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Faisal Farooq
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Exams Debacle: An attempt to spoil future of students

Exams Debacle: An attempt to spoil students’ future As we already acknowledged there were numerous flaws in our examination system out of which corruption is not an uncommon feature. But the recent exams fiasco at the Intermediate level in Punjab takes the cream of the cake. After fuming protests by bewildered students and their parents […]

Rehman Malik! Oahh Sorry Dr. Rehman Malik

Rehman Malik! Oahh Sorry Dr. Rehman Malik Teachers of Karachi University observed protest demonstration against the conferment of an honorary doctorate degree on Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik for his services bringing peace in the business hub of the country. What they really meant by peace in this context is beyond understanding. Search operations are […]

Diamer-Bhasha Dam: Finally a step in the right direction

Diamer-Bhasha Dam: Finally a step in the right direction After passage of 30 years of completion of first feasibility report, the government has finally started building the $12 billion Diamer-Bhasha Dam. The situation would have been far different from what it is now, if the decision had been taken well in time. Diamer-Bhasha, the world’s […]

Rehman Malik for full action against escaped target killers

Rehman Malik for full action against escaped target killers KARACHI: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that some target killers have managed to flee to neighboring Balochistan, in wake of targeted operation. Talking to journalists after his one-on-one meeting with the Provincial Home Minister Manzoor Wasan, on Thursday night, he said that these nefarious […]

Pakistan in way to an aimless state

Pakistan in way to an aimless state The remarks of Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry that the style in which state institutions are working is a cursing reflection of the level of governance generally and administrative capability particularly. The milieu to this expression was the Chief Justice’s unhappiness over the non-payment of salaries […]

Supreme Court rejects appeal pleas against wage board award

Supreme Court rejects appeal pleas against wage board award ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed all appeals against the 7th Wage Board Award, upholding a decision of the Sindh High Court. A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Tariq Parvez and Justice Ghulam Rabbani announced its verdict in the open Court. The […]

Pakistan Railways on path of brinkmanship

Pakistan Railways on path of brinkmanship As the crisis at Pakistan Railways (PR) touches a new height, the most recent economic catastrophe in the organisation can be blamed upon a stalemate between the Ministry of Finance and the Railways Ministry. However, the problem has its roots in the decades-long politicisation of the management and hiring […]

President Zardari sticks Fasih Bokhari for NAB Chairman

President Zardari sticks Fasih Bokhari for NAB Chairman Rebuffing the objections raised by Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan over the nomination of Admiral (Retd) Fasih Bokhari as Chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), President Asif Ali Zardari has termed the selection as according to the law of the country. […]

Shaheed-e-Pakistan Hakeem Muhammad Said: Man of Principles

Shaheed-e-Pakistan Hakeem Muhammad Said: Man of Principles The name of Hakeem Muhammad Said, the renowned scholar, philanthropist, medical researcher and former Governor of Sindh, may be vanished from the minds of the people for whom he devoted his entire life. But the services he rendered for Pakistan cannot be undervalued by anyone across the country. […]

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