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Plundering CNG stations
By admin at September 12, 2011 | 1:19 pm | 0 Comment
FEDERAL minister for petroleum and natural resources while forewarning gas consumers to be ready for a tough time next year, has made a startling revelation. It was during a meet-the-press at the Karachi Press Club that he disclosed that CNG businesses were making enormous profit of Rs33 per kg, because they were buying gas from the OGDCL at Rs23 per kg and selling the more...
Facebook the menace
By admin at September 12, 2011 | 1:18 pm | 0 Comment
FACEBOOK is the most used social networking service which was launched in February 2004. Unfortunately, it is affecting our mental health and daily routine. I was also one of the users of Facebook. Most of the time, I sat in front of computers and used the social networking site. As a result, I always got less marks in every test and examination. I even became a victim more...
Baizi irrigation channel scheme
By admin at September 10, 2011 | 1:54 pm | 0 Comment
According to Economic Survey 2010-11, agriculture has remained the mainstay of the country’s economy as it provided employment to 45 per cent population. The agriculture has recorded a modest growth of 1.2 per cent, but production of four major crops has declined by four per cent. During the last few years negative growth rate has been witnessed in the major crops more...
Easypaisa becomes difficult for me
By admin at August 27, 2011 | 2:13 pm | 0 Comment
Besides conventional banking, Branchless Banking in Pakistan growing rapidly and it makes our life easier. So to make my life more easier I decided to open an Easypaisa (EP) mobile account and went to a Telenor franchise to open EP mobile account.As I entered in the franchise there were many other customers’ que up for their turn. When I reached at the counter and asked more...
Pakistan is progressing in use of ICTs as per ITU Report
By admin at August 27, 2011 | 2:12 pm | 0 Comment
We all know that ICTs have a wide range of different economic effects which, directly or indirectly, can increase welfare and facilitate social and economic development. Direct effects include productivity gains resulting from the development and deployment of ICTs, and the development of new, related technologies. Indirect effects include trade creation and trade more...
Noise pollution a serious problem
By admin at August 20, 2011 | 3:39 pm | 0 Comment
Noise pollution is basically any form of noise which has potential to disrupt the normal functioning of any natural ecosystem or some human community. Noise pollution is not only causing environmental damage but it also has negative impact on human health as it can cause conditions such as aggression, hypertension, high stress levels, hearing loss and sleep more...
PTCL launches mega training initiative “AZEEM SE AZEEM TER” for non-management employees
By admin at August 20, 2011 | 3:37 pm | 0 Comment
I feel honored to announce the launch of the biggest ever training initiative “AZEEM SE AZEEM TER” designed for the entire non management cadre by Training and Development Department with the support and collaboration of Dr. Athar Hameed, an eminent Training consultant. This training endeavor is a planned and systematic effort to induce a spirit of motivation and more...
A wrong view
By admin at August 13, 2011 | 12:55 pm | 0 Comment
We, in Pakistan have excelled in many fields and hopefully no nation beats us in that. Criticising and cribbing all the time without break, 365 days a year is now a national psyche air of silence.I am an alien in Islamabad but due to my job I meet number of people every day, who have mastered in gothic art of super criticism and all the time giving pessimistic view of more...
Sale of fertilisers & pesticides on black market
By admin at August 6, 2011 | 3:37 pm | 0 Comment
THE ILL-FATED farmers usually suffer from shortage of water, seed and fertiliser across the country, particularly in Sindh province. Southern Sindh districts, including Larkana, Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Kashmor/Kandkot, Sukkur, Ghotki and Dadu, are known as the ‘rice belt’ where fertiliser is in high demand. During the rice transplantation season, it requires a big more...
Technology in Pakistan: A boon or bane?
By admin at July 30, 2011 | 1:49 pm | 0 Comment
A recent news report, that I read lead me to ponder upon the double, rather hypocritical, standards maintained in Pakistan. The news report in question was about the Lahore High Court (LHC) ordering a ban on the pornographic websites that are freely available for access on the net. According to the explanation provided the reason for this order was a certain petition led more...
Modern technology needed for agriculture
By admin at July 25, 2011 | 1:38 pm | 0 Comment
AGRICULTURE HAS a pivotal role to play in a country’s development. It is considered the backbone of a country. The entire population depends on this sector for survival as no one can live without food. Almost 70 per cent of our country’s population is attached to the agriculture sector. Its share in the GDP is only 21 per cent, while 44 per cent of the workforce is more...
Access charges on mobile recharge
By admin at July 25, 2011 | 1:37 pm | 0 Comment
HAVE YOU ever recharged your mobile account balance from retailer, if yes, you must have observed that you were recharged less than you paid him. Rupees 1 or 2 is recharged less by 98 percent of mobile retailers in Pakistan. Whereas, mobile companies pay their retailers a fixed amount like 3 or 3.5 percent for every recharge, and retailer do business for all companies and more...
Science textbooks need to be reformed
By admin at July 25, 2011 | 1:36 pm | 0 Comment
SCIENCE IS a way of viewing the world, facing realties and taking nothing for granted. In the present-day world you have to be scientifically literate or you will fall quickly out of view. Unfortunately, there have been half-hearted attempts by educational departments to reform science curriculum. It is time science curriculum in textbooks reformed and teachers trained more...
Mobile packages are hampering our youth?
By admin at July 17, 2011 | 8:29 pm | 0 Comment
Pardon me for being blunt, but that’s how things are happening. Today, boys are looking for girls’ mobile numbers and girls are in hunt for lavish guys. This is what we have become after half a decade of telecom deregulation and the boom of telecom industry. Before digging further into details, have a look at following screenshots, which shows the pending more...
Genome mapping in Pakistan
By admin at July 10, 2011 | 8:12 pm | 0 Comment
I congratulate the University of Karachi’s Dr Panjwani Centre for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research (PCMD) on the genome mapping of a human being. I also congratulate the eminent Pakistani scientist and PCMD patron Dr Atta-ur-Rahman on becoming the first in the Muslim world whose genomes have been mapped by Pakistani scientists in technical collaboration with more...
Text messages help quitting smoking
By admin at July 10, 2011 | 8:10 pm | 0 Comment
A new study found that text messages are a very convenient way for smokers to receive support to quit. People trying to quit smoking are twice as likely to give up if they receive a text message encouraging them. Smokers described text to stop smoking like having a friend encouraging them. It helps people resist the temptation to smoke. British doctors recruited 5,800 more...
“GHUNDA TAX” Telecom companies start looting
By admin at July 10, 2011 | 8:10 pm | 0 Comment
Telecom companies are united to loot their customers in the name of service charges. Yes! This time one more tax not implemented by the government but telecom companies decided it to do so. Ufone, Mobilink and Telenor implemented the new tax “Ghunda Tax” which we will pay from now onward. As per new Government Income Tax (Amendment) Ordinance 2011, withholding tax more...
HEC dissolution – NAYS survey
By admin at July 2, 2011 | 6:47 pm | 0 Comment
Education plays the same role in the progress of a nation as the backbone plays in our body. If a good education policy helps to build a nation strong than a bad education policy does the same for its destruction. Establishment of HEC was one of the best steps taken by the government in regard of education policies, and its devolution could be the worst. NAYS (National more...
PTA should censor unethicalonline contents
By admin at June 25, 2011 | 12:49 pm | 0 Comment
Pakistan is an Islamic state and its constitution is based on basic Islamic principles. Though it is an era of technology and world has become a global village due to internet and fast access to information. So with the advancements should we leave our culture and basic Islamic values? No we don’t want to lose them, these cultural and religious values are our base and more...
Energy saving
By admin at June 18, 2011 | 5:55 pm | 0 Comment
Reference to current energy crisis; it has been suggested that small wind turbines and solar panels be installed at rooftops of houses to generate sufficient power for fans and lights. In my opinion, we should go a step further. All builders should be bound to install at least one alternate energy device like a wind turbine or solar panels at the rooftops of the houses or more...
PTA, it’s time to consider blocking the porn
By admin at June 11, 2011 | 11:05 am | 3 Comments
I have written in the past about the dire need of blocking porn sites, local ones at least, if not all of them. But clearly PTA couldn’t achieve this – and I had to revisit this topic, primarily because of an email I got recently from from a reader Majid.Here is what Majid Wrote to us:Dear Aamir,Many of my friends, including me, from Islamabad received an SMS on more...
Alternative fuel vs environment
By admin at June 4, 2011 | 12:59 pm | 0 Comment
THIS is apropos of the news item in media ‘Cement plants mull used tyres as source of fuel’. There are published studies on environmental risks of using TDF. One such report is Soil, Water, and Air Environmental Impact from Tyre Rubber/Coal Fluidised-Bed Co-combustion.That report concludes, as noted in Wikipedia, “atmospheric contamination dramatically increases more...
MNP requests being processed without customers consent
By admin at June 4, 2011 | 12:57 pm | 0 Comment
Have you ever heard of an instance when a customer’s SIM get blocked or in-active, and when contacted the service provider – he/she is confidently told that mobile phone connection has been ported out to other network?Yes, I have seen such several cases – and here’s one of them;One day, my friend’s Zong SIM suddenly stopped working, when inquired from Zong’s more...
Vicious chemical dependence
By admin at May 30, 2011 | 12:51 pm | 0 Comment
Increasing the yield per acre of agricultural crops through the use of various chemical interventions has long been the trend in Pakistan where what are classified as ‘small farming units’, many of these being below 50 acres in size, make up the backbone of the country’s farming industry and yet this unnatural way of cultivation is pushing more and more farmers so more...
The ‘voice’ of Internetz
By admin at May 30, 2011 | 12:48 pm | 0 Comment
ISPAK – or anything similar – is badly needed today for fixing the current content-meddling activities of PTA. Unfortunately, with the demise of conventional ISPs and the rise of voice-driven telcos as the new-age ISPs, somewhere in between, we left out the platform that could address ‘Internet industry issues’ as its prime focus. Today, we have functional LDI more...
