Easing out govt.-military relations
It is very natural that one thinks of time easing out of government-military relations when Pakistan's top military brass is there at a place—the presidency--with which it was not happy over the last many weeks. The COAS along with all services chief was around President Zardari when Navy chief Admiral Muhammad Asif Sandila was decorated Friday with Nishan-i-Imtiaz (military) for his meritorious services.
Nishan-i-Imtiaz is one of the highest national honors in
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Intelligence agencies presented with the Supreme Court a classified report on Balochistan in Balochistan peace case. The court was requested to keep the report secret.
The Supreme Court (SC) resumed the hearing of Balochistan peace case on Friday. Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry remarked it was a matter of great concern that no one was taking notice of killings in Quetta.
During the hearing, intelligence agencies presented a ‘classified’ report in the court.
Balochistan
Sindh Balochistan economy
Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Saturday increased the price petrol and HOBC but withdrew raise in diesel rate reportedly on directives of President Asif Ali Zardari.
The OGRA notification said the price of petrol was raised by Rs1.65 per litre to Rs89.95 while HOBC was made expensive by Rs5.13 a
'National Commission on Status of Women' approved
The National Assembly on Thursday passed with consensus a bill to set up the National Commission on the Status of Women. It aims at promoting social, economic, political and legal rights of women as provided in the Constitution.
With the passage of the bill, Pakistan will be the fourth country after the UK and India to have such a commission. The commission will have sweeping powers to summon everyone in cases related to women.
The National Commission on Status of Women Bill 2012 had 22 amendments moved from both sides in the house. Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza deserves appreciation that intervened and ensured the way for the unanimous package.
The chairperson of the commission will be an experienced woman who has more than 15 years of service in the field of women’s rights. Aloso it will have two members from
A.G.Pirzada
The deadliest weather related disaster of 2010 still continues to unfold in Pakistan since July 29, 2010, where heavy monsoon rains had triggered flooding that left over 2,000 people dead. Millions of homes, in thousands of villages and
PPP since teenager’s jamboree
The PPP 44 years on
Lal Khan
On the chilly morning of November 30, 1967, a relatively small gathering of around 300 people was taking place in Dr Mubashir Hasan’s house in Lahore. This was the founding convention of a new political party
Opinion
The poor: not worth a blanket?
Shahab Usto
I saw a grisly facet of Pakistan recently on a dark chilly evening, a facet that remains hidden from the chattering urban classes thanks to a media that is ever preoccupied with the more delectable and scandalous fracas that goes on unendingly among the political and state grandees.
I had visited, along with friends and volunteers, some not-so-remote villages of district Badin, distributing blankets and warm clothes to the flood-struck people. Balochistan — point of no return?
Malik Siraj Akbar
Sardar Ataullah Mengal, Balochistan’s first chief minister, recently said after a meeting with PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif that the situation in Balochistan had reached a “point of no return”, adding that he had “no control” over the disillusioned Baloch youths who had taken to the hills to wage a war of liberation. The Baloch are angry with Nawaz Sharif, Imran Khan and the Jamaat-e-Islami. The above three, they complain, organise marches against US foreign policy or in support of Palestine but they do not stage similar
From Pakistani & Intl' Media
Pentagon proposes 13pc cut in US Army size
The Pentagon on Thursday proposed trimming the number of US army troops by 13 per cent as the debt-ridden United States winds down a decade of war but vowed renewed investment to exert power in Asia and the Middle East. It will reduce the number of active US Army soldiers from 570,000 in 2010 to 490,000 by 2017 and cutting the Marines’ strength from 202,000 to 182,000 over the same period.
Three lawyers shot dead in Karachi
Three lawyers were targeted and thus killed in Karachi Wednesday. The fourth one was seriously injured.
Some unidentified armed men opened fire on their car near Aram Bagh area of the city. The only surviving doctor underwent surgery at the Civil Hospital.
Five security personnel killed in Sui
Five security personnel were killed late Wednesday when unidentified men attacked a check post in Balochistan province’s Sui area.
It can be seen as series of attacks on security personnel and gas pipe lines in the area. Police said the check post was constructed to protect gas pipelines in the area.
After the attack, the area was cordoned off and the bodies of the slain personnel ...
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Number ones beaten by ten
Pakistan crushed England, the world’s top-ranked test team, by 10 wickets inside three days of the first test in Dubai to go 1-0 up in the three-match series on Thursday.
Having conceded a 146-run first innings lead, England collapsed to 160 all out in their second innings, failing to recover after Umar Gul had wrecked their top order with a three-wicket burst.Pakistani opener Mohammad Hafeez alone scored the 15 runs his team needed to complete the formality.England were shot out for 192 in their first innings and in the second, Jonathan Trott (49) was the lone top-five batsman to reach double figures
Pakistan’s non-cooperation can fail disarmament moot: Moon
Uited Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned Tuesday that the UN Conference on Disarmament could fail because of a three-year stalemate over Pakistan s reluctance to discuss nuclear power.
"Today, this distinguished body is no longer living up to expectations," Ban said at the first of three public sessions scheduled this year, in a speech read out by the top UN official in Geneva, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
"The tide of disarmament is rising, yet the Conference on
