Monday, July 2, 2012

The Express Tribune Newsletter: July 3, 2012

Today's Headlines

NATO supply routes: Whispers of headway spur DCC meeting

Kamran Yousaf

A top decision-making body on defence and security issues will convene on Tuesday (today) amidst muted claims of a breakthrough in talks over the reopening of Nato supply routes that Pakistan had blocked last year.

Healthcare crisis: Punjab scrambles to control situation

Ali Usman

Now that the Punjab government has decided to take the path of union-busting against the striking doctors in public hospitals, it has a huge task ahead of it – as evidenced by Monday's developments.

Border tensions: Afghan troops cross into Kurram, kill two tribesmen



Our Correspondents

Officials accused Afghan soldiers on Monday of crossing into Pakistani territory and sparking clashes that killed two tribesmen and injured one other.

Investigation report blames pilot for Bhoja Air crash


Web Desk

Initial investigations have revealed that the pilot of the Bhoja Air 737-200 aircraft – which crashed near Islamabad in April killing all 127 people onboard – was responsible for the crash, Express News reported on Monday. 
 

Business

Cause célèbre?: Govt meets inflation target, say Statistics officials

Shahbaz Rana

The government has finally achieved at least one key target: it has managed, more or less, to restrict inflation during the recently-concluded fiscal year to 11%.

Banks fined for charging customers through ATM cash withdrawals

Our Correspondents

The anti-trust watchdog on Monday imposed a total of Rs770 million worth of penalties on 1-Link Company and 28 banks for charging customers on cash withdrawals through ATMs.

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Sports

Cricket: Selectors content with Younus' Test form

Fawad Hussain

Younus Khan's One-Day International (ODI) form is being questioned given his repeated failures but his 29 and 82 in the first Test, and 32 in the first-innings of the ongoing second Test, has forced the axe to be put away for now.

Hockey: Akbar stunned by shock snub

Our Correspondents

Salman Akbar's hopes of making an international comeback were short-lived.

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Life & Style

Eclectic collector: Put a chain on those keys

Momina Sibtain

Collect, collect, collect away! As we venture out to find people hoarding quirky items in their closets, we stumbled upon Raza Ahmed, a closet keychain collector. "No one, not even my best friend knew I collected up until a few weeks ago," says Ahmed. "It has been such an underground passion that I never gave it a second thought."

I may join politics in the future: Veena Malik

Jahanzaib Haque

Veena Malik is ambitious, there is no doubting that. The controversial actor has now hinted at the possibility of joining politics in the future.

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Opinion

Making our democracy "antifragile"

Feisal H Naqvi

Beyond beards and stilettos

Maria Waqar

Let's talk about the money

Sehar Tariq

Travels through Dera Ghazi Khan

Yaqoob Khan Bangash

Can we say never again?

Mohammad Hamid Zaman
 

Blogs

The classic middle-class overachiever

Khadija Ali Zai Khan

From Russia, with love

Zafar Bhutta

A plea from a young doctor

Abdul Majeed

Whose face are we trying to save?

Taha Kehar

Poll

Do you believe Pakistan is secretly permitting NATO supplies to reach Afghanistan via air?

No: 11% (50 votes)

Yes: 89% (387 votes)

Total Voters: 437

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