* Industrial executive says no one in Islamabad working on coherent plan to deal with crisis
* Banquet hall owner says new power-saving measures will not last long
Read More »Pakistanis living on the brink, and often in the dark
Army officials along with journalists take a tour in South Waziristan. – APP (File Photo)
KHAR: I had not expected Pakistan’s tribal areas to be so neat and so prosperous.
These are meant to be the badlands, mythologised as no-go areas by Kiplingesque images of xenophobic Pashtuns, jezail musket in hand, defying British troops from rugged clifftops.Read More »Breaking the myths of Pakistan’s tribal areas
By Saeed Minhas
ISLAMABAD: As discussions on the UN commission report continue to dominate conversations around the capital, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the diplomatic community, especially envoys from the US, UK and even certain European countries, have a soft spot in their hearts for former president Pervez Musharraf – notwithstanding the fact that the UN report is especially critical of his handling of the aftermath of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination. Read More »Why the West loves Musharraf?
The main traffic artery in Karachi, Sharae Faisal, is becoming a signal free, vehicles racing track, like a death trap for slower vehicles and for pedestrians.
By M. S. Qazi
The circular debt and power crisis are interlinked issues that cannot be resolved unless all the stakeholders, consumers, power generation and distribution companies and the government decide to adamantly resolve them in a comprehensive manner. Read More »The dilemma of circular debt and energy crisis in Pakistan
The total foreign reserves held by the country stood at $15,048.2 million on 10th
April, 2010. The break-up of the foreign reserves position is as under: Read More »Pakistan’s liquid foreign reserves position
Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Friday announced that senior citizens over the age of 60 years are entitled to claim 50 percent rebate in the payment of tax outstanding against them. The FBR has… Read More »ISLAMABAD: Senior citizens to avail 50% tax rebate in payable income
* Dealers’ cartel manipulating prices, causing artificial shortage
* Non-genuine batteries flood market, add to consumers’ woes
LAHORE: Prices of gadgets that provide electricity during power outages are skyrocketing in the provincial capital, in the face of government assurances to curtail load shedding.
Read More »LAHORE: UPS, battery prices skyrocket
KARACHI: Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Executive Board President and Commander 5 Corps Lt Gen Shahid Iqbal Friday directed the DHA management to tap wind and solar energy available in abundance in DHA City on the Super Highway and indigenously manufacture solar panels and wind turbines for domestic use at a cost-effective and affordable price.
Read More »DHA directed to manufacture solar panels and wind turbines at affordable prices
KARACHI: The global footprint now exceeds the Earth’s capacity to regenerate by about 30 percent, and if the human needs continued at the same rate, they would need two new planets by 2030 to sustain life, said prominent environmentalist and WWF-Pakistan Regional Director Dr Ghulam Akbar on Thursday.
Read More »‘Humans may need two more planets by 2030’