| Benazir assassination: Malik points at prominent seminary
Saba Imtiaz 
No ground was shattered on Tuesday when Interior Minister Rehman Malik vociferously blamed former president Pervez Musharraf and former Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan head Baitullah Mehsud for Benazir Bhutto's assassination.
_______________________________________________ National/City All Parties Conference: Govt moves to ensure wider participation in Balochistan moot
Qamar Zaman
Amid widespread apprehensions and limited chances of participation by disgruntled Baloch leaders, the prime minister has constituted a 13-member committee to contact the country's political leadership for convening an All Parties' Conference (APC) to discuss the Balochistan situation. Benazir assassination: Malik points at prominent seminary
Saba Imtiaz
No ground was shattered on Tuesday when Interior Minister Rehman Malik vociferously blamed former president Pervez Musharraf and former Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan head Baitullah Mehsud for Benazir Bhutto's assassination. He however did add a new revelation – one that involves one of the largest seminaries in Pakistan, Darul Uloom Haqqania in Akora Khattak. Investigation report: 'Musharraf aided and abetted terrorists'
Asad Kharal
Former president Pervez Musharraf was not only aware of Benazir Bhutto's assassination plan, he 'aided and abetted' the terrorists who carried it out, says a joint investigation report made public on Tuesday by Interior Minister Rehman Malik. Courting the Taliban: Karzai enlists Pakistan's help
Our Correspondents
While offering an olive branch to the Taliban, Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday telephoned Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and sought his support to reach out to the militia. Cash-for-vote charge: ECP takes up plea for freeze on Senate polls
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will take up a petition today (Wednesday) seeking to stop the Senate elections, officials told The Express Tribune.
_______________________________________________ Business
Poverty a stark spectre for 79m Pakistanis: Report
Shahbaz Rana
As the government continues to shy away from calculating official poverty figures, an independent expert has claimed that around 43 per cent of the population is living below the poverty line in Pakistan. Power to the people: Proposal to increase gas tariff for captive power
Zafar Bhutta
In a bid to lower power tariffs and load-shedding for consumers, officials are mulling over plans to increase gas tariff for captive power plants (CPPs) in order to divert more gas to commercial electricity generating units. The proposal calls for a 150 per cent raise in gas prices for CPPs, commensurate with power utilities' industrial tariffs, in order to motivate them to buy electricity directly from power distribution companies (DISCOs).
_______________________________________________ Sports Series whitewash: England return favour, sweep ODI series 4-0
Our Correspondents
After being blown out of the water in the Test match series, England completed their revenge whitewash, hanging Pakistan out to dry with a five wicket victory in the fourth and final one-day international in Dubai on Tuesday. Cricket: Separate teams for all formats on the cards
Fawad Hussain
Pakistan's loss to England in the One-Day International (ODI) series that eclipsed their dream run in the Tests has ignited the debate of having a separate pool of players for all formats of the game.
_______________________________________________ Life & Style 'Patli Gali': Song of the streets
Rafay Mahmood
With a Pakistan flag fixed on its bonnet, a Surf moves into the frame. A man, wearing a black waistcoat and a moustache, steps out of the car and, to his shock, gets beaten up by a bunch of angry musicians. As absurd as it might seem, that is rock band Azal's way of standing up against the existing system as depicted in their new video "Patli Gali". Durdana Ansari: Changing face
Our Correspondents
Journalist Durdana Ansari was spearheading a successful Muslim women's charity project in obscurity until she was awarded OBE (Order of the British Empire), according to ruislip.uxbridgegazette.co.uk.an. OBE is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom to honour individuals with outstanding philanthropic achievements.
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