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Partly true...it does affect over overall image and creates misperceptions of who or what we are but it doesn't really affect our life. We've learned to live under double standards applied by the west, dealt with all major threats but we kept growing no matter how the world treated us. Thats...

Learn from our mistakes from the past and develop Southern Punjab, it still not too late. :coffee:

India-Pakistan Wimbledon double act defy hostility By Robin Millard Sat Jun 27 LONDON (AFP) – India's Prakash Amritraj and Pakistan's Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi insist they are "brothers" on the tennis court and the political enmity between their countries will never threaten their double act...

Sindh Assembly approves Rs 327bn budget unanimously KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly passed the Rs 327 billion provincial budget, for the new fiscal year, 2009-10 unanimously on Saturday while also approving the Finance Bill 2009 and rejecting all cut motions moved by the opposition members...

G8 favours Pakistan-EU trade liberalisation TRIESTE: Foreign ministers from Group of Eight (G8) countries said on Saturday they supported the possibility of liberalising trade between the European Union (EU) and Pakistan. The possibility was raised earlier this month at a summit between...

Despite record-breaking sales, Jackson died in debt DANIEL LEADERMAN ARTICLE (June 28 2009): He recorded the best-selling album in history. For a time, he pulled down 50 million dollars a year, with an overall worth reported at 750 million dollars.Yet when he died Thursday, Michael Jackson...

Will South Punjab be another Swat? The interior minister, Rehman Malik, has told the Financial Times that “we suspect something similar to Swat may arise in South Punjab”. He says he has been sharing “information” with the Punjab government because jihadi militias like Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ)...

Rice exports cross $2bn for second time Sunday, June 28, 2009 KARACHI: Rice exports have crossed the mark of $2 billion for the second consecutive year despite international economic recession. Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan Chairman Abdul Rahim Janoo stated this in a meeting with...

All set to launch first private-sector hydropower project Sunday, June 28, 2009 MIRPUR (AJK): Work on the first private sector 84-megawatt hydroelectric project located 7.5 km downstream of the existing Mangla Dam in Mirpur, Azad Kashmir will start in the next couple of weeks, Khalid Faizi...

Pakistan among top priority countries: Nokia Sunday, June 28, 2009 KARACHI: Country Director of Nokia for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Imran Khalid Mahmood has said that Pakistan is amongst the top priority countries for Nokia as it is now very much on the global map and up to the mark on...

Its a temp phase mate, don't be too pessimistic. We've seen worse than this...I'm sure 2010 will be a better year for all of us.

Pakistan to start mass production of first modern fighter jet :pakistan: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 Islamabad - Pakistan is expected to start producing its first locally built modern fighter jet by the end of this month, joining other countries that manufacture their own combat aircraft, the chief of...

Here's a sad n dramic song from a Pakistani movie, Hum Chale Is Jahan Se.

Pakistan and the King of Pop Islamabad Mourns MJ June 26, 2009 ABC's Nick Schifrin reports from Islamabad: For anyone who thinks Pakistan is completely consumed by bombs and bullets, that people here only think about terror and the Taliban, know that Michael was a god here, too. Know that...

Strong case for nuclear autarky EDITORIAL (June 26 2009): aPrime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has asked the United States to help Pakistan develop its civilian nuclear technology. Inaugurating the 34th Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary needs on Monday, he said if Washington...

Developing Karachi with self-help EDITORIAL (June 26 2009): As revealed in a press release issued by City District Government Karachi (CDGK), addressing a huge gathering of employees of the City Government Karachi, its subsidiaries and town administrations, City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal...

Government has to retire over Rs 83 billion of debt to SBP by month-end KARACHI (June 26 2009): The federal government has to retire over Rs 83 billion of budgetary borrowing to the central bank by the end of this month to comply with the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) one of the...

$7.5 billion aid package approved by US Senate WASHINGTON (June 26 2009): The US Senate on Wednesday approved a bill to triple civilian US aid to Pakistan, a bid to cement a long-term partnership and defeat Islamist fighters threatening the nuclear-armed ally's stability. Lawmakers...

ADB economic transformation programme: $500 million loan accord signed ISLAMABAD (June 27, 2009): The government of Pakistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday signed a loan agreement for 'Accelerating Economic Transformation Program (Subprogram-2)' amounting to $500 million...