools run by the Indian Army and government,accepted the ground reality of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) by depicting the map of the disputed region exactly according to Pakistan’s claims,Indian media reported on Sunday. . . . →Read More:Indian textbooks accept ‘Azad Kashmir’ By Bahram Zackarya,on April 23rd,2012 By Muneeb Farooq This critique and evaluation is not about the person but about the policies and standards Imran Khan has set so far. The last one year has been extremely phenomenal for Imran Khan’s PTI as it rose and ranked at an extremely rapid pace. Imran Khan’s struggle which kicked off on the basis . . . →Read More:PTI:Confusing voters By Andrew Jacobson,on April 23rd,2012 Behind the Iron Curtain,Shakespeare’s plays were a way to send secret messages about Soviet society to theatre audiences. Now a Lithuanian staging of Hamlet –designed to make Stalin,who hated the play,turn in his grave –will be performed in the UK. Why do these 400-year-old plays resonate in the former . . . →Read More:Why Stalin hated Hamlet By Sahrish Jamali,on April 23rd,2012 I recently went to watch the movie The Hunger Games at a cinema located in Saddar. To say that I had wanted to watch this movie for a long time (since it is based on a novel that I had read and really enjoyed) is an understatement. . . . →Read More:Going to the movies in Pakistan By Mir Jamshed Baloch,on April 23rd,2012 The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) is really stepping up its efforts to,at least superficially,hold the media accountable. First they made their public complaints archive publicly accessible online – good job,although a glance at the complaints does highlight the issue of their complaint centre being hijacked by propaganda-laden trolling. . . . →Read More:PEMRA:please define indecent By Maryam Rahman,on April 23rd,2012 The Lahore Shopping Festival 2012 began after Punjab Assembly (PA) Speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan and Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) President Irfan Qaisar Sheikh jointly inaugurated it at the Lahore Polo Club here on Sunday. Scores of people thronged the club to participate in the dazzling opening ceremony. . . . →Read More:Lahore Shopping Festival brings a diverse range of activities | |
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