| Contempt case: To buy time, Gilani's counsel argues on timing
Azam Khan / Sumera Khan 
The premier's advocate argued on timing to buy time for his client. The prime minister never said he will not follow court orders, but he cannot comply with them during the incumbent president's tenure, insisted Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan while representing Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani in the contempt of court case on Wednesday.
_______________________________________________ National/City Helping hand: WB grants over $1bn to power Pakistan
Shahbaz Rana
The World Bank has approved over $1 billion in loans for expansion of Tarbela dam, adding another 1,410 megawatts of electricity into the grid, and for introducing modern irrigation techniques. Gas pipeline: Pakistan hiring experts to study Iran sanctions
Zafar Bhutta
Amid fears of possible sanctions being imposed by Washington, Pakistan has decided to hire the services of international legal experts to seek opinion on effects of prospective US sanctions, in case it went ahead with the Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project. Internal spying?: PML-N tasks police's special branch with political survey
Asad Kharal
For all the public rhetoric opposing the use of the security apparatus in politics, behind the scenes political parties continue to do exactly that. Stop fooling people, Imran tells govt
Our correspondent
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan expressed concern over deteriorating law and order situation, corruption and price hike and urged the rulers to "stop hoodwinking people." US committed to relation with Pakistan despite ups and downs: Clinton
Huma Imtiaz
The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton termed Pakistan parliament's review of ties with the US as significant, hoping they would come away with an "honest, constructive and mutually beneficial relationship."
_______________________________________________ Business Transit fee: Pakistan rejects Afghan demand for in-kind payments
Zafar Bhutta
Pakistan has rejected Afghanistan's demand for payment of transit fees in the form of gas under the $7.6 billion Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project; but officials from the two countries are expected to make some headway on the settlement of the issue in New Delhi, where they will be joined by Indian officials during an energy conference scheduled from March 22 to March 27. During the summit, Pakistani officials will also negotiate with their Indian counterparts on the export of oil from India. A year on, privatisation still fails to pick up pace
Shahbaz Rana
As the government fails to expedite the completion of capital market transactions that may generate as much as a billion dollars despite the lapse of an entire year, the Privatisation Commission board on Wednesday constituted a committee to try and speed up the process.
_______________________________________________ Sports
Cricket: All-round Malik leads PIA to One-Day Cup title
Nabeel Hashmi
Shoaib Malik's all-round effort led PIA to the Faysal Bank One-Day Cup title as they defeated HBL by 36 runs in the final yesterday despite Danish Kaneria's seven for 39. Blind cricketers under fixing doubt
Fawad Hussain
Speculations, murmurs and doubts seem to surround all Pakistan-India cricket matches.
_______________________________________________ Life & Style Sonic Peacemakers come to Karachi
Hani Taha
American musician and relief worker Todd Shea is teaming up with Strings to rock Karachi this weekend on March 24. "If we can show the real Pakistan, we can stop drone attacks," spoke Shea in his characteristically confident manner at a press conference held at Gloria Jean's Coffees. Calligraphy: Living on a prayer
Sehrish Ali
Fifteen years ago calligrapher Azeem Iqbal's mother had a dream; she saw that her son is in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where he has been given the task of carving Quranic verses. In the dream, Iqbal's mother provided him with leather, stone, metal etcetera to use as raw materials for his art.
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