| Haqqani sets sail from Pakistan
Zahid Gishkori 
Pakistan's former Ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani departed from Pakistan under thick security blanket in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
_______________________________________________ National/City Losing steam: Rust sets in on Memogate
Our Correspondents
With an extension for a judicial probe and a removal of a travel ban on the principal accused, the urgency, it seems, has officially abated – despite another "secret letter" to the chief justice by Mansoor Ijaz. Tainted medicines: With no answers forthcoming, SC enters the fray
Azam Khan / Samia Saleem
The Supreme Court has summoned the authorities involved in the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) free medicine disaster. As the court took suo motu notice, the death toll was reported to have reached 114, with at least 400 people currently under treatment at various hospitals in Lahore. The case will be heard on Tuesday (today). Sectarian & ethnic attacks?: One killed in Gulberg, 3 in New Karachi
Faraz Khan
A wave of killings continue to plague Karachi, as another man from the Shia sect was targeted in the limits of Gulberg Police Station on Monday. Youth awareness: How to build a nation
Ayesha Hasan
'Be the change you want to bring' was the message given by panellists at a seminar held on Monday at Kinnaird College for Women. Obama admits US drone strikes into Pakistan
AFP
President Barack Obama on Monday admitted that US drone aircraft have struck Taliban and al Qaeda targets within Pakistan -operations that until now had not been officially acknowledged.
_______________________________________________ Business Neelum-Jhelum project: Pakistan negotiating $448m loan with China
Shahbaz Rana
Pakistan and China are negotiating a $448 million loan to help finance the 969-megawatt Neelum Jhelum hydropower project, which has run into cash flow problems owing to bureaucratic delays. Those delays have caused the cost of the project to rise to Rs330 billion ($3.7 billion). Increase of 3 to 6 per cent expected in oil prices
Zafar Bhutta
Consumers may face an increase of 6 per cent or Rs6.29 in oil prices per litre from February 1 following a rise in crude prices in the international market, government officials say.
_______________________________________________ Sports Pakistan vs England: Spinning magic, wreaking havoc
Fawad Hussain
In stark comparison to the 1990s when Pakistan were blessed with the pace duo of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis who won the team several matches and destroyed the strongest batting line-ups, the team now relies on death by spin, with Saeed Ajmal and Abdur Rehman drawing the world's best to their knees. Hockey: I'm with the federation in age row, says Heuvel
Our Correspondents
Pakistan hockey coach Michel van den Heuvel has backed the country's hockey federation for imposing an age-restriction ban on players participating in the national championship, terming it one that will help find young blood.
_______________________________________________ Life & Style FCP's dining revolution disappoints
Hani Taha
When a company announces a 'dining revolution', one automatically envisions a grand gastronomical fest with golden platters containing aesthetically pleasing food. And if the company in question is the vibrant food portal, Food Connection Pakistan (FCP), with clever invites in the form of inscribed plates, then one rightfully expects its launch (event) to be serious 'food for thought' (pun intended). Shah Rukh Khan slaps Farah Khan's husband over RA.One remarks
Our Correspondents
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan allegedly assaulted former close friend Farah Khan's husband and filmmaker Shirish Kunder at a party thrown by actor Sanjay Dutt on Sunday, Indian newspaper The Hindustan Times reported.
_______________________________________________ | Opinion Bloggers vs thanedars
Feisal H Naqvi The good doctor and other questions
Aasim Zafar Khan Did no one kill Saleem Shahzad then?
Farrukh Khan Pitafi Bacha Khan: our forgotten Quaid
Yaqoob Khan Bangash The many faces of Afghan peace
Adam Ahmed Blogs Who says I can't be a Muslim feminist?
Fatemeh Fakhraie The great brain waste
Jamal Uddin Shaming Maya: Two wrongs don't make a right
Vaqas Asghar Humsafar: A comic review
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