Archive for January, 2015
Loud Thinking January 13, 2015 at 09:44AM
January 13th, 2015 | 
Author: This letter was written on 16 February, 2012, after the publication of a news item by the daily “Dawn”.
Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad
An Urgent Humanitarian Assistance Appeal to Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for Worse Suffers than Sub-Saharan Africa Conditions of Flood Affected Pakistani Victims.
Dear Melinda and Bill Gates,
Greetings.
This is to profoundly thank you for your generous help extended to Pakistan in 2010 floods, for it’s 20 million suffers.
We also understand that your 50$ million assistance was the single largest aid to the flood affected people. However, you will be sad to know that even now the malnutrition in the affected areas has exceeded the Sub-Saharan Africa conditions, as reported today, by the daily “DAWN”.
In this regard, it is once again appealed to you to come forward in helping this very serious humanitarian issue in Pakistan, at your earliest, as time is the essence in this problem.
May Allah Bless you for your all the monumental services to the humanity.
Thank you.
Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad
Lahore – Pakistan
DAWN news reproduced below.
Malnutrition in flood victims far worse than in Sub-Saharan Africa.
At least 2.5 million people are still without food, water, shelter, sanitation and healthcare. – File Photo
ISLAMABAD: A feeble international response to Pakistan’s second major flooding crisis in two years has left millions of people at serious risk of malnutrition and disease, aid groups warned Thursday.
The Pakistan Humanitarian Forum (PHF), a network of the 41 largest international charities in the country, called on the international community and Pakistan to take urgent steps with the next monsoon season months away.
“With funds drying up, millions will find it extremely hard to make it through the next few months. Donors and the government of Pakistan must step up their response immediately,” said Oxfam’s country director Neva Khan.
At least 2.5 million people are still without food, water, shelter, sanitation and healthcare, putting them at serious risk of malnutrition, disease and deepening poverty, said the coalition of international charities.
“The floods have exposed and deepened a food crisis in Sindh that has resulted in malnutrition rates far worse than those in Sub-Saharan Africa,”said David Wright, country director for Save the Children.
Around 43 per cent of affected people are severely short of food and malnutrition levels were already well above the emergency threshold in the provinces of Sindh and Balochistan before the floods struck.
Last September, the United Nations launched an appeal for $357 million, but it has been less than 50 per cent funded, the groups said.
“Six months on, the crisis seems to have been forgotten by the international community,” said Naseer Memon, chief executive of the Strengthening Participatory Organisation.
“The needs of the communities affected by the floods are still enormous with women, children, the elderly and disabled particularly vulnerable,” said Aine Fay, chair of the Pakistan Humanitarian Forum.
Tens of thousands of people are still displaced in flood-affected areas, while others have returned home to little or nothing.
The floods have devastated agriculture and hundreds of thousands of farmers are struggling to recover. A quarter of farmers missed the planting season late last year, because their land was flooded or they did not receive help in time.
Loud Thinking January 13, 2015 at 12:21AM
If any of the ingredients listed below is found, try to avoid it, as it has got pig fat:
E100, E110, E120, E 140, E141, E153, E210, E213, E214, E216, E234, E252, E270, E280, E325, E326, E327, E334, E335, E336, E337, E422, E430, E431, E432, E433, E434, E435, E436, E440, E470, E471, E472, E473, E474, E475, E476, E477, E478, E481, E482, E483, E491, E492, E493, E494, E495, E542, E570, E572, E631, E635, E904.
Link:- https://jaamiahamidia.wordpress.com/2007/07/06/e-coded-products-their-status/
Loud Thinking January 12, 2015 at 11:50PM
India vs Pakistan World Cup clash to be most watched match in history
MELBOURNE: The marquee cricket World Cup match between arch-rivals India and Pakistan in Adelaide on February 15 will be the most watched in the history of the game as it is expected to attract more than a billion viewers, according to a report.
The Group B clash will eclipse the 988 million who watched the two neighbouring nations clash in their 2011 World Cup semi-final at Mohali on March 30, ‘The Australian’ newspaper reported.
It said that the match has been sold out for six months. “It will be unlike any cricket match ever seen in Australia,” an unnamed World Cup official was quoted as saying by the newspaper.
Pakistan has never won a World Cup fixture against India, who have won all the five games since they first met in 1992 when Australia and New Zealand hosted the tournament.
Bookmakers Centrebet has Australia at a seemingly short $3.50, followed by South Africa at $5, India and New Zealand both at $7 and England at $12.
Loud Thinking January 12, 2015 at 07:54PM
“If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.”
— E. Joseph Coffman
Loud Thinking January 12, 2015 at 06:52PM
“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”
—Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)
U.S. First Lady, Diplomat, Human Rights Activist
Loud Thinking January 12, 2015 at 02:18PM
Help Your Team Voice Their Concerns
No one wants to upset the boss. That’s why it can be difficult to get candid opinions from your employees. But you need to encourage them to speak up if you want to know about minor issues before they become big problems. If some people are uncomfortable airing concerns in large group settings, initiate more casual one-on-one conversations. You should keep an open door policy, but don’t wait for people to come to you — go out and talk to them yourself. You can get people in the habit of speaking up by routinely asking if there are any issues you should be aware of. Offer regular financial updates so people will know what’s working and what’s not. If they feel that they have a stake in the success of the organization, they’ll be more willing speak up.
Adapted from “How to Get Your Employees to Speak Up” by Rebecca Knight.
Loud Thinking January 11, 2015 at 07:21PM
Rate of LNG From Russia to Korea $8
Rate of LNG from Qatar to Pakistan $18
Link:- http://tribune.com.pk/story/819816/filling-vacuum-russia-offers-lng-export-after-two-years/
Mr. Narendra Modi a statesman..?
My Twitter message to the Indian PM Mr. Narendra Modi…
@nayyarahmad:
@PMOIndia @narendramodi
Till such time there are chances of a Indo-Pak (nuclear) conflict, economic take-off of India & the region is not possible.
This is a matter of vision and ability to gaze into the future, which only a statesmen can visualise, about the dividends of PEACE and the damages of war, or even fear of a war.
Loud Thinking January 11, 2015 at 01:40PM
50 commonly asked questions in a job interview and their suitable replies:
Link:- https://www.snayyar.com/golden-words-50-common-interview-questions-their-suitable-replies.html#sthash.FM0aR5wG.dpbs
Loud Thinking January 11, 2015 at 12:32PM
@nayyarahmad:
@MoinOfficial @TheRealPCB @NadeemSarwarPCB @wasimakramlive
why PCB is always shy of naming a Vice Captain? Is our mgmt so weak & afraid?
