The deadly attack
Published: July 4, 2009
THE suicide attack on a bus carrying employees of the Kahuta Research Laboratories (KRL) in Rawalpindi on Thursday came as a shock to a nation already traumatized by the rising tide of terrorism. The City Police Chief had initially
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The blamegame
Published: July 4, 2009
BLAME is, understandably, a hot potato. Given that it is passed around even within a political party, one was not surprised at the exchange between the PPP and the PML(N) over the rising incidents of terrorism in the Punjab. The Interior
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Imminent split
Published: July 4, 2009
THE news on the PML(Q) front is that its intra-party elections are expected to take place on August 12. The incumbent President, Ch Shujaat Hussain, who is the nucleus of attention from all quarters, will definitely have a tough time
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A big worry
Published: July 4, 2009
THE squalid makeshift camps, home to the IDPs, the UN has warned could witness the outbreak of water-borne diseases in the days ahead because of the monsoon rains that are notorious for causing disease in vulnerable areas like refugee
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