Miscellaneous

Online Shopping Replacing Shopping Malls in Pakistan

Online shopping is proliferating in Pakistan; more people are choosing to buy online than going to outlets and boutiques to shop.  There are a number of reasons for this; firstly more and more shops are building their online presence, especially in terms of e-commerce. Since people spend more and more time online, the only way to target them is by invading the virtual space. This has led to a number of shops jumping on the online bandwagon, because of the reason that at present there is an extensive range of products available online.   People have taken a liking to online shopping because of the convenience; one can easily browse online, find out about comparative rates and products and buy all […]

Inside Story

PTCL do not care its old valued customers plus tons of services but no value against them

For those who does not know, Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) is currently the only major land line telephony operator in Pakistan. They once used to be fully Government owned organization but it was later privatized partially, so currently the Etisalat (An Abu Dhabi based company) holds the 26% shares of organization along with the administration of PTCL. Still most of its part is government owned even now. Now along with land line telephony and DSL internet, PTCL also provides 3G evo wireless internet services in the country. PTCL currently claims to provide the highest internet speeds over their landline (ADSL) and evo 3G wireless networks. But the main problem with PTCL management is their main focus always is on […]

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Declining Pakistani Rupee and its Affect on Foreign Depts Pakistan have

All the good things which Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) claims to have done, they would have keep tabs on the declining Pakistani Rupee. It is a fact that Pakistani rupee was not stable even before PML-N’s era but as soon as PML-N came into power, the depreciation kept going on and even accelerated at moments. Normally when this happens, if state bank of Pakistan intervene and put out some US Dollars in the Market against Pakistani currency things settle down. But in this case first no move was came from State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). Later on they did came in with a move to control the value of depreciating Pakistani Currency but that long due move came […]

Real Estate

A guide on selecting a real estate agent

Home buying or selling is one of the most important financial decisions people make, yet they give little thought to finding the real estate agent who best caters to their needs. Agents are often solely chosen based on the recommendation of family, friends or an ad in the newspaper. However, choosing a right real estate agent can save you time, effort and annoyance in finding the perfect home or selling yours at the maximum possible price. The real estate portal Lamudi carried out a survey and came up with a list of pointers one needs to follow to identify the best real estate agent: Experience:  Seek for agents who have been in the industry for at least three years because […]

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PTI’s Protest held on 23 Nov 2013 in KPK Against Drone Strikes Turns Out Super Successful

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) a political party led by former cricketer, social worker and politician of the moment Imran Khan had arranged a protest for 23rd Nov 2013 against the drone attacks being held by United States on Pakistani soil. So they the protest rally was held today and tens of thousands of people showed their support for the cause by participating in the rally and it was gone real super successful. The protest was held in order to put pressure on United States by stopping the Nato supply which essentially goes through Pakistan to the Nato forces in Afghanistan. Pakistan does discourage the terrorism and have zero tolerance for any militant groups operating from its soil. But on same time […]