Camel’s milk – on a supermarket shelf near you soon Health-conscious shoppers could soon be buying camel’s milk as a Middle East firm seeks permission to sell the product in Britain for the first time. By Alastair Jamieson telegraph.co.uk A camel herder milks one of his camels in Oman Photo: ALAMY Camel milk is already consumed in the Middle East, parts of Africa and India. Photo: ALAMY It tastes salty, comes from an ill-tempered and malodorous animal and is unlikely to improve a bowl of cornflakes. But camel’s milk could be the latest superfood to hit shop shelves as producers … Continue reading Camel’s milk for the UK

Pakistani hotel cleaner returns $50,000 in cash left behind by forgetful guest A hotel cleaner who earns just £200 a year has been hailed a national hero in Pakistan after he returned $50,000 in cash left behind by an absent-minded guest. By Rob Crilly in Islamabad telegraph.co.uk Essa Khan found the bag of notes stuffed in a safe deposit box while carrying out a routine inspection of a room vacated by a Japanese NGO worker before another guest arrived. After years of negative publicity from terror strikes and political unrest, politicians have lauded the housekeeper’s honesty as the “real face … Continue reading HERO OF THE WEEK: Pakistani who earns $1 a day returns $50,000 in cash!

What Jamshed Dasti taught our youth by Usman Zafar Millions of Jamshed Dastis, Azam Chelas, and Samina Khawar Hayats exist in every facet of our society “I feel ashamed that I am in a country where a person who has committed terrible crimes is re-elected. It makes you lose hope, because we are working so hard for our degrees, yet there are those who do nothing, acquire fake degrees, and go far in their lives.  Its very discouraging and it makes you start looking for shortcuts.” These profoud words capture the very essence of the detrimental effects of our fractured … Continue reading Jamshed Dasti – Crime DOES pay?

‘I am a Pakistani first and then an actor’-Shaan By Saadia Qamar Shaan is working on three film projects at the moment. PHOTO: NOOR JAVERI/EXPRESS Shaan Shahid is undoubtedly one of the country’s biggest stars. Despite the sorry state of affairs in the film industry, the actor has managed to keep up a constant stream of work through the years. A series of ad campaigns – particularly for Mobilink – helped Shaan’s profile tremendously. The actor/filmmaker is passionate about issues, and complained strongly about the state of national institutions. He was in Karachi last week to work with Pampers, for … Continue reading Pakistani first and then an actor? Shaan

LHC asked to order Facebook owners’ arrest Petitioner’s many requests include unsealing of FIR and firewalls like China. An application has been filed before the Lahore High Court (LHC) requesting the unsealing of the FIR registered against owners of Facebook and their subsequent arrests with the help of Interpol. The applicant, Advocate Muhammad Azhar Siddique, prayed to the court to issue directions to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to stop access to the “blasphemous material available on the Internet in the country”. In his civil miscellaneous application filed in a main petition seeking ban on Facebook – for hosting a competition … Continue reading Haramazada E Azam – Advocate Muhammad Azhar Siddique

Bilawal Bhutto will be next prime minister: Awan tribune.com.pk Law Minister Babar Awan predicts that the post of PM will stay with the PPP in the future. ISLAMABAD: Federal Law Minister Babar Awan claims Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will be nominated as prime minister in the next general elections. He said this while addressing the Gujranwala Bar Association on Monday. The law minister said that talks of mid term elections are against the constitution. He added that those who gave tickets to fake degree holders are now the ones talking of the mid-term elections. Awan stated that his party is abstaining from politics of the … Continue reading Pakistan Prime Minister – Bilawal Bhutto?

The US needs a new soft era By focusing on science and education, America can rebuild its relations with the Arab world Ahmed Zewail guardian.co.uk, Sunday 11 July 2010 23.00 BST Article history Earlier this year I was in Alexandria, speaking about educational reform in front of a packed auditorium of students, teachers, and professionals. I was there as the US president’s science envoy to the Middle East. I was surrounded by talented young people, ambitious for themselves and for their country. They represent the hope of Egyptian society and are the ones whom Barack Obama’s Cairo initiative, “to seek … Continue reading America must rebuild its relations with Arabs

Resisting calls for a new death penalty Those of us who oppose capital punishment will have to clarify arguments against the inevitable clamour for its restoration Geoffrey Alderman guardian.co.uk, Monday 12 July 2010 11.00 BST Article history Derek Bentley, who was sentenced to death and hanged after his accomplice Christopher Craig shot a policeman during a warehouse burglary. Photograph: PAIf I were a betting man I would wager that within the lifetime of the current parliament a serious attempt will be made to restore the death penalty for murder. Those of us who oppose capital punishment need to take this … Continue reading UK and the death penalty

Somalia needs good government to turn back the terrorist tide Al-Shabab is seeking to bolster support in Somalia by drawing a heavy-handed response from the country’s neighbours Nuradin Dirie guardian.co.uk, Monday 12 July 2010 19.00 BST Article history People gather outside Mulago hospital, following Sunday’s blasts in Kampala, Uganda. Somali Islamist group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the attacks. Photograph: Str/ReutersHas the world woken up to the risk coming from Somalia? The simultaneous bombing on Sunday in the Ugandan capital Kampala may be the start of a wave of violent terrorism in the Horn of Africa and beyond, waged from … Continue reading Somalia and Al-Shabab