Google has marked Bahrain National Day with an interactive doodle by draping its letters with Bahraini flag. Apart from the flag, symbols of Dilmun era were also showcased in the form of a brass coin, that replaces one of the letters of the ‘search weapon’. The transnational behemoth’s gesture shows the growing significance of Bahrain among the world nations. Ministries, government organisations, Bahrain’s embassies across the globe and national clubs, societies and schools are organising colourful events to mark the occasion of the kingdom’s 42nd National Day celebrations. The country’s cabinet expressed its congratulations to His Majesty King Hamad, HRH the Crown Prince and to the people of Bahrai...
December 17, 2013 at 1:16 am | News Desk
Islamabad: The government of Pakistan has announced the distribution of 30 million Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) or energy saver bulbs under Prime Minister Energy Saver Programme to save 1000 MW electricity in the country. According to officials, the environment friendly programme is help to control load-shedding under which each household would be provided two energy savers free of cost, official sources said here on Monday. The sources said by adopting energy savers, the subscribers can also save Rs 1600 in their electricity bills per annum. They said two common bulbs in each household would be replaced with energy savers which would have two years warranty. The News Tribe – UK-based bilingual news website covering polit...
December 17, 2013 at 1:13 am | News Desk
Karachi: The South African Twenty 20 league ‘Ram Slam’ is going to be started from January 5, in which 6 teams are participating in the tournament. The tournament presented by International Cricket Council (ICC). In which some Pakistani players are playing the league. All-rounder Shahid Afridi also agreed to play the tournament, but later on declined to play to give some time to his family. Afridi agreed to join the tournament along with Saeed Ajmal and Sohail Tanveer. Saeed Ajmal would play for the Chevrolet Knights while Sohail Tanveer has joined the Highveld Lions squad. The first league game will be played between Chevrolet Knights and Cape Cobras on January 5 at Newlands. The News Tribe – UK-based bilingual news web...
December 17, 2013 at 1:13 am | News Desk
New Delhi: India has now become the most cheater country as some 467 sportsmen and women have been prosecuted for failing drugs tests since 2009, with track and field athletes and weightlifters leading the pack, according to the country’s anti-doping agency. The National Anti-Doping Agency ( NADA) posted the list on its website which showed that 110 athletes and 85 weightlifters have been slapped with sanctions over the past five years. Kabaddi, body-building, power-lifting, wrestling, boxing and judo were some of the other sports that thew up drug cheats, the list indicated. The most recent high-profile cases of doping in Indian sports involved six female athletes, including Ashwini Akkunji, who won gold medals in the 400m hur...
December 17, 2013 at 1:13 am | News Desk
Faiz Paracha China's Communist Party (CPC) in 18th Central Committee “Third Plenum” announced diversified revolutionary reforms titled "Decision on Major Issues Concerning Comprehensively Deepening Reforms". It covers 16 areas and 60 individual items. It is the new Chinese national character which created this new chapter in its socio-economic prosperity. The reforms reflect China’s national determination to remove all discriminations. To work for greater economic integration, social cohesion, political motivation and a giant leap toward market economy. It also covers the human aspects of the throat-cut competition considering laborers, workers and common people an asset to sustainable economic development. It is the blue-print ...
December 16, 2013 at 10:57 pm | News Desk
Usaf Malik After decades long attempts of repudiating its image as the harbor of militancy, Pakistan now faces a new challenge of clarifying its position on yet another front. Earlier in November, some 21 countries from the Middle East and nearby areas jointly blamed Pakistan for harboring the polio, a highly infectious disease, in the world. The reason behind the blame was the origin of a strain of polio virus that crippled 22 children in Northern Syria. Officials of World Health Organization confirmed the origin of the virus strain and asked the Pakistani authorities to speed up its efforts to curb the disease. However, the situation in the country is far away from complying with the directives as the country’s anti-polio drive is up...
December 16, 2013 at 10:41 pm | News Desk
Dr. Moin Uddin I have been fortunate or geographically advantaged of belonging to GilgitBaltistan. As part of every year summer journey I and my family make our annual pilgrimage to the area of our ancestors. It gives a nice feeling of being home and sharing your memories of growing up in small towns with your metropolitan English speaking children. An annual opportunity of familiarizing your generation Z kids with mountains and drinking water from natural springs away from iPods and iPads and of course the wifi. Karakoram Highway known as KKH has been our main route. Every year we try our luck through the longer route of KKH Abbotabad, Mansehra , Besham and Chilas. Chilas was not a well-known town sometimes before. It has recently g...
December 16, 2013 at 10:24 pm | News Desk
It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all. ----Sainte Augustine There is no doubt that Americans would be shocked beyond belief had this been occurring in any other country. A sentence of life imprisonment, without any possibility of parole for crimes which are disproportionate to say the least to the sentence and punishment rendered. Life without parole for selling LSD at a concert, for siphoning gas from a truck and for writing a bad cheque are just some examples of such crimes which have rendered sentences which are impossible to comprehend on logical levels. These events are just not out of the blue. This is occurring every day in federal and state courts in the United States. Judges, being bound by mandatory sentencing l...
December 16, 2013 at 10:04 pm | News Desk
KARACHI: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Sindh leader and finance secretary, Farah Naz, has announced to join the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Sunday over occurrence of severe differences with the former party’s leadership. Ex-leader of PTI, Farah Naz made the announcement for her joining the largest mandate holder political party via press conference conducted in Karachi while the MQM’s prominent leader Nasreen Jalil was also present on the event. Farah Naz provided the reasons for the decision by saying that she joined PTI for a change; but after spending such a long time with the party the results become null. Naz vowed to spread the theory of MQM’s chief Altaf Hussain as now she selected the best platform for...
December 16, 2013 at 1:02 am | News Desk
D.I. KHAN, KPK: Vote counting is underway after completion of by-polling process on the PK-67 constituency of Dera Ismail Khan while the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate, Ikram Ullah Gandapur, on top against his independent opponent. Interesting competition was seen today between the electoral opponents as the PTI’s Gandapur has currently secured top in vote count by having 28,073 votes while the independent candidate Fateh Ullah Miankhel having 14,983 votes, unofficial results showed. The by-election was scheduled on the PK-67 constituency of D.I. Khan located in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan on the vacant seat of former provincial law minister Israr Ullah Gandapur followed by a fierce suicide bomb attack...
December 16, 2013 at 1:02 am | News Desk
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