A SPANISH Teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine. 'House' for instance, is feminine: 'la casa.' 'Pencil,' however, is masculine: 'el lapiz.' A student asked, 'What gender is 'computer'?' Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups, male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether computer' should be a masculine or a feminine noun. Each group was asked to give four reasons for its ... Read More

This was another  blow of luck or mere coincidence for the PPP government that the timing of the Salman Taseer's murder suited them so well. Government was losing support one after another everyday, Maulanas went and then the MQM. Within hours of Nawaz Sharif's ultimatum a bigger story of the Governor's murder grabbed the attention of the media and the people. The News states " Firing the first “real” salvo at the increasingly beleaguered Prime Minister Gilani, the Pakistan Muslim League ... Read More

Salman Taseer, the Governer of Punjab was assassinated in Kohsar Market of Islamabad today. This time it is not a suicide attack and we have a living suspect who handed over himself to the police. Mr Taseer was murdered by his own security guard, named Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri. Qadri who belonged to the elite force claims that he could have run away if he wanted to but says he killed Salman Taseer because of his remarks about the blasphemy law ... Read More