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Cricket Crisis

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The Pakistan Cricket Board has barred former captains Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan from the national team indefinitely for behaviour they say contributed to Pakistan’s poor performance on its recent tour of Australia.
However, the board then issued a statement saying, “the recommendation of the Inquiry Committee is not a life ban on these [...]

Non Proliferation Treaty at 40

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The world recently observed the 40th anniversary of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Though designed to contain the spread of nuclear weapons the treaty has largely failed in this respect due to its inherently discriminatory nature, which allows some states to maintain nuclear arsenals while preventing others from acquiring the same.
Some have pointed out [...]

Pakistan arrests two Taliban

Pakistan has captured two “shadow governors” belonging to Afghanistan’s Taliban movement. The timing of the reported arrests coincides with the capture of Taliban’s second-in-command Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Karachi by Pakistani and US agents this month.
The arrests of Mullah Abdul Salam and Mullah Mir Mohammad, respectively the shadow governors of the northern Afghan provinces [...]

Afridi’s Fiasco

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Just when we thought Pakistan cricket had hit rock bottom, along comes another shocker. No, this time round it wasn’t spineless batting, appalling captaincy or dreadful catching that made the nation hang its head in shame. No less a person than Shahid Afridi, Pakistan’s stand-in ODI skipper who has been in the team [...]

Twist in IPL selection drama

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Bollywood stars Shilpa Shetty and Preity Zinta have added a new twist to the IPL affair by claiming that they were threatened into snubbing Pakistani cricketers at the auction.
According to a report by an Australian publication ‘The Age’, Shetty told India’s ‘Mid-Day’ that threats were made against her team and [...]

A Better Advice to Follow!!

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As a perceived snub to Pakistani players by the Indian Premier League spark a spat between the neighbouring countries, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, an IPL franchisee himself, believes they should have been picked.
“I truly believe they (Pakistan playeers) should have been chosen,” Khan, co-owner of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR),
said.
Khan however said that [...]

More Strenght Showcase in Afghanistan

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Finally, Mr. Barack H. Obama disclosed his new Afghan policy in which he ignored sentiments of majority of Americans. The final verdict was in the favor of those who do not need peace or if they do then at least not now. The nine year presence of American soldiers on [...]

Symbolic Communication and the Freemasonic Symbols (part I)

All language consists of symbols. A symbol is something such as an object, picture, written word, sound, or particular mark that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention. The word “hat” is not hat itself but it gives the idea of a hat. If we particularly define symbol, we can say that a symbol [...]

Memorable Yesterday

Yesterday was a memorable day in sports history of our country. Pakistan in three games rocked the opponents and the world. Pakistan’s cricket team beat Kiwis and took the revenge of ICC trophy. In one point Pakistani team was dead because we had lost our two important wickets on zero score. But we struck back [...]

Media Planning – The Best Way to Go Out There

Marketing Communication comprises of two tasks, ‘message creation’ and message dissemination. Media Planning refers to the later i.e. it helps you to determine which medium of communication (TV, radio, newspapers, outdoor adverts, in-store displays, social media or the internet) to use and also when and where to use it.
Media planners have moved from focusing only [...]