| Memogate scandal: Defiant premier pulls rank
Our Correspondents
As a military man, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani will know the phrase "to pull rank". As army chief, he will be unaccustomed to being on the receiving end.
_______________________________________________ National/City Zardari-Kayani meeting shows 'limited options' for all
Kamran Yousaf
The face-to-face meeting between President Asif Zardari and army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani might have helped the two sides pull back from the brink, but the worst is not over yet, according to a senior member of the embattled Pakistan Peoples Party-led government. Riyadh helped thaw the frost in Islamabad
Zia Khan
The road from Islamabad to Rawalpindi goes through Riyadh, especially in times of crisis. In Rahim Yar Khan: Bomb attack on mourners kills 18
Kashif Zafar / Owais Jafri
A bomb ripped through a Shia mourning procession killing 18 mourners and wounding dozens, some of them critically, in southern Punjab on Sunday. TTP chief Hakimullah Mehsud killed in drone strike: Report
Iftikhar Firdous
Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP) leader Hakimullah Mehsud was killed in a drone strike on Thursday, media reports said on Sunday. Shahzain announces bounty for Musharraf
News Desk
Shahzain Bugti, a grandson of slain Bugti chieftain Nawab Akbar Bugti, on Sunday announced head money for former military ruler Pervez Musharraf.
_______________________________________________ Business Personal finance: Why investing in urban real estate may not be a good idea
Kazim Alam
Pakistanis love investing in real estate. It is considered a safe, solid investment that yields good returns. Except that it does not. An analysis of the numbers suggests that far from being a reliable investment, urban real estate in Pakistan may be overvalued and headed for a correction. No free lunch: Rising price of wheat flour: trust the market to deliver
Ali Salman
There is a famous Urdu couplet which translates like this: you go back to the same 'hakeem' for medicine, whose very prescription has caused you illness. This self-defeating tendency was featured in the policy prescriptions announced at the policy forum organised by Oxfam GB recently on 'Food Price Volatility and Policy Options' in the wake of rising food prices.
_______________________________________________ Sports Cricket: Pakistan U19 register third win
Our Correspondents
A superb all-round performance ensured Pakistan under-19 secured their third successive win in the Tri-Nation Series, defeating Zimbabwe under-19 by a comfortable 90-run margin at the Bridge House School, Franschhoek. Shaky start for Pakistan shooters in Doha
Fawad Hussain
Pakistan struggled in their opening events at the 12th Asian Shooting Championship, underway in Doha, as they seek a berth in the 2012 Olympics.
_______________________________________________ Life & Style Daniyal Noorani: Asking the big questions
Rayan Khan
"Hey, what's goin on over here? Something's just not right; my head is spinning with questions," says a line from Daniyal Noorani's single "Find Heaven". Galle Literary Festival: Calling all bookworms
Jaffer Bilgrami
With a few more days to go, plans to stage the much talked about literary event of the South Asian region — Galle Literary Festival (GLF) have now gathered pace.
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Opinion Iran's Bomb and Pakistan
Pervez Hoodbhoy Setting right a historic wrong
Fauzia Wahab More democracy, not less
Rasul Bakhsh Rais An early election
Tanvir Ahmad Khan Push and pull — and public space
Shahzad Chaudhry Blogs There is no shame in using a jharoo
Faraz Talat David Warner: A true cricketing metamorphosis
Omer Kamal Bin Farooq The corruption within
Talha Nadeem What a gori learned in India
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