Review: Architecture for its times
Reviewed by Adam AbdullahTake a drive down any DHA Phase VI street in Karachi and you see sleek façades that were unimaginable a decade ago. The materials, colour schemes, and the subtle touch of green...
View ArticleMPAs have no say over Rs73.6bn expenditure
KARACHI, June 17: Provincial legislators cannot scrutinise or even ask questions about over Rs73 billion, or 12 per cent of the total proposed Sindh budget for the financial year 2013–14, the...
View ArticlePlan to recruit 20,000 policemen
KARACHI, June 17: The Sindh government has allocated Rs48bn for law and order in its budget for 2013-14.“The law and order budget for the next financial year stands at Rs48.63 billion, making it the...
View ArticleSHC issues notices to 20 judges over graft
KARACHI, June 17: The Sindh High Court on Monday issued show-cause notices to over 20 judges of the subordinate judiciary over their poor performance and alleged involvement of the judicial officers...
View ArticleTame opposition sits back as budget session begins
KARACHI, June 17: The Sindh Assembly’s budget session on Monday witnessed smooth sailing as there was no interruption of the proceedings by a somewhat tame opposition.The session started an hour behind...
View ArticleRangers hand over Peeli Kothi to Sindh govt
KARACHI, June 17: The Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, on Monday announced handing over the notorious ‘Peeli Kothi’ situated in Liaquatabad to the education department for setting up a school in the building...
View Article‘Militant’ killed in encounter
SWABI/GHALANAI, June 17: A suspected militant was killed in an encounter with police in Swabi on Monday while two of his accomplices managed to escape, law-enforcers said.The incident occurred just a...
View Article‘Criminals active in guise of Taliban’
PESHAWAR, June 17: A retired government official has alleged that criminals are extorting money from people in the name of collecting funds for Taliban.“The criminals including women send threatening...
View ArticleImmunisation tops KP’s health budget agenda
PESHAWAR, June 17: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department is bracing for innovative approaches to improve patients’ care besides offering insurance to 20 per cent of the people of the selected...
View ArticleOver Rs1 billion increase in allocation for education sector
PESHAWAR, June 17: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led government has introduced several initiatives in the education sector of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the 2013-14 fiscal year in line with the election...
View ArticleBudget 2013-14: Expenditure of governor, CM houses halved
PESHAWAR, June 17: In the budget for financial year 2013-14, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Monday announced several austerity measures, including cutting the non-salary expenditure of the...
View ArticleHigh cost of living: Prices rise
POOR to low-income households already struggling with higher prices should brace themselves for a fresh wave of inflation resulting from the additional taxation measures proposed in the recent budget....
View ArticleA new beginning: Iran elects Rowhani
WITH the election of Hojatoleslam Hassan Rowhani to the presidency, Iranians have made clear their desire for change at the top after eight years of conservative rule under the stewardship of Mahmoud...
View ArticleA different approach: Balochistan security
JUST days into his stint as interior minister, Nisar Ali Khan has already restored a sense of seriousness and purpose to at least the talking points of the interior ministry. Why, the interior minister...
View ArticlePerils of reaching out
IN his first press conference after winning the elections last month, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Pervez Khattak surprised hardly anyone with his comments regarding the stance of his party,...
View ArticlePaying it off
SO we are told that the government plans to retire the circular debt and restore power supplies.Under the present circumstances, it is hard to imagine a better policy stimulus that will spur supply...
View ArticleBalochistan cauldron
THE latest bloodbath in Quetta is yet another grim reminder of Balochistan’s dangerous slide into anarchy. The gruesome killing of women students and the subsequent siege of the Bolan Medical Complex...
View ArticleIn the line of fire
AT the young age of 18, Sharafata had already attained the attributes of a quintessential Pakhtun woman born and bred in rural Peshawar. Of course she knew of the threat that her job entailed, but in...
View ArticleAfter Champions Trophy flop, Whatmore eyes 2015 WC
KARACHI: Pakistan coach Dav Whatmore said on Tuesday the team would be reviewed with an eye on building for the 2015 World Cup after their dismal showing at the Champions Trophy in England.Abysmal...
View ArticleFive killed in incidents of violence in Karachi
KARACHI: Five people were killed in incidents of violence in different areas of Karachi, DawnNews reported on Tuesday.A body bearing marks of torture was found near Park Towers in Clifton. In a...
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