DAWN NEWSPAPER 31 May

NEWS...

Govt to ban new oil-based power units

"A guiding principle for banning oil-based power projects may be announced as part of the federal budget."

(1 hour ago) Today

Opposition parties fail to reach agreement

But the parties invited for the meeting by Chaudhry Nisar decided to meet again on Friday morning to draft a joint strategy for the budget session.

(3 hours ago) Today

Terrorists were facilitated from within: navy

The revelation indicates a dangerous gap of coordination in intelligence and security matters among different wings of defence services.

(4 hours ago) Today

Plan to introduce Rs103bn new taxes in budget

The decision is aimed at keeping the budget deficit below four per cent -- a condition that will pave way for release by the IMF of a tranche of $1.3 billion.

(4 hours ago) Today

SC takes up petition on educationist in India jail

Dr Chishty had gone to see his ailing mother in India in 1992, but was implicated in a murder case.

(5 hours ago) Today

MORE TOP STORIES

Shahid Afridi retires from international cricket

President amends Income Tax Ordinance 2001

Aid agencies told to prepare for N.Waziristan evacuation

UN expert: Video proves Sri Lanka war crimes

Obama picks Dempsey as top US military officer

Journalist Saleem Shahzad goes missing

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EDITORIAL..
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Newspaper > Editorial

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Stalled projects

IF the frequent cuts in public development spending in the name of austerity signify bad economic policy,...
May 31, 2011
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Railways off track

PAKISTAN Railways` woes appear to be never ending. A mixture of neglect, mismanagement and fate has...
May 31, 2011
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Musharraf`s second coming

PERVEZ Musharraf`s is just too large a presence, courtesy his long years at the top, to be ignored....
May 31, 2011
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OPINION
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‘Middle-income’ status

From the Newspaper

A RECENT World Bank report has confirmed Pakistan’s graduation to the ranks of middle-income countries. Does this elevation represent anything...

Today

Creating new provinces

From the Newspaper

THE debate about the creation of new provinces remains alive. Shahbaz Sharif`s remarks about looking towards Karachi in Sindh rather than the...

Today

Games we do & do not play

From the Newspaper

IT is about this time of the year that we would arrive in Karachi to spend our summer vacations. There we would meet our cousins from Multan;...

Record rise in emissions

From the Newspaper

GREENHOUSE gas emissions increased by a record amount last year, to the highest carbon output in history, putting hopes of holding global warming...

Few lessons learnt

IF televised coverage of last week’s assault on Karachi’s PNS Mehran airbase is anything to go by, it would seem that the industry still has lessons to learn in terms of covering such events in a responsible...

Hajrah Mumtaz

 

 

More water off a duck’s back

I HAD said a few weeks ago that after the Great Abbottabad Fiasco, every day will bring more twaddle from a destabilised and out-of-its-depth establishment which, whilst it knows it has no clothes, will...

Kamran Shafi

 

 

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LETTERS TO EDITORS

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Controlling tobacco spread

THE No Tobacco Day today is an opportunity for tobacco users to quit a substance that kills 5.4m people...
May 31, 2011
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Ruling elite and taxes for public

BEFORE the Punjab chief minister embarks upon his plan to tax the rich by imposing a huge property tax...
May 31, 2011
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India’s most wanted list

THAT the Indians do not believe in doing their homework prior to embarking on a propaganda campaign against...
May 31, 2011
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Lahore Gymkhana golf ball

RECENTLY staff members (including myself) of one of the largest local banks were going on a client call...
May 31, 2011
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Questionable admission results for PhD

RECENTLY I had an opportunity to apply for MS/PhD programme at one of the most prestigious universities...
May 31, 2011
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Developing Gorakh Hill Station

THE Gorakh Hill Station is located at about 100 kilometres from Dadu in Sindh. Its height is 5,500 feet...
May 31, 2011
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Registration of FIR

THIS is apropos of the letter ‘Registration of FIR’. The writer has rightly pointed out the factor...
May 31, 2011
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Wapda: then & now

REFERENCE ‘50 Years Ago Today’ where two news briefs regarding Pakistan and Iran of May 24, 1961...
May 31, 2011
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School sanitation: learning from others

ACCORDING to a news feed by the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre of May 26, in response...
May 31, 2011
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System, not individuals

THE common man has endured three miserable years under a democratic government. This is a lesson for...
May 31, 2011
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Securing military installations

THE terrorist attack on PNS Mehran has conveyed a clear message that even the sensitive national/military...
May 30, 2011
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