| PIC medicine disaster: Isotab is the killer pill
Ali Usman 
A London laboratory has determined that Isotab, a medicine manufactured by Efroze Chemical Industries, caused the reaction that has so far cost 120 lives.
_______________________________________________ National/City The upper house convenes: Senate revs up on petrol price increase
Our Correspondent
The government is facing stiff resistance in Parliament – not only from the opposition parties but also some of its allies – against the recent rise in the prices of petroleum products. 'Secret' leaked: Pakistan stoking Taliban insurgency: NATO
Our Correspondents
Just as Pakistan and Afghanistan started warming up to each other following months of mutual recrimination and tension, British media has outed a secret Nato document that can potentially blight relations again between the two neighbours. Hitting back: It's old wine in an even older bottle, says Khar
Kamran Yousaf
Talk about bad timing. Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar's first trip to Kabul since taking office last year took a turn for the worse on Wednesday after the visit was primarily eclipsed by a leaked Nato report accusing Pakistan of secretly aiding Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. And the world reacts...: Sri Lanka bans import of Pakistani medicines
Sehrish Wasif / Zahid Gishkori
Following the PIC medicine debacle, Sri Lanka has banned the import of medicines from Pakistan — a move that would badly hurt the export of locally-manufactured medicines, which had surged to over $400 million over the last two years. Concession for Pakistan: EU duty waiver on 75 items crosses key hurdle
Shahbaz Rana
A World Trade Organisation (WTO) committee on Wednesday approved a long pending European Union-proposed trade waiver for Pakistan – a move that is intended to help the country recover from devastating floods in 2010.
_______________________________________________ Business Rebound: Inflation slips into double digits again
Our Correspondents
After slipping to single digit in December last year, inflation has once again crept to double digits in January compared to a year ago with statistics indicating that the pace of increase can accelerate in coming months. BlackBerry opens doors to much-awaited app store
Farooq Baloch
Threatened by rising popularity of rival smartphones, BlackBerry has finally enabled App World – official store for BlackBerry applications – in Pakistan, The Express Tribune has learned.
_______________________________________________ Sports Mohammad Amir released from prison
Zainab Imam
Fast bowler Mohammad Amir has been released from prison in England, where he was serving a six-month sentence for spot-fixing. Adnan under consideration for limited-overs squad
Fawad Hussain
Adnan Akmal's performance in the first two Tests against England has paid dividends, forcing the team management and the selection committee to consider his name for the One-Day International (ODI) series that follows.
_______________________________________________ Life & Style The Deli: High tea and matters of the heart
Hani Taha
Reading correctly into the psychology of the society, women in particular, it was an ingenious move by The Deli to promote their High Tea with a free fortune telling session. The Jaipur Literature Festival
Amir H Jafri
Jaipur is called the Pink City. The reason, I found out, was that the whole city was painted pink to welcome the Prince of Wales in the mid-19th century, the heyday of the British Empire.
_______________________________________________ | Opinion The watchers must watch the watchers
Jahanzaib Haque Land of some haves, many have-nots
Imtiaz Gul Of elections and education
Muhammad Hamid Zaman On providing sewage
Ahmed Rafay Alam The State Bank blinks
Khurram Husain Blogs Shia killing: If we tolerate this, our children will be next
Absar Ul Hasan Privacy issues and the media
Anwer Sumra Contraband hits and misses
Noman Ansari Why firing Maya Khan is not the solution
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