Saturday, May, 25, 2013
TODAY'S PAPER
HEC working to promote scholarship
THERE has been a recent onslaught against the Higher Education Commission by certain vested interest groups which do not wish…
Passport & Pakistani consulate
I APPLIED for a new passport at the Pakistani consulate in Toronto, Canada. I was…
India & saffron terrorism
REPORTS coming in from a Congress meeting in Jaipur, India, quoted Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde as saying: “Reports have…
Showing the brutality of war
SOMETIME back I read where a British TV station was going to show, briefly, graphic footage of two British soldiers…
Medical colleges: the ever-increasing fee
EVERY year a handful of government-run medical colleges offer a limited number of seats for pursuing studies in medicine. Thousands…
Rickshaw menace in Peshawar
I WOULD like to draw the attention of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and Peshawar traffic police towards the huge number…
Gresham’s law
I AM sure many fellow readers are familiar with Gresham’s law which is an observation in economics that ‘bad money…
Reko Diq: hiring on merit
THIS is in response to Reko Diq and the role of Dr Samar Mubarakmand, the nuclear scientist, in its development.…
Bara killings condemned
THIS is apropos of the news report (Jan 20) wherein civil society, human rights activists, academia and students condemned the…
Dr Qadri’s march shows spiritual bankruptcy
DR Tahirul Qadri’s long march and sit-in was senseless, directionless and merciless. Was it of any political or personal gain…
