The Express Tribune Newsletter: April 10, 2012

Today's Headlines Siachen tragedy – Day 3: With hope lost, rescuers face new dangers Sumera Khan With a search operation under way for the past 52 hours and fresh snowfall, hopes of finding 135 people buried by an avalanche faded swiftly — and new concerns emerged. Repatriation: Deportation papers of OBL's family completed  Our Correspondent The travel documents of Osama bin Laden's family members have been completed by the interior and foreign affairs ministry — his Yemini wife and five children will be deported back after serving a seven-day prison sentence. Politics of minority: MPA accused of posing as Christian to get seat Rana Tanveer A petition has been filed in the Lahore High Court seeking the disqualification of an MPA elected on a minority seat on the grounds that he is actually a Muslim. Joint session: No breakthrough on domestic violence bill Our Correspondents Deadlock remained over the passage of the Domestic Violence Bill, 2009 in Parliament, despite the government's promise to address the opposition's concerns over some controversial clauses. Business The switcheroo: Instead of Iran, import power from Central Asia, says US Zafar Bhutta It seems that the United States will try just about any approach to dissuade Pakistan from going ahead with the Iran-Pakistan pipeline, pitching ideas that are overly optimistic at best and delusional at worst. The latest in this line-up is the idea that Pakistan should import about 8,300 megawatts of electricity from the Central Asian republics, with the transmission lines passing through war-torn Afghanistan. Fertiliser sector expected to post losses for first quarter of 2012 Farooq Tirmizi A combination of gas supply issues, plant shutdowns, and cheaper imports have led to abysmal sales for nearly all of the major companies in the fertiliser sector, and most of them are expected to post losses in the first quarter of 2012, according to analysts. _______________________________________________ Sports Pakistan-India series: PCB happy with progress on bilateral ties Fawad Hussain President Asif Ali Zardari's visit to India and the comments coming in from the Indian cricket board have seemingly broken the deadlock that blocked the resumption of cricketing ties between the two countries. Iran players 'did not want to wait for a connecting flight' Natasha Raheel Frustrated by the teams' withdrawal from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) under-14 festival, the country's federation has registered an official complaint against Iran. _______________________________________________ Life & Style Day 2: Fashion Pakistan Week 2012 Hani Taha It's been an intense fortnight of fashion with the Showcase having ended last weekend only to herald in Fashion Pakistan Week 2012 this weekend. And while the Showcase made no claims of gaining an edge over other fashion platforms for 'content', FP certainly did announce a theme: high street. 'Afsoos': Khan ends 'Uth Records' on a high note Rafay Mahmood Following the reverberating performance of Orangenoise, "Uth Records" introduced their final artist for this season, Rahim Saranjam Khan, who hails from Peshawar, a place that has lately become the powerhouse of raw Pakistani talent. _______________________________________________

Opinion Who controls foreign policy in Pakistan? Dr Tariq Rahman In defence of Misbah Sahibzada M Irfan Can we emulate Turkey? Imtiaz Gul A Pakistani miracle in India Jyoti Malhotra Zardari's visit to India and after Tariq Fatemi  Blogs How the One Rupee Project can help literacy Muhammad Mustaqeem Yousfani Why Imran Nazir should be on the T20 team Waqas Ahmad Ibn-e-Khaldun and other forgotten Muslim heroes Tamiur Arbab Not impressed by Pawnay 14 August Salman Abedin  Poll Do you think President Zardari's visit to India will help ease tension between the two countries? Yes (38%, 335 Votes) No (62%, 550 Votes) Total Voters: 885 Links Contact us Tribune on Facebook Tribune on Twitter About us RSS Feed Subscribe to the Paper Careers Copyrights Jobs Classifieds

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