February 2009 Blog Posts (22)

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Chaudhry Nisar terms judiciary a tool of Presidency.

Opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said the judiciary has become a tool of the Aiwan-e-Sadr, in the National Assembly.


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Added by Asif Sheeraz on February 28, 2009 at 10:09pm — No Comments

Shehbaz Sharif Press Conference – 28th Feb 2009

Mian Shehbaz Sharif Former Chief Minister Taking a Press Conference.


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Added by Asif Sheeraz on February 28, 2009 at 10:08pm — 1 Comment

PPP Has Attacked Provincial Autonomy

Ahsan Iqbal Information Sec. PML-N talking to media outside the parliament house, He says PPP has attacked Provincial autonomy, Govt. carrying forward Musharaf’s agenda.


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Sulman Taseer Governor Punjab Addressing to District Nazims

Sulman Taseer Governor Punjab Addressing to District Nazims after meting.


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Added by Asif Sheeraz on February 28, 2009 at 10:05pm — 1 Comment

Alim Online – 27th February 2009

Amir Liaqat Presents Fresh Episode of Alim Online in Geo TV. Today’s guest Peer Naqeb-ur-Rahman Naqsh Bandi and Mufti Muhammad Salman Rizve.


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Off The Record – 28th February 2009

Makhdoom Javed Hashmi Sen. Vice President(PML-N), Ejaz ul Haq(PML-Q), Sardar Nabil Ahmed Gabol State Min. for PortsAnd Shipping, in fresh episode of Off The Record Discussing Current Issue With Kashif Abbasi.

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Meray Mutabiq – 28th February 2009

Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed President(AML), in fresh episode of Meray Mutabiq with Dr Shahid Masood.


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Shahbaz Sharif addressing to lawyers convention at Lahore High Court.

Shahbaz Sharif addressing to lawyers convention at Lahore High Court.


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Second Opinion – 27th February 2009

Mian Nawaz Sharif Chairman PML-N, Syed Naveed Qamar, Mushahid Hussain in fresh episode of Second Opinion & Discusses Currant Issue With Asma Sherazi.


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Aaj Kamran Khan Kay Saath – 27th February 2009

Kamran Khan present another fresh episode of Aaj Kamran Khan Kay Saath in Geo TV and talk Mushahid Hussain Syed(PML-Q), Mian Ata Muhammad Manika(PMl_N), Sherry Rehman.

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Live With Talat – 27th February 2009

Lt. Gen. Hamid Nawaz(R) Former Sec. Defence, Brig. Simon Samsan Sharrif Analyst, in fresh episode of Live with Talat Discusses Currant Issue with Talat Hussain.

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Bolta Pakistan –27th February 2009

Mushtaq Minhas and Nusrat Javed present another fresh episode of Bolta Pakistan.

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Solar Power For Sunny Pakistan





Sunny California is leading the way to tap solar energy. Can sunny Pakistan follow to deal with its crippling energy crisis?



California based BrightSource Energy, which already has a deal to build a series of huge solar power plants in the Mojave Desert for Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E),… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on February 27, 2009 at 6:00pm — 18 Comments

Foreign Students in Chinese Universities and Colleges

China is a country of 9,600,000 square kilometers in size, with a population of more than 1,200,000,000. Chinese civilization dates back 5000 years ago, and her unique culture and tradition attracts more and more international visitors. The past twenty years have witnessed China as one of the fastest growing countries in the world.





Higher education in China has been well developed. There are over 2000 universities and colleges, with… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on February 24, 2009 at 7:30pm — 1 Comment

Can Slumdog Success Improve Lives of Poor Children?



Not only has the low-budget movie "Slumdog Millionaire" drawn big crowds in the West and taken in more than $ 100m at the box office, the movie has won eight Oscars last night, including the Academy awards for the Best Picture and the Best Director. The Best Music and Best Song awards went to… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on February 23, 2009 at 8:26pm — No Comments

Slumdog: Catalyst For War on Child Poverty?



Decried by many as "racist poverty porn" and condemned by Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachan in his blog for showing India as "a third world dirty under belly developing nation (sic)", the movie… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on February 22, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

China Attracting Foreign Medical Students

If Russia was the destination of choice in the 1980s and 1990s for Indian students who could not make it into medical colleges in India, China has now emerged as the hot favourite. Last year, for instance, nearly 3,000 Indian students took admission in medical colleges in China.





Still in its relatively early years, the trend has already hit a minor roadblock. After complaints from several students who went in the earlier batches about… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on February 21, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Beheading in Buffalo: Domestic Violence or Honor Killing?



Muzzammil "Mo" Hassan, founder of a Muslim-American TV network, is accused of beheading his wife, Aasiya, last week in Buffalo, New York, days after she filed for divorce, according to media reports.



The incident has shocked the Muslim-American community… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on February 19, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Pakistani Kid at Cambridge with 22 A's

By Paul Harris and Laura Clark

Last updated at 9:27 AM on 31st January 2009

Daily Mail



One ambition was fixed in Ali Moeen Nawazish's mind as he made his way through school in Pakistan. He wanted to win a place at Cambridge.



Sitting seven A-levels might easily have done the trick, even though he had started to study some of the subjects only three days before the exam.



But he was determined to get some good grades. So he sat another three, and three… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on February 13, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Renewable Energy Hits Rough Patch



Suzlon, India's wind power giant, has reported a quarterly loss after years of expansion and profit growth. It was hurt mainly by the ongoing global credit crunch, slowing wind turbine sales, and by rising costs and a provision to do repairs stemming from the widely reported quality… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on February 5, 2009 at 6:03pm — 1 Comment

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