| Desperate times: Govt rolls out amnesty offer for Baloch dissidents
Our Correspondents
 With no progress despite heightened urgency, the government seems to have taken some desperate steps to break a crippling impasse on Balochistan – political, monetary and security-related.
_______________________________________________ National/City Amid talk of ceasefire: Enforced disappearances blight the Baloch heart
Zahid Gishkori
Some 48 new cases of missing persons have come to light from various districts of Balochistan in recent months, according to officials associated with a special task force working under the auspices of the interior ministry. Devil in the details: Ijaz says he penned, sent memo without showing it to Haqqani
Qaiser Zulfiqar
Mansoor Ijaz may have provided the first chink in his own armour. HEC releases Pakistan's top universities lists
Our Correspondents
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) on Thursday revealed the first-ever national academic ranking of universities, with Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad leading and Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) landing at the 10th position in the overall list.
Suicide attack on Peshawar police station leaves three dead
Iftikhar Firdous
In yet another brazen militant attack on a police station, three suicide bombers killed three policemen and injured another seven during early hours of Friday, said officials. Pakistan too important to turn our back on: Clinton
AFP
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that Pakistan was too important for Washington to turn its back on, following ice-breaking talks with her Pakistani counterpart.
_______________________________________________ Business To be, or not to be: Delay in 3G licence auction a distinct possibility
Farooq Baloch
While officials may choose to remain tight-lipped about the possibility of a delay in the third generation (3G) licence auction, The Express Tribune has learnt that the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority's (PTA) road map for the introduction of the technology in Pakistan has hit snags. Budget 2013: Populism to be balanced with pragmatism: Shaikh
Shahbaz Rana
As the likelihood of general elections being held this year increases, the finance ministry sought to allay fears that the budget for fiscal year 2013 would be dictated by political populism.
_______________________________________________ Sports Cricket: Pakistan makes a comeback, wins first T20
Our Correspondents
Umar Gul and Saeed Ajmal bowled superbly at the death to inspire Pakistan to an eight-run victory over England in the first Twenty20 international in Dubai on Thursday. Unsanctioned hockey league: Pakistan players look for 'amicable' solution
Fawad Hussain
Senior players picked in Pakistan's preliminary squad for the Olympics are still not sure about skipping the unsanctioned but lucrative World Series Hockey (WSH).
_______________________________________________ Life & Style Punjabi films: Behind the buxom beauties and macho men
Sher Khan
"Whatever the past had, it's gone; the best is always yet to come," states director Syed Noor. Despite having faced a slump last year due to box office failures coupled with regular bouts of illness, he says there is no looking back as he announced his
upcoming films on the occasion of his 61st birthday at the
Metropole cinema. Zara Fashion Show: More misses than hits
Saadia Qamar
Zara Fashion Show, held on Saturday at the Pearl Continental Hotel by Zara Media and Marketing, mostly failing to impress the selective flock of fashion lovers it managed to attract. Fashion, be it eastern-inspired or western-chic, should have a few ounces of ingenuity and authenticity — something the show missed.
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