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Decision to make Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi deputy prime minister is wrong,says Shah Mehmood Qureshi

Pakistan Politics is in mess, according to Pakistan’s former Finance minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. Thenews.com.pk reports Mehmood Qureshi as saying to reporters at the airport,  “While informing Mark Seigel through an e-mail about expected attack on her, Benazir Bhutto had said if she was attacked, Pervaiz Elahi would be involved in it. Therefore, President Zardari is requested that he should ... Read More »

Indian Bank Cash eaten by Termites

Lol! The Hungry termites have eaten nearly $225,000 cash in a Bank of India. The incident took place at an Indian Bank located in Uttar Pradesh, India. I am surprised with the negligence of the bank officers. What were they doing? Same Old Action: The State Bank of India says an enquiry into the latest incident has been held. “The ... Read More »

Indians less Happier than US, Pakistan: says Gallup 2010 wellbeing Study

India has ranked 71st in happiness with only 17 percent people describing themselves as “thriving” in a new study of well-being that gives Denmark the top spot among 124 countries surveyed. With Danes ranked the most contented people on the planet with a whopping 72 percent of residents considering themselves “thriving,” Sweden and Canada followed close behind, each at 69 ... Read More »

Lasith Malinga Quits Test Cricket

Sri Lankan Fast Bowler Lasith Malinga has announced his retirement from Test Cricket. Malinga,who is well known for his unique slinging round-arm action announced his retirement on Friday in order to prolong his limited overs career. In a statement Malinga said he had sustained a chronic knee injury in Australia in February, 2008, which prevented him from playing one-day cricket ... Read More »

US gave $6 million to Syrian opposition

THE US State Department has been secretly financing opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, even as the Obama administration has tried to reach out to the autocratic leader’s regime. The Washington Post, citing previously undisclosed diplomatic documents provided by WikiLeaks, reported yesterday that one of the US-funded organisations was London-based Barada TV, a satellite channel that beams anti-government programming into ... Read More »

WorldBlu’s list of World’s Most Democratic Workplace

WorldBlu, a U.S. based company, specializing in organizational democracy and freedom-centered leadership, has announced their fifth annual WorldBlu list of most democratic workplaces 2011. They made the announcement as the part of the fifth annual “Democracy in the Workplace Day” for organizations from across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the U.K, India, the Netherlands, Denmark, Haiti and Malaysia. The WorldBlu List ... Read More »