| Reaction: Everything, and anything, is possible
Qaiser Zulfiqar
As the tussle between the Supreme Court and the prime minister approaches breaking point, constitutional experts and lawyers are eager for the rule of law to be established. Senator S M Zafar, a renowned lawyer, termed the situation 'unusual' and hoped that Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani would change his attitude.
_______________________________________________ National/City PM summoned again: Charged with contempt
Azam Khan
The political calm was short-lived. The prime minister, it transpired on Thursday, will indeed have to face contempt charges. Resolution passes: Joint charge on fuel price puts govt on back foot
Zahid Gishkori / Zia Khan
Fuel prices is the incumbent government's Achilles' heel – it managed, yet again, to bring the opposition and the allied parties together, a feat even the notorious Memogate could not achieve. Landmark women's bill clears last hurdle
Sumera Khan
It has been a long time in the making. I will quit politics if proved ISI funded PTI: Imran
Zainab Imam
Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has thrown down the gauntlet that he will quit politics if it is proven that his party has been funded by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency. Regulating live TV: How to tame the watchdog?
Zehra Abid
Pakistan's freewheeling electronic media, still in its nascent stage, needs much disciplining to step out of its current "state of anarchy," journalists say.
_______________________________________________ Business TAPI pipeline: Pakistan proposes uniform transit fee
Zafar Bhutta
Pakistan has proposed Afghanistan a uniform transit fee for the import of gas under the $7.6 billion Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project, government officials say. BlackBerry woes: Technical glitch takes down app store in a day
Farooq Baloch
A technical glitch at the end of Canadian smartphone maker Research in Motion (RIM) has restricted BlackBerry users to access its app store after using it for almost a day for the first time across Pakistan. App World – RIM's official store for BlackBerry applications – was accessible across Pakistan on Tuesday evening but went down late Wednesday, marking an abrupt end to the jubilations of BlackBerry users.
_______________________________________________ Sports 3rd Test: With aims of a whitewash
Our Correspondents
Not even the most optimistic of Pakistan fans would have predicted the team would go into the third and final Test, which starts in Dubai today, aiming for a clean sweep over the world's top-ranked team. Pakistan too hot to handle, says Rashid Latif
Our Correspondents
Pakistan go into the final Test against England with the series already in the bag and former captain Rashid Latif said the triumph indicated the giant strides that cricket has taken in the country.
_______________________________________________ Life & Style Over 6 million Pakistanis on Facebook!
Web Desk
While Pakistan's burgeoning young population is often termed a "time bomb", for social networking website Facebook the mammoth number suggests significant growth potential. Toni & Guy: Music to my hair
Hani Taha
Hair is like fabric," states Shammal Qureshi, Director of the Toni & Guy salon in Pakistan whose vision and understanding of hair is akin to a fashion designer's interpretation of bare cloth.
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Opinion A pyrrhic civilian victory
Nadir Hassan Some sanity, but the shenanigans go on
Kamran Shafi Dual citizens and political office
Arshad Zaman Moral policing and taxes
Saad Shah The BISP and the coming election
Dr Pervez Tahir Blogs The limits of judicial review
Ahmad Sultan Pak vs England: Fantastic stats for Team Green
Umair Qazi Of laptops, marriages and Nawaz Sharif
Arif Ahmed Iran and the oil embargo
Manal Shakir Poll Do you believe Pakistan should place madrassas under intelligence scrutiny? No (22%, 116 Votes)
Yes (78%, 423 Votes)
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