Today when I was reading May 18th’s DAWN, I came across a very interesting front page news item regarding the Rawal Lake Resort that

CDA has finished 50 % work on resort project, which will be completed by June 31.

So, I infer we won’t be able to see it ever as I guess in our lives June 31’s not coming ;)

^_^

Alhamdolillah, after a long awaiting … not to forget HOT days and nights in Islamabad … atlast (again) Allah blessed us with first a storm and then a beautiful rain … While I’m typing i am as well listening to the sweet rain drops tickling at my room’s windows and how can i be so unthankful to forget the aroma of soil and rain … love it !!!!!!!!!!!

So, Islamabad Celebrates the rain … Praying that it be the rain of Allah’s blesseings and mercies not his wrath … Ameen!

enJoy

Putting quality over quantity

* SSC exams from 2007 will have 30% MCQs, 50% short-answer and 20% subjective questions
* New system designed along the lines of Edexcel International’s model

The Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE), on Monday, announced that it would introduce a new pattern of examinations based on the system used by Edexcel International, UK for the Matriculation or Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations from the year 2007.

Under the new system, the existing single-sheet question papers will be replaced with 15 to 20-page ones. The question papers will be framed so that 30 percent of the questions would be multiple-choice questions (MCQs), 50 percent would be short-answer questions, while 20 percent of the questions would test candidates on the application of their knowledge of their respective subjects.
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As the mercury shoots up, watermelons hit the city markets as season’s greetings … and they are real RefResHInG !

Silk wall hangings on display at the Heritage Art Gallery … well if you are fond of painting on paper and silk, especially the ones from Mughal Era and in miniature … you can search for them in the handicrafts shops of Jinnah Super and Super for Rs 200 to 5000 … Beautiful ones !!!!

Sitting under the shade of an old but beautiful tree on the premises of the Bari Imam’s shrine … to attend the annual Urs celebrations of Hazrat Bari Imam starting from May 14 !

A child plays with water to beat the heat … Thats increasing day by day …!

Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) receives around 3,000 patients everyday, 80 percent of which are an “unnecessary burden” on the hospital.

PIMS spokesman Dr Waseem Khawaja has said that an overwhelming majority of patients visiting the hospital’s Out Patient Department (OPD) suffered from minor illnesses such as fever, cold, headache and flu. Such illnesses could easily be addressed by local dispensaries provided they were adequately equipped, he said. However, the local dispensaries in Islamabad are plagued with shortage of medicine, and unavailability of doctors and paramedic staff. Because of this, “the hospital administration cannot ignore any patient,” Dr Khawaja said. There are 13 dispensaries of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) in the federal capital, but the public does not know about most of them. Public sector hospitals and organisations also had their own dispensaries but a majority of them were never visited, sources said. [More]

For several days, state-owned TV channel Pakistan Television (PTV) did not telecast any advertisement showing Agriculture Minister Sikander Bosan eating chicken to end the fear of bird-flu among the general public. PTV had approached the ministry of health asking whether to telecast the advertisement on the sensitive issue or not.

Arshad Khan, the managing director of PTV, said, “I have been informed that the health ministry has issued the NOC (non objection certificate) for that advertisement. Now the advertisement will be telecast,”

The advertisement, prepared and sponsored by the Pakistan Poultry Association, was aimed at encouraging people to eat chicken and eggs as they used to do before the bird-flu out. [More]

A report on Geo Television on thursday confirmed the death of a Pakistani student in Germany by the name of Amir Abdu Rehaman Cheema. It is believed that he was tortured to death by German Policemen in the jail.

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