The New IT minister of Pakistan Anusha Rahman has issued warnings against Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) that it will suffer the same fate like Youtube, and will be banned if it continues to publish offensive and distasteful contents from its site YouTube. YouTube is a video sharing site of Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG). The new IT and telecommunication minister joined the office and spoke about Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) on the same day. She talked about the...
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Pakistan’s National Assembly formally selected Nawaz Sharif as prime minister on Wednesday. The new prime minister comes at a time when the country is witnessing a massive power tussle and is in need of some disciplined economic reforms. “We have no other option, except for democracy,” said Sharif. “We should strengthen the democracy for the better prospects of Pakistan, and we should close all doors to dictatorship.” Nawaz Sharif, 63, who is the leader...
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A recent report from Credit Suisse Asia looks at valuations specifically PB and PE Ratio Emerging Markets based on both current and five year averages. Unfortunately the report does not contain any data, however, the chart itself is a bit explanatory. Many countries are trading at under a 10 PE TTM and five year average and a PB under or close to one for both current and the five year average. Although the macro...
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In our last infographic, we showed jobs that will most likely go kaput in the next few decades due to artificial intelligence & automation. The same changes that cause jobs to go extinct often create brand new types of jobs at the same time. Consider the type of factory assembly line work that no longer exists, and the millions of IT jobs that have taken their place – the kind of jobs no factory...
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Before delving into the details of this story headlined above, I think its important to mention the fine job that the New York Times does each and every day. While I’m sure my appeal will come to nothing, consider a subscription to this eminent publication. Sure you can read online, this is certainly evident given that you are reading this. There is, however, something special about physically reading a paper. No matter your feelings...
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If you live in Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan or numerous other countries in the region, drones don’t conjure up feelings of comfort and the wonder that is technology. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles have a habit of raining down unseen death on both the deserving and the innocent. If you work for the ACLU or other privacy advocate group, you may see drones as the end of privacy as we know it and the perfect platform for...
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PML-N candidate Nawaz Sharif will be Pakistan’s next prime minster. This will be the first time in the nation’s history that a civilian government will finish a full term and turn over power through a democratic election. Sharif served as prime minister for two terms in Pakistan in the 1990s, so this will be his third term. He is credited with bringing Pakistan into the global nuclear club, and he was removed from power...
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Pakistan will hold a general election tomorrow, May 11. The country has been torn by violence in recent weeks as a group identifying itself as the Taliban, claimed that democracy was a force in antipathy to Islam and threatened to disrupt elections with violence. The group carried out some attacks in the weeks leading up to the election, and security forces will be on high alert as polling begins tomorrow. A BBC piece concerning...
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Pakistan Prosecutor, Zulfikar Ali who was handling the murder case of the former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was shot dead by Gunmen early Friday. The killing of the Prosecutor creates confusion over the politically sensitive issue of Bhutto’s murder, which also allegedly involves Pakistan former military leader, Pervez Musharraf. Mr. Ali was brutally shot dead by the unknown attackers while he was leaving from his residence situated in the suburbs of the Pakistan capital...
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Elections are looming in Pakistan, set to be held on May 11th, and while many observers are cautiously optimistic that this could be the nation’s first true democratic election, many observers are warning. The Commission on International Freedom has released a report warning that the risks to minorities in Pakistan is reaching a crisis level. This comes at a time when the Taliban and other terrorist organizations are launching renewed efforts to disrupt elections....
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An explosion has been reported in Karachi, Pakistan, according to police in the country. The bomb killed at least five people outside of an election office of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), a political party. The election office was the apparent target of the terror attack. The blast, according to recent reports, injured at least thirteen additional people. Reports indicated that the blast emanated from a car parked close to the building. An outlawed...
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