Holy month of Ramadan

Muslims from all over the world keep fasting approx. 1 hour before sunrise to sunset during the most blessed month in the Islamic calendar, known as “Ramadan”. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. During this month, Muslims abstain themselves from eating, drinking, smoking, as well as participating in ill-natured or excessive type of activities. Fasting is intended to educate the Muslim in spirituality, humility and patience. In Ramadan, it is a time for Muslims to cleanse the soul, focus attention on God, and put …

The economic survey of Pakistan has been launched. Federal ministry for finance has launched the pre-budget document, highlights overall performance of economy during the last fiscal year, also given feedback and basic planning. According to the survey, GDP for last fiscal year (2010-2011) was fixed at 4.5%, but due to several challenges like flood which hits Pakistan economy very badly, the GDP reduces to 2.4%. According to survey, Agriculture Sector recorded a growth of 1.2% in 2010-2011, but need support to boost export. The disastrous flood in July 2010 destroyed …

According to IDB, the expected population of Pakistan in 2050 will be 290 million. Pakistan will be the fifth populous country in the world. India will be the most populous country in 2050 with a population of 1,656 million followed by Chin a with a population of 1,303 million. These two countries will be followed by USA and Indonesia with population of 439 million and 313 million respectively. For reference, the current size of telecom industry in Pakistan is Rs. 333.9 billion* ($ …

According to the recent figures of Internet World Stats (IWS) , 56.30 percent of world population is located in Asia Continent, with 764.44 million internet users, a penetration of about 21.50 percent in Asia. 42.4 percent of the internet users are from this continent. As indicated by IWS, an overall growth has been observed for online population and Pakistan is no exception. In 2000, there were only 0.13 million internet users in Pakistan and the recent figure for users has reached to 18.5 million showing tremendous growth. The overall internet …