Services Hospital performs surgery to recover phones
Narcotics smuggling into jail through thick layers on pizza
Hashish, opium seized during physical searches
Prisoners put in Chakki for one month
Associated Press of Pakistan
The Prisons Department on the special directive of the Punjab Chief Minister in a crackdown has recovered 30 cell phones from the rectums of prisoners in camp jail while another 7 were retrieved after proper surgery in Services Hospital. Continue reading »
Following are the results of the recent polls conducted at Overseas Pakistani Friends website. Although a limited number of visiting friends participated in the polls but the results are very interesting.
The government is not oblivious of its follies and accepts that education in Pakistan suffer from two key deficiencies: access to educational opportunities remains low and quality of education is weak, not only in relation to Pakistan’s goals but also in international comparisons Continue reading »
Let us be clear that the direction of the anti-Soviet jihad was determined by us. We decided after the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan not to dismantle the jihadi network and to use it for other purposes. We decided to support the Taliban and thus furthered the spread of extremism in our border areas Continue reading »
Supporters appreciate former president’s economic policies, efforts against extremism
ISLAMABAD: Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf is gone from the presidential palace, but he is by no means forgotten on Facebook, the online networking site where friends and foes are fighting over his legacy. Continue reading »
By Dr Rubina Saigol
The government and some political leaders have advanced a number of different arguments against holding Pakistan’s former dictator accountable for his actions in a court of law. Some of these arguments are based on moral considerations while others are premised on expediency and pragmatism. One needs to look critically at the reasons provided for ‘safe or honourable exit’ and ‘indemnity’ to evaluate their merits and demerits.
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By Ayaz Amir
In a land which has always excelled at all kinds of ironies—none more striking than the constant gap between rhetoric and reality—the ultimate irony has to be Asif Ali Zardari as president of the Islamic Republic. Someone more vilified and demonised over the years than even that other target of righteous anger, Gen Yahya Khan, chosen by the flow of events to preside over the breakup of Pakistan. Continue reading »
establishment to decide quickly
By Shaheen Sehbai
ISLAMABAD: A grave threat perception is fast developing in Islamabad’s key power centres, around Asif Ali Zardari’s attempt to occupy the presidency. The concern is not about his political right to contest the election but about the way he has adopted, the tactics that he is using, the misleading claims, broken promises, petty politicking, unauthorised name dropping and other tactics to achieve his political ambitions. Continue reading »
ONE of the issues frequently raised by political parties is that the crises of the state and the plight of the people have been aggravated by the failure of political institutions. New institutions have not been developed, it is said, and the institutions created in the olden days have been destroyed. Continue reading »
Prometheus remains an appealing symbol of both raw courage and defiance, the archetypal Greek deity who took on the might of the ruler presiding over the Olympian pantheon Continue reading »
need more ideas. Could you please send me your questions that could fit this answer. Please note that there are still 92 more years in this century. That is three generations! How sad!
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MARYAM RASHID
It was in late 18th century, when Adam Smith, a Scotsman, wrote in his famous book titled “Inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations” that those nations are politically sovereign which are economically reign or economically strong. In Pakistan’s context specially from the perspective of the current socio-economic scenario, it has proved to be a perfect and ideologically correct philosophy. Continue reading »
SARFARAZ AHMED
Has the time come for the government to stun the nation by making an admission that it has expended all its energies towards “effecting a change in the political system” and that its focus on political issues is badly undermining its ability to deal with a rapidly worsening economy? Continue reading »
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has imposed regulatory duty (RD), ranging from 15 to 50 percent, on the import of around 379 luxury items including luxurious vehicles and mobile phones with effect from August 28, 2008. The regulatory duty shall not be levied on the items imported under Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs). Continue reading »
“As for the others, their life, so far as they knew, was as it had always been. They were generally hungry, they slept on straw, they drank from the pool, they laboured in the field; in winter they were troubled by the cold, and in summer by the flies… Sometimes the older ones among them racked their dim memories and tried to determine whether in the early days of the Rebellion…things had been better or worse than now. Continue reading »