By Rauf Klasra
ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf’s desire to see the imported foreign wheat land thousands of miles away at the Gwadar Port is said to have greatly contributed to the flour crisis in the country as it delayed transportation of the multi-million dollar consignment from the remote area of Balochistan to the wheat shortage areas of the Punjab and other parts of the country. Continue reading »
By Ansar Abbasi
ISLAMABAD: Asif Ali Zardari has proved yet again that he is not a man of his word.
In Geo’s popular talk show — Dr Shahid Masood’s Meray Mutabiq — on Monday Asif Ali Zardari backed off from his public pledge as well as the Murree Declaration that he had signed with Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on March 9, 2008. Continue reading »
By Tariq Butt
ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf and his political allies have a lot to rejoice over because of the stalemate that hit the Dubai talks between the top leaders of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on the question of the restoration of the deposed judges. Continue reading »
FAISALABAD (April 29 2008): Asian Development Bank will provide six million dollars from the Asian Development Fund for Lahore rapid mass transit system, while the Punjab government will provide 1.5 million dollars from its resources to launch the second phase of the project, which will be completed and commissioned by December. Continue reading »
LAHORE: DHA Lahore is a residential paradise; 12000 homes are situated within its boundaries.
A $10,000 per capita income of every household makes DHA the real target area for any commercial activity. Continue reading »
LAHORE: The Excise and Taxation Department Punjab has prepared a summary of the proposed plan of 25 per cent increase in the existing property tax rates throughout the province to present before the new Excise Minister for his approval, The Post has learnt. Continue reading »
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ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has started work to convert Islamabad Highway into an expressway comprising 11 underpasses and interchanges.Islamabad Highway would be made signal-free and the project would take around a year to complete. Continue reading »
Bureau has taken initiatives to control corruption
Muhammad Usman
ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has made a comprehensive action plan by framing detailed instructions for the housing societies, development authorities and regulatory bodies to check rampant corruption in this sector. Continue reading »
The writer is a freelance journalist with over twenty years of experience in national and international reporting
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Ahmed Quraishi
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An exclusive interview at home with Imran Khan
By Daphne Barak
Q. Yesterday the Olympic torch arrived to Islamabad. President Musharraf and PM Gilani were there, along with 1000 VIP. But oops… you – the most famous Pakistani overseas, a sportsman – were not invited… Continue reading »
Inflation is not a new phenomenon in India. Every time there is more money in the market, more people chase the goods which do not keep pace with the demand. Some time, traders hoard certain commodities to create scarcity with the purpose of increasing their unearned profit. Continue reading »