Time has gone when countless Americans, British, Canadians, Chinese, Germans, Australians, and people from all over the globe used to visit Pakistan to see its scenic beauty and astonishing historical and cultural heritage. Our beautiful country’s tourism is now plagued with terrorism and instability which has kept it off the radar for all but a …
Tourism in Pakistan A difficult child of South Asia Read More »
In Tang China, (618-907 AD), the Salt Commission was one of the most influential monopolies. In 758, after a peasant revolution and after the land tax revenues fell, a salt commission was created. The Tang Dynasty, then king of the China knew salt’s essentiality for its nutritional and preservation values. Dynasty controlled all major salt …
From a Market to Monopoly? Telecom’s Future in Pakistan Read More »
Poorly constructed laws are being built atop other poorly constructed laws without awareness. As it stands, the present law only will lead to the further destabilization of Pakistan’s already fragile IT industry. It also will further threaten the privacy and security of the common man. And it will alienate potential and existing international clients. When …
An erosion of rights within the Cyber Crime Bill Read More »
The year 2015 broke all previous records by nine-mega breaches. 113 serious attacks exposed the identities of 429 million people. In terms of Future of Cyber Attacks, 2016 was more horrible than 2015. Cyber Crimes including Malware, PoS Malware, Account Hijacking, Targeted Attack, DDoS, DNS Hijacking, Local File Inclusion, Email Harvesting, Defacement and Malvertising topped …
Kargil is a word known to us; only for the war that broke between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and along the line of control. Both Pakistan and India have been doing heavy military spending detrimental to their poor performance in trade and industry. So, people in these countries can’t …
KIA Sportage, Classic, Spectra and Ceres, Hyundai Excel, Shahzore and Santro, Chevrolet Optra, Nissan, Revo, Mazda, Subaru and many other famous brands have wrapped up and left the business in Pakistan. After spending supercilious 0.7 million rupees on a “new” car like Mehran (very basic version of the globally retired second generation Suzuki Alto 1984–1988), …
Coax, Squash and Squeeze (Automobile Industry in Pakistan) Read More »
Assessment is neither a game to play nor is it a bureaucratic task. The connection between it and the quality of education a child receives is eternal and absolute. At primary and elementary levels, a systematic approach to collecting, reviewing and analyzing data to improve learning is extremely important. Many researchers have concluded that an effective …
When many talk about Apple, mostly there seem to be reactions depicting hatred towards the product or sheer admiration. Since, it is the season of the year when fresh generation of Apple products are launched, a more debating issue breaks through, considering if the products are worthy enough to be bought. Apple is one of …
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of The United Nations, Pakistan is one of the world’s largest producers and suppliers of the chickpeas (3rd), cotton (4th), rice (4th), mangoes (4th), milk (5th), date palms (5th), sugarcane (5th), apricots (6th), oranges (6th), onions (7th),), wheat (7th), and farm output (8th). So what is the concern? …
Addiction has been a subject of debate and concern since ancient times, however, its intensity and magnitude has increased over time. If we go into depth of its meaning so what actually is addiction? Many term it as a brain disorder while others label it as a means of pleasure for oneself. It can be …
