LAHOREQuestion hour began yesterday with the Punjab Education Minister Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman put at the answering pedestal. The day was embarrassing for the minister as he was forced to apologise ove
It is a strange fact that we allow dictators to run our beloved country for almost a decade while we start protests and ask for a change when the democratic government is in power. The democracy canno
The former Prime Minister and the President have gone the wrong way. Both of them are involved in a tirade that seems to be not ending any soon. If any of them is sincere to the country, they would st
EDO says MDA has illegally occupied 14,000 acres of landMDA has failed to pay the Rs 10 billion price for this landMDA allots six acres to MNA's son without permission KARACHIT
QuettaThere should be a pressure-free environment where litigants can seek justice easily, Balochistan High Court Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa said while addressing an inauguration ceremony of a newly
It is a shame the present government has done nothing substantial in helping the flood affected people. Most of them are still without any shelter and food supplies. They need to have basic provisions
BusinessISLAMABAD: Commerce Ministers of Pakistan and Afghanistan are expected to sign a final draft of the Afghanistan Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) in Kabul in the next few days. Official sources
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
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
The self-preservation tendencies of corruption are reaching new heights. They are finding legal ways to shelter their illegal ones. This Amendment Ordinance has seriously curtailed the independence an
NATIONALISLAMABAD:The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the government's plea seeking replacement of its counsel and more time to plead the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) review petition, already set
After seeing the popularity of Gen Pervez Musharraf during his address in UK, all the political parties in Pakistan are flabbergasted. It is an eye opener for all the critics of Musharraf. He even managed to collect a huge amount of money for flood relief efforts in little time. The PML-N leaders are feeling bitter about the salvo of Musharraf's language but they have forgotten their own language that they have been using against Musharraf for the last three years. <br />The paid
