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 Uncertain future of judges |
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Raza Khan |
Predictably, the talks between the coalition partners, the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) on the issue of the restoration of deposed judges, have fallen through.
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| Poor nation, prodigal leaders |
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Tahira Mansoor |
It will now be criminal to pay only lip-service to austerity in non-development expenditures. Elected representatives, though appear unmoved in this regard, as is evident from the united opposition of the Senate to curb foreign visits.
Pakistan needs to save every penny. Its economy is in dire straits, not because of any resource crunch but due to unconscionable wasting of its resources.
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| National |
| Colossal miscalculation |
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Shahid Anwar |
The US, President Musharraf and Asif Zardari appear to believe that the PPP's popular support base provides them enough room to manipulate. But it will be a colossal mistake to keep defying the will of the people.
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Now a deal with Fazlullah |
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Raza Khan |
There have been reports that the NWFP government, led by the Awami National Party, has struck a peace deal with the Maulana Fazlullah-led militants in Swat. The deal which has been termed as a 'ceasefire'
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| Why the coalition collapsed |
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Simon Robinson |
Allow President Pervez Musharraf a little chuckle: the general had always rationalized his military rule in Pakistan by claiming that the country's civilian politicians were too feckless and self-serving to govern effectively.
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| International |
| Is it time to invade Burma? |
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Romesh Ratnesar |
The disaster in Burma presents the world with perhaps its most serious humanitarian crisis since the 2004 Asian tsunami. By most reliable estimates, close to 100,000 people are dead. Delays in delivering relief to the victims,
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| The five mistakes Hillary made |
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Karen Tumulty |
For all her talk about "full speed on to the White House," there was an unmistakably elegiac tone to Hillary Clinton's primary-night speech in Indianapolis. And if one needed further confirmation that the undaunted,
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| Economy |
| The fallout of high inflation |
| Syeda Majeeda Aqeel |
Causes of inflation have been much discussed in economic literature and policy debates. There is, however, little disagreement that in the long run, inflation is primarily a monetary phenomenon.
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Meeting rising crops, livestock demand
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| Shahid Khalil |
The rise in edible commodities' rates in Pakistan are not restricted to grains, pulses or vegetables but it has impacted all dairy products and meat despite the fact that the production of milk and meat is increasing in the country.
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| How to boost textile exports |
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Mian Aqeeluddin |
Exports have a great deal to do with the state of industrialisation of an economy. It is more important at present in a highly competitive global market that has an unending appetite for innovative,
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| Education |
| India still poor on education |
| Sudeshna Sen |
India trails far behind the other BRIC countries on, hold your breath, its track record on education; compared to Russia, China, and Brazil. India's growth environment score for education hovers just above 4, on par with global average for developing countries, and way below the 8,
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| Sports |
| Pakistan fine-tunes for Olympics |
| Talha Tufail Bajwa |
Four Olympic-bound hockey teams are fine-tuning their preparations at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament in Malaysia.
A rejuvenated Pakistan hockey team, after demonstrating a reasonable game in the first three matches,
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| Book Review |
Freedom in Exile |
| By the Dalai Lama |
In 1938, a two-year old boy was recognised through a traditional process of discovery as being the reincarnation of all previous Dalai Lamas, the spiritual rulers of Tibet. Taken away from his parents, he was brought up in Lhasa according to a monastic regimen of rigorous austerity ,
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| Religion |
Offering a gentler vision of Islam |
| Sabrina Tavernise |
Praying in Pakistan has not been easy for Mesut Kacmaz, a Muslim teacher from Turkey. He tried the mosque near his house, but it had Israeli and Danish flags painted on the floor for people to step on.
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| Women |
| Supporting mothers; supporting women |
| Tamara Lorincz and
Michelle Maccallum |
Every year, Save the Children, an international non-governmental organization, produces the Mothers' Index, a ranking of how well mothers are faring in countries around the world.
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| Health
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| A noble profession |
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Nursing has existed in various forms in every culture, although the definition of the term and the practice of nursing have changed greatly over the years.
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| Forgetting no more a flaw |
Memory researcher Dr. Scott Small would like to reassure you that you're not losing your wits. Visit him in his lab at Columbia University's Medical Center, tell him how the last time you went to a party, you couldn't put names to faces, how telephone numbers slip your mind, and he'll walk to his blackboard, pick up a piece of chalk and draw two lines. One, he will tell you,
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| Showbiz |
| Indiana Jones is battling the internet |
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Now comes the part where Indiana Jones dangles over the snake pit of public opinion. Reviewers have already struck at the film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, despite an intense effort by the director Steven Spielberg, the executive producer George Lucas and Paramount Pictures to keep this highly anticipated sequel out of sight until May 18.
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Art |
| An amazing spectrum |
| Mian Naeem |
The works, put on display at the Ustad Allah Buksh Gallery Alhamra, are a treat for art lovers and a strong expression of commitment and hard work by the outgoing class of MFA, Institute of Art and Design, Punjab University.
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