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 Judges restoration and beyond |
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Raza Khan |
While the 30-day deadline, as mentioned in the Bhurban Declaration signed by the two ruling coalition partners, the heads of the PPP and PML-N, passed without fulfillment of the promise that the 60 deposed judges of the superior courts would be restored,
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| Transparency and good governance |
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Tahira Mansoor |
The economic reality, however negative, has to be faced and needs a strong political will of the state to take right decisions that might look brutal in the short run, but remove distortions in the economy in the long run.
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| National |
| Will they be restored? |
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M Ilyas Khan |
The month-long cacophony over how to restore the superior judiciary sacked by President Pervez Musharraf on November 3, has ended in confusion. The Pakistani media that shouted itself hoarse over the issue, often taking sides,
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A paradigm shift? |
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Shahid Anwar |
As the post-election euphoria recedes, we are back to the familiar, normal pattern of politics. Emerging signs show that the powerful would continue with their conventional political sport, while the powerless keep struggling for survival.
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| Zardari writing his political obituary? |
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Adnan Gill |
Asif Ali Zardari is a plain and simple opportunist who doesn't live by any principle or creed; he does whatever it takes to satisfy his personal greed.
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| Cracks among militant groups |
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Raza Khan |
While the 'peace' talks between the government and the local militants, represented by Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, badly collapsed in the very beginning, it unfolded exactly the same way with the
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| International |
| Grit in Hillary's love of fight |
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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is waving her fists across Indiana, signing autographs on boxing gloves. In recent days, Mrs. Clinton has chided the experts for "counting me out" and Senator Barack Obama for his inability to "close the deal"
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| A 'George Washington' for Europe |
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From January 2009, the European Union will have its own president to chair EU summits and unite the views of 27 member states. Here is a glimpse of the profiles of hot contestants being tipped for the top job, described by former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing as Europe's "own George Washington".
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| Economy |
| Obstacles in the way of tea production in Pakistan |
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Mian Aqeeluddin |
Pakistan, one of the largest tea consuming countries, satisfies its demand through Kenya - a major tea provider, while other tea producing countries, like Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, China and Nepal also meet the country's requirement to some extent.
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Developing Cholistan
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Shahid Khalil |
Agriculture is likely to become the mainstay of most economies, as with the advancement of technology, agriculture is being widely used for fuel production as it was used for centuries to produce food.
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Flaws in the textile industry
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Syeda Majeeda Aqeel |
Pakistan is the fourth largest exporter of textile products. Our main competitors in primary textile products, with the advantage of a large engineering sector in this region, are China and India.
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| Education |
| A fresh breeze in ME education |
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Rebecca O'Brien |
As I hear the delighted shrieks of children echo across our manicured school grounds, it is hard to remember that when I first arrived at King's Academy, in the fall of 2006, there were no trees, no teachers and no students. There was no grass, and there was no curriculum.
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| Sports |
| PCB urged to replace selectors |
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Talha Tufail Bajwa |
There have been many people who were awarded with the Pride of Performance, Tamgha-e-Imtiaz or other medals in recognition of their services in different fields, but at the same time some were ignored due to one reason or the other.
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| Book Review |
Getting Rich First: Life in
a Changing China |
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By Duncan Hewitt |
The peasant revolutionary turned lifestyle guru, the former Shaolin monk working on a Shanghai building site, the once-conservative father running a gay hotline - and the teenagers who just want to dress up as their favourite Japanese cartoon characters -
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| Religion |
Where have
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Sheila Musaji |
Muslims have accomplished great things in the last 30 years in America. There are mosques all across the country, week-end schools, full-time schools, youth groups, publishing companies, financial institutions, professional organizations,
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| Women |
| Women better managers |
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Myles Wearring |
Women are more effective in nearly all aspects of business management, with men superior in only two areas, a study has found. According to research, which collected data from over 1800 Australian female and male CEOs and managers, women scored higher than men on the key issues of strategic drive,
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| Health
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| Pursuing the next level of artificial intelligence |
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Like a good gambler, Daphne Koller, a researcher at Stanford whose work has led to advances in artificial intelligence, sees the world as a web of probabilities. There is, however, nothing uncertain about her impact.
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| Showbiz |
| Merry married Carey |
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“Touch My Body” singer Mariah Carey, 38, got secretly hitched last week to her 27-year-old boyfriend after a one-month relationship, shocking the chart-topping songbird’s family and friends. Carey married TV actor Nick Cannon at the home she just bought in Eleuthera in the Bahamas, a source close to the singer said.
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Art |
| A tribute to domestic workers |
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Mian Naeem |
Mumbai-based Vidha Saumya held a solo exhibition of drawings, titled ‘Baaji Naama’ at the Nairang Art Galleries, Lahore. The show was inaugurated by former Foreign Minister Sardar Aseff Ahmed Ali. Vidha is studying at Beacon House National University as part of the Saarc Students exchange programme.
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