17 dead bodies of October 2005 earthquake found after four years

Seventeen dead bodies of the devastated earthquake of 8 October, 2005 have been found from a van which stuck under the land sliding at Neelam Road, some three Kilometers away from the Muzaffarabad, the Capital city of Azad Jammu & Kashmir.

The bodies of 14 men and 3 women were found during the construction work on the road.

Rescue teams moved out the bodies from the van and after identifying them with their identity cards the bodies have been given to their relative who lived in the suburbs areas of Muzaffarabad.

Criticism works, Zardari quits blame game and talks about People’s problem

Huge criticism by the analysts and the media over the past speeches of President Asif Ali Zardari has finally worked out and for the first time ever Asif Ali Zardari, has not blamed any one in his speech but talks about the problem facing by the people of Pakistan.

In a short speech delivered in Lahore he only mentioned the problems facing by the PPP workers and the people of Pakistan.

One other interesting thing about the speech was that he delivers it in Punjabi language which he said he learnt in the jails of Punjab.

Instead of his aggressive style of blaming “he, they, who”, this whole speech was about the problems facing by the people of Pakistan.

He said that he knows that the workers of PPP are not getting jobs; he also mentioned that he is aware of gas and electricity load-shedding going on in Pakistan.

He said that he travels all over the world to collect aid for the people of Pakistan and he will not stop doing that.

He also underlined that shortage of water is the biggest problem Pakistan is going to face in future so to overcome the shortage he has ordered to make thirty two new dams, four will be built in Punjab.

More update soon.

Is Google protecting Islam are saying “Islam is nothing”

Famous search engine Google is not providing any suggestion in his search bar when someone types the words “Islam is” where as it does suggest links for the rest of religions.

Google authorities say it is bug and they are going to fix it soon, but several days have passed since it was publicly uncovered.

Suggestions are something what others have searched for in the past. If someone type “Judaism is,” “Hinduism is,” or “Buddhism is,” Google provides a list of suggestions – some with a negative bent, some not. But if someone type “Islam is,” he gets nothing.

Now the question stands, why there is no information comes when some one writes “Islam is” what would be the reason behind this? This cannot be a bug..

COAS’s son enters wedlock

Sarosh Kayani, Son of the Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani, has entered wedlock with his maternal cousin.

The simple but dignified ceremony was attended by close relatives of the Army chief, Retired and In Service Army officials and close friends.

The ceremony held at Army House was kept secret due to security reasons.

No political personality even the president and the PM were not invited in the wedding ceremony.

The son of Army Chief Sarosh Kiyani is a banker and has done his MBA. Special invitation were given out for this ceremony.

Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee General Tariq Majeed, Air Chief Marshall Rao Qamar Suleman, Naval Chief Admiral Noman Basheer and senior Army officials, Corp Commanders and some retired army officials attended the ceremony.

Meera arrested for using two passports

Actress Meera has been stopped at Karachi airport on Tuesday for possessing two passports at a time.

According to reports, Meera had arrived at Karachi airport from America via Dubai. FIA has seized the both passports of Meera and sent it to DG FIA Islamabad. Meera is under investigations, reports added.

Google wants to buy, sell electricity in US

Internet search giant Google is seeking government authority to buy and sell electricity in the United States, a further expansion of its operations aimed at boosting renewable energy.

In a document filed last month with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and obtained by a French news agency, Google indicated that its Google Energy unit asked for “market-based rate authority.”

Under that authority, “Google Energy will engage in wholesale electric power and energy transactions as a marketer,” the filing said.

The move marked an additional step by the California-based Internet giant to reduce its carbon footprint.

Google announced in 2007 that it would invest in renewable energy. It has already launched a free software, PowerMeter, that allows individuals and businesses to monitor their energy consumption.

The company in mid-December pledged on its blog “Going green at Google” that it was going to make its operations carbon-neutral and reduce greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.

Niki Fenwick, a Google spokeswoman, told specialist website CNET that the company wanted to become a player on the power grid.

“Right now, we can’t buy affordable, utility-scale, renewable energy in our markets,” Fenwick said.

“We want to buy the highest quality, most affordable renewable energy wherever we can and use the green credits,” she said.

“We don’t have any concrete plans. We want the ability to buy and sell electricity in case it becomes part of our portfolio.”

Pakistan condemns the publication of offence sketch in Norwegian newspaper

The spokesman Foreign Office has strongly condemn the reproduction of Danish caricatures of Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) by the Norwegian newspaper “Aftenposten” on 8 January 2010, on behalf of Government and the people of Pakistan.

In an official statement, the spokesman has urged the Government of Norway to take appropriate steps with a view to ensuring that those who have committed this blasphemous act in the name of freedom of expression should be appropriately reprimanded.

TV footage shows CIA bomber with Pak Taliban leader

A private TV channel showed on Saturday what it says was the double agent who killed CIA agents in Afghanistan with Pakistan Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud.

Private television station showed a video of the bomber speaking in English with Mehsud sitting beside him. It said the video was made before the attack.

Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi blew himself up at a US military base near the Pakistani border on December 30 in the deadliest attack against the Central Intelligence Agency since 1983.

5 arrested US terror suspects reqeuest Pizza in Sargodha jail

Five US terror suspects languishing in District Jail Sargodha on 14 days Judicial remand have requested Pizza but their request could not be fulfilled.

Talking to Online here on Saturday, Deputy Superintendent District Jail Sargodha Chaudhry Aftab Hanif said that the detained American are satisfied with meal which is being supplied to them in Jail but they had requested for Pizza.

The Jail administration, he said, made it clear on arrested US terror suspects that Pizza is not included in Jail menu therefore it can not be given to them. On return, he said, the detainees told the Jail administration that they would eat Jail food by considering it as Pizza.

Low zinc intake may sap exercisers’ energy

Active people who get too little zinc in their diets may run out of juice sooner than they should, new research suggests.

The study found that when 14 active young men followed a 9-week diet low in zinc, their cardiovascular fitness dipped in comparison to their performance during 9 weeks on a zinc-fortified diet.

The reason appears to be related to an enzyme in the body called carbonic anhydrase, which relies on zinc for proper functioning. The carbonic anhydrase enzymes in red blood cells help the body expel carbon dioxide, with the demand rising substantially during exercise.

When men in the new study followed a low-zinc diet, these enzymes were less active. The result was that, during exercise, their bodies were less efficient at “getting rid of carbon dioxide,” explained study author Henry C. Lukaski, a researcher with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Human Nutrition Research Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

He reports the findings in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Zinc is an essential mineral that stimulates activity in many of the body’s enzymes — proteins that act as catalysts for the biochemical processes that make the body run. Zinc is already considered an important player in such vital functions as immune system defenses, wound healing and normal growth and development in children.

The new findings point to the importance of adequate zinc intake in a person’s capacity for exercise, according to Lukaski.

But that doesn’t mean active people should load up on zinc pills.

The best way to get enough zinc is through food, Lukaski told. Red meat and oysters are rich in the nutrient, while chicken and pork have lesser amounts. People who shun red meat, Lukaski said, should be careful to get enough zinc from sources such as fortified cereals and beans.

The recommended zinc intake is 11 milligrams (mg) per day for men and 8 mg for women; because high levels of the mineral can be toxic, experts advise that adults take no more than 40 mg per day.

The 14 men in Lukaski’s study were in their 20s and 30s and regularly active. The low-zinc diet provided 3.5 mg of the mineral per day through food, while the high-zinc diet comprised the same foods, but with a daily 15-mg zinc supplement.

Study participants followed one diet for 9 weeks, during which they underwent two types of exercise tests on a stationary bike. Then, after a 6-week break, they followed the other diet and took the same exercise tests.

Based on the men’s exercise performance, the low-zinc diet “made it much more physiologically challenging to perform,” Lukaski explained. While on the diet, the exercisers’ heart rates climbed, whereas the efficiency of their breathing declined. During one of the tests — a 45-minute endurance ride — four of the men had to stop.

Blood tests showed that the low-zinc diet lowered the men’s stores of the mineral, and diminished the activity of the carbonic anhydrase enzymes in their red blood cells.

Some past studies have found associations between low zinc intake and poorer muscle strength, a tendency to fatigue easily and diminished speed during exercise. This study, according to Lukaski, suggests that dampened carbonic anhydrase activity may explain these effects.