Vasant is known as Basant Panchami in Punjab and Haryana. It marks the advent of spring. Fields of mustard present a colorful sight all over rural Punjab. The Basant fair is held in many villages of Punjab. People put on yellow costumes appropriate to the season and eat boiled rice dyed in saffron. Symbolizing greenery, the event signifies developing of tender leaves and also filled-up granary with the recently-harvested crops. It is traditional to fly kites on Basant. The phrase "Ayi Basant Pala
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MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (FPCCI) (INCORPORATING AMENDMENTS UPTO 9TH SEPTEMBER 2002) PUBLISHED AND ISSUED BY THE FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY FEDERATION HOUSE, MAIN CLIFTON, KARACHI ii INDEX (MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION) SR. 1. 2. 3. SUBJECT Name Offices Objects SECTION Section 1 Section 2 (i,ii,iii) Section 3 (i to xxix) Section 4 Section 5 PAGE 1 1 1-3 3 3 3 3 3 3-5
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Toba Tek Singh Two or three years after Partition, the governments of Pakistan and India decided to exchange lunatics in the same way that they had exchanged civilian prisoners. In other words, Muslim lunatics in Indian madhouses would be sent to Pakistan, while Hindu and Sikh lunatics in Pakistani madhouses would be handed over to India. I can't say whether this decision made sense or not. In any event, a date for the lunatic exchange was fixed after high level conferences on both sides of the
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Carlos Valladares Jan. 12, 2010 Period 7 Afghanistan Essay – Afghan Women The lives of hundreds of thousands of Afghan women and children have been shattered in the human rights catastrophe that has devastated Afghanistan over the past few years. Afghan women were required to wear burkas, which are full-body outer garments that covered their whole entire bodies. Their view of the world is distorted by the veil they must wear to cover their eyes. The wearing of the burka used to be optional
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discuss only two factors. 1. Socio-cultural factors 2. Technological factors TELENOR HISTORY: Telenor is the Telecommunication Company in Norway. Telenor started its operations on 15th of March 2005 and holds one of six mobile licenses in Pakistan. Today, Telenor is mostly an international wireless carrier with operations in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Asia. Telenor Group provides telecommunication services in 13 countries across Europe and Asia. SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS: Social cultural
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than most of its competitors, why would I consider going to them? If you look at K&N’s, who you listed as a competitor, the price difference on chicken products are significantly different. What about availability? K&N’s is available at any store in Pakistan, whereas Meat One can only be purchased at a Meat One outlet. How much does that affect the brand perception? Metro Cash & Carry and Makro are single outlet locations, why would you count them as competitors? Do you really feel that they affect the
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Course ID: LBA 101 © Prof. M. Emdadul Haq 22 February 2010 Arab Conquest of Sindh and the Emergence of Muslim Bengal Introduction: • While Harsha Bhardan was reigning over a powerful kingdom in north India when Huen-Tsang, the Chinese scholar-pilgrim, was studying at Nalanda University in Magada, and Islam was emerging as a great religion in Saudi Arabia. It took nearly 600 years before the new religion reached the heart of India and then to Bengal as an ideology. • Prophet Mohammad (SWA)
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Devolution: Educational Implications of the Praetorian Interpretation By Baela Raza Jamil Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi Public Trust September 2002 Decentralization and Devolution: Educational Implications of the Praetorian Interpretation Pakistan has a diverse ethnic population of 142 million people, with 32.2 percent people living below the poverty line (I-PRSP, 2001). It is a federation with four provinces and four federally administered territories[1]. For three decades the country experienced
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Our Poor Wheat Reapers During last May, I was at home to spend my weekend with my family at my village. Due to power failure, I came out of my home in search of shadowy trees. I reached a shadowy place which was comfortable. When I was walking towards that place I noticed that it was very hot to bear it. I sat silently. Due to loneliness, my mind was wandering in many thoughts and started thinking that if Pakistani rulers were asked to walk in such hot sunshine what they will feel. They will be
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Soccer, slaughter “[Rahim] …the man next to me cheered loudly. Suddenly this young bearded fellow who was patrolling the aisles, eighteen years old at most by the look of the butt of his Kalashnikov. ‘Do that again and I’ll cut out your tongue, you old donkey!’… I was sitting there, blood gushing down my face, apologizing to that son of a dog” (209). Under the brutal control of the Russians, the people of Afghanistan thought the arrival of the American-funded Taliban, under the guise of democracy
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