This is with reference to Faqir Ahmad Paracha’s letter ‘Preserving assets’ (The News, May 21). The steps he suggested for the revival of the Pakistan Railways – repairing tracks, rolling stock, locomotive factories etc – are based on conventional ...
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President Asif Zardari has blamed ‘local and international hands’ for the PPP’s political rout. The problem with the PPP, its allies and other political parties is that they took their constituents for granted and expected them to blindly vote for ...
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The PML-N is likely to form government within a month. Among the serious challenges that it is going to face in the coming days, power shortage tops the list. The government will have to prove its competence in the first 100 days in office. This ...
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Aijaz Zaka Syed has given an excellent analysis of the post-poll political situation in Pakistan in his article titled ‘Change has finally come to Pakistan’ (May 21). No doubt Imran Khan has emerged as the main game-changer. Although he fell short ...
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The infiltration of criminals, extremists and sympathisers of terrorists in security agencies has increased alarmingly in Balochistan. This year in January, three high-ranking officers of the Criminal Investigation Department – SP Tariq Manzoor, ...
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There are reports that the government may abandon an important project that provides higher education opportunities to the students of Balochistan and Fata. This decision will deprive the students of the war-affected areas of quality education. The ...
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Nawaz Sharif believes that there is no other option except to negotiate with the Taliban. As a matter of fact, it is almost impossible to establish peace without talking to all stakeholders and taking them on board on issues related to peace. ...
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Sugarcane is an important cash crop of the Shamozai area in district Mardan. This area is known for producing high-quality sugarcane crop with high sucrose contents. Recently, the sugarcane crop came under a severe attack of pyrilla and other ...
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The MQM and the PPP are likely to form a coalition government in Sindh. These parties have been ruling the province for the last five years during which the law and order situation in Karachi deteriorated gradually. As future PM, it is Nawaz ...
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