| Straight shooting: No army protocol for Ijaz, says PM
Abdul Manan _______________________________________________ A rude awakening was in store for Mansoor Ijaz on Sunday, with the prime minister rubbishing the Pakistani-American's wish to be escorted by no less than army commandos upon his return to his native land.
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National/City PTI will be more successful in rural Pakistan: Imran
Zainab Imam
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan appears determined to respond to every criticism of his newly-popular party. "They say that PTI is a party popular only in urban Pakistan. But you tell me, has there ever been this big a rally in Bhalwal?" Imran confidently asked thousands of party supporters who gathered in the small town in Sargodha on Sunday, who responded with a cheer of 'no'. Public servants?: The true face of parliamentarians' takehome figures
Qamar Zaman
Pakistani parliamentarians are the lowest paid in the region, according to the speaker of the National Assembly, Dr Fehmida Mirza, who made the claim to counter accusations that members were drawing hefty amounts from the national exchequer. Secret election schedule talks between PPP, PML-N stall
Zia Khan
Secret talks between the government and the main opposition party to finalise the schedule for fresh parliamentary elections later this year have stalled over whether the key announcement should be made before or after the budget, which is due in June. Decade-old petition finally finds its way to the court
News Desk
The Supreme Court on Monday finally set a date for the hearing of a decade-old petition filed by Asghar Khan, reported Express News.
The court set February 29 as the date for the hearing of Asghar Khan's petition filed in the apex court a decade earlier. Dogfighting in Pakistan is alive and kicking
AH Nizami
Across the world, Sunday afternoons are reserved for leisurely activities. A stroll in the park, lunch with friends, a read through the newspapers. Things are slightly different in the village of Sangoat, off the Mirpur bypass road. On Sunday the village held its 'Awami Maila Kuttoon Ka Dangel', roughly translated as a public fair of dogfighting.
_______________________________________________ Business Chasing a pipe dream: Three reasons why Thar coal will not save Pakistan
Fouad Khan
To borrow and contort a famous turn of phrase from Matt Taibi's now legendary piece of investigative journalism about Goldman Sachs, "the first thing you need to know about [global energy conglomerates] is that [they are] everywhere. The world's most powerful [industry] is a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of [earth], relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like [fossil fuels]." Missing the 2050 bus: Will Pakistan be a global leader, or laggard?
Dr Haider Shah
Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world and is ranked 27th on the IMF list in terms of economic power measured by GDP. It is also a member of the elite club of known nuclear powers. It is, therefore, not an insignificant country by any set of measures. In terms of geostrategic importance it has a significant role in the peaceful resolution of the situation in war torn Afghanistan and in the war against terrorism.
_______________________________________________ Sports Cricket: Sana powers ZTBL to win in T20 event opener
Our Correspondents
Captain Sana Mir's all-round show helped ZTBL kick off the inaugural Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Women's Cricket Challenge Trophy with a crushing 117-run victory over Sindh in the event's opening fixture. Atlas crashes out of squash event
Natasha Raheel
Pakistan's number one squash player Aamir Atlas crashed out of the Tournament of Champions, losing his opening encounter 3-1 to Egypt's Mohamed El Shorbagy in New York. _______________________________________________ Life & Style Meera to marry Pakistani-American pilot
Our Correspondents
Lollywood actor Meera has announced that she is marrying a Pakistani-American Naveed Shehzad, Express News reported on Sunday. Global standards of beauty: From ivory to ebony
Laaleen Khan
Keen on maintaining their hold on the global beauty marketplace, an increasing number of cosmetic manufacturers have extended their advertising campaigns to incorporate multiculturalism.
_______________________________________________ | Opinion The Bomb: Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan
Pervez Hoodbhoy Democracy at bay
Dr Akmal Hussain Fighting terror
Imtiaz Gul India's cheering for you
Jyoti Malhotra Poor governance and citizen's discomfort
Shahid Javed Burki Blogs Why women need to complain more
Anushay Hossain Why democracy should stay
Usman Asif An open letter to Maya Khan
Mehreen Kasana Know your rights: Ilmpossible
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