Sunday, May, 26, 2013
TODAY'S PAPER
Dr Qadri’s sit-in: a mixed bag
AS it is said hungry people are angry people. In Islamabad’s D square, the crowds were followers, not hungry. The…
Relief for old pensioners
ALTHOUGH the government claims to provide relief to old pensioners, reality tells another story. A…
Fuel crisis: gas-pipeline projects
THE government has failed to control the ever-rising prices of fuel. There are certain factors which contribute towards such a…
Book charm and Internet
I USED to believe that the Internet has replaced books and now one needs to go to a library and…
Metro project: conflicting figures
BEFORE the start of the metro bus project in Lahore, it was reported that the mayor of Istanbul, on a…
Remembering Tony Greig
THERE is no doubt that Tony Greig revolutionised and made commentary on a cricket match interesting. During the 1996 world…
Long march
DR Tahirul Qadri’s march has been thoughtlessly compared with the long march undertaken by Mao Zedong and his companions. For…
Pakistan and India trade relations
A SINGLE Line of Control adventure buried the hard-earned friendship with our neighbours.
War of words is now on and…
Crying ‘wolf’ all the time
WE must stop giving challenges to the military, that is, they no more can barge in and derail the democratic…
Lahore underpass: some questions
AS a resident of Model Town, Lahore, I was dismayed to find that the underpass built at a cost of…
Army assault: was it scripted?
IS it that difficult to understand the script when Pakistani soldiers are kidnapped and beheaded in the country’s northern areas,…
