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Flood Tax Unjustified

The proposed one-time flood tax is another example of how skewed the governments approach is towards when it comes to the generation of revenue. Rather than focusing on broadening the tax base, it is

Oct 11, 2010
Editor's Mail

Conspiracy theories

Something doesnt happen in Pakistan before the conspiracy theories start sprouting everywhere. This is with reference to many people calling the current lawyer shenanigans a conspiracy by certain peop

Oct 11, 2010
Editor's Mail

FO recruitments

The recent news item in the national press about the recruitments in the Foreign Office (FO) of the lower staff without regard of the merit is quite disturbing. If the democratic government keeps cros

Oct 11, 2010
Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor could prove a disaster for PakistanBusiness

Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor could prove a disaster for Pakistan

KARACHI: India is working on a mega industrial project that could corner Pakistan in its regional trade and investment in the coming years. <br />The project called Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) requires $200 billion worth of investment, and where as India is investing $13.4 billion from its own pocket, the rest is funded from loans and investment worth $184 billion by 27 leading countries in the world. <br />Details gathered by Pakistan Today revealed that the Delhi-Mumbai

Oct 11, 2010
Editor's Mail

Prison as ornament

The Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has stated that prison is an ornament of politicians. This statement can have dangerous repercussions. Generally, the prisoners are criminals of all sorts. Attrib

Oct 11, 2010
NATIONAL

ECP summons 12 lawmakers in fake degree case

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has directed 12 parliamentarians accused of having either fake or invalid educational degrees to appear on Monday before the ECP's special committee hearing t

Oct 9, 2010