It's 12:05 AM in Pakistan, so the year 2009 has finally arrived in most parts of the world.
For those who are still anxiously waiting to see what happens when when the year 2009 arrives, I want to inform them that the earth is still not shaking and everything is going on fine!

"May this new year bring some peace and stability to our fragile world."

While addressing the gathering at the first death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto, Asif Zardari confessed that he knew who killed his former wife.

But he didn't find it appropriate to reveal the names or origin of the killers.
This is quite disturbing given the fact that Zardari is the husband of late Benazir Bhutto and her party is in power.

It was no news when it was announced that US president George Bush is going on a farewell visit to Iraq.
But it became an instant breaking news all over the world when a brave Iraqi journalist threw shoes at Bush's supposedly emotional and memorable last speech in Iraq.
The name of this brave journalist is Muntadar al-Zeidi.

In Pakistani politics, political opportunists come in all kinds of disguises.
With each type calling the other one as the real opportunist while working hard to make the most from any opportunity at hand.

With the advent of Open Source movement, it is no longer a problem for anyone to get a free blog or website. Not only that, Open Source scripts have also lowered the costs of designing a website, even large companies can have a low cost website based on an Open Source script.

French actress Brigitte Bardot called Sarah Palin disgrace to women and referred to her famous self-portrait as a pitbull with lipstick.

She thinks Sarah Palin is more dangerous to the world than any dog.

Recently, a reknowned columnist of a Pakistani english newspaper exposed a handwritten message of the newly elected president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari. The name of this columnist is Ardeshir Cowasjee.

He claims to have visited Mazar-e-Qaid, the final resting place of founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and obtained a copy of remarks written by the un-educated president on the death anniversary of Jinnah. The message of the president of Pakistan read: "May Gaad give us give us the street to save Pakistan".

The new Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari, corrupt to the core when it comes to money, is not far behind from his western counterparts when it comes to women.

He proved this recently in a meeting with Alaska's Governor Sarah Palin in New York.

Here I want to share the e-mail reply that I got from PayPal's representative to my question about PayPal's availability in Pakistan.

Question: (My e-mail message)

It is unbelievable why PayPal is so indifferent to Pakistan. Pakistan has a large e-commerce base with a large number of credit card users, larger than most of the countries of Europe.

Anyone in Pakistan familiar with e-commerce knows the fact that Pakistan is a non-preferred country for most of the payment processors and other online businesses. As a result, running an e-commerce business in Pakistan is so expensive and full of hurdles that it becomes a distant dream for anyone wishing to start a new online business.