ISLAMABAD: CDA Sports and Cultural Directorate will complete a Rs 180 million Potohari Craft and Village project by September 30. Continue reading »
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Jul 312008
* Students will be able to check online whether they qualify for visa before applying
ISLAMABAD: The British government announced the extension of the Points Based System (PBS) for UK visas to students on Wednesday, a statement by the British High Commission (BHC) said.
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Pakistan has invested a lot into the careers of such fine officers as Munir Akram and his younger brother. Let us not fritter away such assets because of a perceived missed beat of the party line Continue reading »
Jul 312008
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army on Wednesday rejected a “malicious” report that a top Central Intelligence Agency official visiting this month confronted Islamabad over ties between the country’s intelligence service and militants. Continue reading »
Jul 312008
The hiccups in development of residential sectors D-12, I-15 and G-13 are fast adding to the woes of allottees – thanks to slow pace of development work, lack of professionalism and differences between the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and contractors. Continue reading »
Jul 312008
By Muhammad Ahmad Noorani
ISLAMABAD: After a failed coup against the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Intelligence Bureau (IB), the interior ministry is now out to grab the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
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Jul 312008
Timed to go into effect before the prime minister reached the US, the bizarre government notification at nine pm on July 26, putting both the ISI and the IB under the “administrative, financial and operational” control of the federal interior ministry was no accident, it was deliberately intended to (1) demonstrate grandly to the US while the prime minister was there that the civilian govt had “brought the ISI to heel” and (2) enhance and solidify Asif Zardari’s control over the country. Continue reading »
Jul 312008
Asif Ezdi
In an interview on Dec 18, 2006, Under-secretary Burns said “There are some Pakistanis who…are not happy about [the nuclear deal with India] — not President Musharraf, but people beneath him.” The question naturally arises why Musharraf was “happy” – or at least not unhappy – with the deal. Why was he able to declare that the results of Bush’s visit, in which the US president bluntly and categorically told the Pakistani people that Pakistan would not be given civil nuclear technology, were “positive”? Why did Musharraf not refute Bush’s arguments, at their joint press conference, that Pakistan could not get nuclear technology while India would? Continue reading »
Jul 312008
By Saad Hasan
KARACHI: Deep inside a part of Landhi, where even a jeep struggles to cross, lies state-of-the-art technology which will use buffalo dung to change the economics and environment of the locality.
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