
International Monitory Fund (IMF) mission in Pakistan chief Jeffrey Frank said the IMF cannot write off or restructure Pakistan’s loan. While speaking to the media, Frank said Pakistan has not formally sought a new program, adding that if they did want to seek a new program their economic strategy must radically change as losses […]

President Asif Ali Zardari has said elections would be held on time per the constitution and no delay in polls would be allowed even for a day. “Those seeking to postpone elections have been frustrated. No one will be allowed to derail the election process on any pretext,” the president said. He said […]

A National Accountability Bureau (NAB) investigator who was part of the team that found the prime minister and 15 others guilty in the rental power projects case was found dead in his apartment in Federal Lodges. Kamran Faisal, an investigation officer in the RPPs corruption case and whose team prepared a report that made […]

The Pakistani nation is craving for a change and yet it is not ready to do anything about it. There is no electricity, no gas, no clean water. Inflation is touching the skies, whereas the unemployment graph is rising. The rich are getting richer, while the poor are getting poorer. Despite this deplorable condition, the […]
Jan 18 2013 | Posted in
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Hope ofplaying in 2016 Rio Games is still alive in Leryn Franco One look at Paraguayan athlete Leryn Franco’s eyes and you go into a trance. Not for nothing is the three-time Olympian listed among the sexiest sportswoman alive and has been in news more for her chiselled body and drop-dead looks rather than her […]
Jan 18 2013 | Posted in
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Many saw it as a turning moment for Pakistan, which definitely is not a new thing for the 200 million plus of the country, but Tahir-ul-Qadri’s long march was something that forced people to think that everything was just about on the brink of collapse. Unlike the Occupy Wall Street protests in the United […]

We often find ourselves wondering why people such as ourselves end up losing while we strive to do good deeds and stay virtuous, whereas the people with weak moral s and a pretty frail conscience end up walking away with success and happiness. The explanation for this is very simple. Good and virtuous people value […]
Jan 17 2013 | Posted in
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The government and Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri reached an agreement late Thursday that peacefully ended a four-day sit-in outside the parliament house in Islamabad. A 10-member government’s negotiation team held hectic talks with Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri, who had on Sunday led thousands of his supporters from the eastern city of Lahore and started protest in Islamabad. […]

The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned till January 23 hearing of the corruption case against the Prime Minister, Raja Pervez Asharf, in which the apex court has already ordered his arrest. The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the country’s anti-corruption body to arrest the Prime Minister and 15 other people in 24 hours who […]

Bomb blasts kills 22 people in Iraq At least 22 people were killed as insurgents unleashed a string of bomb attacks across Iraq, mainly targeting Shiite Muslim pilgrims, extending a wave of deadly bloodshed into a second day. The eruption of violence follows nearly two weeks of relative calm, and threatens to enflame rising tensions […]
Jan 17 2013 | Posted in
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The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday admitted a petition filed against former information minister Sherry Rehman over allegedly committing blasphemy. The petition was heard by a two-member bench of the apex court comprising Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali and Justice Ejaz Afzal. The bench directed CPO Multan Amir Zulfiqar to take action in accordance […]
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It may be hard to believe for the younger generation, especially those that keep up with the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf, seeing it as a ray of hope, but there is no doubt in saying now that Imran Khan has certainly revealed a more ‘desperate side’ of him during these past few days. He may have […]