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Microsoft Pakistan introduces lower prices for home users 26 Oct 2008 Microsoft in spirit of true innovation launched its "Fully Packaged Products" for the general consumer market aimed specifically at students and individual home users. The FPP offering introduces genuine MS Office in...

IMF not pressing for defence cuts 26 Oct, 2008 WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund never asked Pakistan to cut military spending by a third, although it has urged the country to take a number of painful economic measures, a senior Pakistani diplomat told Dawn on Saturday...

Govt retracts decision to remove electricity subsidy 27 Oct, 2008 ISLAMABAD: The government have differed its earlier decision to cut the subsidy on electricity by Rs120billion and pass it on to the masses following the immense pressure of countrywide strikes against the recent increase...

UAE to invest $40m in Balochistan ISLAMABAD, Oct 26 (APP):The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will invest $40 million in agriculture, irrigation, health and education sectors of Balochistan. According to Radio Pakistan, this decision was taken in a meeting held in Quetta between Balochistan Chief...

Not "You". Actually "We" would have been more appropriate here. Don't forget Hindu fanatics killing minorities and demanding India to be declared as "Hindu" state rather than secular. If fanatics present in India don't represent all of India, same is the case with fanatics present on...

Here is little more on this from Washington Post Four Hindus Charged in Fatal Indian Bombing NEW DELHI, Oct. 24 -- Four Hindus have been arrested and charged in a bombing that killed five people last month, Indian counterterrorism police said Friday. The arrests signaled a change of...

Is someone waiting for these "agitated farmers" to become "well trained militants" ? Not all threats are to be taken casual.

Five rebels killed in north-eastern India 26 Oct 2008 New Delhi - Five separatist rebels were killed in a gun battle with security forces in India's north-eastern Assam state, news reports said Sunday. The clash took place late Saturday in a forest area of Nalbari district, about 90...

Brown asked to condemn anti-Christian violence in India 27 Oct 2008 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been asked to condemn the recent anti-Christian violence in India and to call on the Indian government to stop the violence and address its causes. In a live e-petition on the...

Wrong Way in Pakistan 27 Oct 2008 By Marvin G. Weinbaum In its eagerness to reverse the mounting insurgency in Afghanistan, the United States has embarked on a policy course that could shatter our vital strategic partnership with Pakistan. By allowing American combat forces to freely...

All at Work Normally ‘office’ is a place where people are pretty artificial and you can seldom tell as to what they really feel about you. A workplace is like a melting pot where many people, different from each other, come together. Those who work in an office must have come across the...

IMO we are being deliberately pushed towards IMF by our friends like China, Saudi Arabia, Gulf States and US and the main reason is our present government's poor credibility and non-serious attitude towards "dollars" received. All friendly nations have past experiences with this PPP government...

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India faces gaps in air space defence: Antony NEW DELHI, Oct 25 (APP) : Indian Defence Minister A K Antony said on Saturday that India was facing gaps in its air space defence due to failure in providing necessary radars and other equipment to Air Force. He was talking to newsmen in...

A matter of shame for those involved and should be a grave concern for GOI. It is good to see that these fanatics are arrested but a lot more practical steps are needed to achieve the desired goal of "secularism and elimination of extremism" that shall curb happening of such incidents in...

Former Indian army officers detained for mosque blast 25 Oct 2008 NEW DELHI, Oct 25: India’s federal police, the CBI, was investigating two former army officers on Saturday for their alleged links with rightwing Hindu extremists named in recent attacks, including a bomb blast near a mosque...

Over 1500 militants killed, 950 arrested in Bajaur operation: IGFC PESHAWAR, Oct 25 (APP): Inspector General Frontier Corps Major General Tariq Khan said on Saturday that the security forces killed more than 1,500 militants and arrested another 950 including foreigners in Bajaur operation...

I am sure he will not be jailed. He is too young and definitely being used by some elder. Regarding colorful uniform, I think it is special wear of border force at entry-exit check point.

Anti Muslim riots in North Assam in India 24 Oct 2008 Guwahati: Anti-Muslim violence erupted in north Assam in early October between militant Bodo tribals and Muslims in which an estimated 150 Muslims have been killed so far, hundreds have been injured, mostly women and children, and...

Getting It Right On China 24 October 2008 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Where would you put your money: On an America burdened by a $10 trillion debt or a China flush with almost $2 trillion cash reserves, the largest in the world? You would think Pakistan is the luckiest country in the world for...