 For a nation devastated by floods, rocked by terrorism and embarrassed over a cricket corruption scandal, Pakistanis are pinning their hopes on an unlikely sporting star to give th |
 A colourful and festive Eid cannot be imagined without women as they cook, make dresses and cheer on their family members to finalize preparations for the festival. This time too, women are seen in huge numbers at shopping malls and markets to shop for themselves and help their families in making their shopping decisions. With two days left in Eid, women as important members of their families are making a final check that all is done to make Eid a happy and memorable occasion. Eid of women is incomplete without the delightful moments of buying bangles, garments, gifts shoes and other accessories which create an atmosphere of its own. “Though the eid shopping starts with the advent of Ramadan but |
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 A special anti-terrorist court sent former DPO Sialkot and five constables accused in lynching case on further remand of seven days, while an ASI was handed over to police on one day physical remand in the same case. The judge of the Anti-terrorist court II, Nisar Ahmed sent former DPO Sialkot Waqar Chohan, constables Nazir Husain, Akram, Naseer, Yaseen and Bashir on further 7-day remand to jail. Accused ASI Waris was handed over to police for one day physical remand. In the same case the court issued unbailable arrest warrants of fugitive Shafeeq alias Faujee, r/o Jaranwala. The court directed the police to arrest all those accused in this |
 Lok Virsa, Ministry of Culture is planning to hold an entertainment-cum-cultural festival on Chand Raat with special emphasis to generate funds for the flood affected children. According to the organizers, a number of local artists from Islamabad – Rawalpindi have confirmed their participation in the festival. Those who will perform include Javaid Niazi, Babar Niazi, Muhammad Ali, Rukhsana Murtaza, Mehfooz Khokhar, Shaukat Manzoor, Qurban Niazi, Salman Adil, Akhtar Hussain, Rizwana and Husnain Pasha. National puppet theatre and dance troupe of the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) will also take part in the festival. Executive Director Lok Virsa, Khalid Javaid said, “We are grateful to all the artists, musicians and performers as well as PNCA administration for responding to our call to contribute for this noble cause”. Explaining background of the festival, Khalid Javaid told that a meeting was held in the Ministry of Culture during the last week of August wherein it was desired by the Minister and Secretary Culture that maximum efforts should be made by all cultural bodies including Lok Virsa to raise funds for the flood victims. Chand Raat festival is an initiative of Lok Virsa in this direction, he added. Giving details about the contributions, Khalid Javaid said, “Rotary Club Green City Islamabad has pledged to provide 1,000 gift packs, PODA NGO has contributed about Rs. 20,000 in terms of different items and money, Lok Virsa officers and their families have also |
 Pakistan cricket fans and former players believe only winning will allow the team to overcome a match fixing scandal that has resulted in several players being suspended. Zaheer Abbas, known as the Asian Bradman, said on Wednesday that one win could boost the morale of the team which lost back-to-back, Twenty20 internationals against England this week. “Victory is the only solution to lift the morale of the team,” Abbas said on Thursday. England clinch the Twenty20 series 2-0 and the two teams will start a five match, one-day series on Friday. During the Twenty20 matches, the ongoing investigation of the Pakistan players appeared to take its toll with the team’s batsmen especially looking out of sorts. The ICC has provisionally suspended Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif after a British newspaper alleged they were paid to deliberately bowl no-balls in a test match against England. They have 14 days to decide whether they want to appeal against the suspension. Most of the Pakistan batsmen fell to poor shot selection on |
 The leader of a small church in Florida said he was still praying about whether to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11, a plan the White House, religious leaders and others are pressuring him to call off. The Rev. Terry Jones said he has received more than 100 death threats and has started wearing a .40-caliber pistol strapped to his hip but still did not back off his plan on Tuesday to burn the Holy book. The 58-year-old minister said the death threats started not long after he proclaimed in July that he would stage “International Burn-a-Quran Day.” Supporters, though, have been mailing copies of the holy text to his church of about 50 followers to be incinerated in a bonfire on Saturday to mark the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Gen. David Petraeus took the rare step of a military leader taking a position on a domestic matter when he warned that “images of the burning of a Quran would undoubtedly be used by extremists in Afghanistan – and around the world – to inflame public opinion and incite violence.” Jones responded that he is also concerned but is “wondering, ‘When do we stop?”‘ He refused to cancel the protest at his Dove World Outreach Center but said he was still praying about it. “How much do we back down? How many times do we |
 Pakistan one-day captain Shahid Afridi admitted he had a job on his hands to raise the morale of his scandal-hit side after they were bowled out for just 89 by England in a thumping Twenty20 loss. Pakistan were dismissed for their lowest Twenty20 score in 40 matches at this level at Sophia Gardens here on Tuesday as England won by six wickets to wrap up a 2-0 series win with a mammoth 36 balls to spare. World Twenty20 champions England, who completed a 3-1 Test series win over Pakistan last month, will now look for fresh success when the teams meet in the first of five one-day internationals at Chester-le-Street, northeast England, on Friday. “We were very bad, inexperienced and immature from my side and from all the batsmen,” Afridi told reporters. “I think we played very bad cricket. “It will be a big challenge to compete in the one-dayers, but we have some time,” he added. “Me, my coach (Waqar Younis) and the team, we will sit together and talk.” Pakistan’s tour has been overshadowed by a ‘spot-fixing’ scandal that has seen Test captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif all suspended by the International Cricket Council after allegedly conspiring to deliberately bowl no-balls during last month’s fourth Test at Lord’s. But Afridi said off-field problems could not account for Pakistan’s form. “We are coming through a bad situation, but as professionals we |
In the early, chaotic, primordial years of the mobile phone era, you had to press real, actual "buttons" to get things done. Almost barbaric to think about now, isn't it? As society advanced and we gradually became a more civilized species, buttons gave way to touchscreens and voice control, mercifully giving the atrophied sausages we call "arms" and "fingers" a bit of respite every time we needed to surf through cyberspace, place a phone call, or send a text message. Now, it seems the evolution of Homo sapiens is reaching its inevitable final stage with the release of the PLX XWave, headgear that plugs into your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad and -- after a bit of training -- lets you control the device with your mind alone. As you might expect, the headset makes use of the NeuroSky technology that we've seen several times through the years and will be made available with a number of apps upon its release next month including a game, dedicated training app, a music controller (which will let you compare brainwaves with other XWave users, interestingly), and an "Om Meditation Timer." If none of those titles have captured your imagination, you'll be able to write your own apps with the device's SDK; needless to say, we'll be patiently waiting for the levitation app depicted here. Orders are online now for
