Spain spends $ million 680 on a submarine

The expert engineers of Spain has spent up to now a sum of $ 680 in manufacturing a  latest model S-80 submarine According to the engineers it has been built with very high technology. But owing to some technical defects the submarine had been found to be difficult to be taken out after it was submerged.
The media in Spain had spoken vividly about this submarine which was manufactured with high technology and at a high expenditure. This had been a joint venture by the Spain government and a reputed mother company called Naventia Company.................

The allocated amount for this project had been $ billion 2.2 to construct a heavy submarine which could not float on the water. In order to rectify the defects found it would take at least two more years to remedy these defects had been disclosed by the Spain’s defence Ministry. In this context the proposed date of completion of the project would be in the year 2015.
They have found one remedy is to increase the length of the submarine. The weight of the submarine is also to be increased by another 100 tones. In this context the submarine need to be reconstructed. They will somehow make this to balance and the cost is estimated to be $ million 7.5.
The opposition party of the Spain government had disgraced the government in this regard and had challenged to reveal the reasons for the failure in constructing it.

U.S. sanctions will not impede Iran’s petrochemical exports’

   The intensification of U.S sanctions on Iran’s petrochemical industry will not impede exports, despite the sanctions petrochemical products are being exported over 65 countries the Iranian petrochemical industry said on Saturday. U.S blacklisted 8 Iranian petrochemical companies as part of its plan to pressure Iran to halt its uranium enrichment program.

                  Iranian oil ministry Rostam Qasemi said the country is not concerned about the impact of western sanctions o the development of its oil industry. In the recent years, with good support from the government suitable investments have been made in the industry he added. The Iran’s annual petrochemical output has increased by 38 million tons. East Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and Africa were the main destinations of the Iran’s petrochemical products.

The Yuan currency would be most vividly used over the world by the year 2015

The Chairman of the HSBC Douglas Fint had disclosed at a meeting in London the other day that the Chinese currency Yuan is predicted to become the strongest currency what would be used more commonly in the world by the year 2015. This currency hence would be seen by the majority. By then all transactions with China would have to be made with this currency. For the first time they are going to sell share certificates. It is learnt that Hong Kong is trying to make this currency to a new institution outside the country. To date a large number of investments have been made in China and hence by the year 2015 the Yuan currency would become the currency that is mostly used in the world.

The Syrian war would be won-His bulla

The Hisbulla organization would lend the fullest support to Syria in the war against America and the Israel. Saheed Hassan Nasralla the leader of the Hisbulla organization had pledge that their support to Syria in this campaign will not end. Israel celebrated the victory over Lebanon made over 13 years back. He has had confidence over this victory and similarly he is anticipating a Syrian victory. In the event of a war they will remain as a backbone of Syria Nasaralla had quipped. According to him if Syria falls all what was done against Palestine also would be of no avail. There are many neighboring countries who are praying Syria to lose.

Baghdad bombs kill 16 in Sunni-Shiite bloodletting

The blood letting reflects increasing conflict between Iraq’s majority Shiite leadership and Sunni minority. A car bomb exploded in the mainly Sunni district of Binoog in north Baghdad, killing at least 4 people. Six other bombs killed people in mainly Shiites and Sunni districts of the capital. No group responsibility for this attack. Seven people including 3 policemen were killed in clashes between gunmen and security forces in the northern city of Mosul. Security officials blame Sunni Islamists and A-Qaeda’s local wing for most of the violence.

U.S. drone kills 4 militants near Afghan border

The suspected US drone strike killed at least 4 people I the tribal North waziristan region. Pakistani intelligence and tribal officials said a U.S drone fired 2 missiles into a house in Miranshah, Killing four people and wounding four others inside .The area where the strike took place is a hot bed for Al-Qaeda insergents. Reuters reported a total of 7 people were killed in the strike...........

Formr cricket star Iran Khan and his party campaigned extensively against U.S drones, suggesting Pakistan’s military should shoot them down because they can result in civilian casualties. Pakistan’s government had no immediate reaction to Wednesday’s attack.

Pakistani TV smashes taboos with its answer to 'Glee'

Gay romance, Islamic extremism and a soundtrack of classic love songs make for Pakistan's taboo-breaking answer to the hugely successful US television series 'Glee'.
Like its smash hit forerunner, 'Taan' follows the lives and loves of a group of young people who regularly burst into song. But this time they attend a music academy in Lahore, instead of an American high school.........

Taan -- which is a musical note in Urdu -- tackles subjects considered off limits in Pakistan's deeply conservative Muslim society, with plotlines including love affairs between two men and between a Taliban extremist and a beautiful Christian girl.
The plan is for the 26-episode series to air in September or October, and while producer Nabeel Sarwar insisted the programme was not a “political pulpit”, he is determined to take on the tough issues.
“Nobody wants to have controversy for the sake of controversy, nobody wants to have an assignment to violence, nobody wants to push a button that would result in a disaster for anyone,” he told AFP.
“But the truth has to come out somewhere. Where are we going to put a line in the sand and say, 'Look, this is what we are'?”Taking a public stand to defend liberal values like this is rare in Pakistan, where forces of religious conservatism have risen steadily in recent years.
Risque scenes in foreign films are routinely cut by the authorities and the team behind Taan are acutely aware that they must tread carefully with their challenging material.
In one scene the two gay lovers dance and sing in a small room but never embrace -- their relationship is suggested rather than overtly shown. The moment is interrupted when a radical Islamist character bursts in.
Director Samar Raza said representing the lives of gay characters was difficult in a country where homosexuality is still illegal.
“Let's say in a certain scene, there are two boys talking to each other, they are not allowed to show their physical attachment to each other,” he said.
“So I bring a third character who says: 'God designed Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve'.”It is not only the sensibilities of the censors the producers must navigate.
While 70 percent of Pakistan's population is under 35, a huge and potentially lucrative audience for advertisers, it is the head of the household who decides what families watch on TV, explains Sarwar.
“The head of the household during the day is the matriarch and the head of the household at night is the patriarch -- they control access to TV,” he told AFP.
“You have to find programming that allows the matriarch and the patriarch to join in and participate, but there has to be room for the younger audience.”In a bid to appeal to older viewers the makers of Taan have licensed around 100 classic Pakistani songs, some by legendary artists such as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and have reworked them to suit modern tastes, as Glee does.
“We try to find music that resonates with the older generation which control the access to the TV but we contemporise that music so that the younger audience does not feel left out,” Sarwar said.
The show hopes that by taking on difficult issues in a light-hearted way it will both reflect the changing nature of Pakistani society and attract a young audience currently hooked on imported Turkish soap operas.
Local dramas struggle to compete with the likes of “Manahil and Khalil” and “Ishq-e-Mamnu” (Forbidden Love) -- Turkish serials starring Westernised characters with fair skin and dubbed into Urdu.
Turkish soaps are widely watched across the Muslim world, but the popularity of “Ishq-e-Mamnu” has prompted a lively debate about the “Turkish invasion” of the small screen in Pakistan, with local production companies complaining that they do not have the resources to rival them.
Yasmin Huq, one of the stars of Taan, told AFP a homegrown show could speak more clearly to Pakistanis than foreign imports.
“Today's generation is watching Turkish and Indian dramas,” she said. “But no one can make a musical story like Pakistanis. Even if you watch the Turkish and Indian dramas, you will see that nobody can talk about Pakistan like Pakistanis.”