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Mansoor Ijaz, the architect of the infamous memogate scandal, claimed on Thursday that he had helped former ambassador to the U.S. Husain Haqqani by delivering his message to the then U.S. military chief because he had information about the possibility of a military coup in Pakistan after the killing of Osama bin Laden. During the […]
NEPRA approves power companies’ demand of rise in power tariffs Thursday, March 1, 2012: Power Tariffs in most parts of Pakistan are going to be increased by about 39% after National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) approved the increase requested by the power companies. The power companies in the country had earlier requested NEPRA to […]
New PCB Chief Selector Iqbal Qasim to decide the final squad for Asia Cup with Misbah-ul-Haq and David What more on March 2nd, 2012 Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed Iqbal Qasim as the chief selector following Muhammad Ilyas’ resignation earlier. Qasim, a former Chief Selector has accepted the offer and he will be accompanied by […]
Supreme Court of Pakistan addresses ISI and MI sternly The Supreme Court of Pakistan has recently expressed its dissatisfaction over the report submitted in by the intelligence agencies of the country. The report that was submitted to the Supreme Court of Pakistan was concerning a missing prisoner’s case. The dissatisfaction expressed by the Supreme Court […]
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Nawaz Sharif termed the government incompetent, saying there would not have been slogans of ‘Go Zardari Go’ if the government had served the country. While addressing in Qazi Ahmed, Nawaz Sharif said the incumbent displayed ignorance towards flood relief activities and that is why lands were still inundated. He bashed […]
Mashrafe Mortaza’s Dhaka Gladiators defeated Brad Hodge’s Barisal Burners to lift the first BPL trophy. The event was lit with the inclusion of Shahid Afridi and Saeed Ajmal in the Dhaka side who came into the semi-finals without the services of the duo. Gladiators won the toss and chose to field first. Ahmed Shehzad was […]
According to an estimate, only 0.5 million out of 180 million people, apart from salaried class, file any tax returns in the country. Unfortunately, the paid civil bureaucracy, the judiciary and our political parties have consent in making such a pathetic situation. Despite the country has been ruled by army, politicians and technocrats, no solid […]
A host of Pakistanis currently play the professional game in the world and Newspakistan analyzes who is the best of them in this second part of the feature series. 7. Atif Bashir The ‘Bulldozer’ as he is more affectionately known to Pakistan faithful, Berlin-born Atif Bashir has become a resounding success at International level with […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction over the report submitted by the intelligence agencies in missing prisoners’ case, terming it unsatisfactory and an inadequate. The displeased apex court sent a stern message to Military Intelligence (MI) and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) saying, “You need to take this out of your mind that you intelligence agencies […]
We are living in a divided society and our divisions are often defined in corpses, bullets and blood. In some parts of the earth, diversity is a matter of pride and celebration but unfortunately not for us. The barbarian incident that took place at Karakoram Highway was not so unfamiliar. In quite a unique style […]
The federal cabinet on Wednesday not only approved a negative list of 1209 list of banned items but also sanctioned the phasing out of the negative list in the next ten months, aiming at complete trade normalization with India by the end of 2012. Presently, Pakistan maintains a positive list of 1,945 items that are […]
District Court Islamabad has acquitted Lal Masjad’s chief cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz in two separate cases of treason and threatening the government with a backlash of suicide attacks. Judicial Magistrate Kashif Qayyum Sheikh on Wednesday heard the cases against Mualana Abdul Aziz and gave verdict in his favor due to absence of solid proof against […]
