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News for Friday, 21 Jan 2011

The road not taken

A week ago, I had been to the federal capital via the GT Road after a very long time. It was the year 2006 when my father told me that...

Disarming the mind

A new bill about De-weaponising Pakistan by MQM has triggered a new game of words across the country. Regardless of the profession, every single intellectual of my country has been...

‘American Idol’ loses viewers despite make-over

LOS ANGELES - A revamped "American Idol" dominated U.S. television on its first outing but lost millions of viewers despite the addition of celebrity judges Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler.

PIA’s problems-I

State corporations like PIA which are bleeding today are a victim of political appointments by successive governments for the past decade. These appointments which were not made on merit and...

PIA’s problems-II

Instead of piecemeal and continuous bleeding of PIA and national exchequer through incompetent political appointees, it would be far better to sell it, so that it can survive as a...

Crash victims

Almost six months have elapsed since 152 innocent passengers of Air Blue crashed in Islamabad and as yet neither the Preliminary Report has been made public by CAA, nor have...

Scrutiny at pickets

The establishment of a monitoring cell to scrutinize the performance, of policemen deployed at pickets throughout Islamabad, is a positive development. It was being reported that the staff at these...

Continuing education

Education is the basic right of every child which is accepted universally. All over the world, it is accepted as the most important right which is especially protected by the...

Economic doldrums

Pakistans economy is in a downward spiral. Inflation rate is reaching at its peak, foreign reserves are falling, and the government is in danger of defaulting on its foreign debt....

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