Archive for March, 2011
Pakistan Ticket Deals
United States is the largest trading partner of Pakistan contributing over 33% of its annual export. USA is also home to over 1.2 million Pakistanis concentrated in major metropolitan cities like New York, Chicago, Los Angeles. San Francisco, Houston, Dallas and Austin. This deep relationship has resulted in increased passenger traffic between the two countries. To cater to this traffic major airlines have announced flights including Emirates Airlines, Etihad Airways, Qatar Airways, Turkish Airline and Pakistan International airlines.
Most of the passengers seeking airline tickets to Pakistan rely on travel agents to arrange their tickets. The major reason for this is the complexity of transit rules for Pakistani passport holders. UK has announced that all Pakistanis transiting through London would need a transit visa to be able to board from USA or Pakistan. The only relaxation is for the people who have acquired green cards in last five years. Travel agents are also helpful in amending the itineraries as well as speedy refund if required by the passengers.
PIA has lost much of its traffic after it closed flights from Chicago and Houston. On the other hands Emirates Airlines has expanded its network in USA by announcing direct flights to Dubai from New York, Los Angeles, Houston and San Francisco. Qatar airways which has recently acquired long range Boeing 777 aircraft has also announced flights from Washington and Houston as well as New York. Etihad aiways is competing with these two rival airlines by announcing deep discount on its fares from New York.
Most of the Pakistani prefer Emirates because of its friendly in-flight staff and halal foods available during the flights. Emirates also offer wide variety of entertainment on its flights including Pakistani music, movies and dramas.
The law and order situation in Pakistan adversely affect the growth of traffic but still Pakistani immigrants are eager to take a trip back home to meet with their loved ones. Travel agents in Houston, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles offer excellent service. Many leading agencies like getTickets are now offering web sites for their customers as well as customer service centers in Karachi to help their clients.
Originally published here.
Sheheryar Khan
ANATOMY OF A TRAFFIC CASE IN TEXAS
The vast majority of Texans have, at some point in their lives, received a ticket for a traffic violation. Unlike most other violations of the law, a traffic ticket doesn’t bear the same stigma of criminality and is often viewed as a minor offense that even the most law-abiding citizens may be guilty of on a frequent basis. However, don’t let the prevalence and the commonality of a traffic ticket fool you. Trying to resolve a traffic ticket in Texas is at best an annoyance, and at worst, a convoluted maze of red tape that can have you banging your head against the wall in no time. From the moment you see the red lights flashing in your rearview mirror and hear the dreaded siren, you enter the confounding world of Texas traffic law.
While not considered a serious offense by most people, many Texans don’t realize that a traffic violation is still a criminal offense in the state of Texas. The list of possible traffic violations that you can be guilty of in Texas seems endless: speeding, speeding in a construction zone, speeding in a school zone, running a red light, failing to signal, failing to yield to right of way, loud muffler, expired registration/inspection, driving without a valid driver’s license etc. (maybe here we can add a link that people can click on to see the sheer variety of cases that they could be charged with). The list goes on and on. Each type of case has varying degrees of repercussions and different methods of resolution. For example, a speeding or moving violation may result in a fine, put negative points on your driving record, or raise your insurance rates. Other, more straightforward violations such as expired registration can be dismissed with a ten dollar dismissal fee if you update your registration within ten days
Considering how varied the steps can be to resolve each type of case, it is not surprising that many people find dealing with a traffic ticket a very stressful process. That is where Sullo & Sullo can step in to relieve that stress and confusion. We are a law firm that specializes in traffic ticket defense and you can have peace of mind knowing that only the most experienced and thorough attorneys who are skilled in traffic law are managing your cases. While it would be impossible to discuss all the nuances of traffic procedure and traffic law, we would like to provide a general overview of the anatomy of a typical traffic case. This step-by-step guide to how traffic cases work in Texas is a service provided to you by Sullo & Sullo to help demystify the process for all our clients.
Originally published here.
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My 2011 Porsche 911 Turbo S with PDK: First-look, June 23, 2010
On Monday, June 21, 2010, just six days after arriving in the Port of Houston aboard the “Marina Ace” , my 530 hp 2011 911 Turbo S was delivered to Ed Carroll Porsche in Fort Collins, CO. On Wednesday I drove my 1997 Ferrari 550 down to see it. On the way, I passed nine Wyoming Highway Patrol cars, all doing stops and searches within 12 miles of Cheyenne (including two canine units based in Cheyenne) A source inside the WHP told me it was a training exercise. The Wyoming HP is generally a very cool police force of decent men and women without ego and very professional (I have only one set of stills of their #4 car breaking the law, blocking the left lane to another car, and video of a Laramie trooper violating policy and endangering four cars in the process of trying to “get” me.I wont post that video at the request of a concerned WHP manager). The real pig police of Wyoming are the (Argentina and East German-quality) bastards of the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation. They engage in documented telephone terrorism (as written about in email I have from the Wyoming Governor’s office) DCI agents also engage in witness tampering (against me when I got evidence of telephone abuse by DCI Deupty Director Kebin Haller) . They have threatened an FBI agent (who busted them in Pinedale) they entrap criminals and tamper with evidence and they have a habit of performing illegal traffic stops on Wyoming highways with unmarked cars, “The biggest problem we had in Natrona County …
