Britain to be biggest country in Europe by 2050 Britain will be the biggest country in Europe by 2050, overtaking both France and Germany, according to official projections. By Harry Wallop, Consumer Affairs Editor telegraph.co.uk Europe’s population will fall in the next 40 years, but Britain’s population will swell by 15 million to hit 77 million Photo: PA Britain will see its population swell from today’s 62.2 million to 77 million, an increase of 24 per cent. This will make it bigger than France, projected to be 70 million and Germany, which is predicted to have 71.5 million citizens. Related … Continue reading Britain to be biggest country in Europe

David Cameron: manners please! -by Bahadar Ali Khan The British Prime Minister David Cameroon, choose the wrong audience, wrong time and wrong proof to castigate Pakistan in later’s efforts against terrorists and terrorism. Mr. Cameron may have been over charged by the prospects of leveraging its position against Pakistan to seek future business prospects with India. However, a caution must be observed while delivering sweeping statements. International diplomacy requires that certain norms must be respected while addressing a third nation. The British past glory is an obsolete history now. The fact of the matter is that it is just another … Continue reading David Cameron: manners

iPad users ‘are the selfish elite’, claims survey By Daniel Bates Stephen Fry attends the photocall to launch the Apple iPad in May Are you wealthy, sophisticated and smart but don’t care about anybody else? The chances are you own an iPad. A survey has revealed the typical person who has bought Apple’s latest gadget is unkind and has little empathy for others. They have been branded the ‘selfish elite’ by a poll of 20,000 consumers carried out by an American research company. The £429 device has become the most desired gadget in Britain since its launch in May and … Continue reading iPad users ‘are the selfish elite’

David Cameron ambushed on Indian TV over 105-carat Koh-i-noor diamond as country demands its return By Jason Groves David Cameron has rejected a plea to return the fabled Koh-i-noor diamond – now the most famous of the Crown Jewels – to India. There has been a growing clamour on the sub-continent for the repatriation of the gem, and in an interview on India’s NDTV channel the Prime Minister was asked directly if he would give it back. After an awkward hesitation, Mr Cameron said ‘that is a question I have never been asked before’ and then insisted it could not … Continue reading Koh-i-noor

Egg-throwing extremist shouted ‘Cameron’s bitch’ at Muslim Tory minister is jailed By Mail Online Reporter A protester who yelled ‘Cameron’s Bitch’ as he pelted Britain’s most powerful Muslim woman with eggs during a hate-filled protest was convicted today. Gavin Reid, 23, was part of a mob who shouted at Baroness Warsi before throwing several eggs in November last year. The peer, now a Cabinet minister, was left with egg yolk running through her hair after the attack in Luton and had to take cover in a nearby sari shop. Protesters abused her in Urdu and English saying she was ‘Cameron’s … Continue reading Gavin Reid jailed over attack on Baroness Warsi

Blasphemy law revisited By I.A. Rehman Is it not time for the learned ulema to re-examine their thesis that the blasphemy law can stop private citizens from killing suspects? –File Photo The recent killing of two blasphemy accused in police custody and the case of a mentally unstable woman who spent 14 years in confinement on a charge she could not understand have underscored the need to revisit the blasphemy law. For reasons of space only a few issues will be addressed in this article. The first question is: has Section 295-C of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) achieved the … Continue reading Pakistans Mullahs need to get their heads out of their asses

By Jawed Naqvi The Lata-Rafi pairing was not some deliberate shoring up of maudlin secularism in the clichéd Hindu-Muslim mode. –Source: chandrakantha Saturday will mark the 30th death anniversary of Mohammed Rafi, India’s singing legend who was loved beyond the borders of South Asia. Though he was paired with many playback singers over a career spanning four decades, his more memorable songs were rendered with the iconic female vocalist, Lata Mangeshkar. Rafi was a Punjabi Muslim, Lata a Maharashtrian Hindu. Their love songs still inspire millions. The Lata-Rafi pairing was not some deliberate shoring up of maudlin secularism in the … Continue reading The waning romance of an idea

by Shyema Just the way you wouldn’t hand weapons to an untrained army, you wouldn’t hand cameras and a press pass to untrained media representatives. However, fact of the matter is that time and time again we are reminded that the latter has been taking place in Pakistan almost constantly. A country expects its army to protect and defend them and similarly a country expects its media to responsibly broadcast news to them. What we saw yesterday in the wake of an enormous national tragedy was not responsible reporting. We could not even wait a few hours before we started … Continue reading What could not be recovered from the crash site

PURPLE PATCH: Thoughts on life —Leonardo da Vinci Not louder does the tempestuous sea bellow when the north wind strikes its foaming waves between Scylla and Charybdis; nor Stromboli nor Mount Etna when the sulphurous flames, shattering and bursting open the great mountain with violence, hurl stones and earth through the air with the flame it vomits; nor when the fiery caverns of Mount Etna, spitting forth the element which it cannot restrain, hurl it back to the place whence it issued, driving furiously before it any obstacle in the way of its vehement fury…so I, urged by my great … Continue reading Thoughts on life —Leonardo da Vinci

Book review: A continuing legacy —by Dr Amjad Parvez Che Guevara — Jo Chale Toh Jaan se Guzar Gaye By Dr Saulat Nagi Fiction House; Pp 272; Rs 240 The first chapter begins with Faiz’s couplet, “Na raha junoon-e-rukh-e-wafa ye rasan ye daar karo gey kya/Jinhain jurm-e-ishq pe naaz tha woh gunehgaar chaley gaye.” The verse essentially conveys that individuals who take pride in committing crimes for the purpose of justice are no longer to be seen and expresses disappointment with the existing system. Che’s struggle against imperialism invited enemies not only from North America but from Latin America as … Continue reading Che Guevara — Jo Chale Toh Jaan se Guzar Gaye