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Shehzad Roy President Zindagi Trust for free Education, Mir Hazar Khan Bajarani Federal Minister for Education, Dr. Mufti Sarfraz Naeemi Nazim-e-Ahla Jamia Naeemia Lahore, Prof. Dr. Qasim M Jan Vice Chairman Quid-e-Azam University, Prof. Dr. Saeeda Asadullah Khan Vice Chairman Fatime Jinnah Women University, Prof. Dr. Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui Vice Chancellor Karachi University, in Special episode of Capital Talk and discusses with Hamid Mir.

Imran Khan Chairman PTI, Mehmood Khan, Hamid Nasir, Zahid Hussain Jorunalist, in fresh episode of Islamabad Tonight & Discusses Currant Issue with Nadeem Malik.

Off The Record - 17th March 2009 Imran Khan Chairman (PTI), Syed Naveed Qamar (PPP), in fresh episode of Off The Record Discussing Current Issue With Kashif Abbasi.

LAHORE: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that People's Party Co-chairman, President Asif Ali Zardari will decide whether the party will sit on government or opposition benches in Punjab. He said the eyes of the international media are focussed over the situation of Punjab.

Syed Munawar Hussain (Amir Of Jamat-e-Islami Pakistan), Imran Khan Chairman PTI in fresh episode of Meray Mutabiq with Dr Shahid Masood.

Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed Chairman AML, Haroon Rasheed Analyst, Khawaja M. Asif PML-N, Qazi Hussain Ahmed Ameer JI, Ejaz ul Haq PML-Q and Ayaz Mir in fresh episode of Meray Mutabiq and talked with Dr Shahid Masood.

Nazeer Naji, Lt. Gen. (R) Talat Masood Analyst, Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed Chairman AML, In special episode of Dunya Tv and discusses current issue with Aftab Iqbal and Dr. Moeed Pirzada.

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi addressing a joint news conference with visiting US special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke and chairman US Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen here.

Khawaja M. Asif PML-N and Imran Khan Chairman PTI in fresh episode of Kal Tak & discusses current issues with M. Javed Choudhry.

Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed Chairman AML and Ray Ghulam and in fresh episode of Islamabad Tonight & discusses current issues with Nadeem Malik.

What Really Happened? Stella Liebeck, 79-years-old, was sitting in the passenger seat of her grandson's car having purchased a cup of McDonald's coffee. After the car stopped, she tried to hold the cup securely between her knees while removing the lid. However, the cup tipped over, pouring scalding hot coffee onto her lap. She received third-degree burns over 16 percent of her body, necessitating hospitalization for eight days, whirlpool treatment for debridement of her wounds, skin grafting, scarring, and disability for more than two years. Despite these extensive injuries, she offered to settle with McDonald's for $20,000. However, McDonald's refused to settle for this small amount and, in fact, never offered more than $800. The jury awarded Liebeck $200,000 in compensatory damages - reduced to $160,000 because the jury found her 20 percent at fault - and $2.7 million in punitive damages for McDonald's callous conduct. (To put this in perspective, McDonald's revenue from coffee sales alone was in excess of $1.3 million a day.) The trial judge reduced the punitive damages to $480,000, but did state that McDonald's had engaged in "willful, wanton, and reckless" behavior. Mrs. Liebeck and McDonald's eventually settled for a confidential amount. The jury heard the following evidence in the case: McDonald's Operations Manual required the franchisee to hold its coffee at 180 to 190 degrees Fahrenheit; Coffee at that temperature, if spilled, causes third-degree burns (the worst kind of burn) in three to seven seconds; Third-degree burns do not heal without skin grafting, debridement and whirlpool treatments that cost tens of thousands of dollars and result in permanent disfigurement, extreme pain and disability of the victim for many months, and in some cases, years; The chairman of the department of mechanical engineering and bio-mechanical engineering at the University of Texas testified that this risk of harm is unacceptable, as did a wid