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News for Monday, 17 Jan 2011

Selective curfew

If the idea was to recover caches of weapons or nab terrorists in Karachi, the announcement of an impending curfew by Rehman Malik has made it doubtful by depriving the...

More peaceful times?

The annual report card that the Pakistan Institute of Peace Studies compiles ever so painstakingly is only marginally better this year. The total number of suicide bombings have reduced. And...

Our Sarajevo of the soul

History buffs know Sarajevo as the city where on June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a 20-year-old member of a Serbian secret society known as the Black Hand, shot and killed...

Selective indignation

The novel Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde gave birth to the phrase Jekyll and Hyde. The novel features a character named Dr Henry Jekyll, who has two...

This is Karachi?

If theres one thing Karachi-ites hate, its a curfew. Oh no, theres no midnight deadline for the hip and happening people of Korangi No 2 or Pehalwan Goth. The Afghani...

Resurrection of Railways

The hike in railway fares is yet another blow to the public already reeling under the ever-increasing prices of petroleum, electricity and other commodities. It seems the government is hell...

Progress in Balochistan

A safe and prosperous Balochistan has been one of the main objectives of the government since it came to power by launching Aghaaz Haqooq-i-Baluchistan which was perhaps the only rational...

Endless woes

Almost daily the newspapers are highlighting about the worsening of power and gas woes in the country. Not surprising though, considering that out of the numerous problems confronting the country,...

Scrutiny process

A lot of criticism has been directed on police since the Elite force policeman killed Mr Salmaan Taseer. Recently, almost 30 police officers have been removed from the protocol of...

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