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News for Monday, 24 Jan 2011

‘Norwegian of the Year’ to be expelled

OSLO - A young asylum seeker who was crowned "Norwegian of the Year" after writing about her life as an illegal immigrant faces expulsion back to Russia after being arrested...

Lebanese tycoon set to be next PM

BEIRUT - Billionaire businessman Najib Mikati was poised on Monday to become Lebanon's next prime minister after winning the backing of the powerful Hezbollah, in a move denounced by outgoing...

Ireland in crisis talks as coalition crumbles

DUBLIN - Ireland's parties held crisis talks on Monday after the ruling coalition collapsed, with the opposition demanding that the government quickly pass a crucial finance bill and bring forward...

Tightening the belt

Punjab being the largest among the federal units is expected to play the leading role in cutting down expenses on an oversized government. However, what has happened over the last...

Karachi’s problem

Much has been written about Karachi, all of it true, all of it false. There are so many fault lines in the city in addition to the tectonic variety,...

Our education system

In a message to the All-Pakistan Educational Conference at Karachi on November 27, 1947, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah said: There is no doubt that the future of our State will...

Hoisting flags, foisting identities

The Bharti Janata Party (BJP) seems intent on hoisting the tricolour at Lal Chowk in Srinagar. While patriotism might be the pretext for this tiranga yatra, the underlying narrative is...

Pots and kettles

Some days ago, one of the counsels before the Supreme Court in the Reko Diq case filed a contempt petition against the respondent mining company on the grounds that the...

Veena ki jawani

Na tezi, na dum, aiwein bharum, exclaims an extremely irate Veena Malik in a done-to-death chai ad. The ad was done many years ago, but the girls convictions are still...

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