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Chinese Presidents visit to Islamabad

People waited for hours at checkpoints in order to reach their offices as chinese president landed in Islamabad for two day visit. The Pakistani Capital is sealed and planes are constantly in the skies to ensure that the "big brother" is secure in the Pakistan capital. Employees of Pakistan Secretariat waiting at a checkpoint in the vicinity of Parliament of House. The are here for the past one hour and police deployed at the check post says it will take two more hours before they will let the workers go to office. As reciprocal goodwill gesture, Cheeni Saddar announces public holiday in Beijing whenever Pakistani president visits China. Says he enjoyed driving empty roads in the Pakistani capital. The aerial surveillance impressed the guest too, though he wondered what purpose these roaming helicopter are going to serve beside pleasure of nice view to those on board.  

Key Economic Indicators

Pakistan's key Economic Indicators

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My CSS-2014 Interview Experience

I appeared for CSS-2014 final Interview at Islamabad on 22nd of December 2014. The day was a cold one and sitting for around two hours in the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) waiting room was quite a test of nerves. Finally I was called in at around 11:30 am. The panel consisted of: 1. Maj Gen (retd) Niaz Muhammad Khattak 2. Mrs. Batool Iqbal Qureshi (Member and BS-22 Officer (Retd) of Secretariat Group) 3. Abdul Wajid Rana   (Memeber and Former Secretary Finance) 4. Mr. Ahmed Bakhsh Lehri Member (Former Chief Secretary Balochistan) The Chairman welcomed me when i entered the room, he started discussion informally by asking question regarding my home district of Chitral it geography, Lawari tunnel, Kalash tribe and their culture, issue of conversion etc. The he referred me over to Madam Batool, who started asking question from my work experience and how my earlier organization i.e. Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) has been very effective in Hunza ...

Price Beating Policy of Homeshopping.pk

One the top online retailer of Pakistan - homeshopping.pk proudly claims to beat any price in the local market, however when applied for one product, I was declined on clumsy ground. Actually online retailers are charging much more than local retailers although they have advantage in the shape of no physical shop and mostly operate from a small cabin office.  Here is what i got from homeshopping.pk as response to my price update request.  "This is to inform you that your Price update request has been disapproved due to the following reasons or anyone of them. 1) The product offered is from some international Vendor. Price update request is only valid for local retailers. 2) The product offered by the local vendor is blacklisted on our database and that could only be due to quality retailed issues. There are times when some other vendors might be giving something for 500 less then our price but then they have no return policy or might just sell some refurbished stock which ...

Definitions of Economic Systems

How we define Capitalism and Socialism  SOCIALISM: You have two cows. State takes one and give it to someone else.  COMMUNISM: You have two cows. State takes both of them and gives you milk.  FASCISM: You have two cows. State takes both of them and sell you milk.  NAZISM: You have two cows. State takes both of them and shoot you.  BUREAUCRACY: You have two cows. State takes both of them, kill one and spill the milk in system of sewage.  CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull.  Alternative: A COWSMIC VIEW OF WORLD ORGANIZATION FEUDALISM: You have two cows. Your lord takes some of the milk. PURE SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with everyone else’s cows. You have to take care of all the cows. The government gives you as much milk as you need. BUREAUCRATIC SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with everyone else’s cows. They ...