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Pakistan Stands 2nd last – Connectivity Scorecard 2009

15 hours ago ago from Pro Pakistani

With an overall score of 1.54 and a ranking of 24 on Connectivity Scorecard 2009, Pakistan finishes 2nd last among its peer group of 25 resource and efficiency-driven economies, faring slightly better than Nigeria, and behind neighbors India and Bangladesh. Pakistan’s bright spot is the performance of its government segment, which fares reasonably well on the Brookings Institution’s measure of egovernment. As a result, in terms of ...

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Senator for strengthening socio-economic ties with Bangladesh

22 hours ago ago from Pakistan News Watch

Chairman Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Raja Zafarul Haq has said that it was need of the hour to strengthen socio-economic relations with Bangladesh along with people to people contacts for promoting the interests of Pakistan. Islamabad Bar Association should write a letter to Dhaka Bar Association to visit Pakistan for bringing both the countries closer. Delegations of educationists, parliamentarians and people from other ...

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Kerry-Lugar Bill: An Update

24 minutes ago ago from Budget Insight

The Cable reported yesterday on the first mandated report that the administration sent to Congress as part of the terms of the Kerry-Lugar bill (The Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009).  The Kerry-Lugar bill, passed in October, tripped non-military aid to Pakistan to $1.5 billion per year for the next five years (FY2009-FY 2013) for a total of $7.5 billion.  The bill provides Pakistan with the resources to increase economic ...

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Pakistani media and terrorism coverage

1 hour, 3 minutes ago ago from Muslim India | A Muslim Indian Perspective on Politics, Religion & Society

By Arfa Khanum Sherwani The enduring terror trail in Pakistan has not just made a commoner’s life miserable but is constantly posing danger to media fraternity as well. While unrelenting terrorist assaults over the years have built up a certain kind of immunity towards terror and the retort of its citizens towards the menace-- uncertainty is the only feature seems certain to them. This has made an already challenging work of ...

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US diplomats denied Pakistan visas

17 hours ago ago from Asia News .Com.Pk

ISLAMABAD: A US diplomat has claimed Pakistan government has denied a number of US diplomats, army officials and many other US citizens Pakistan visas owing to rising US operations in Pakistan, Geo news reported on Wednesday. A US diplomat, on condition of anonymity, told Geo news that US diplomats’, military officials and US citizens’ vehicles are being monitored strictly, stopped on checkpoints time and again and being searched out ...

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