Geert Wilders on course to be next Dutch prime minister The far-right politician Geert Wilders is poised to become the next Dutch prime minister after making major gains in regional elections. Municipal results announced on Thursday put his party in first place in Almere, a region near Amsterdam and second in The Hague, one the country’s largest cities and the seat of the Dutch government. If repeated in national elections on June 9, the Freedom Party could win 27 out of 150 seats, becoming the largest single party and putting him in line to become prime minister and form a … Continue reading Wilders on course as Dutch prime minister? Is this the beginning of the end of Holland?

Living in a democratic country is the single most important priority for 99 percent of Arab youths in the Middle East, according to the results of a new survey released on Sunday. In the UAE, 96 percent of respondents to the Second ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey answered that they considered living in a democratic country to be ‘very important or ‘somewhat important’ to them. Youths surveyed in Kuwait were most concerned about democracy, with 99 percent placing answering that it was their biggest concern out of a list of 16 major topics. This was followed by Egypt (98 percent), … Continue reading 99% of Arab youths prioritise democracy – survey

My wife and I watch a lot of movies and TV shows. We love the s**t out of them. We try to see a movie at least every weekend and we have multiple shows we watch during the week. It’s hectic keeping up with that. However, having watched all of these movies and TV shows, we have come to take away many deep and thoughtful life lessons. Things you can’t learn by living life, but by watching hours and hours of Hollywood entertainment. So here are 17 things we’ve learned while watching all of these TV and movies. You will … Continue reading 17 Things I’ve learned about life from watching movies and TV (by Paxton – Brilliant!)

By Ismail Khan Dawn.com The scars of wars went deeper and left an impression not only on the social and cultural fibre but also devastated Peshawar’s infrastructure. — Photo by AP “Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the earth”, so said Archimedes. But even the great Greek mathematician would have thought a hundred times, if he were to elevate Peshawar from its present abysmal and appalling condition to a city worthy of being called the capital of the North West Frontier Province. Such has become the fate of Peshawar that is fast turning into a … Continue reading The tale of an orphan city

Dawn.com In a country where extended family is important and most middle-class women rely on servants for household work and child-minding, Ambreen and Nadia may be saved some of the problems faced by women in the West. —AFP Photo ISLAMABAD: Ambreen made Pakistani history by becoming one of the country’s first female fighter pilots, but on Sunday she was due to swap her flight schedule for an arranged marriage. “It’s all set and planned, but I haven’t talked to him,” she admits, her face scrubbed clean and wearing a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) jumpsuit – a far cry from the … Continue reading Sky is the limit for Pakistan’s women fighter pilots!

High drama in the sky Reviewed by Muhammad Ali Siddiqi Dawn.com October 12, 1999: Pakistan Army takes control of Karachi’s Quaid-e-Azam International Airport —Photo courtesy of http://www.historyofpia.com/forum Of the two principal characters involved in the nerve-racking drama on the evening of Oct 12, 1999, when the fate of 198 passengers on board flight PK 805 hung in the balance, one was supposed to be a paragon of virtue, the other a scoundrel. Author Aminullah Chaudry has tried to prove that both were great scoundrels. One was a household name, Nawaz Sharif; the other name would hit world headlines when he … Continue reading High drama in the sky – Musharraf and Sharif

Is there anybody out there? Scientists believe there could be 10,000 civilisations in our galaxy and millions are being spent trying to find them the sunday times uk <!– Remove following to not show photographer information –> (Christopher Lamarca/Redus for The Sunday Times Magazine) The Allen Telescope Array in California. These dishes are being used for radio observations of our galaxy and beyond, and could detect signals from alien civilisations I am nervous about meeting Jill Tarter. This is not just another interview. In another world we were lovers. I was Palmer Joss, she was Ellie Arroway. Tarter has the … Continue reading Aliens are already here and we accidently beamed hardcore porn to their home planets – Scientists!

Malthus’s disciples —Mir Mohammad Ali Talpur There are some 23,300 nuclear weapons, made and maintained at enormous cost and enough to destroy the earth a thousand times over, in the arsenals of eight states. A-bombs neither alleviate poverty nor raise literacy rates. There should be total nuclear disarmament The inexorable worldwide slide into the quagmires of poverty, social upheavals and environmental disasters is not only being ignored but positively speeded up by the powers who, blinded by their enormous profits from arms sales, have relegated peaceful conflict resolution to a very secondary position and allowed rulers to squander and spend … Continue reading There are some 23,300+ nuclear weapons on Earth