Government
Shame on Us
Release Dr. Aafia Siddiqui
Aafia Siddiqui: Another Daughter of Pakistan Sold to Americans
Aafia Siddiqui appears in US court, denied bail
Dr Aafia’s court appearance raises questions
Aafia Siddiqui - Wikipedia
Some Blood Found in Pakistanis
As if there was any blood left in the already beaten up Pakistanis, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources is proposing a yet another hike for petrol and diesel. And that is after Saudi Arabia decided to give $6bn worth of oil on deferred payment.
This is what, 100th time they are increasing the price […]
CNG Prices Goes Sky High
First they raised the price of CNG from Rs. 38 per kg to Rs. 52 per kg, an increase of 31%. Then, after everyone started shouting and threatening (more here and here), they retracted their statement the next day, citing some weird calculation error (hmm…), and set it to Rs. 43.63 per kg. Even after the second […]
Pakistan Adopting Daylight Savings Time
Just a friendly reminder that Pakistan is adopting Daylight Savings Time from Sunday, June 1, 2008.
Here is what’s going to happen:
On the night of Saturday, May 31, 2008, the Pakistan official time will advance from 11:59:59 PM PST to 01:00:00 AM (the date will change as well of course). Offset from UTC/GMT will become +6 […]
Adding Fuel to Fire
The Shareef-Zardari government (hmm… that came out interesting, unintentionally) has dropped it’s first bombshell. They have conveniently asked us to “get ready for higher fuel prices”. Quickly afterwards, they raised the price to Rs. 65.81 per litre of petrol. It is expected to touch 80’s by June.
That’s strike I, for the new government.
For us […]
