Faisalabad: Gas supply of 450 factories suspended for 3 days

In Faisalabad region, the gas supply of more than 400 textile factories has been suspended for 3 days starting from 6 am today; where as all the CNG stations of the region will also remain closed today and tomorrow. While on the other side All Pakistan CNG Association has announced a symbolic strike on Monday against the two-day load shedding plan. A meeting of Potohar region of the association took place in Rawalpindi. A joint press release which came out after the meeting stated that association disagrees with a two-day load shedding. The CNG stations will remain closed for even the third day as an act of protest against this announcement. It was also decided in the meeting that on 1st November 2010, Monday, all the CNG stations of Potohar region including Islamabad and Rawalpindi will remain closed.>br>Electricity load shedding may increase in Karachi due to insufficient supply of gas
It is predicted that electricity load shedding might increase in Karachi due to insufficient supply of gas. An unannounced load shedding of 6 to 8 hours is ongoing in Karachi. Gas supply to Sui Southern Gas Company is not being sufficient enough due to repairs at Karachi Zamzama gas field because of which gas company has decreased the supply of KESC by 50 MMCFD to 130 MMCFD. Gas company has also predicted that this could drop further more. On the other side, KESC has increased the duration of load shedding and if the gas supply is decreased further, then this duration of load shedding will also increase.

Depression And Obesity Are A Two-Way Street

NEW YORK : People who are obese are at increased risk of becoming depressed, and people who are depressed are at increased risk of becoming obese, Dutch researchers have found.

“There is a reciprocal association over time between depression and obesity,” Dr. Floriana S. Luppino, of Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands, told Reuters Health by email.

Obesity, Luppino and colleagues found, increases the risk of depression in initially non-depressed individuals by 55 percent and depression increases the risk of obesity in initially normal-weight individuals by 58 percent.

Luppino said the analysis was not designed to determine a given person’s risk of depression, only to figure out how much obesity increased that risk. However, for comparison, a recent study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health found that nearly one out of four cases of obesity is associated with a mood or anxiety disorder.

These findings, the NIMH notes on its website, appear to support what other studies have found – that obesity, which is on the increase in the US – is associated with increasing rates of depression and other mental health problems.

The new findings stem from pooled data from 15 published studies that looked at whether being overweight or obese is associated with depression, and vice versa.

The studies, which collectively involved more than 58,000 people, used body mass index, or BMI, to gauge how fat or thin a person is. For reference, a US adult with a BMI of 25 or more is considered overweight, while one with a BMI of 30 and above is considered obese.

Being obese, Luppino told Reuters Health, not only increases the risk of depression, but is more likely to fuel the onset of clinical depression, rather than merely depressive symptoms.

In contrast to obesity, the association between depression and being overweight (but not obese) did not run the other way, Luppino noted. Being overweight increased the risk of depression in initially non-depressed individuals somewhat, but depression did not increase the risk of being overweight over time.

The findings, reported in the latest issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, also suggest that the link between obesity and later depression is more pronounced among Americans than among Europeans.

Why? “A dose-response association — meaning the higher the BMI, the more people get depressed — might explain the association,” Luppino said. And the average American weighs more than the average European.

However, the effect of the psychological distress should not be neglected, the researcher said. “Overweight and obesity, can induce low self-esteem and body dissatisfaction,” Luppino explained, “especially in Western countries where thinness is often considered a beauty ideal. Both low self-esteem and body dissatisfaction are known to increase the risk of depression.

Nawaz, Zardari money laundering case hearing resumed in Lahore High Court

Lahore, Pakistan News :- Lahore High Court has resumed the hearing in billion of rupees money laundering case against 22 people including Asif Zardari, Nawaz Sharif, Rehman Malik and Farooq Laghari after a lapse of 12 years.

The hearing was conducted by a bench comprising two judges namely Justice Ejaz Ahmed Chaudhry and Justice Najmul Hassan. The High Court has summoned Attorney General and Advocate General on January 21 in this connection.

The petition in this regard was filed in 1997 while Justice Ehsanul Haq heard the case.

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Nawaz, Zardari money laundering case hearing resumed in Lahore High Court was first posted on December 21, 2009 at 7:44 pm.

Punjab CNG stations remain close Monday

LAHORE, Pakistan News : Around 600 CNG stations remained closed on second day, increasing difficulties of citizens.

The meeting of all Pakistan CNG association is to be held today wherein future strategy will be chalked out.

Chairman of all Pakistan CNG association Ghiyas Paracha stated that increase in the prices of CNG from the first of January will not be accepted.

Sui Northern Gas Pipelines added into the difficulties of the association by increasing the CNG prices.

He said that special meeting of the association has been called today (Monday) in which future plans will be decided.

Around 600 CNG stations have been closed down in Lahore and its environs for two days in line with load management plan of SUI Northern GAS Company (SNGC) CNG stations of Lahore, Kasur, Shekhupura and Okara have been shut down for two days from Sunday. Gas supply to CNG stations will be resumed at 6 am on Tuesday. People of Lahore avoided difficulties due to weekly off on the first day of two day closure of CNG pumps as working men and women and school-going children remained at their homes.

Owing to closure of CNG stations, rickshaw drivers seem affected. Some of them said that two days unavailability of CNG will cause starvation among daily wage workers.

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Punjab CNG stations remain close Monday was first posted on December 21, 2009 at 7:50 pm.

Priyanka Chopra to Be Miss World Judge

Priyanka Chopra to Be Miss World Judge, Former Miss World Priyanka Chopra will be seen in the beauty pageant podium in Johannesburg as a judge for the final round of 2009 Miss World contest. The final round of the contest will take place on December 12. An enthusiastic Priyanka says, “When Julia Morley, who is in charge of the beauty pageant, invited me to be a judge, I was ecstatic. There I was a teenager all those years ago, nervous as a help on the same platform. Now I’m going in a totally different capacity.”

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Priyanka Chopra to Be Miss World Judge was first posted on December 11, 2009 at 12:00 pm.

Taylor Swift Straight Hair

Taylor Swift Straight Hair, You really seem to be on an upswing—so why ruin it by changing a major part of your trademark look? The curls gave you that innocent look that was probably more appealing to your mostly young audience.

Before anyone gets in a tizzy, there are some theories out there that her hair was only straightened for a photo shoot this week. But she did rock the new look while out hanging out with friends as well. Perhaps the ‘do is part of a coming-of-age thing. I mean she is turning 20 this Sunday, and may be trying to shed the whole innocence bit.

I guess we’ll have to wait and see whether or not she’s sporting those Venus-like locks the next time she emerges…

Let’s all agree on something, though: you can’t even think about Taylor Swift without picturing Kanye West jumping on stage with her. I can’t even get half way through her first name without making the association—so why try?

What I’m getting at is this: would we be talking about something as mundane as her hair if it wasn’t for the VMA’s incident? Sure, sure. She’s talented, sold tons of records, and done wonders for crossover country—I get it. But let’s be real.

In my humble opinion, she and Mr. West ought to do a collabo. Now that would be news—especially if the song had something to do with pride or personal triumph. It might be just what she needs to get rid of the bubble-gum pop image, and just what Kanye needs to get both feet back on the ground again.

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Taylor Swift Straight Hair was first posted on December 11, 2009 at 2:34 pm.