The Express Tribune Newsletter: July 25, 2012

Today's Headlines Swiss letter: PM has to flout 'unlawful' court orders, govt tells SC Qamar Zaman The desperation is evident. The government attempted a curious move on the eve of a potentially-decisive hearing for Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf regarding the implementation of court orders in the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) case. Balochistan law and order case: FC will not go scot-free, warns apex court Qaiser Zulfiqar With a back and forth between the Supreme Court and the Frontier Corps (FC) having continued for months over the Balochistan law and order case, it seems things are finally set to wrap up – and the FC is not likely to get off lightly. Ramazan promises: With few options left, govt likely to increase load-shedding Zafar Bhutta Having failed to fulfil its promise of ending power outages during Sehri and Iftar, the government is likely to make its offer conditional – in order to ensure a supply of power during these timings, the government has decided to increase load-shedding throughout the country. After 31 years, Khalil Chishti back to teach virology at Karachi University Noman Ahmed Spending 20 years in Indian jails has not wavered 80-year-old Prof Dr Khalil Chishti's passion for virology.   Business Survival mode: Pakistan Steel Mills gets Rs8.6b bailout package Shahbaz Rana The government on Tuesday approved another bailout package of Rs8.6 billion to stop Pakistan Steel Mills from a complete collapse after the entity suffered fresh losses of Rs21.4 billion during the last twelve months mainly because of delay in release of funds by the finance ministry.  New forays: State Life to enter Islamic insurance market Kazim Alam Within days of regulators announcing that conventional insurance firms would be allowed to set up "Islamic windows", State Life Insurance Corporation – the largest insurance company in the country – has made clear its intentions of launching its own brand of Shariah-compliant insurance products. _______________________________________________ Sports Olympics: Fasting or training, ponder athletes Nabeel Hashmi The last batch of Pakistani athletes for the 2012 Olympics – sprinter Liaquat Ali and 800m runner Rabiya Ashiq – will leave for London today, caught between the importance of fasting and dreams of Olympics glory. Hockey: Undeterred Greenshirts train on Fawad Hussain The Pakistan hockey team, the first squad from the country to arrive in England ahead of the Olympics, remained undeterred despite The Sun's story revealing a fake passport scam that promised fake visas and travel with the country's Olympics squad to England. _______________________________________________ Life & Style 'Touch, but not too much': From rickshaws to kurtas Momina Sibtain Truck and bus art are forms of poetic expression in Pakistan. Satirical poetry has become a way for the common man to articulate his inner reflections and rickshaw art is no different in this regard. Do not let the tiny exterior of the vehicle fool you into thinking that the driver's inner bard is confined.  Mangoes are all the rage Rafay Mahmood If you're busy savouring succulent chaunsas andlangras, a new namesake TV series will give you another reason to smile.  With the release of the first four episodes of the first season, "Mangoes" has developed its own cult following on Youtube as its popularity increases daily on the social media front. _______________________________________________

Opinion The Election Commision's failure in the NA-151 by-election Sarwar Bari A damsel in deliberate distress Farrukh Khan Pitafi Indian strategic thinking Tariq Fatemi Incentivising change Talat Masood Whose sovereignty? Yaqoob Khan Bangash Blogs Terror and bloodshed in Balochistan: Who's to blame? Fatima Mujtaba Saaen to saeen, let the Mohajir also be saeen! Meiryum Ali Shaista Zaid and the black days of the past Bina Shah She left me on my wedding day Shan Nasir Poll Do you think public sentiment should dictate media content? No (59%, 301 Votes)  Yes (41%, 205 Votes)  Total Voters: 506 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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