T.V Anchor Kashif Abbasi engaged with Mehr Bokhari

ISLAMABAD - TV anchors, Kashif Abbasi and Mehr Bokhari, got engaged on Friday. Though they did not make it public as it was a purely family event, the news of their engagement was the talk of the town. Kashif and Mehr are popular TV anchors. Kashif started his career with ARY TV and continues to lead the channel while Mehr started her career with Samaa TV and recently switched to Dunya ...

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Second Monthly WikiLeaks Central Competition | US State Department Cable Analysis

THEME The second monthly WikiLeaks Central Competition 2011 will focus on soliciting analysis of one or more of the US State Department cables released by WikiLeaks. Submissions may use one or more of the cables released on the WikiLeaks Web site on or prior to 11:59 p.m. July 31, 2011. All sources used must be clearly identified when they occur and include the name of the source, and, when available, a hypertext link to the source content. Citations of cables MUST use the cable's "REFERENCE ID" and a hyperlink to the source document. HOW TO ENTER 1.) If you do not already have one, register for a WLC account. 2.) Send an email to admin@wlcentral.org with the header: Competition: TITLE OF ANALYSIS by WLC ACCOUNT NAME. Insert your essay into the body of the email. 3.) See submission...

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Social Hangouts: Facebook Video Chat For Up To 20

An alternative to the Google Hangouts feature on Google Plus was introduced in the form of Social Hangouts on Facebook, which enables video chatting with up to 20 friends without leaving the social network’s platform. While Facebook and Skype teamed up to debut a video chat feature of their own, the developers of Social Hangouts say group videoconferencing isn’t part of the deal. Readers, have you tried the third-party application Social Hangouts? What do you think of it? ...

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Star Plus TV Network and sponsors Amul India jointly cheat Pakistani winners of music show

| Pakistani joint winner of Amul Chote Ustad still awaits his prize money from Star Plus| Indian partner of the winning duo gets fully paid while Pakistani joint winner still getting no response| The fraud took place right in front of top Indian Showbiz personalities and TV audience of millions| Distressed teen moves Pak government through attorney to seek justice from Indian TV ChannelIf Pakistan and Indian Tennis duo has emerged as big success for both the countries in the world of Tennis, then at the same the experiment has not been of a very good taste for Pakistanis when it comes joint ventures with the Indians in the field of Showbiz and particularly the music, reveal the investigations of The Daily Mail.These findings indicates that...

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Military Women In Combat

For years, we have been accustomed to women being part of our military, being deployed in dangerous zones, just as our young men are. During the 60's when young girls were considering to go into the various branches, it was believed that they would be clerks and nurses in safe, non-war zones. Throughout the years, women going to war has been and continues to be a hot topic. The main subject of the debate has been should women go to combat. However, our history shows a different story about women and war.From 1775-1783, women traveled with soldiers during the American Revolution working as nurses, cooks, and laundresses.Mary Marshall and Mary Allen, during the War of 1812, were nurses on the ship "United States" under Commodore Stephen Decatur.First Female SoldiersThe first female...

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The Effects of War on the Families of Soldiers

"I'm just trying to be a father, raise a daughter and a son, be a lover to their mother, everything to everyone...yeah, I'm real good under pressure being all that I can be...I just work straight through the holidays, and sometimes all night long...'cause freedom don't come free.. I'm an American, an American Soldier." - Toby Keith, excerpts from his song, "American Soldier."When the soldier receives his or her orders for going to war, this not only impacts the warrior, but also, the family. As a military spouse, the partner must prepare for being apart from his or her soldier for long periods of time. If the couple has children, care must be taken to ensure the family understands that "daddy" or "mommy" is coming back home after war.Quite often, it is more up to spouse of the...

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