| Business Caught in the act: Govt may constitute panel to revisit poverty calculations Shahbaz Rana The government will likely constitute a panel to review the existing methodology behind poverty calculations, after official figures anomalously depicted a decline in the incidence of poverty in 2011; despite sluggish growth in the economy and double-digit inflation over five consecutive years. Early pay-day: Pakistani sells web start-up for Rs9.5 million Farooq Baloch In yet another example of a successful entrepreneurial spree, a Pakistani blogger – amid fears of losing his job – developed a humour website, attracted huge amount of traffic and sold it for Rs9.5 million ($100,000). All of this happened in just six months. _______________________________________________ Sports 'I gave Pakistan so much but didn't get anything back' Nabeel Hashmi The opening ceremony of the London Olympics rolled back the years for Shabana Akhtar who, in 1996, became Pakistan's first female athlete to take part in the global event. 'We miss the likes of Shahbaz and Sardar' Fawad Hussain Back-to-back defeats in the warm-up games have put the Pakistan hockey team on the back-foot even before the event proper has started — a 2-1 loss at the hands of Belgium and a 5-1 thrashing by the Netherlands. _______________________________________________ Life & Style Cross-border film: 'Screening films has opened a window into Pakistan' Aroosa Shaukat "Screening Pakistani films has opened a window for us [in India] across the border," Salma Siddiqui told The Express Tribune. British Deputy High Commission hosts Olympic nail art party Saadia Qamar If you expect the mood at an event hosted by a diplomat to be somber, this British diplomat will prove you wrong. The British Deputy High Commission's office in Karachi was full of people in high spirits on Thursday afternoon. Female staff members mingled with each other at the event hosted by British Deputy High Commissioner Francis Campbell to celebrate the commencement of the London Olympics 2012. _______________________________________________ | 
