Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Umar Cheema
ISLAMABAD: A Joint Interrogation Team (JIT) formed to investigate former President Pervez Musharraf in the judges detention case has said in its preliminary report that he cannot be tried under Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) 1997, as ...

Saturday, May 11, 2013
Umar Cheema
Islamabad Although opinion surveys and analyses generally write off the Pakistan People’s Party in today’s general elections and the popular guess is that it will retain around 50 seats, top PPP leadership is very confident to bag ...

Friday, May 10, 2013
Umar Cheema
Islamabad Balochistan continues to set new democratic precedents and spring surprises. If Nawab Aslam Raisani, PPP’s chief minister, had a cabinet with everybody in it, interim CM Ghous Bux Barozai is running a one-man show ...

Friday, May 10, 2013
Umar Cheema
ISLAMABAD: Although opinion surveys and analyses generally write off the Pakistan People’s Party in tomorrow’s general elections and the popular guess is that it will retain around 50 seats, top PPP leadership is very confident to ...

Thursday, May 09, 2013
Umar Cheema
ISLAMABAD: Balochistan continues to set new democratic precedents and spring surprises. If Nawab Aslam Raisani, PPP’s chief minister, had a cabinet with everybody in it, interim CM Ghous Bux Barozai is running a one-man show without ...

Friday, May 03, 2013
Umar Cheema
ISLAMABAD: Defence secretary who is also chairman Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has warned the national flag carrier might be grounded by December this year if the government failed to release funds for purchasing new planes ...

Wednesday, May 01, 2013
Umar Cheema
Islamabad While the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is warning against the plummeting foreign exchange reserves and burgeoning fiscal deficit, the SBP Governor, Anwar Yasin, who is also a dual national, has ordered for himself a Rs40 ...

Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Umar Cheema
ISLAMABAD: While the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is warning against the plummeting foreign exchange reserves and burgeoning fiscal deficit, the SBP Governor, Anwar Yasin, who is also a dual national, has ordered for himself a Rs40 ...

Saturday, April 27, 2013
Umar Cheema
ISLAMABAD: Amnesty scheme for non-customs paid vehicles has turned out to be a bonanza for smugglers who imported vehicles in bulk as top 20 importers have cleared on average 31 vehicles each and only in the closing week of the ...

Saturday, April 27, 2013
Umar Cheema
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court’s judgment on tenure protection for civil servants has emerged as a blessing for bureaucracy that has started challenging the unlawful transfer orders and is consequently getting relief from the courts, ...