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Senate Standing Committee to seek funds for PAF

The Senate Standing Committee on Defense, that is announcing Pakistan Air Force as absolete and antique, has asked the government to issue essential finances for making it a lively, youthful and contemporary force.

The committee was told that due to the Ministry of Finance, many defense projects were in complete still stand. During this, a meeting of the defense committee, presented by Chairman Javed Ashraf Qazi, was held at the Parliament House on Saturday, in which Secretary Defense and Production Israr Ghuman, along with heads of Defense production department were present at. The committee was informed on performance of the departments and their problems.
Chairman Committee stated to the media after attending the media that the defense departments have not been issued necessary funds by the Finance Ministry due to which many projects are lying in anticipation of its start.
As stated by him, many projects of the Pakistan Ordinance Factory, including the manufacturing of JF-17 Thunder Fighter jets, are lying pending. The A5 planes have started by substituting the JF-17 thunder fighters, and will soon start to exchange for the mirage fighter jets. He also stated that 18 new JF-17 thunder fighter jets would be manufactured this year, and that the Air force, at present, has a high amount of 30 to 40 year planes. The F-16 planes however are also 20 to 25 years old, which means that there is no critical need to turn the force into a lively and youthful version of itself.
He said that the defense production departments are not financially liberated, but have their own boards, and they require authorization from the Finance Ministry before any conclusion can be made, and this process can take a very long while. They even need permission from the Finance Ministry to display their products at air shows and international presentations, and that is often not granted.
Everything these department earns is deposited in the national exchequer, and these departments are therefore pretty much money making organizaitons.
The choice to call for the heads of all departments of defense and Finance ministry officials has been made by the committee that became aware of the circumstances.
He stated that Pakistan’s defense sector is making a lot of progress in terms of technology. The wireless defense systems of Pakistan are now advanced enough to block frequency jammers of the enemy.

Friday 10 June 2011

11 Top Google Adsense Earners


Have you ever wondered who the top Google Adsense earners are? I certainly did. If you are a webmaster, you are always interested in making more and more money but don’t know how to start or even how to boost the traffic. That’s what I was looking for. There are not a lot of people who are making a fortune from Google Adsense but still there are many who earn a very handsome income every month.

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It’s of very common understanding that you should have a lot of traffic to earn something significant from Adsense. That should be enough for an introductory paragraph, now let’s jump to the list of the top 11 Google Adsense earners.

1. Shawn Hogan

Website: forum.digitalpoint.com
Alexa Rank: 189
Estimated Adsense Earnings – $500,000 / month
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Shawn founded a webmasters forum, forums.digitalpoint.com when he was 19. In the start it was an average successful forum but then Shawn focused on the administration of the forums and cleaned it with spams and categorized the posts. Few years back, he started an Adsense revenue sharing program and it was a marvelous success. . Few years back he started Adsense revenue sharing program as a marketing idea and his forum never looked back.

2. Michael Arrington

Website: TechCrunch.com
Alexa Rank: 421
Estimated Adsense Income: $240,000 / month
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Michael Arrington is the owner and blogger at TechCrunch. He has become of the most influential figure lately. It’s not a one man show anymore. Michael has a team of bloggers who regularly updates TechCrunch with tech stuff. TechCrunch.com is now the property of Yahoo.

3. Markus Frind

Website: PlentyOfFish.com
Alexa Rank: 336
Estimated Adsense Earning: $300,000 / month
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To be honest, I never heard of this guy. Did you? If not, check out his website plentyoffish.com.  Markus created this free online dating website from his apartment. The website soon became one of the largest online dating websites. I did a little research about the website and came to know that the website design might not be very attractive but the functionality is there which is what needed.
Markus removed Google Adsense from his website in 2009 as the website grew and he was making more money from membership fees.
Check his previous website: http://web.archive.org/web/20040210040156/http://www.plentyoffish.com/

4. Nick Halstead

Website – Tweetmeme.com
Alexa Rank: 506
Estimated Adsense Earnings: $225,000 / Month
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You might be aware of twitter. Tweetmeme is a web service that shows how many times a story has been tweeted. World famous bloggers are using Tweetmeme buttons on their blogs.
Tweetmeme got to world rank of 300 in just one year and the good news is that even behind the twitter official button release there is a partnership of twitter with Nick halstead.

5. Kevin Rose

Website: Digg.com
Alexa Rank: 137
Estimated Adsense Earnings: $250,000 / month
Kevin Rose 11 Top Google Adsense Earners

You might be aware of Digg. It’s a very famous social marketing website and Kevin Rose owns it. Digg.com was started in December 2004. For those who don’t know about social marketing, it’s a website that let people submit news, videos, and pictures. Other people visit those news etc. and they can Digg it to boost the rating of that news. If the news gets enough ratings, it will show up on the front page of the website and get tons of traffic.
Digg has both Google Adsense ads and Federated Media ads.  It is estimated that he earns roughly $250k a month from Adsense alone.

6. Jeremy Schoemaker

Website: ShoeMoney.com
Alexa Rank: 6003
Estimated Adsense Earnings: $140,000 / month
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If you are a blogger, you might already know ShoeMoney. He is one of the greatest Internet Marketers. He is very good with search engines and knows how to setup and drive traffic to a website. His best month with Adsense indicates $132, 994.97.
It is to be noted that ShoeMoney makes his fortune not with only one website but hundreds of them and thousands of domains.

7. Jason Calacanis

Website: Weblogs.com
Alexa Rank: 40298
Estimated Adsense Earnings: $120,000 / month
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Json Calacanis was the owner of Weblogs. The network used to make approximately $4000 a day from Google Adsense. Jason Calacanis sold Weblogs to AOL in 2008 for $25 million and is now focusing on his email campaigns instead.

8. David Miles Jr. & Kato Leonard

Website: FreeWebLayouts.net
Alexa Rank: 243,873
Estimated Adsense Earnings: $100,000 / month
David and Kato claim that they make $100,000 a month from their website FreeWebLayouts.net. The website offers free MySpace templates.

9. Pankaj Agarwal

Website – ClickIndia.com
Alexa Rank: 1002
Estimated Adsense Earnings: $85,000/ month
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Pankaj Agarwal is the owner of ClickIndia.com. It is a classified ads platform where hundreds and thousands of Indians post their ads. Within two years, ClickIndia found its place in alexa top 1K list. Adsense is clickIndia only revenue model and thus they have optimized the site well for maximum CTR and for becoming the highest Adsense earner from his country.

10. Amit Agarwal

Website: Labnol.org
Alexa Rank: 1889
Estimated Adsense Earnings: $45,000 / month
Amit Agarwal 11 Top Google Adsense Earners

Amit Agarwal is the owner of Labnol.org which is a blog that offers variety of guides for tech enthusiasts. The website provides non-geeky easy to understand stuff to target mass audience and that’s the secret of success. The website currenty has over 111000 feed subscribers and over 25000 facebook fans. So, you can get an idea of how much he is making.

11. Tim Carter

Website: AskTheBuilder.com
Alexa Rank: 20328
Estimated Adsense Earnings: $30,000 / month
Tim Carter 11 Top Google Adsense Earners

Tim Carter is a licensed master plumber and carpenter with his own radio show.  He started his website up in 1995 with his primary focus to cater to an avid following of fellow builders on the site.  In April 2004, Carter learned about Adsense for content sites and he put it on his site.  With minimal effort and time he optimized his website and his Adsense earnings grew from $1,500 to $7,500.
This list only comprises of people who are earning from Adsense. We will be covering the top bloggers in the world and their earnings. Subscribe to our feeds and stay updated. Now roll your sleeves and share you Adsense earnings with us.



NOTE: These figures may be outdated. We have tried to find the latest income of these people but most of them haven’t disclosed their earnings in recent years.

Thursday 9 June 2011

Renowned artist Jameel Fakhri passes away

 
LAHORE: Renowned film, TV and stage artist Jameel Fakhri died here on Thursday after protracted illness, he was 65.

The leading artist was in a state of shock since his eldest son was shot dead in the USA a few months ago. The artist had in his credit a large number of TV plays, stage appearances and also in some movies.

But, he could be remembered for his extra-ordinary performance in of the most popular TV series 'Andhera Ujala' where he appeared as Jaffer Hussain.

Jamee Fakhri who was banker by profession, started his artistic career from a TV drama 'Thanda Bokhar'.

The late had survived a widow and three sons as bereaved family.

His funeral prayers will be offered at his Ravi road residence on Friday morning.

Youth shot dead by rangers was involved in crime: Malik

 
KARACHI: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Thursday that the youth shot dead by Rangers in Karachi was involved in criminal activities, Geo News reported.

The Interior Minister made this remark while speaking to the media outside the Chief Minister house. He said that a joint investigation team had been formed to probe into the incident.

After meeting with Chief Minister Sindh and IG Sindh, the Interior Minister said that he wanted a judicial inquiry into the incident but the deceased's family did not agree. The incident would now be investigated by a joint investigation team and all those involved in the murder would be investigated.

The Interior Minister added that both sides of the incident would be taken into consideration during the investigation because the murdered youth was involved in criminal activities and was part of a gang of eight criminals.

He told the media that the youth tried to snatch the belongings of a female and the public along with the guard of the park caught him and handed him over to the Rangers.

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‘Geo Super’ is On Air Again

 
KARACHI: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on the directives of Supreme Court, has issued licence to ‘Geo Super’ to operate from Pakistan after more than two months, Geo News reported.

According to spokesman for ‘Geo’, PEMRA issued licence to ‘Geo Super’ late Wednesday night.

Pakistan's only sports channel was closed by Pemra for over 60 days. It had been more than 60 days that Geo Super had been closed down due to refusal of the government and Pemra to allow the channel to uplink sports events, news and views from Pakistan.

The Supreme Court on June 06 not only directed Pemra to immediately issue a licence to Geo Super but also ordered that the compliance report to this effect be submitted to the court within three days. Ruling that Pemra had no right to keep the case pending for four years, the court observed that under Article 4 of the Constitution, no excuses from Pemra were tenable anymore.

The three-member bench of the apex court comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Tariq Pervaiz and Justice Amir Hani Muslim heard the case regarding non-issuance of licence to Geo Super.

People from different walk of life have expressed their pleasure on the issuance of licence to Geo Super.

Extra judicial killing: Rangers kill youth in Karachi

 
KARACHI: Rangers personnel killed a teenager near Shaheed Benazir Bhutto park within the limits of Boat Basin Karachi, Geo News reported.

According to sources, the deceased Sarfaraz Shah was handed over to Rangers over suspicion of dacoity. The Rangers opened fire on him, resulting Sarfaraz died on the spot.

Deceased Sarfaraz Shah, 17, is said to be brother of a reporter of private news channel.

According to heirs of the deceased, Sarfaraz was unarmed when Rangers shoot him.

Later, the family and reporters along with the dead body staged sit-in outside Chief Minister House.

Meanwhile, Boat Basin police, on the directives of Sindh Chief Minister, have registered case against two Rangers officials Aalam Zaib and Akhtar on the complaint of his brother Salik Shah.

Sarfaraz Shah was student of matric class

Tuesday 7 June 2011

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Monday 6 June 2011

Gold and Silver Rates in Pakistan: 7th June 2011

Gold and Silver Rates in Pakistan:
City Gold Silver
  24K 10 Grams 24K Per Tola 22K 10 Grams  10 Grams
Karachi Rs. 42,642.00 Rs. 49,750.00 Rs. 39,089.00 Rs. 1,062.85
Hyderabad Rs. 42,642.00 Rs. 49,750.00 Rs. 39,089.00 Rs. 1,062.85
Lahore Rs. 42,642.00 Rs. 49,750.00 Rs. 39,089.00 Rs. 1,062.85
Multan Rs. 42,642.00 Rs. 49,750.00 Rs. 39,089.00 Rs. 1,062.85
Islamabad Rs. 42,642.00 Rs. 49,750.00 Rs. 39,089.00 Rs. 1,062.85
Faisalabad Rs. 42,642.00 Rs. 49,750.00 Rs. 39,089.00 Rs. 1,062.85
Rawalpindi Rs. 42,642.00 Rs. 49,750.00 Rs. 39,089.00 Rs. 1,062.85
Quetta Rs. 42,642.00 Rs. 49,750.00 Rs. 39,089.00 Rs. 1,062.85
Last Updated: June 06,2011 (Source: Karachi Saraf Jewellers Association)
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KSE declines by 25 points

 
KARACHI: Prices of local stocks ended lower on Monday, on sentiment dampened by an announcement made on Friday in the national budget for the fiscal year 2011/12 (July-June) that capital gains tax (CGT) would still apply to individual investors.

Dealers said the losses were capped by investor interest in some sectors benefiting from the budget.

The Karachi Stock Exchange's benchmark 100-share index ended 0.20 percent, or 25.01 points, lower at 12,211.65.

Turnover rose to 95.85 million shares from 65.31 million on Friday.

"The market was expecting the removal of the CGT, which did not happen, so that had a negative impact today," said Sajid Bhanji, director at brokers Arif Habib Ltd.

"But the government reduced the excise duty on cement, which had a positive impact, and also it did not increase the rate of corporate tax on bank, as was expected, which is also positive for the market," he said.

Cement manufacturers were amongst the most active companies on Monday, with DG Khan Cement ending 1.22 percent higher at 24.97 rupees.

Dealers said they expected the market to remain steady in the near-term, before regaining positive momentum. (Reuters)

Video of SRK item song ‘Antenna’ released

 
MUMBAI: The video of long awaited song ‘Antenna’ featuring Bollywood icon Shahrukh Khan has been released.

Amidst magnanimous projects like 'Ra.One' and 'Don 2', Shah Rukh Khan was so pressed for time to get more involved into his home production's next offering 'Always Kabhi Kabhi' that the superstar wanted to in a way gift something to the movie that would bear the renowned SRK trademark and that was how the promotional song of the film "Antenna" was born.

In spite of having a packed schedule and being busy with the post production work of his films Shah Rukh Khan was involved with the song right from its nascent stages - from coming up with the beats and approving the lyrics,to going over various compositions for the song to even shooting for the video in a record breaking time.

Sources say that Shah Rukh Khan was present for almost all of the music sittings that Roshan Abbas and Pritam had arranged for he was completely involved in the making of the song from the lyrics composition, the visualizing of the music video and the likes. He even shot for the song in a flat 3 hours. SRK has always wanted to gift something to the film and "Antenna" seemed appropriate.

Afridi won't appear before disciplinary committee

 
KARACHI: Retired cricket star Shahid Afridi will not appear as summoned before a PCB disciplinary committee on June 8 to face charges of violating a code of conduct, his lawyer said Monday.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) told Afridi to appear before a three-man disciplinary committee after the former one-day captain abruptly decided to retire from international cricket last week.

"The process followed by the PCB does not conform with the law as even under Pakistan's constitution there is a right given to everyone to be heard before a case is decided," Afridi's lawyer Syed Ali Zafar told a news conference.

The PCB said Afridi violated the players' code of conduct in announcing his retirement and suspended his central contract and revoked all no-objection certificates (NOCs) that would have allowed him to play abroad.

The move prevents him from playing for Hampshire in the Twenty20 league in England and in next month's Sri Lankan Premier League.

Afridi had developed differences with coach Waqar Younis over selection matters during last month's tour of the West Indies and his public criticism saw the PCB replace him as captain.

The star also levelled serious allegations of mistreatment against the PCB, saying he would not play under the current board set-up, headed by Ijaz Butt.

When asked if Afridi might take legal action should the PCB committee take action in his absence, Zafar said: "all the options are open. We will knock (on) the door of justice and that we have repeated all through this case."

Zafar said the PCB had taken strict steps without giving Afridi a chance to tell his side of the story.

"The PCB served the first show-cause notice on May 18 and then suddenly Afridi's NOCs were revoked and his central contract was suspended, which was against the law," said Zafar.

Afridi, who returned from England to a rousing welcome from fans on Sunday, said the PCB should have given him a chance to air his views.

"The PCB chairman took a decision based on whatever management told him. He should have given me a chance to speak over happenings in the West Indies," Afridi told the news conference.

Afridi also disagreed with the process of the disciplinary action.

"The committee belongs to PCB employees and they have to take a decision on the same day. I can't understand the process," said Afridi of the committee comprising of Shafiq Ahmed, Sultan Rana and Usman Wahla.

"I have never cared about the captaincy. I have played under a number of players," said Afridi. "A lot of other senior players also feel humiliated by treatment from the PCB but they can't stand and fight because of the central contract and many other things, but for me personal honour comes first," said Afridi.

But PCB legal adviser Tafazzul Rizvi stood by the procedure.

"The suspension of contract is not a punishment and if Afridi is not satisfied with the disciplinary committee's verdict he has a right to appeal before an independent tribunal," said Rizvi. Rizvi said Afridi's lawyer could attend the June 8 meeting. (AFP)

Michael Jackson's ‘Thriller’ jacket up for auction

 
LOS ANGELES: Michael Jackson's red jacket, worn by the late singer in his "Thriller" video, is going on the auction block.

The black and red leather jacket is expected to fetch $200,000 to $400,000 in its debut sale by Jackson's longtime costume designers Dennis Tompkins and Michael Bush, who were given the item by the singer, Julien's Auctions said.

The 14-minute "Thriller" music video, featuring dancing zombies, was released in 1983 and is regarded as one of the most influential pop videos of all time. In 2009, it was inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress for its cultural and historical significance.

Other Michael Jackson items offered at the two-day sale on June 25 and 26 at Julien's Auctions Gallery in Beverly Hills include the singer's American Music awards glove (estimate $20,000-30,000), a wig he wore at the 2009 London press conference announcing the "This Is It Tour," (estimate $4,000-6,000), and a fedora he wore on stage (estimate $2,000-4,000).

Jackson, 50, died in June 2009 from an overdose of the powerful anesthetic propofol and prescription painkillers, just weeks before a series of planned comeback concerts.

A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the "Thriller" jacket will benefit The Shambala Preserve current home to tigers who used to live at Jackson's Neverland Ranch, Julien's said. (Reuters)

PCB to issue show-cause notice to Ilyas

LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is likely to issue a seconf show-cause notice to selector Muhammad Ilyas on giving statements against former captain Shahid Afridi, Geo News reported.

Acoording to PCB sources, the board has decided to issue show-cause notice to the selector on using derogatory language against Afridi. The first notice was issued on Friday while the other is due today (Monday).

Afridi accused Ilyas of pressurising the selection committee to select his son-in-law Imran Farhat in the team.

Dumped Afridi to reveal his ‘plan of action’ today

 
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KARACHI: Shahid Afridi returned home on Sunday night and then said that he will announce his ‘plan of action’ to resolve a bitter dispute with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday (today).

The former Pakistan captain received a tumultuous welcome here at the Jinnah Terminal but hundreds of his fans who had gathered at the airport weren’t able to see much of him as Afridi was whisked away to his home in Gulshan. He wasn’t even allowed to speak to dozens of media persons, who had assembled outside the arrivals area.

“I won’t be able to talk much about the issue as I have a detailed meeting with my lawyers tomorrow morning,” Afridi told ‘The News’. “I will decide my plan of action after consulting my lawyers and will announce it at a press conference tomorrow,” he added.

Afridi, 31, thanked his fans for their all out support. “My fans are the ones who give my strength,” he said.

The star allrounder refused to confirm whether he will appear before a disciplinary committee appointed by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to hear his case. The Board has summoned Afridi for a hearing at its headquarters in Lahore on Wednesday.

“I’m keeping my options open,” he said. “It will only after discussing the issue with my lawyers that I’ll be able to decide about it.”

Afridi is in deep trouble as the PCB has suspended his central contract besides revoking all the No Objection Certificates granted to him, meaning that he cannot even play in foreign leagues. The Board has also begun disciplinary proceedings against the player and is likely to slap him with a lengthy ban and a hefty fine.

It was Afridi’s decision to talk about a rift in the team management last month that earned him the Board’s wrath. Reacting to his comments, the Board stripped him of captaincy for last month’s two-match One-day International series against Ireland.

Ten days later, Afridi took a swipe at the Board accusing it of ill-treatment and announced that he is retiring from international cricket.

Afridi has received immense support from all quarters. Even powerful politicians like PML (N) chief Nawaz Sharif have backed him. There were further indications the fact that his issue has become a political one when a number of Muttahida Qaumi Movement and Awami national Party activists turned up at the airport to receive Afridi. They were chanting slogans against the PCB.

Irked by it, the PCB issued a media statement on Sunday saying that it is concerned that “an internal disciplinary action” against Shahid Afridi is being converted into a political issue.

“A number of political functionaries are interfering in what is essentially an internal disciplinary matter of the PCB,” said the statement.

Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, said that he will stick to his guns in spite of the use of political ‘influence’.

“It is disappointing that despite Afridi pleading guilty to the offences, some political functionaries are extending their support with a view to influencing the disciplinary process being followed by PCB,” said Butt. “An understanding needs to be developed among all stakeholders, media and the politicians that no one is above the law and that, for maintaining discipline within the team, it is absolutely imperative that we carry out this process without any fear or favour,” he stressed.

“PCB has been criticised for being ineffective in the past in the context of discipline. It would now appear an attempt by some forces to prevent the board from implementing the code of conduct may well damage Pakistan Cricket, if they continue to lend support to Afridi and exert undue pressure on PCB for their ‘non-cricketing’ interests,” he concluded.