NEWSBYTES: 3.3M Power Consumers’ Names Missing; Sanjrani Faces Joint Opp. Onslaught; Karachi Rain Situation; Mideast ‘Deal of the Century’

32 dead in Afghanistan as bus hits ‘Taliban’ bomb…All victims civilians, mostly women, children…Afghans dying at ‘shocking & unacceptable’ level amid peace push: UN POLL: Sixty-Eight Percent of Americans Would Reject Trump’s Mideast ‘Deal of the Century’… Part of Karachi-Hyderabad motorway submerged by rainwater…Federal govt. decides to ‘handle Karachi situation’…17 people died in mega cityContinue reading “NEWSBYTES: 3.3M Power Consumers’ Names Missing; Sanjrani Faces Joint Opp. Onslaught; Karachi Rain Situation; Mideast ‘Deal of the Century’”

$8.2B Pak Railways Karachi to Peshawar Upgrade Plan Back On Track

DESPARDES — The government on Monday formally decided to expedite the $8.2 billion Karachi to Peshawar rail upgradation project on soft loans from China rather than going for Build, Own and Operate (BOT) method. The government reverted to the original ML-1 plan on engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) mode under previously agreed concessionary loan asContinue reading “$8.2B Pak Railways Karachi to Peshawar Upgrade Plan Back On Track”

NEWSBYTES: 106M Data Breach at US Bank; Gov. House Murree’s Gold-Plated Toilets For Public Use; Troops to Withdraw From Afghanistan By 2020 Poll; Cow Wanders in India’s IIT; German Crazy Glue

NOW AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC USEFLASH BACK: Gov. House Murree Gets Rs600m Regal Treatment, Gold-Plated Toilets, Etc! Three Soldiers Killed in Heavy Firing Along Line of Control in Kashmir…‘Carpet bombing’ by Indian troops…500+ Indian Sikh pilgrims arrive for Guru Nanak’s birth celebrations… Federal govt. decides to ‘handle the situation’ in Karachi…17 people die in mega cityContinue reading “NEWSBYTES: 106M Data Breach at US Bank; Gov. House Murree’s Gold-Plated Toilets For Public Use; Troops to Withdraw From Afghanistan By 2020 Poll; Cow Wanders in India’s IIT; German Crazy Glue”

NEWSBYTES: Khan’s Kabul Visit; FBR-China MOU; Pak-Turkey-Malaysia Alliance; Urdu in Punjab Schools; The ‘Clear-Headed Intellectual’ General

Pak-US $125M tech support deal for F-16s to go to Congress…Pak has 85 F-16s… Khan may visit Kabul soon…Discusses security matters with Army Chief…DG ISI, DG ISPR present…US supportive of Pak-Afghan dialogue – – for regional peace… Top Defector Tells of Spying, Stealing, Mutiny in Venezuela… India advises admin to be prepared for four monthsContinue reading “NEWSBYTES: Khan’s Kabul Visit; FBR-China MOU; Pak-Turkey-Malaysia Alliance; Urdu in Punjab Schools; The ‘Clear-Headed Intellectual’ General”

NEWSBYTES: Iranian Drone Seized Near Reko Diq? Google Gains $82Bn in Hours; Karachi Top Cop Writing Gritty Novels

Presidential election campaign kicks off Sunday in Afghanistan…Future Afghanistan won’t be terror hotbed, Khalilzad convinced… Pak Army Chief Gen. Bajwa’s term may be extended…‘Clear-headed intellectual general’… ‘Darling’ first Pakistani short to be shown at Venice Film Festival… Trump vetoes three congressional resolutions attempting to block Saudi arms sales…Lawmakers infuriated…China says could wait for U.S. electionContinue reading “NEWSBYTES: Iranian Drone Seized Near Reko Diq? Google Gains $82Bn in Hours; Karachi Top Cop Writing Gritty Novels”

NEWSBYTES: Sindh Slaps Internet Tax; Pak-Russia Military Drill; Shahbaz Puts Daily Mail on Notice; Trump Wants Mexico to Act as Wall

Hekmatyar’s Kabul Rally Chants ‘Death to America, Death to Trump’ for His Anti-Afghan Remarks…U.S. wants to “accelerate efforts” to end Afghanistan war… WB says Pakistan’s budget has lost credibility…Sindh slaps 19.5% internet tax…Supreme Court asks if ther’s any govt in Sindh…‘No job available without kickback’… China backs Trump offer for mediation on Kashmir…Khan-Trump meet wasContinue reading “NEWSBYTES: Sindh Slaps Internet Tax; Pak-Russia Military Drill; Shahbaz Puts Daily Mail on Notice; Trump Wants Mexico to Act as Wall”

Trump Admin. Wants to Keep Asylum Seekers South of the Border

President Trump wants Mexico to process and temporarily settle refugees fleeing its southern neighbors, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, even if their ultimate goal is to reach the U.S. and seek asylum. DESPARDES — The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that it would fight a federal court decision to stop the near-ban onContinue reading “Trump Admin. Wants to Keep Asylum Seekers South of the Border”

Churning Out Degree Holders Without Schooling (Critical Thinking)

General education (schooling) provides the ability to think, to learn, to reason, to evaluate evidence, to argue logically, to differentiate truth from falsehood. In short, this education provides the foundation (critical thinking). PEOPLE often insist that Pakistan’s lack of development requires investing in education. They should reconsider this relationship. A) In countries we consider developedContinue reading “Churning Out Degree Holders Without Schooling (Critical Thinking)”