Owing to the American perennial wave of drone strikes and a blame game that al Qaeda leaders are hiding in Pakistan, especially in Baluchistan, a gulf has been created between Pakistan and the US, which is likely to widen in future We should not judge the multi-faceted crises of Pakistan, including the perennial wave of suicide [...]

Sometimes very useful email messages are sent by friends. This one is one of those. It’s long but very informative. � We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths. It’s not as easy as you think. It’s important to know how and when to eat. � What is [...]

ALI SUKHANVER  According to all dictionaries of English language, ‘raw ‘means crude and coarse, unprocessed and untreated ; these meanings  seem very much close to reality  when we look at the working of the world famous  intelligence agency RAW. The name coined for it very truly matches the accurate meanings of the word. Raw has very [...]

Regional détente imperative to resolve Pak domestic problems, says Ayesha Jalal By Imtiaz Ali Karachi Regional détente is imperative to resolve Pakistan’s domestic problems which cannot be solved within its borders, therefore, a breakthrough in Indo-Pak dialogue is the need of the hour, says eminent historian Ayesha Jalal. She was delivering a lecture on “the relevance of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed [...]

Associated Press of Pakistan  Ministry of Water and Power would electrify around 100 villages through solar energy this year as part of its programme to ensure electricity in every part of the country. The official said a project has already been approved to electrify 400 remote villages of Sindh and Balochistan through solar energy. Around 49 villages [...]

LAHORE: An exhibition – ‘Fiza Signature’ – opened at the Nairang Art Gallery on Wednesday. The exhibition showcased fashion model, Fiza Ali’s launch of her Kurti line. She has experimented with fabrics ranging from chiffon, pure synthetics and lawns for her spring/summer collection, which includes gowns and eastern clothes. This is her first show in Lahore and [...]

The 2008 terrorist act in Mumbai surely needs to be condemned in the strongest possible words, but one wonders why was the incident allowed to happen when all advance information was available. Why? Once again, India and Pakistan “fail to make a breakthrough”. The Kashmir and Mumbai attack issues have blocked any progress. Over 60 years [...]

 The war against Pakistan’s nuclear program seems more vibrant and more violent and certainly more popular than the international war against terrorism. These two wars are being headed by two different countries separately; one is the super power of today and the other is aspiring to be the super power of tomorrow. The most interesting fact [...]

The place where Dulla Bhatti rests pays no tributes to his brave deeds, a simple unadorned grave with no minaret marks his resting place By Afnan Khan LAHORE: A few yards away from the gravesite of Maj Shabbir Sharif Shaheed in Miani Sahab rests another hero, Dulla Bhatti, who ruled the hearts of the people of Punjab [...]

Frankly, eight odd years of incarceration during which he was reported to have been tortured is no joke. His detractors often claim that he spent most of his jail time in comfortable surroundings. But a loss of freedom is exactly that, a loss of freedom President Zardari is being offered much advice on how to survive, [...]

Mehmood-Ul-Hassan Khan Most recently, the UAE’s cabinet announced a charter “Vision 2021” which indicated its political leadership’s commitment to excel in each and every filed and achieve desired socio-economic goals. It seems that Vision 2021 is inspired by the principles of UAE founding fathers, it is also guided by the National Work Program launched by His [...]

By Muhammad Javed Majority of our Pakistanis keep praising the so called Islamic rule in Saudi Arabia.  My view is this is only the by birth respect we have inherited due to Holy places.   A court in Jizan Saudi Arabia has awarded 120 lashes to a Saudi having six wives at a time.  He is an [...]

CHIEF Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif said that the Punjab government is launching a low-cost housing scheme and a procedure is being expeditiously evolved for this purpose. Presiding over a meeting to review the pace of implementation of the low-cost housing scheme on Wednesday, he said the scheme would be completely transparent and allotment of the [...]

Listen to Aali Jee, as to what does he think about himself as a Poet, Philosopher, and a Writer! What were his first lines of poetry. Is he a Sufi or a Nawab at his heart. Why his handwriting is so much "not good" The foods that he likes, and what does his wife (since 1944) thinks of his attitude towards family. What is his relationship with Khawaja Mir Dard. Why is he proud of that relationship! What struck him about Tayyeba Aapa in 1944, that he married her in no time .....

In the last 62 years, except for the brief spurt of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s public diplomacy, much of the country’s relations with the US have remained a complex network of deals and personal understandings the rulers of the day give to the American negotiators dangling short carrots on long knives Transparency has become the first victim [...]

By Moonis Ahmed KARACHI: Indus Motor Company has raised the retail prices of different cars on account of raising raw material prices and appreciation of yen and dollar against rupee. The company has raised the retail price of all Corolla variants with immediate effect to partially offset cost increases it has been forced to absorb, [...]

The government has withdrawn exemption of customs duty, sales tax and withholding tax on import of old and used vehicles including cars and jeeps (800cc to 1800cc) of non-Asian makes ie, European, USA, etc. Through SRO (I)/2010, issued on Friday. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has restricted import of old and used vehicles to the [...]

* Students from underdeveloped areas to be encouraged to apply Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Timothy George on Thursday launched a new phase of the ‘AusAID Pakistan’ scholarships programme. According to the Australian High Commission, the programme has been redesigned in consultation with the Pakistani government to align its objectives with the country’s development priorities. Scholarships would be [...]

If we were to hate the US, then logically we should hate their money too. However, here is the dichotomy. We love their money and just as the Americans urge us to “do more” to curb extremism, we urge them to “do more” financially. This is where the hypocrisy comes in It is advised that one [...]

Associated Press of Pakistan ISLAMABAD: People who spend a lot of time surfing the Internet are more likely to suffer from depression. But it is not clear whether the Internet causes depression or whether depressed people are drawn to it. In the first large-scale study of young people to look at this issue, researchers analysed Internet use [...]