If you are living in an area like me where there is no gas supplies for stoves and heaters and there are regular load-shedding power shut downs, you must be having a tough time in winters. I usually get extreme toe freezes and I’ve finally found a way to fix that.
Category: General
World Polio Day
24th October is world polio day. Here’s a thank-you note from Bill-Gates:
Hajj 2012 – Watch Live online
Hajj 2012 is here. Hajis have started walking toward the Mina camps. Today they’ll all move to Mina and then tomorrow is the actual Hajj day (Yaum-e-Arafah). A lot of Muslims around the world who could not make it to Makkah this year, want to watch the proceedings on TV live, and some times our […]
Power goes 350 volts – Raja Parvez Ashraf :)
The moment new prime minister of Pakistan has sworn in, our power supply has gone sky high, seriously. After examination it was found that the power has gone higher than 330 volts where it should be around 220. Several electric appliances have been reportedly fried due to this in the neighborhood. Didn’t I tell you […]
Things to do on Pakistan Day
Wishing you all a very happy Pakistan Day. It is important that we spend this day doing something positive for the country, even a small thing? Things you can do today:
Sachin finally makes his 100th century in international cricket
Sachin Tendulkar from India finally completes his record braking hundredth century in international cricket. No soul has done that before. All I can say is “RESPECT!”. This 100 centuries set contains 51 test centuries and today’s 49th ODI century that he completes in 188 test and 462 ODI matches. And he’s done that in a […]
Google Maps for Android upgraded. Now supports indoor maps.
Google maps for Android has been updated and it now supports the indoor maps. Now you can search for places within malls, plazas, airports and stadiums. Checkout a screen shot of Lahore Airport
Karachi Emergency Numbers
If you are in Karachi and are looking fro emergency numbers, here they are in no particular order: Police Emergency: 15 Ambulance: 115 Fire Brigade Center: 16 Edhi Blood Bank: +92 21 445105, +92 21 452815 St.John Ambulance: +92 21 7210600 / 500 Civil Hospital (Casualties): +92 21 7729719 Bomb Disposal: +92 21 2416626 Edhi […]
Geo.tv is down
Geo.tv is a popular Pakistani news website. The site is found to be down with a message saying “Service not available”. ** Edit: 1:30pm local time (+5GMT) We found Geo.tv to be down around 1pm and it’s been half an hour the website is down on web, on mobile and all other feeds.
New Year, New Beginning, New Look
Happy new year to all the readers. I hope this year will bring all the good changes to everything on planet earth. May this year be one of the best years of your life.