| Political 'science': Irresistible force meets immovable object today
Faisal Shakeel
 The question facing an embattled prime minister as he appears before the Supreme Court today remains: Is there any option to avoid contempt proceedings without writing a letter to the Swiss against his president and party chief?
_______________________________________________ National/City
Tenure nears end: No more extensions for ISI chief
Kamran Yousaf
Given the spike in civil-military tensions, it comes as no surprise that the embattled government will not pursue any further extension to retain the services of Director General (DG) of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt General Ahmed Shuja Pasha. NAB chief holds the quill to Swiss letters?
Asad Kharal
Amidst the rancour surrounding the issue, a new legal point-of-view has come to the fore: The accountability chief is the sole authority, and does not need the president or the prime minister's approval, to write the letters and initiate proceedings in the dreaded three-lettered case – the National Reconciliation Ordinance. PTI, 'a rope around corrupt politicians' neck': Hashmi
Owais Jafri
Senior politician and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Makhdoom Javed Hashmi said on Wednesday that his party will be like a "rope around corrupt politicians' neck." JuD promises Imran Khan treat at Difa-e-Pakistan convention
Owais Jafri
The Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) said on Wednesday that their January 29 Difa-e-Pakistan gathering would be attended by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Munawar Hassan and Awami League chief Sheikh Rasheed among other religious and political party leaders. The JuD added that they had confirmed their presence for the rally. New Ambassador: Sherry Rehman presents credentials to Obama
Huma Imtiaz
United States (US) President Barack Obama met Pakistan's new ambassador to the US Sherry Rehman on Wednesday and formally accepted her credentials as ambassador.
_______________________________________________ Business
Gaming the system: It pays to be a 'professional' at OGRA
Zafar Bhutta
Officials at the country's top oil and gas regulator seem to have found a novel way to pocket some extra cash: getting a 'professional allowance' for completing graduate degrees that then bumps up their base salary by hundreds of thousands of rupees a year. 'Pakistani electronics market to grow to $3.3 billion by 2016'
Our Correspondents
Pakistan's consumer electronics market is expected to grow by an annualised average of about 13.3% to $3.3 billion by 2016, according to a newly released report by the London-based research firm Business Monitor International.
_______________________________________________ Sports
Cricket: In the lead, but not in control
Our Correspondents
Mohammad Hafeez conceded that captain Misbahul Haq's dismissal in the penultimate over of the day was a setback but backed his side to seize the initiative on the third day of the opening Test against England. Pentangular Cup: Kamran in, Malik out
Fawad Hussain
Discarded wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal will skip the Faysal Bank Pentangular Cup that kicks off today in Karachi and Islamabad.
_______________________________________________ Life & Style
Adil Omar: Rapper meets songstress
Rayan Khan
Between working on his album, releasing singles, designing a clothing line, travelling and making countless guest appearances, Adil Omar took out the time to give The Express Tribune an exclusive sneak peek into his anticipated track "Sugar Low". The song is a duet with superstar Meesha Shafi. Manto was severely affected by Partition and struggled quite a bit in Pakistan, says scholar
Our Correspondents
Saadat Hasan Manto wrote about rape, murder and the partition of the subcontinent with a mad passion which bordered on morbid reality. Once, it nearly sent him to prison.
_______________________________________________ | Opinion Make your choice
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