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Today's Paper

Sunday, June 24, 2012

ISLAMABAD – Soon after assuming his charge Saturday, Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf called a meeting on energy crisis and received detailed briefing from the ministries concerned.He called the meeting on the directions of President Asif Ali Zardari in face of public outrage against the ...

 

KARACHI - The Sindh Assembly on Saturday informed that an area of 50 acres had been ...

ISLAMABAD - The frequent riots and strikes against the unending power outages in the ...

RAWALPINDI - Hundreds of miscreants inflicted heavy damage to public property and ...

LAHORE – The Punjab Assembly on Saturday approved Rs57.14billion supplementary ...

ISLAMABAD – Soon after assuming his charge Saturday, Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf called a meeting on energy crisis and received detailed briefing from the ministries concerned.He called ...

ISLAMABAD - All the ministers in the federal cabinet including federal ministers and ministers of state have been allocated the same portfolio allotted to them by the former prime minister Yousuf ...

SARAH MOUSANot too far north of this city, past the lush fields of the Nile delta and roads lined with fire red flowers that greet summer in Egypt, is the city of Shibin el-Kom, or simply Shibin as it is referred to by residents. The capital of the Monofaya district is at first glance a smaller, ...

BOGOTA - Colombia’s justice minister resigned on Friday over a controversial reform measure into which lawmakers have slipped provisions that could dismiss cases against politicians with links to right-wing paramilitary groups and allow others to go free. The scandal erupted after congressmen ...

ATHENS  - Newly-elected Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras underwent eye laser surgery on Saturday to remedy a retinal detachment, state television said, an operation that pushed back parliament proceedings. Government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou told that the operation was successful and ...

GALLE  - Kumar Sangakkara was stranded on an unbeaten 199 even as Sri Lanka took charge of the first cricket Test against Pakistan in Galle on Saturday. The left-hander's monumental nine-hour effort saw the hosts recover from 335-5 in the morning session to post 472 in their first innings on ...

OPINIONS

Columns

Editorials

Letters

Last week a convicted but stubborn Prime Minister was kicked out of office for violating the Constitution and ridiculing the judiciary. The ...

The internet has become an eyesore for the several governments that are being threatened by dissidents and newly-emerging “net-activism” ...

We have a new Prime Minister elected with a tally of 211 votes as against 89 for the PML-N candidate. The transition is from someone who became ...

As expected, Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf’s first address to the National Assembly, after his election to the office, listed the grave ...

Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has again refused to make any apology to Pakistan for the attack. Meanwhile, the State Department’s inspector ...

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the FIA to take action against former federal Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim charged with ...

The State Bank’s advice to the new Prime Minister conveyed through its third quarterly report that the federal government must reduce borrowing ...

This note is in response to the news item published in the Nation of June 21, 2012 on the subject above. Development of ...

The musical chairs game played by the PPP Supremo finally resulted in election of another party loyalist or a silent ...

Pakistan is as an agricultural country where 75 percent of the population lives in the rural areas. The world’s ...

This refers to the questionable behaviour of Attorney General Irfan Qadir who, against all norms, ethics and decorum, ...

It is a moment of pride and felicitation for every Pakistani that Shamshad Akhtar, a renowned economist and former ...

Destiny has compelled many Titans to fatefully fall from an adamant high position to a humiliating defeat. Yousaf Raza ...

REGIONAL

Lahore

Karachi

Islamabad

KARACHI - The Sindh Assembly on Saturday informed that an area of 50 acres had been allotted to the ...

KARACHI – Karachi Metropolitan Corporation Administrator Muhammad Hussain Syed said that a ...

KARACHI - The newly elected Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf would arrive at Karachi on Sunday ...

KARACHI - The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi has announced its budget for the fiscal ...

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