‘Islam Abad News / Information’ Archives
Pakistan outplay Windies to storm into semis
DHAKA: Pakistan thrashed West Indies by ten wickets to move into the World Cup semi-finals here at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur on Wednesday. Chasing an easy target of 113 runs, openers Kamran Akmal and Mohammad Hafeez completed the Pakistan victory without being separated, in just 20.5 overs. Kamran contributed 47 and Hafeez [...]
President confers civil, military awards
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday conferred civil and military awards on outstanding individuals at an investiture ceremony here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr. Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, Federal Ministers, Parliamentarians, Services Chiefs, Islamabad-based diplomats and prominent citizens attended the ceremony. President [...]
Saudi to hold municipal polls next month
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is to hold municipal elections from April 23 at a time of pro-democracy uprisings across the Arab world, the official SPA news agency announced. "A committee has been formed... to oversee next month's municipal council elections," it said in an official announcement late on Tuesday, adding that polling by regions would kick [...]
Pakistan Day
It is Pakistan Day on March 23. While it brings back to mind the promise that the nation showed 71 years ago, also puts into sharp relief the failings and the follies of the later as well as the present generations in not living up to that promise. It was a vibrant people then, charged with a mission that they fulfilled in mere seven years to the [...]
Wicketkeeper ‘Zulqarnain Haider’ goes missing
ISLAMABAD: Local media reports say Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider is missing from the team hotel in the United Arab Emirates. “I can’t make much comment on this, but I can only confirm that Haider did not come with the team to the ground and we are looking for him,” team manager Intikhab Alam said told reporters. The 24-year-old [...]
حسین کھوسو کیوں مرگیا؟
صوبہ سندھ کے ضلع دادو کی تحصیل میہڑ کے گوٹھ امبر کے حسین کھوسو کے پاس پچاس ایکڑ پر کھڑی چاول کی فصل، ایک گھر اور کچھ مویشی تھے۔چوبیس اگست کو یہ سب سیلاب کی نذر ہوگیا۔ سولہ اکتوبر کو جب حسین کھوسو [...]
World’s Most Innovative Technology Start-ups for 2011
Catharine Smith and Bianca Bosker of The Huffington Post published a slideshow of the 31 most innovative start-ups as visionary technology pioneers of 2011 by the World Economic Forum, selected from over 300 nominations in more than 12 countries. Here’s a rundown of their list with descriptions coming from the respective sites’ narrative or [...]
How to Train Your Dragon2010
Watched the trailer in the cinema months ago and I already wanted to watch this. But it was until my sis and Soon told me that the movie is great that I was dying to watch it in the cinema. And in 3D…! Been persuading the guys (and girls) to watch with me and finally we went on the night before my Forensic Accounting midterm paper last Thursday [...]
Pakistan cricket team returns home
The Pakistan cricket team returned from England early Friday after a tumultuous three-month tour. Images from Lahore and Karachi airport as players arrived back home.
Musharraf apologises for mistakes, launches party
LONDON: Former president Pervez Musharraf launched his ‘All Pakistan Muslim League’ party here on Friday and apologised for the mistakes he said he had committed towards the end of his nine-year rule. “I am aware of the fact that there were some decisions which I took which resulted in negative political repercussions, which had adverse [...]
