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Increasing GDP growth by one percentage point reduces poverty by 3.6pc, whereas a one percentage point decrease in...
Published 29 Sep, 2016 05:53am
Pakistan suffers more from malnutrition than from hunger.
Updated 15 May, 2014 09:06am
THE landmark agreement between the US and its allies and Iran on the nuclear issue is a regional and global game...
Published 10 Dec, 2013 07:36am
KARACHI is the focus of attention — once again. And the reason, once again, is violence.
Organised, politically...
Updated 08 Sep, 2013 07:08am
GEN Pervez Musharraf has returned to the country. This time, mercifully, his return has not been heralded by a posse of armed soldiers clambering over a gate to pave the way for a power grab.
Published 02 Apr, 2013 05:15am
TWO events in recent weeks have shaken the country and — fortunately, for a change — led to intense soul-searching. The first event was the response to the anti-Islam film in the US and the second the shooting
Published 16 Oct, 2012 12:00am
THERE is, of late, an orchestrated chorus of voices propagating closer relations with China versus relations with the West.
Published 13 Aug, 2012 12:03am
THE case for a separate province comprising south Punjab was always a slow burning fuse that has now exploded.
Published 24 May, 2012 09:03pm
THE year 2011 marks the 26th year since 1985 of violence and bloodletting in Karachi. The major factor in the...
Published 03 Nov, 2011 12:05am
THE budget for the year 2009-10 is about to be presented to parliament. There are huge expectations, given the scale...
Published 10 Jun, 2009 12:00am
THE budget for the year 2009-10 is about to be presented to parliament. There are huge expectations, given the scale...
Published 10 Jun, 2009 12:00am
THE wheat harvest season is under way. Thanks to a high procurement price set by the government, a bumper crop of...
Published 11 Apr, 2009 12:00am
THE wheat harvest season is under way. Thanks to a high procurement price set by the government, a bumper crop of...
Published 11 Apr, 2009 12:00am
THE successful movement for the reinstatement of Iftikhar Chaudhry is being billed as a historic watershed event ...
Published 30 Mar, 2009 12:00am
THE successful movement for the reinstatement of Iftikhar Chaudhry is being billed as a historic watershed event ...
Published 30 Mar, 2009 12:00am
IFTIKHAR Chaudhry has been restored as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, ending a two-year struggle. The...
Published 23 Mar, 2009 12:00am
Police move against activists during the long march - AFP/File photo. IFTIKHAR Chaudhry has been restored as the...
Published 23 Mar, 2009 12:00am
NAWAZ Sharif`s declaration, that matters will now be settled on the streets, and Raja Pervez Ashraf`s statement, ...
Published 13 Mar, 2009 12:00am
NAWAZ Sharif`s declaration that matters will now be settled on the streets and Raja Pervez Ashraf`s statement that...
Published 12 Mar, 2009 12:00am
SWAT appears to be returning to normalcy after the ceasefire agreement between the government and Taliban militants....
Published 01 Mar, 2009 12:00am
