Section | Cyril Almeida

Untapped potential

Untapped potential

One of Karachi’s top cops, CCPO Waseem Ahmed, commenting on the spate of killings in the city that has claimed the lives of over 100 political Full Story

Section: Articles, Cyril Almeida

New grounds, familiar conflict

New grounds, familiar conflict

Petrol, diesel and kerosene, the lifeblood of society and the economy, are heavily taxed in Pakistan Full Story

Section: Articles, Cyril Almeida

Poverty of imagination

Poverty of imagination

THE Pakistani state has taken so many wrong turns in the past that it's almost a surprise there are any more turns left to take Full Story

Section: Articles, Cyril Almeida

A Double Standard

A Double Standard

"When the Americans or the British do it, it is interference; when the Arabs do it, it is friendly intervention.." Full Story

Section: Articles, Cyril Almeida

In the Year 2 AZ

In the Year 2 AZ

Damned if he doesn’t; eliminated if he does — it’s an ugly choice that encapsulates the very worst of Pakistan’s bare-knuckles politics.. Full Story

Section: Articles, Cyril Almeida

What Does America Want?

What Does America Want?

What should concern Pakistanis is the modus operandi that is adopted to pare back the jihad nexus’s strength.. Full Story

Section: Articles, Cyril Almeida



Muslim Singles, Matrimonial, Shaadi and Marriage Introductions Online - SingleMuslim.com

Talk Shows

  • SAWAL YEH HAI with Dr. Danish: Nov 22
    November 23, 2009 | 4:27 am

    Political and legal implications of NRO after its expiry on Nov 28. Guests: Nafisa Shah (PPP), Waseem Akhter (MQM), Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui (Former CJ of Pak) and Farogh Nasim (Former Sindh AG)

  • JAWAB DEYH witH Iftikhar Ahmed: Nov 22
    November 23, 2009 | 4:07 am

    Iftekhar Ahmed interviews Ex-Punjab CM Ch. Pervaiz Elahi on NRO, Haris Steel Mills deal, PML-Q and relationship with Gen (R) Musharraf, Punjab Bank scandal, etc..

  • CAPITAL TALK with Hamid Mir: Nov 22
    November 23, 2009 | 3:58 am

    List of NRO Beneficiaries. Guests: Ayaz Amir (PML-N), Waseem Akhtar (MQM), Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed (AML), Jehangir Badar (PPP)..

  • MERAY MUTABIQ with Dr. Shahid Masood: Nov 22
    November 23, 2009 | 3:43 am

    A MUST WATCH: Entire cabinet including PM Gilani should resign says Akram Shaikh (SC lawyer) and Imran Khan (PTI Chairman). Imran Khan also demands mid-term polls.

  • CHORAHA with Hassan Nisar: Nov 21
    November 22, 2009 | 11:15 am

    NRO corruption worth Rs 1 trillion 56 billion. TI report. Guests: Liaquat Baloch (Jamaat Islami), Imtiaz Alam (Journalist) and Attaullah Qasmi (Columnist)..

  • RSSArchive for Talk Shows »
PK Papers
Biz Recorder
Dawn

Daily Times
The Nation
The News
Frontier Post
Jang
Jasarat
Khabrain
Nawa-i-Waqt
Daily Express
Daily Ibrat
Akhbar-e-Jahan
Friday Times
Newsline
Herald

Help Wanted

PHP Programmer in Pakistan to work for us from home; Cartoonist based in Pakistan; Photographers based in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad; Send Resume to: [email protected]

Daily Posts

November 2009
M T W T F S S
« Oct    
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30  

Archives

<ul><li><strong>woo_adimage</strong> - </li><li><strong>woo_ads_rotate</strong> - true</li><li><strong>woo_ad_image_1</strong> - http://pkonweb.com/wp-content/themes/gazette-dev/gazette/images/ad-125x125.jpg</li><li><strong>woo_ad_image_2</strong> - http://pkonweb.com/wp-content/themes/gazette-dev/gazette/images/ad-125x125.jpg</li><li><strong>woo_ad_image_3</strong> - http://pkonweb.com/wp-content/themes/gazette-dev/gazette/images/ad-125x125.jpg</li><li><strong>woo_ad_image_4</strong> - http://pkonweb.com/wp-content/themes/gazette-dev/gazette/images/ad-125x125.jpg</li><li><strong>woo_ad_mpu_adsense</strong> - <a href=\"http://www.singlemuslim.com/affiliate.php?key=Q5Y6N9&linkID=27\"><img src=\"http://www.singlemuslim.com/affiliates/images/banners/300x250_01.gif\" alt=\"Muslim Singles, Matrimonial, Shaadi and Marriage Introductions Online - SingleMuslim.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" border=\"0\" /></a></li><li><strong>woo_ad_mpu_disable</strong> - false</li><li><strong>woo_ad_mpu_image</strong> - http://www.woothemes.com/ads/300x250a.jpg</li><li><strong>woo_ad_mpu_url</strong> - http://www.woothemes.com</li><li><strong>woo_ad_page</strong> - Select a page:</li><li><strong>woo_ad_top_adsense</strong> - <script type=\"text/javascript\"><!--
google_ad_client = \"pub-6215915191305162\";
/* 468x60, created 7/25/09 */
google_ad_slot = \"7358732170\";
google_ad_width = 468;
google_ad_height = 60;
//-->
</script>
<script type=\"text/javascript\"
src=\"http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js\">
</script></li><li><strong>woo_ad_top_disable</strong> - false</li><li><strong>woo_ad_top_image</strong> - http://www.woothemes.com/ads/468x60a.jpg</li><li><strong>woo_ad_top_url</strong> - http://www.woothemes.com</li><li><strong>woo_ad_url_1</strong> - http://example.com/ads/ad1_destination.html</li><li><strong>woo_ad_url_2</strong> - http://example.com/ads/ad1_destination.html</li><li><strong>woo_ad_url_3</strong> - http://example.com/ads/ad1_destination.html</li><li><strong>woo_ad_url_4</strong> - http://example.com/ads/ad1_destination.html</li><li><strong>woo_alt_stylesheet</strong> - default.css</li><li><strong>woo_archives</strong> - Chicken Haleem by Chef Zakir</li><li><strong>woo_author</strong> - true</li><li><strong>woo_auto_img</strong> - true</li><li><strong>woo_banner_image</strong> - http://www.singlemuslim.com/affiliates/images/banners/468x60_01.gif</li><li><strong>woo_banner_url</strong> - http://www.singlemuslim.com/affiliate.php?key=Q5Y6N9&linkID=23</li><li><strong>woo_block_image</strong> - http://pkonweb.com/wp-content/themes/gazette-dev/gazette/images/300x250.gif</li><li><strong>woo_block_url</strong> - http://www.woothemes.com</li><li><strong>woo_breakchk</strong> - false</li><li><strong>woo_breaksel</strong> - text</li><li><strong>woo_breaktext</strong> - <br>--The PPP-led coalition government today released the list of beneficiaries of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO). The politicians who benefited from the controversial law include Begum Nusrat Bhutto, Asif Ali Zardari, Rehman Malik, Agha Siraj Durrani, Haji Nawaz Khokhar, Anwar Saifullah, Altaf Hussain, Babar Ghouri, Farooque Sattar, Saleem Shahzad, Ishrat-ul-Ebad, Imran Farooque and Shoaib Bukhari. 34 politicians, 214 bureaucrats, and three diplomats, including Hussain Haqqani, Wajid Shams-ul-Hasan and AR Siddiqui are among the beneficiaries. <br><br>
-- Two Pakistani immigrants (father & son) have been arrested by the Italian police on suspicion of providing logistical support for last year\'s attacks in Mumbai. Mohammad Yaqub Janjua, 60, and Aamer Yaqub Janjua, 31, are accused of supplying cash from their money transfer agency to pay for an internet phone account used by people in contact with the attackers. They were identified after leads from FBI and India, said BBC.<br><br></li><li><strong>woo_custom_css</strong> - </li><li><strong>woo_custom_favicon</strong> - </li><li><strong>woo_featured_category</strong> - Featured</li><li><strong>woo_feat_entries</strong> - 3</li><li><strong>woo_feedburner_id</strong> - pkonweb/thjW</li><li><strong>woo_feedburner_url</strong> - http://feeds.feedburner.com/</li><li><strong>woo_flickr_entries</strong> - 12</li><li><strong>woo_flickr_id</strong> - </li><li><strong>woo_flickr_url</strong> - Flickr URL</li><li><strong>woo_google_analytics</strong> - <script type=\"text/javascript\">
    var infolink_pid = 37331;
    var infolink_wsid = 1;
</script>
<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://resources.infolinks.com/js/infolinks_main.js\"></script>
<script type=\"text/javascript\">
var gaJsHost = ((\"https:\" == document.location.protocol) ? \"https://ssl.\" : \"http://www.\");
document.write(unescape(\"%3Cscript src=\'\" + gaJsHost + \"google-analytics.com/ga.js\' type=\'text/javascript\'%3E%3C/script%3E\"));
</script>
<script type=\"text/javascript\">
var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(\"UA-5669286-1\");
pageTracker._trackPageview();
</script>
<!-- Start Quantcast tag -->
<script type=\"text/javascript\">
_qoptions={
qacct:\"p-91bAKglRwPvGM\"
};
</script>
<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://edge.quantserve.com/quant.js\"></script>
<noscript>
<img src=\"http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-91bAKglRwPvGM.gif\" style=\"display: none;\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"Quantcast\"/>
</noscript>
<!-- End Quantcast tag --></li><li><strong>woo_gravatar</strong> - true</li><li><strong>woo_head</strong> - NEWS WATCH ></li><li><strong>woo_home</strong> - false</li><li><strong>woo_home_thumb_height</strong> - 80</li><li><strong>woo_home_thumb_width</strong> - 80</li><li><strong>woo_image_single</strong> - false</li><li><strong>woo_layout</strong> - default.php</li><li><strong>woo_logo</strong> - http://pkonweb.com/images/PK-ON-WEB7.gif</li><li><strong>woo_manual</strong> - http://www.woothemes.com/support/theme-documentation/gazette-edition/</li><li><strong>woo_other_entries</strong> - 28</li><li><strong>woo_phcaption</strong> - </li><li><strong>woo_resize</strong> - true</li><li><strong>woo_shortname</strong> - woo</li><li><strong>woo_show_carousel</strong> - false</li><li><strong>woo_show_video</strong> - true</li><li><strong>woo_single_height</strong> - 190</li><li><strong>woo_single_width</strong> - 260</li><li><strong>woo_tabs</strong> - false</li><li><strong>woo_themename</strong> - Gazette</li><li><strong>woo_video_category</strong> - Videos</li></ul>