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The Express Tribune Newsletter: August 18, 2012

Today's Headlines

Kamra infiltrators: 4 Minhas base attackers identified, says Malik

Umar Draz

A day after a brazen assault at Pakistan Air Force's largest base was repulsed by security forces, Interior Minister Rehman Malik claimed that four of the nine militants killed in the attack have been identified.

No timeframe: Kayani hints at blitz in North Waziristan

Kamran Yousaf
Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani indicated on Friday that Pakistan might launch a fresh military offensive in the restive North Waziristan Agency (NWA), but stressed that it would not be initiated at the behest of any outside power.

Karachi's Shias targeted in roadside bomb ahead of annual rally

Faraz Khan / Samia Malik

A day after a horrific massacre of 19 Shias in Mansehra, a bus carrying young Shia men was targeted by a bomb in Karachi. Two of them were killed and 13 others were injured.

Analysis: The bigger questions surrounding Kamra

Ejaz Haider

Kamra was waiting to happen, having been attacked on the periphery twice before. The attack this time was meticulously planned and targeted equipment, just like the more damaging attack at the Mehran Airbase in Karachi, which resulted in the complete destruction of two P3C Orion aircraft and, reportedly, left a third partially damaged.

 

Business

Global demand: Vegetable exports plummet 40% in 2012

Kazim Alam

After growing at a steady rate in the last decade, Pakistan's vegetable exports have suffered volumetric year-on-year decrease of 40.4% in 2011-12, according to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).

Sustainability report: CASA electricity import project flawed, says report

Zafar Bhutta

Pakistan is better off generating its own electricity than importing electricity through CASA-1000MW project, says a research study conducted by Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI).

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Sports

Akhtar not qualified enough: PCB

Fawad Hussain

The Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) coach-hunt committee has shown no interest in Shoaib Akhtar's offer to take on the vacant bowling coach's role with the national squad.

Mission 'hockey bachao' set to surface again

Our Correspondents

Former hockey greats who are unhappy with Pakistan's performance in London are gearing up to launch a campaign against the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) set-up… again.

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Life & Style

New York film festival: Pakistani film scoops up two awards

Rafay Mahmood

Seedlings, a Pakistani film that was screened at the New York City International Film Festival (NYCIFF), left the audience spellbound by winning two major awards at the ceremony.

No Tiger for Pakistan this Eid

Rafay Mahmood

The last 24 hours have given Pakistani film enthusiasts some good and some bad news. While Bodchitta Filmworks's Seedlings made us proud by winning two awards at the New York Film Festival, Ek Tha Tiger — the most anticipated Indian film of the season — has been officially banned in Pakistan.

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Opinion

General Kayani in Kakul

Tanvir Ahmed Khan

65 and all that

Amina Jilani

Fair CEC, unfair polls

Kunwar Idris

Waste not, want not

Zahrah Nasir

Bolo, bolo, jeay Shah

Salman Rashid
 

Blogs

Is literary guidance in Pakistan comparable to the US?

Bassam F Sidiki

G-B massacre: When will Pakistan really win independence?

Erum Shaikh

Did the KGB kill Zia?

Shabie Iqbal

I am disgusted at what Zia did to Pakistan

Omer Kamal Bin Farooq

 Poll

Do you think the Pakistan Army should conduct an operation in North Waziristan?

No (44%, 373 Votes) 

Yes (56%, 472 Votes) 

Total Voters: 845

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