Karim Khan - Instablogs
Dec 9 2009
Climate change in South Asia has impacted on Pakistan a loss of around $3.57 billion over the past 18 years, according to a World Bank report. The report alarms Pakistan of the existence of five major risks related to climate change/global warming and...
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Dec 8 2009
As cold weather has precipitated across the country, the demand for dry fruit has gone up and so have the prices of dry fruit. A recent survey shows that prices of dry fruit in Karachi city have risen by as much as 35 percent. Dry fruits are in...
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Dec 7 2009
Pakistan beat New Zealand by 141 runs in the second Test on day four at the Basin Reserve, on Sunday, to level their three-match series 1-1.
Dec 7 2009
It is not a matter of hearsay anymore but some well-reputed publications now speculate whether President Asif Ali Zardari will stay in the President House, or just move to some inferior political position. According to news sources, Zardari’s...
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Dec 7 2009
The federal government is not going to defend the contentious National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) in the Supreme Court on Monday, December 07, 2009. The Deputy Attorney General of Pakistan has confirmed the federal government’s decision not to...
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Dec 4 2009
The Indian government has expressed willingness in withdrawing its military from Kashmir though it wouldn’t consider dialogue with Pakistan until Pakistan meets its requirements regarding the Mumbai Attacks of November 2008. India’s home minister P....
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Dec 4 2009
Commercial banks have been asked by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to stop recovering agricultural loans, along with any mark-up, from small farmers in areas of NWFP/FATA that have been affected by the incessant war on terror. These orders are meant...
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Dec 3 2009
Security vehicles and ambulances were seen rushing along the road once again as a bomb blast took place near a police check post in Palosi, the suburb of Peshawar city. However, the blast was not strong and no major damage was reported, though a...
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Dec 3 2009
News has it that an important document containing the record of written-off bank loans has gone missing from the national Assembly Secretariat. The documented record carried details of bank loans written off during 1985-2003 had been stored in the...
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Dec 2 2009
Dr. Keerti Rathore,a Texas-based researcher along with his team, has genetically engineereed cottonseeds to make them edible for human consumption.