A Complete Computer In A Ball… [Future of Computing]

Again technology at its best. I have never seen such thing before. How about taking whole computer in your pocket all the time. This ball predicts the future of computing. You might have seen many things like this but the unique feature of this ball is that when it is close

d, no one can guess that whole computer is hidden inside this ball. When you will open it, you will find a complete set of display screen, virtual keyboard and a mouse.

This ball is known as E-Ball and its design is given by Apostol Tnokovski. He was trying to create the smallest PC in the world when he came across this idea.


It is shaped like a sphere because in Tnokovski’s opinion this is the best shape in nature and it draws everybody’s attention.



E-Ball will feature a dual core processor, 250-500GB HDD, 2GB of RAM, integrated graphic card and sound card, 2 x 50W speakers, HD-DVD recorder, wireless optical mouse and laser keyboard, LAN and WLAN card, modem, Web cam and integrated LCD projector.



Also, the E-Ball PC supports a paper holder and the paper sheet on the holder could act like a screen where you can watch movies or something. This concept PC will measure 160mm in diameter and it was designed for Microsoft Windows OS, sorry about the others. For the moment there is no word on pricing or when it’s going to be available, however, I am sure that everybody would like to see a small spherical PC like this one.

Historical development of medicine in islam

Historical Development of Islamic Medicine
Inspired by Allah’s guidance since coming to Earth, Man has arrived at various treatments, according to his intellectual and mental means, throughout the different civilizations. This was known as ‘Primitive Medicine’. Ibn-Khaldoun (808 A.H.) once stated that primitive medicine was mostly dependent on defective experiments inherited from the leading figures in communities. Yet, such medicine was not based on any physical law. Prophetic Medicine and Medical Development Such had been the condition of medicine before Islam arrived. The Messenger of Allah (SAWS) urged Muslims to seek remedy, as Allah has created no disease without its treatment, except for one disease, namely senility. The Messenger of Allah (SAWS) used honey, dates, natural herbs and various other things for medical treatment, which is known as the ‘Prophetic Medicine’. However, Muslims, although they were acquainted with the prophetic medicine, did not stop there. They realized in an early stage that secular sciences, including medicine, needed continuous studying and researching into other cultures. Muslim physicians knew all about Greek Medicine through the conquered countries. The Caliphs used to bring the Roman physicians whose medical works were translated into Arabic by Muslims. During the era of the Umayyad Caliphate, Muslim physicians were the first to organize specialities; they were ophthalmologists, surgeons, , gynecologists, etc. This era was characterized by the construction of hospitals and by its effective, well-known Islamic physicians such as, Abul-Hakam ad-Damashkiy, a family dominating the medical profession, Tyazuoq who was close to al-Hajaj Ibn-Youssuf al-Thaqafiyy and Ahmad Ibn-Ibrahim who was Yazeed Ibn-Abdul- Malek, the Umayyad caliph’s special physician.

Cost of Living in Karachi ranked #132

Economist - Mar 12th 2009

The Economist in its latest issue published a report measuring the cost of living across various cities of the world, Karachi ranks 132 on its list. There are some list / rankings that you wish your city to be graded at a higher level but this is one list that I’d not mind being near the bottom.

Sharp exchange-rate movements since the autumn have affected the relative cost of living in the world’s main cities. The strengthening dollar has pushed American cities up in the rankings compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit, a sister company of The Economist. Chicago now shares the ranking as the world’s 23rd most expensive city, up from 39th place in September 2008. Meanwhile, the plunging pound means that, for the first time since 2002, London is cheaper than New York. Asia is home both to the cheapest city in the survey, Karachi, as well as the priciest, Tokyo, which has grabbed the top spot from Oslo on the back of a stronger yen. Living in Tokyo is 52% more expensive than living in New York.

Happy to be a Karachitte ;

How Pepole Say "Sorry" ??

The way people apologize and their style of saying sorry depends a lot on their personality and zodiac traits. No wonder Leos embarrass you when they say sorry while Arians will actually annoy you with their apology..


Aries:
For starters, Arians think they are so sweet, they could not have possibly said or done things that need an apology. So in the unlikely possibility of them actually going down their knees to apologize, it will be a simple sorry. Nothing less, nothing more.

Taurus:
They are so scared to face others when they make a mistake that by the time they resurface to tender an apology, the damage is done. So Taurans end up making foes out of friends because of their laxity in apologizing.

Gemini:
Geminis think they are infallible and therefore will never really apologize for anything. But once they realize, they prefer to act as if nothing happened, and behave normally with people who have a problem rather than remind others of the incident by tendering an apology.

Cancer:
Cancerians will make you feel sorry for demanding one when they make a mistake. They are the legendary characters that burn hands and slash their fingers! in order to display the quantum of their repentance. Their repentance is dangerous.

Leo:
Leos are a delightful bunch even when they are trying to make up for their follies. They will go down their Knees, buy flowers, put up sorry posters.. Do everything colorful to flatter you and make up for their mistakes. In fact it's fun to induce them to make a mistake and let them apologize for it.

Virgo:
Virgos will first formally set aside a time and date and inform them what they want to tell you. Then they will mentally prepare themselves to talk out the same things. They will finally draft the script and read out whatever they want to. In short, even their heartfelt apologies sound like well-drafted scripts.

Libra:
They are very vocal once they realize their folly. They never ever hesitate to come clean and admit their mistakes. In fact, they will go out of their way to convince you about how genuinely sorry they are.

Scorpio:
Scorpios are formal and think that tendering an apology is more of a formality. So instead of just saying sorry, they will send a formal mail or send a card, whatever it takes to avoid direct confrontation.

Sagittarius:
Sagittarians don't believe in being sorry or apologizing. For them, it is human to error and therefore saying sorry is just redundant. Interestingly, even if others make mistakes, they are pretty cool and don't expect much from them.

Capricorn:
They can't take a simple sorry. They need reasons, explanations, written letters and the works to get elicit an 'Ok, you may go now' phrase. They are hard to please and even harder to appease.


Aquarius:
They are sweet, genuine and innovative when they think they are wrong and need to undo the damage. Aquarians are easy on their mistakes and don't take too much time to do their apologetic.

Pisces:
Pisceans don't easily give in because they believe that everything is about perspective. So if somebody thinks they made a mistake! , it's because they have a wonky perspective. Pisceans and apologies? No chance!

YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2009 when...

1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.


2. You haven't played Solitaire with real cards in years.


3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.


4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.


5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.


6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.


7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen.


8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.


10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.


11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )


12 You're reading this and nodding and laughing.


13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.


14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.


15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't#9 on this list


AND NOW YOU ARE LAUGHING at yourself.

Language facts

According to Illinois state law, it is illegal to speak English. The officially recognized language is "American."

Widow is the only female form in the English language that is shorter than its corresponding male term (widower).

Victor Hugo's Les Miserable contains one of the longest sentences in the French language 823 words without a period.

There is only ONE word in the English language with THREE CONSECUTIVE SETS OF DOUBLE LETTERS.... Bookkeeper

There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurs five times: "indivisibility."

There is a seven letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.

There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."

There are thirteen languages spoken by more than 100 million people. They are: Mandarin Chinese, English, Hindi, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Bengali, Portuguese, Malay-Indonesian, French, Japanese, German, and Urdu.

There are roughly 6,500 spoken languages in the world today. However, about 2,000 of those languages have fewer than 1,000 speakers. The most widely spoken language in the world is Mandarin Chinese. There are 885,000,000 people in China that speak that language.

There are only two sequences of four consecutive letters that can be found in the English language: "rstu" and "mnop." Examples of each are understudy and gynophobia.

There are only 4 words in the English language which end in "duos": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

There are at least two words in the English language that use all of the vowels, in the correct order, and end in the letter Y: abstemiously & facetiously.

There are 41,806 different spoken languages in the world today.

The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.

The word "honcho" comes from a Japanese word meaning "squad leader" and first came into usage in the English language during the American occupation of Japan following World War II.

The shortest word in the English language with all its letters in alphabetical order is the word "almost."

The Philippines has more than 1,000 regional dialects and two official languages.

The only MLB team to have both its city's name and its team name in a foreign language is the San Diego Padres.

The longest word in the Finnish language, that isn't a compound word, is 'epaejaerjestelmaellistyttaemaettoemyydellaensaeka eaen'. In English it means 'even with their lack of ability to disorganize'.

The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters ispneumonoultra-microscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.

The longest word in the English language is 1909 letters long and it refers to a distinct part of DNA.

The longest one syllable word in he English language is "screeched".

The letter most in use in the English language is "E" and the letter "Q" is least used.

The computer programming language ADA was named in honor of Augusta Ada King. The U.S. Defense Department named the language after the Countess of Lovelace and daughter of Lord Byron because she helped finance and program what is thought to be the first computer, the “analytical engine” designed by Charles Babbage.

The Chinese language does not require punctuation.

The "huddle" in football was formed due a deaf football player who used sign language to communicate and his team didn't want the opposition to see the signals he used and in turn huddled around him.

South Africa used to have two official languages, now it has eleven.

Some biblical scholars believe that Aramaic (the language of the ancient Bible) did not contain an easy way to say 'many things' and used a term which has come down to us as 40. This means that when the bible -in many places -refers to '40 days,' they meant many days.

Seoul, the South Korean capital, just means "the capital" in the Korean language.

Rudyard Kipling was fired as a reporter for the San Francisco Examiner. His dismissal letter was reported to have said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Kipling, but you just don't know how to use the English language. This isn't a kindergarten for amateur writers."

Out of all the eight letter words in the English language, only one has only one vowel in it: "strength"

Only 3 words in the English language end in "ceed": "proceed," "exceed," and "succeed."

On June 26th, 1945, the charter of the United Nations was signed by 50 countries in San Francisco. (The text of the charter was in five languages: Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.)

Of all the words in the English language, the word "set" has the most definitions.

Of all the languages in the world, English has the largest vocabulary about 800,000 words.

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

No language has more synonyms than English.

Latin is a dead language.

In Vulcan, Alberta Canada, the tourist welcome sign is written in both English and Klingon (alien language from “Star Trek”).

French was the official language of England for over 600 years.

Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, has been translated into more languages than any book outside of the Bible.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the Finnish word SAIPPUAKIVIKAUPPIAS a soapstone seller is the longest known palindrome in any language.

"Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und."

"The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in English.

"Four" is the only number whose number of letters in the name equals the number.

"Forty" is the only number which has its letters in alphabetical order. "One" is the only number with its letters in reverse alphabetical order.

"Rhythms" is the longest English word without the normal vowels, a, e, i, o, or u.

Many languages in Africa include a “click” sound that is pronounced at the same time as other sounds. You must learn these languages in childhood to do it properly.

More than 1,000 different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa.

There is no word that rhymes with purple.

The most common letters in English are

R S T L N E.

Pinocchio is Italian for "pine head."

There is no word that rhymes with orange.

It has been estimated that the number of actively spoken languages in the world today is about 6,000.

The language of a society changes slowly but steadily with the result that an educated person will not be able to read or understand words in his language written 500 years ago.

No word in the English language rhymes with"month".

"Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

Of all the words in the English language, the word ' set ' has the most definitions!

The language in which a government conducts business is the official language of that country.

Somalia is the only African country in which the entire population speaks the same language, Somali.

All pilots on international flights identify themselves in English.

The most difficult language to learn is Basque, which is spoken in northwestern Spain and southwestern France.

There are more than 2,700 languages in the world. In addition, there are more than 7,000 dialects

Science of Asleep

مریکی موجد ایڈیسن کا خیال تھاکہ نیند ایک ایسی بری لت ہے جو انسانوں کو ہزاروں برس غاروں کے اندھیروں میں رہنے کے باعث لگی ہے۔ ایڈیسن نے بلب اسی لیے ایجاد کیا تھا کہ رات کو بھی دن کی طرح بقعہٴ نور بنا کر انسان کی کارکردگی میں اضافہ کیا جا سکے ۔ اس کی بات کسی حد تک درست بھی تھی، کیوں کہ آخر انسان اپنی زندگی کا ایک تہائی حصہ بستر پر لیٹے لیٹے ضائع کر دیتا ہے۔ اس کو یوں سمجھیئے کہ اگر کسی کی عمر 60 سال ہے تو گویا اس نے 20 سال سو کر گزار دیے ہیں۔

لیکن ایڈیسن نہیں جانتا تھا کہ نیند انسان اور دوسرے جانوروں کے لیے اتنی ہی ضروری ہے جتنی خوراک یا پانی۔ اور تو اور، ڈالفن سمندر میں ہر وقت تیرتے رہنے کے باوجود آدھی نیند سو جاتی ہے، جس کے دوران اس کے ذہن کا آدھا حصہ جاگتا رہتا ہے۔

ذہن کے علاوہ دوسرے تمام اعضازندگی بھر بغیر رکے ہوئے کام کرتے ہیں۔ مثال کے طور پر دل کبھی نہیں رکتا، پھیپھڑے اپنا فعل مسلسل سرانجام دیتے رہتے ہیں، جگر ہمیشہ کام کرتا رہتا ہے۔

لیکن سوال یہ پیدا ہوتا ہے کہ آخر ذہن کیوں مسلسل کام نہیں کر سکتا اور اس کو نیند کی ضرورت کیوں پڑتی ہے؟بظاہر یہ سوال بڑا سیدھا سادا سا ہے۔ لیکن اس کا جواب اتنا سادہ نہیں ہے۔

جدید تحقیق سے اس سوال کا جواب کسی حد تک دینے میں مدد ملی ہے۔ تجربات سے ظاہر ہوتا ہے کہ باقی چیزوں سے زیادہ نیند کا تعلق یادداشت کو مضبوط بنانے سے ہے۔ نیند سے کارآمد یادداشت کو پکا کرنے ، اور دن بھر کے دوران اکٹھی کی ہوئی بے کار قسم کی یادداشتوں کو ضائع کرنے میں مدد ملتی ہے۔اس کے علاوہ نیند کا ایک کام مختلف یادداشتوں کے درمیان تعلق تلاش کرنا بھی ہے۔ یہی وجہ ہے کہ بعض اوقات آپ کو کوئی مسئلہ دن بھر پریشان کرتا رہتا ہے لیکن صبح اٹھنے کے بعد اس کا حل خود بہ خود ذہن میں آ جاتا ہے۔

اس کے علاوہ نیند سے جسم کے مدافعتی نظام کی کارکردگی میں بھی اضافہ ہوتا ہے۔ تحقیق سے معلوم ہوا ہے کہ نیند کے دوران زخم زیادہ بہتر طریقے سے مندمل ہوتے ہیں۔

تاہم ان ساری باتوں کے باوجود سائنس دان یہ نہیں بتا سکتے کہ آخر ان سارے کاموں کے لیے نیند ہی کیوں ضروری ہے ، اور یہ جاگتے میں کیوں نہیں ہو سکتے؟

چاہے نیند کا مقصد جو بھی ہو، اس کا پورا ہونا انتہائی ضروری ہے۔ جس کا ثبوت یہ ہے کہ ہر سال ٹریفک کے لاکھوں حادثات ڈرائیوروں کی نیند پوری نہ ہونے کے باعث ہوتے ہیں۔

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10 RICHEST PERSONALITIES IN PAKISTAN

Banks In Karachi

ABN-AMRO BANK 16 Abdullah Haroon Road Saddar Ph. 5687592-5687580-5687581-5687582 Fax: 5683432	AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK OF PAKISTAN ST-4/3,Block-1,Scheme #36, Gulistan-e-Jauhar Ph. 8113695-8112801-8113617
AL-FAYSAL INVESTMENT BANK LTD. First Floor,Block "A" F.T.C. Shahrah-e-Faisal Ph. 5660476-5660472-5660475-5660473 Fax: 5687130	AL-MEEZAN INVESTMENT BANK LTD. 4th Floor,Block C,F.T.C.Centre, Shahrah-e-Faisal Ph. 5650776-5650771-5650772-5650773 Fax: 5650763
ALBARAKA ISLAMIC BANK B.S.C. (E.C.) Lakhani Centre, I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 2636265-2636261-2636262-2636263 Fax: 2635045	ALLIED BANK OF PAKISTAN LTD. N.I.C.,Building,13th Floor,Abbasi Shaheed Road Shahrah-e-Faisal Ph. 5670379-5670371-5670372-5670373 Fax: 5683312
AMERICAN EXPRESS BANK LTD. Shaheen Commercial Complex,Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 2630349-2630343-2630344-2630345 Fax: 2631803	AMERICAN EXPRESS BANK LTD. TRAVEL RELATED 14th Floor,Shaheen Complex,Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 2630279-2630260-2630261-2630262 Fax: 2624990
ANZ GRINDLAYS BANK 14 A,Block-6, P.E.C.H.S. Ph. 4538045-4538044-4538042	ANZ GRINDLAYS BANK 72 S,Block-2, P.E.C.H.S. Ph. 4550199-4553960-4553437

ANZ GRINDLAYS BANK Hasan Chambers,DC-7,Block-7,Kehkashan, Clifton Ph. 5871892-5871891-5868744-5838602	ANZ GRINDLAYS BANK Hotel Metropole,Abdullah Haroon Road Saddar Ph. 5660432-5660423-5671207-5671208
ANZ GRINDLAYS BANK I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 2412676-2412671-2412672-2412673 Fax: 2437102	ANZ GRINDLAYS BANK Kandawalla Building,M.A.Jinnah Road Saddar Ph. 7210539-7210282-7226935
ANZ GRINDLAYS BANK SB-9,Block 13-B,University Road Gulshan-e-Iqbal Ph. 4980906-4982213-4980907	ASKARI COMMERCIAL BANK LTD. Saima Trade Towers I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 2630733-2630731 Fax: 2631176
ASSETS INVESTMENT BANK LTD. 9th Floor,Lakson Sq.Bldg.,No.1,265 R.A.Lines Clifton Ph. 5682027-5689580 Fax: 5684259	ATLAS BOT INVESTMENT BANK LTD. Ground Floor,Federation House,Shahrah-e-Firdous Clifton Ph. 5863984-5863983-570004-570005 Fax: 5868343
BANK AL-FALAH LIMITED B.A.Building, I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 2414039-2414030-2414031-2414032 Fax: 2417006	BANK AL-HABIB LTD. Mackinnons Building, I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 2412989-2412986-2417065-2417068 Fax: 2419752

BANK OF AMERICA Jubilee Insurance House I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 2412530-2412520-2412521-2412522 Fax: 2415371	BANK OF CEYLON 252-A,Sarwar Shaheed Road,P.O.F. Complex Saddar Ph. 519696 Fax: 5686817
BANKERS EQUITY LTD. 1st Flr,Finance & Trade Centre, Shahrah-e-Faisal Ph. 5670189-5670186-5675381-5675385 Fax: 5660267	BANKING & TRADE SERVICES 401,Light House Centre,M.A.Jinnah Road Saddar Ph. 7771782-7760784
BOLAN BANK LTD. Business & Finance Centre,Opp:State Bank I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 2410706-2416253-2311663-2311664	BOLAN BANK LTD. Tariq Road Ph. 4556486
CITIBANK N.A. State Life building No.1 I.I. Chundrigar Road Ph. 2412649-2412641-2412642-2412643 Fax: 2638211	CITICORP INVESTMENT BANK (PAKISTAN) L 2nd Floor,AWT Plaza, I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 2638297-2638294-2638295-2638296 Fax: 2638288
CRESCENT INVESTMENT BANK LTD. 6th Floor,Sidco Avenue Centre,Maulana Deen Mohd.Wafai Road Saddar Ph. 5685317-5686468-5688008 Fax: 5689625	DEUTSCHE BANK AG Uni Towers I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 2419620-2419611-2419612-2419613 Fax: 2416970

DOHA BANK LIMITED 36/A-2,Lalazar Drive,Off M.T.Khan Road Saddar Ph. 5611854-5611851-5611852-5611853 Fax: 5610764	EMIRATES BANK INTERNATIONAL LTD. Emirates Bank Building, I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 2416625-2416621-2414002-2414006 Fax: 2416599
ESCORTS INVESTMENT BANK LTD. 817,8th Flr,Progressive Plaza,Beavmont Road,Civil Lines. Saddar Ph. 5654578 Fax: 5654579	FAYSAL BANK LIMITED 11/13,Trade Centre, I.I. Chundrigar Road Ph. 2638019-2638011-2638013-2638014 Fax: 2631782
FIRST INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT BANK LTD. 7th Floor,Shaheen Complex,Dr.Ziauddin Ahmed Road I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 2639046-2639042-2639043-2639044 Fax: 2630678	FIRST WOMEN BANK LTD. 7th Floor,Mehdi Towers,S.M.C.H.Society, Shahrah-e-Faisal Ph. 4553110-4553149-4556093-4536003 Fax: 4556983
GULF COMMERCIAL BANK LTD. Schon Centre, I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 2637172-2637161-2637162-2637163 Fax: 2636909	HABIB BANK AG ZURICH Hirani Centre,First Floor, I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 2633315-2633311-2633312-2633313 Fax: 2631418
HABIB BANK LTD. Habib Bank Plaza, I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 2418002-2418000-2441518 Fax: 2413839	INDUS BANK LTD. 4,Bandukwala Building, I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 2429727-2429721-2429722-2429723 Fax: 2428642

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BANK OF PAKISTAN 3rd Floor,State Life Bldg. #2 I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 2442471-2419160-2419171-2412190 Fax: 2411990	INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INVESTMENT & COMM P & O Plaza,99, I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 2422102-2416361-2422090-2416205 Fax: 2414067
ISLAMIC INVESTMENT BANK LTD. Finance & Trade Centre,Tower-B,2nd Floor, Shahrah-e-Faisal Ph. 5675393-5675391-5675392-5675302 Fax: 5675394	JAHANGIR SIDDIQUI INVESTMENT BANK LTD 1301-1303,13th Floor,Chapal Plaza,Hasrat Mohani Rd. Saddar Ph. 2429450-2429445 Fax: 2429448
MASHREQBANK Bahria Complex #1,24-M.T.Khan Road I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 5610395-5610391-5611146-5611149 Fax: 5610830	MEHRAN BANK LTD. Chapal Plaza,Hasrat Mohani Rd I.I.Chundrigar Raod Ph. 2427209-2427202-2427203-2427204 Fax: 2427282
METROPOLITAN BANK LTD. Ground Flr.Spencer's Building, I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 2636759-2636740-2636741-2636742 Fax: 2630404	MUSLIM COMMERCIAL BANK LTD. Adamjee House, I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 2414099-2414090-2414110-2414119 Fax: 2413116
NATIONAL BANK OF PAKISTAN NBP Building, I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 9212140-9212100-9212141-9212142 Fax: 2422932	OMAN INTERNATIONAL BANK S.A.O.G. Nadir House, I.I. Chundrigar Road Ph. 2410089-2410085-2410086-2410087 Fax: 2419204

ORIX INVESTMENT BANK PAKISTAN LTD. 3rd Floor,PIC Towers,32-A Lalazar Drive,M.T. Khan Road I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 5610272 Fax: 5610510	PLATINUM COMMERCIAL BANK LTD. 4th Flr.Lakson Square Bldg.# 1,265 R.A.Lines Saddar Ph. 5682959-5681857-5684295-5687982 Fax: 5684484
PRIME COMMERCIAL BANK LTD. State Life Building #11,Abdullah Haroon Road Saddar Ph. 5683981-5683975-5682639-5683497 Fax: 5683975	PRUDENTIAL COMMERCIAL BANK LTD. Prudential House,Hassan Ali Street I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 2628840-2628833-2628834-2628835 Fax: 2634727
PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT BANK LTD. Prudential House,Hassan Ali St. I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 2628840-2638075 Fax: 2636607	RUPALI BANK LTD. Uni Towers, I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 2412482-2412481-2410424 Fax: 2414322
S. MOJIB RAZA, RTD. CENTRAL-CUM-COMMERC 212-213,Hotel Imperial Bldg.#2,M.T.Khan Road Saddar Ph. 5686261	SECURITY INVESTMENT BANK LTD. 6th Floor,Uni Towers, I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 2418413-2418410-2418411-2418412 Fax: 2418414
SOCIETE GENERALE,THE FRENCH AND INTERNATIO 3rd Floor,P.N.S.C.Building,M.T.Khan Road Saddar Ph. 5611849-5611846-5611134-5611135 Fax: 5610679	Soneri Bank Limited 5th Floor, Al-Rahim Tower I. I.Chundrigar Road 2439562 – 67 Fax: 2446661

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK LTD. Clifton Branch,10,Khayaban-e-Roomi, Clifton Ph. 5867777 Fax: 5873642	STANDARD CHARTERED BANK LTD. (HILL PARK SNPA 16-A/1,K.C.H.S.Union,Shaheed-e-Millat Road Shahrah-e-Faisal Ph. 4544900 Fax: 4544187
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK LTD. (MAIN BRANCH I.I. Chundrigar Road Ph. 2425000 Fax: 2425772	STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 9212401-9212409-9212402-9212403
THE BANK OF KHYBER Bahria Complex II,M.T.Khan Road Saddar Ph. 5611812-5611811-5611898-5611809 Fax: 5611874	THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI LIMITED 1st Floor,Shaheen Complex,M.R. Kayani Road Saddar Ph. 2630175-2630171-2630172-2630173 Fax: 2631368
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,N.A. Shaheen Commercial Complex,M.R.Kayani Road Saddar Ph. 2633079-2633073 Fax: 2631393	THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION 12th Floor,Shaheen Complex,M.R. Kayani Road Saddar Ph. 2630389-2630386-2630387-2630388 Fax: 2631526
THE INSTITUTE OF BANKERS IN PAKISTAN Moulvi Tamizuddin Khan Road Saddar Ph. 5686955-5687515-5684575	THE INVESTMENT BANKS ASSOCIATION OF PAKIS 7th Flr,Shaheen Comm. Complex,Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 2639046-2639042-2631896 Fax: 2630678

TRUST INVESTMENT BANK LTD. B-1002,10th Floor,Lakson Square Building No.3,Sarwar Shaheed Road Saddar Ph. 5685494-5685123-5684994-5685299 Fax: 5685283	UNION BANK LTD. 1st Floor,Imperial Court,Dr.Ziauddin Ahmed Road I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 5686977-5215416-5215408 Fax: 5684971
UNION BANK OF SWITZERLAND 1st Flr,State Life Bldg.# 1-A, I.I. Chundrigar Road Ph. 2420090-2420081-2420089-2420083 Fax: 2418061	UNITED BANK LTD. Al-Hayat Building Branch Saddar Ph. 7722149
UNITED BANK LTD. P.E.C.H.S Branch Tariq Road Ph. 4521081-4543567	UNITED BANK LTD. State Life Building No.1 I.I.Chundrigar Road Ph. 2417120-2417100-2417101-2417102Fax: 2413483

Banks In Pakistan

Central bank

• State Bank of Pakistan

Nationalized scheduled banks

• First Women Bank Limited
• National Bank of Pakistan

Specialized banks

• Industrial Development Bank
• Punjab Provincial Cooperative Bank
• SME Bank
• Zarai Taraqiati Bank

Private scheduled banks

• Allied Bank of Pakistan, Karachi
• Arif Habib Bank Limited, Karachi - (Formerly Arif Habib Rupali Bank)
• Askari Bank, Rawalpindi
• Atlas Bank, Karachi
• Bank AL Habib, Karachi
• Bank Alfalah, Karachi
• Crescent Commercial Bank, Karachi. 'Saudi based Samba financial group Acquired Crescent Commercial Bank and now it is renamed as Samba Bank Ltd'
• Faysal Bank, Karachi www.faysalbank.com
• Habib Bank, Karachi
• Habib Metropolitan Bank, Karachi
• JS Bank
• KASB Bank, Karachi
• MCB Bank Limited (formerly Muslim Commercial Bank), Islamabad
• Mybank Limited, Karachi
• NIB Bank, Karachi
• PICIC Commercial Bank, Karachi NIB Bank Limited has acquired PICIC Group including Picic Commercial Bank Ltd.'
• Saudi Pak Non-Commercial Bank, Karachi
• Soneri Bank, Karachi
• Union Bank, Karachi - Standard Chartered Bank has acquired Union Bank
• United Bank, Karachi
• Bank Of Punjab, Lahore
• Citi bank,Islamabad
• Standard chartered Bank Ltd,Karachi
• ABN Amro Bank Ltd,Karachi Now merged in RBS (Royal Bank of Scottland)
• HSBC Ltd,Islamabad
  

Micro finance banks

• The First Micro Finance Bank Limited
• Khushali Bank
• Karakuram Bank
• Network Micro Finance Bank
• Pak Oman Micro Finance Bank
• Rozgar Micro Finance Bank, Karachi
• Tameer Microfinance Bank Limited
• Kashf Foundation Limited

Islamic banks

• Dawood Islamic Bank Limited
• Dubai Islamic Bank pakistan limited
• "Meezan Bank" Premier Islamic Bank In pakistan
• AlBaraka Islamic Bank
• BankIslami Pakistan Limited
• Emirates Global Islamic Bank

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Hamara Karachi Festival: Workshop aims to boost youths’ confidence

KARACHI: A six-day long workshop is being held in connection with the Hamara Karachi Festival at the KMC Building. The aim of the workshop is to build the youths’ confidence, particularly the students at university level. The City Institute of Image Management organised the workshop.

Acting City Nazim Nasreen Jalil while addressing the participants on Monday said she was confident that the youths of the city have the potential to play a leading role in discovering new dimensions for creating a better society that will bring our country at par with the most civilised nations of the world.

Jalil further said leadership sprouts from a combination of one’s qualities and behaviour in life towards the people and society while leaders can be distinguished by the way they undertake responsibility.

The Hamara Karachi Festival is a platform for the youth that has provided tremendous opportunities for the students to study the attitudes and behaviour of people, she added.

Talking to Daily Times, City Council Mother and Child Health Chairwoman Dr Nikhat Shakeel Khan said that the purpose of conducting these workshops was to provide the youth, especially students, with direct access to practical learning of people’s behaviour so that they can develop potential to be leaders in their particular fields.

Cultured and disciplined attitude reflects the qualities of a leader and these are produced through a continuous learning process using direct learning methods. Leadership has been mistakenly limited to politics, which is not the true definition of the word, commented Khan.

It is pertinent to mention that around 1,300 students have been enrolled online while 240 students have been selected for the workshops with 40 students per workshop per day. Sindh Youth Affairs Minister Faisal Ali Sabzwari and Sindh Assembly Speaker Nisar Ahmed Khuhro will patronise the remaining days of the workshops. All leading educational institutes of the city including University of Karachi, Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Dow University of Health Sciences, PAF-KIT, Muhammad Ali Jinnah University, Bahria University, DEWA University, Jamia Millia College, Government Commerce College and Saint Patrick’s College along with various others participated in the workshops.

Earlier, Jalil addressed the audience at the historically acclaimed act ‘Taleem-e-Balighan’, held under the Hamara Karachi Festival, which was staged at Jehangir Kothari Parade in Clifton on Sunday night.

In her address, Jalil said that only the nations who are aware of their national heritage can protect it and in this regard, the Hamara Karachi Festival has played a positive role. The festival has promoted cultural traditions and heritage and the festivities have attracted every ethnic and cultural entity towards the concept of reviving ancient trends in the city.

Jalil further said that the Hamara Karachi Festival has now become a landmark in the history of the city and has sent a message across the globe. Noted dramatist Khwaja Moeenuddin wrote ‘Taleem-e-Balighan’ in 1954 and it was first telecast on state television in 1971. The reproduction at Kothari was directed by Faysal Malik and will continue till March 6. Theatre actors including Faysal Malik, Shahzeb Waheed Khan, Hamid Malik, Asif Ali Maqsood, Khayyam, Naila Jaffery, Dilawar and Kameel performed in the act.

Question from Pakistani Peoples

Kansai International Airport Japan.‏

As the world's population increases at a more-than-healthy rate and the cost of travel decreases, the number of people looking to travel by air is understandably on the rise. With this growing demand comes the need for more airports as existing ones struggle to cope with the millions of passengers passing through on a daily basis.

So what happens when there's no suitable land to build a new major airport or locals protest the new construction without hesitation due to noise pollution or other environmental implications?

If you travel to Japan in the near future you may witness a solution to these problems, in the form of island airports. At present there are four such constructions in Japan (there are also examples in Hong Kong and Macau), each built on its own artificial island offshore and each backed by the community it serves. The first of these incredible engineering wonders to be built, and the first of its kind in the world, was Kansai International Airport in Osaka Bay. Just to build the 4-kilometre long island called for 21 million cubic metres of landfill plus the assistance of 80 ships, then there was the small matter of connecting the airport to the mainland by way of a 3-kilometre bridge. In total the project has so far cost around $20 billion but has already saved some expense by surviving both an earthquake and a typhoon in the last 15 years, in addition to being open 24 hours a day due to its location.