ISLAMABAD, Apr 25 2012: The Federal Cabinet gave its unanimous approval for Pakistan’s Hajj Policy and Plan for the year 2012. The monister for information Mr. Qamar Zaman Kaira old the newsmen in a press conference today that “After the signing of bilateral annual agreement between the Government of Pakistan…
Month: April 2012
Book reading linked to moral, social, intellectual uplift of a nation – Gilani
ISLAMABAD, Apr 22 2012: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has emphasised the need of Book reading culture in Pakistan. The prime minister announced the celebration of April 22 each year as National Book Day. He said that that culture of book reading is closely linked to moral, social and…
Katas Raj ponds drying up due to water supply
The scred ponds at Katas Raj temples are drying up due to the tubewells in the area by a cement factory nearbye. On the other hand water from the pond is being supplied to Choa Syedan Shah and Waula village as the Punjab government could not provide any alternative facility…
Bhoja Air plane crashed near Islamabad airport
A private airling boarding 127 people from Karachi destined to Islamabad has crashed near Islamabad’s Banazir International Airport. According to initial information plane has crashed due to bad weather in the city. The crash happened at an area called Lui Bhair of Rawalpindi. Bhoja Air is a private airline from…
Gaciers in the Karakorums and Himalays growing
With the wows of global warming and concerns of world for glaciers and sea ice around the world are melting at unprecedented rates, The mountains and glaciers in the Karakorum and Himalaya region have not quite followed the rest of the world. New data collected by researchers, in a new…
From Lyari with love – The Stone age by Dawn
This is Lyari ? a?neighborhood?that everyone in Karachi talks and knows about. A pertinent question: how many Karachiites, other than those who live here, have ever set foot in the area? Answer: a handful. Lyari is like an award-winning, controversial, well-publicized?book that only voracious readers have gone through but everyone…
Shandur festival 2012 from 1st week of July
APP has reported that Shandur Polo festival, for the year 2012 will be ?will be held from first week of july. Shandu Polo Festival is ?organized at the Shandur pass at about 12000 fee above sea level making it the highest polo ground of the world known. It is expected…
Preedy Street Karachi – Remains of the Day
IT is quite astonishing how sometimes journalists and columnists are unable to see, if not overlook, startling pieces of information that can make their writings doubly exciting. There can be a number of reasons for that, let?s not go there. Preedy Street and the Preedy police station have been discussed…
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