| Women-specific bills passed: Fourteen-year jail term for acid-throwers
Sumera Khan
 Acid victims sitting in the gallery of the upper house witnessed the landmark Senate proceedings in awe.
_______________________________________________ National/City Crafting a response: Envoys want less emotion, more strategy in policies
Kamran Yousaf
Pakistani diplomats serving in key world capitals have tried to calm down the government over its 'kneejerk' reaction to last month's Nato airstrikes that killed two dozen troops. Discipline?: 45 students chained up in seminary, recovered
Noman Ahmed
The police moved into the Afghan Camp on Monday night near Sohrab Goth to recover around 45 persons who were kept chained-up in a basement of a seminary. US hopeful of mending ties after Salala setback: Munter
Our Correspondents
United States Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter in an interview on Monday said that the Mohmand Agency border incident, in which at least 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed, was a setback for Pakistan-US ties, and that his country wanted to rebuild cooperation in areas of economy, military and intelligence sharing. No more 'tax holiday': Pakistan mulls ending tax breaks for NATO trucks
Our Correspondents
Pakistan is considering charging "millions of dollars" in taxes on Nato trucks and tankers which pass through Pakistan on their way to Afghanistan under what was previously a 'verbal understanding'. 'Third force': Musharraf vexed about Imran's rise in politics
News Desk
The rise of Imran Khan and his party Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) as an 'alternative third force' in mainstream politics isn't sitting too well with former president Pervez Musharraf and his All Pakistan Muslim League (APML).
_______________________________________________ Business PSO gets new chief
Our Correspondents
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Monday appointed Naeem Yahya Mir as managing director of Pakistan State Oil (PSO), replacing Acting MD Jehangir Shah, as part of a planned restructuring of oil and gas companies, says the Prime Minister's House. Spiralling cost: PM reconstitutes Neelum-Jhelum project board
Zafar Bhutta
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has reconstituted board of directors of Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Company, a special purpose vehicle created for executing the project whose cost has escalated to Rs330 billion from Rs130 billion because of delay in work and modification in design after the 2005 earthquake, sources say.
_______________________________________________ Sports Afridi looking for 'good innings'
Fawad Hussain
Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi wants to improve his batting as he prepares for the T20 Big Bash to be held in Australia. Afridi will represent Melbourne Renegades and is aiming for useful exposure in Australian conditions. Boxing: Amir plans inquiry after shock loss
Our Correspondents
Amir Khan's camp has announced that the British boxer plans an inquiry with sanctioners over the performance of referee Joe Cooper and the ringside judges after his controversial defeat to Lamont Peterson.
_______________________________________________ Life & Style Moin Khan: What's your agenda?
Hani Taha
Creativity and patriotism rarely seem to go hand in hand. When one thinks of doing something for one's country or its people, it's usually along the lines of traditional campaigning or fighting for some grave cause. Moin Khan, a young 24-year-old biker from Lahore, however, has demonstrated quite quirkily that there are myriad ways of showing love for the country,riding around the world on your trusted bike, for instance. Ali Zafar & LPNY: Musical pair
Our Correspondents
Ali Zafar, who has turned composer for his upcoming Bollywood film, London Paris New York (LPNY), told his fans earlier that his film's music is not going to be conventional. The singer's publicist, Ammara Hikmat, has also announced on Twitter that "Ali Zafar has taken two female singers from Pakistan with amazing vocals to add that oomph to LPNY's music". The names of these singers have not been disclosed yet.
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Opinion Jettison external load
Shahzad Chaudhry Politics and memogate
Zafar Hilaly Perspective for a policy review
Dr Akmal Hussain Misguided threats
Aasim Zafar Khan Veena Malik and the battle for hydro-influence
Jyoti Malhotra Blogs Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Journalist, writer and carpenter
Intezaar Hussain 'No Baba, not her 18th birthday party, her wedding'
Meiryum Ali Pakistan's trouble can never be India's gain
Sanjay Kumar Bonded to brick kilns: A song for revolution
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