The talented duo of Mohammad Shabbir and Mohammad Munir engraved their names in the country’s history books by guiding Pakistan to its first Mission Hills Golf World Cup after finishing in the top three at the Asian qualifiers in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. It has been a great moment for the golfers and all golf lovers who can now see their country in Golf World Cup.
‘Pakistan has played in the cricket, hockey and squash World Cups, but never before in our history had we featured in golf’s World Cup. Still we made our presence felt here and, hopefully, we will be able to perform well in China, too,’ said delighted Munir, who plays on the Asian Tour.  Read more... (163 words, 1 image, estimated 39 secs reading time)

After suffering a drought for almost two years, people of Dedh Sarh village of District Tharparkar will finally be able to breathe easy as they have stored enough water for 10 months, if not a whole year, during the rainy season. This has been made possible by a pilot rainwater harvesting project set up by the Sukaar Foundation, a local non-governmental organization.  Read more... (554 words, 1 image, estimated 2:13 mins reading time)

Twenty20 cricket is riding a tidal wave of popularity — not just in Pakistan but throughout the cricket world. There is, of course, the convenience: the game is over in three to four hours and can easily be scheduled for prime time viewing. But what makes Twenty20 cricket truly captivating is its sheer entertainment value. It stimulates cricketing pleasure zones you didn’t even know you had. The history of Twenty20 internationals is still very young — the first such match, between Australia and New Zealand, only took place in February 2005 — yet already there is a growing sense of Pakistan’s pre-eminence in this format specially after becoming T20 world champions.  Read more... (507 words, 1 image, estimated 2:02 mins reading time)

When beginning the fast- Sehar

وَبِصَوْمِ غَدٍ نَّوَيْتَ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ

Wa bisawmi ghadinn nawaiytu min shahri ramadan

I intend to keep the fast for tomorrow in the month of Ramadan
[abu Dawud]

When breaking the fast- Iftar

اللَّهُمَّ اِنِّى لَكَ صُمْتُ وَبِكَ امنْتُ [وَعَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ] وَعَلَى رِزْقِكَ اَفْطَرْتُ

The raging sugar crisis which has led to unprecedented prices in the retail market has been blamed on a variety of factors. Everything from a shortage of sugar cane to high international prices has come under fire. There has been a hectic trading of blame between sugar cane growers, mill owners, government departments and ministries. Despite the fresh production of 3.6 million tons of sugar and availability of sufficient stocks, the hoarders and market manipulators are trying to create artificial shortage of the commodity in order to boost its prices at the local markets.  Read more... (684 words, 1 image, estimated 2:44 mins reading time)

Iconic moments and personalities have defined Pakistan and made it what it is today, for better or for worse. Pak Factor presents archival snapshots of the speeches and funerals, contracts and characters that shaped this nation in the first three decades of its history.  Read more... (433 words, 24 images, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)

To mark Independence day celebrations this year on Social media Pakistanis unite to make it to the top of trending topics of the world’s famous Micro blogging site, Twitter. It was initiated by the GO GREEN Campaign and after the success of #PakCricket hash tag during the finals of T20 World Cup, won by Pakistan earlier this year. More than 7500 people turn their Display images painted GREEN with flags of Pakistan and show their love and unity towards the homeland. Farhan Masood and his volunteer team on Twitter helped people to turn their images green. It is surely an effort to portray a positive and non violent image of Pakistan globally.TOGETHER  WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE  is the message of this ongoing #Pakistan Go Green E rally via Face book and Twitter.  Read more... (309 words, 1 image, estimated 1:14 mins reading time)

Nazia Hassan was the most influential and popular female singer and probably the only real pop singer of the 80’s and 90’s in both India and Pakistan. 13 August marks the death anniversary of the iconic Pakistani pop singer Nazia Hassan who endeared herself to millions in the country.  Read more... (391 words, 4 images, estimated 1:34 mins reading time)

After a record breaking rain fall in Karachi and massive destruction the torrential rain hits hard Lahore, the heart of province Punjab. Heavy monsoon rains in Lahore left commuters stranded and streets flooded. 140 mm of rain has been recorded from around the city while the Met office predicts more rains in the coming days. Lahore has been experiencing heavy showers which have caused the low line areas to be submerged. The city is experiencing the worst traffic jams due to heavy downpour.  Read more... (131 words, 4 images, estimated 31 secs reading time)

The Pakistan government confirmed the detection of the country’s first case of swine flu but said the patient had recovered and the disease was not transmitted further. The disease has been detected in one patient at the National Institute of Health Islamabad.

Federal Minister for Health Ijaz Hussain Jakhrani told the National Assembly that;  Read more... (388 words, 1 image, estimated 1:33 mins reading time)