Islamabad: Potohari craft village to open soon
ISLAMABAD: CDA Sports and Cultural Directorate will complete a Rs 180 million Potohari Craft and Village project by September 30.
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Islamabad: UK govt announces Points Based System visa for students 124
* 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.
Trump card —Mahmud Sipra
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
CIA outlines Pakistan links with militants: Army denies ‘malicious’ report
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.
Islamabad: CDA blunders make allottees suffer the most
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.
Interior ministry now trying to grab NAB
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).
A failed civilian coup- Ikram Sehgal 1
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) […]
Musharraf’s nuclear sell-out- Part II
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 […]
Landhi bio-gas test plant to revolutionise energy production in Pakistan
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.
Pakistan at the crossroads
Saeed Qureshi Pakistan is in the grip of a pervasive panic and swelling tumult. The downtrodden sections of society are clamoring for a right to live. The poverty and despondency is writ large on the face of Pakistan and its inhabitants barring the resourceful. Prophets of doom and skeptics apart, […]