Sunday, April 22, 2012

The Express Tribune Newsletter: April 23, 2012

Today's Headlines

Scare in the air: Near-disasters prompt scrutiny of air fleets

Saad Hassan / Azhar Hussain / Kamran Yousaf

Just three days after the fatal Bhoja Air plane crash, two more airliners narrowly escaped disasters on Sunday, prompting the authorities to order a 'shakedown inspection' of the fleets of all private airlines.

Bhoja Air plane crash: PML-N rejects 'partial' judicial commission

Qamar Zaman

A day after the government ordered a judicial inquiry into the tragic Bhoja Air crash, the opposition heaped scorn at the premier for the 'controversial makeup' of the commission for this purpose.

PTI aiming to reach out to people of Balochistan: Imran Khan

Sidrah Moiz Khan

After staging a successful rally in Quetta, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Sunday that the party's aim was to reach out to the people of Balochistan who are afraid to come out, fearing for their lives.

Ephedrine scandal: Ali Musa Gilani returns to Pakistan

Our Correspondents

Ali Musa Gilani, son of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and the main accused in the Ephedrine scandal, has returned to Pakistan, Express News reported on Sunday.

Business

Rental power saga: Court gives an economic paper instead of a legal order

Ali Salman

The Supreme Court of Pakistan had agreed to not to interfere in economic matters, however, the detailed judgment in the matter of Rental Power Projects (RPPs) shows the apex court has charted into that territory once more.

The illegal economy and its impact on global business risk

Zeeshan Shah

The impact of global risk is more devastating than we think. Emerging economies around the world worry about business risk as they struggle to control economic disparity – which provides the conditions for such risks to arise.

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Sports

Hockey: Beijing flashback ahead of Olympics

Fawad Hussain

After promising improvement when the national contingent returned empty-handed from Beijing four years ago, the Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) seems to be following the same road.

Aamir clinches squash event

Our Correspondents

Pakistan number one Aamir Atlas clinched the 10th Chief of Army Staff squash event, comfortably defeating Nasir Iqbal 3-0 in the final held in Islamabad.
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Life & Style

In Lahore: A food lover's guide

Momina Sibtain

Food to Lahoris is what a pen is to writer or a credit card to a shopaholic. Nationwide, Lahoris are known to devour their food and most of them could kill for a lot less than a good chop masala.

Top 10 highlights of PFDC 2012

Hani Taha

Much has been written lauding PFDC as the most credible fashion platform. As the council concludes with its fifth showcase, The Express Tribune counts the 10 ways in which PFDC 2012 further cemented the claim and made the whole experience noteworthy.
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Opinion

Social monitoring of media

Javed Jabbar

Americans and Saudis: hands off Pakistan's pipeline please!

Pervez Hoodbhoy

The challenge of media freedom

Syed Talat Hussain

The fight for Siachen

Javed Hussain

Life and death in Khyber Agency

Taha Siddiqui

Blogs

Dear PEMRA, what is indecent, anti-state, anti-national?

Jahanzaib Haque

Want rescue? Please hold indefinitely

Tehmina Qureshi

PTI in Balochistan: Quetta loves Kaptaan

Qaiser Roonjha

Killed twice: Marrying the man who raped her

Aneka Chohan

Poll

Do you approve or disapprove of how the media covered the Bhoja Air tragedy?

Disapprove (81%, 1,282 Votes)

Approve (19%, 299 Votes)

Total Voters: 1,581

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Top 10 stories of the week (April 15-22 2012)

 

 Top 10 stories of the week

April 15-22, 2012
 


1. Bhoja Air crash in Rawalpindi: 'No chance of survivors' – Web Desk/Agencies

2. Corporate titan: After 27 years at Engro, Asad Umar calls it a day – Farooq Tirmizi

3. Photos emerge of US soldiers posing with maimed bodies of dead Afghan insurgents - Reuters

4. Bhoja Air B4-213 crash: Passenger list – Web Desk

5. Imran Khan in Quetta: 'Your leaders are afraid of you' – Sidrah Moiz/Ema Anis/APP

6. 'Sterling' bounty offered for Obama, Bush – Our Correspondent

7. Dawn's Magazines head Murtaza Razvi found dead – Web Desk/Our Correspondent

8. Labour Party suspends Lord Nazir over Obama 'bounty' - AFP

9. Imran to AQ – more fuel for PTI's ideological fire? – Zahid Gishkori

10. Upcoming party elections: Qureshi's 'nepotism' irks PTI's old guard – Zahid Gishkori

 

 

Top Opinion

When Manmohan Singh comes to Islamabad

Pervez Hoodbhoy

Top Sports

No tour: Pakistan-Bangladesh series postponed

Web Desk/AFP

Top Life & Style

Bridal Week Couture: Younis Khan, Umar Gul take turn on the catwalk

AFP

Top 3 blogs

1. The day I wore a niqab

Mariam Magsi

2. Offended by a veiled woman holding a bra?

Bina Shah

3. The phone call I wish I had never received

Ovais Riaz

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