By Jalees Hazir
The PPP-led government’s shameless defiance of the Supreme Court once again created a crisis in Islamabad last week. Continue reading
By Jalees Hazir
The PPP-led government’s shameless defiance of the Supreme Court once again created a crisis in Islamabad last week. Continue reading
By Momin Iftikhar
The false and incorrect contents of a hastily displayed news item in the New York Times related to the May 22 Norway shootings, in which more Continue reading
By Ros Coward
ONE word is missing in the American debate over the debt crisis: austerity. Continue reading
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IFTIKHAR SHAHEEN MIRZA
The fudged figure saga by FBR has derailed Pakistan economically. FBR first boasted on 30th June 2011 that target of 1.59 trillion rupees was achieved. Later on, the department had to eat its words on the intervention of State bank of Pakistan that actual revenues were1.55 trillion rupees instead of 1.59 trillion rupees.
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Tahar Ben Jelloun
Muammar Gaddafi and Bashar Al Assad agree on at least one point: Spring must be eliminated; the year should have just three seasons.
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By Mai Yamani
The old saying “lonely is the head that wears the crown” has literally taken on new meaning for Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah. Continue reading
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By Farhan Bokhari
The tussle between Pakistan’s ruling alliance and the country’s supreme court and the apex court’s principled stance on matters affecting the nation has done much to lift the feeling of uncertainty across the country.
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Rehman Nasir
It is very sad to see the increasing percentage of target killings in Karachi. The people who die in the target killings are common
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By Jyoti Malhotra
Pakistan’s foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar was always in danger of being miscast as an up-at-heel Cinderella by the Indian media during her visit to Delhi this week — and I plead guilty.
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