The 'Shoes of Mass Destruction' as termed by the media have been analyzed by the FBI, CIA, Mossad and RAW. It has been established so far that: 1. The leather originated from Qasur in Pakistan. 2. Stitching was carried out in Sialkot by a shoe maker using child labor; names withheld pending interrogation. 3. The pair was sold by a shoe store in ... Read More

"Some eleven dead bodies have been retrieved so far from the rubble of the fire gutted collapsed portion of Ghakhar Plaza building, saying 7 persons were still missing while 63 sustained injuries in this catastrophe. A fire that broke out in six-storey Gakhar plaza of Rawalpindi at 2:45 am on night between Friday and Saturday  destroyed more than 400 shops (shops of cosmetic, jewellery, garments and shoes were present there).  It engulfed the entire building through electricity wires and fire was hard to control. ... Read More

Yeh na thi hamari qismat ke wisaal-e-yar hota agar aur jeety rehty, yehi intazar hota terey wadey pe jiye hum, to yeh jan, jhoot jana keh khushi se mar na jatey. gar aitebar hota yeh kahan ki dosti hai ke baney hain dosh nasih koi chara-saaz hota, koi ghum-gusaar hota kahoun kis se main ke kia hai, shab-e-gham buree bala hai mujhey kia bura tha marna, agar aik baar hota huey mer ke hum jo ruswa, huey kiyun na gharq-e-darya na kabhi janaza uth-ta, na nahin mazaar hota ... Read More

"When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I immediately wanted to paint another one. When you thought I wasn't looking I saw you feed a stray cat, and I learned that it was good to be kind to animals. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make my favorite cake for me and I learned that the little things can be the special things in life. When you thought I wasn't looking I heard you say ... Read More

BRING SPORTS BACK TO SCHOOLS “Ours were the times when there used to be no fat kids in school” We heard this from our parents and now being a young mother I wish to say the same. The inactive life style and wrong eating habits have made our children over weight. Now kids have no exercise and little games at school. LIFE STYLE: In Pakistan children always played in streets in the evenings but now parents have become extra careful and over protective. ... Read More

(CNN) -- The "semantic Web" does not sound like it's fun and easy to use, but it could make surfing Web 3.0 a more rewarding and interactive experience. Some believe it could even lead to a new form of artificial intelligence. Spotlets pop up on a 'semantic Web' kiosk run by a pair of German researchers.  The idea behind the semantic Web, very broadly, is that things on the Internet will be described with descriptor languages so that computers can "understand" what ... Read More

If you are fond of eggs, you need not worry about eating one too many. An egg a day’s contribution to the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in healthy adults is just 1 per cent, says a new study funded by an industry body. Poor diet, smoking, obesity and physical inactivity contribute a 30 per cent to 40 per cent to heart disease risk, depending on gender.   The study, funded by the Egg Nutrition Centre and published online in Risk ... Read More

People of India and Pakistan suffer by losing their dear ones in terrorist attacks like the one which took place in Mumbai. As a result bilateral ties between the two countries have suffered. Any event of the sort leaves India and Pakistan back to where they started from,enemies!. All talks about common roots, friendship, people to people contacts, etc evaporates quickly. Governments jump to decisions like not even playing cricket with each other. Today India has officially cancelled the tour to ... Read More

KARACHI: Senior analyst Kamran Khan said that Indian jet planes violated Pakistan air spaces twice on Saturday in Kashmir and Lahore areas while Planes of Pakistan Air Force (PAF), which were already on high alert, quickly came into action and forced the India’s fighter jets to leave Pakistan’s air spaces. He said that this Indian action reveals its nefarious design against the sovereignty of Pakistan and termed, “Indian version that it violated Pakistan air spaces by mistakes, a lamb excuse”, as ... Read More

This an intersting piece i read in todays newspaper and thought i should share it with u all. Time for the media to step up Ayesha Ijaz Khan If ever there was a time to shun The New York Times, BBC or other mainstream sources of news, this was it. How were the attacks in Mumbai being covered in other parts of the world? If you live in London and have Sky TV, there are several options for finding out. So I ... Read More