| Rabbani pours cold water over new province firestorm
Qamar Zaman 
The question of new provinces has ignited a political firestorm in the National Assembly over the last few days – so much so that the slanging matches between political parties even disregarded a plea by the prime minister himself to calm the situation down during Friday's session.
_______________________________________________ National/City
Zardari breaks silence: 'Govt will accept parliamentary panel's findings on memo'
Our Correspondents
President Asif Ali Zardari has said that his government will accept the findings of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security on the Memogate scandal because parliament is the supreme institution of the country.
Memogate: US wants Husain Haqqani to be accorded due consideration of law
Huma Imtiaz
State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland says that they hope that former Pakistan ambassador to US, Husain Haqqani would be accorded due consideration under law, and that they maintain regular contact with his wife, Farahnaz Ispahani.
Corruption in district courts must be wiped out: CJP
Azam Khan
Corruption in the judicial system adversely affects and lowers public confidence in judicial system, Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry stated while addressing an inauguration ceremony of a lawyers' club and chamber at the Rawalpindi district courts.
Govt offloads projects from development budget
Shahbaz Rana
The government appears serious about managing its development funds, and has started trimming non-development expenditures from the scarce pool.
Pakistan rejects New Delhi's baseline system for Sir Creek
Our Correspondents
Pakistan on Friday posted a strong challenge to India's position on the Sir Creek estuary border dispute. The manifest has been posted on the United Nations web site, saying Islamabad does not recognise the New Delhi-promulgated baseline system._____________________________________________
Business
Power outages: Energy crisis linked to rising crime in Punjab's industrial heartland
Imran Rana
It has not been a happy new year so far for both labourers and industrialists in Faisalabad, both of whom oddly find themselves allied against what they perceive to be the government's gross mismanagement of the energy crisis.
Alternative investments: Cyan - tailoring private equity to local market
Farooq Tirmizi
It is tough to be a private equity investor in a country with a small public equity market that does not have enough investment avenues into the growth sectors of the economy. For Cyan, the key to being a successful private equity firm in Pakistan appears to be to create an "eco-system" of businesses that the company maintains relationships with.____________________________________________ Sports
'Thanks for 2011 guys. Let's see more of that...'
Our Correspondents
Cricket captain Misbah-ul Haq was full of confidence his fast-rising team will have more success in 2012 after overcoming a spot-fixing scandal and remaining unbeaten last year.
Khan accuses unidentified man of 'interference'
Our Correspondents
British boxer Amir Khan, who lost his WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles to American Lamont Peterson, has accused an unidentified man of 'interfering' with officials and the judges' scorecards during his defeat, according to BBC Sport.
_______________________________________________ Life & Style
Movie on Imran Khan: Kaptaan's wheel in motion
Our Correspondents
The much-awaited Kaptaan — a film based on the life arc of Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan is slated to release nationwide by the end of February, according to the film's PR and communication agent Amar Tareen.
Ghostbusters: Nightwalking in the capital
Rayan Khan
Black magicians, demons, spirits, jinn, afreet — the supernatural pantheon continues to haunt the human psyche. Take an artist like Lady Gaga — the paranoid songstress invested thousands of dollars in specter-sensing technology and employed a team of Ghostbusters from New York to scan all hotels and concert venues before she checks in. For those of us who can't afford such frivolous expenditures, paranormal activity is accepted as a regular part of daily life.______________________________________________ | Opinion
Origin, authenticity, purpose?
Amina Jilani
More equal than others in death
Tazeen Javed
Arab origins
Salman Rashid
Hope and forgetting in Pakistan
Britta Peterson
'Them' and 'us'
Ajmal Kamal Blogs
10 things I hate about Indian soapsSana Iqbal
Photoshopping the prime minister
Musab Memon
Spare me the Zionist conspiracies
Mani Khawaja
Who is the ISI reporting to?
Nadir Hassan Poll
Do you feel the media gives enough coverage to minority issues?
No (90%, 309 Votes)
Yes (10%, 36 Votes)
Total Voters: 345
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