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Pak envoy advises expats to reconsider Hajj this year 27 Aug 2013 | 07:01 am
IRSHAD SALIM: RIYADH, AUG 26: Many Pakistani expats in Saudi Arabia perform Hajj more than once because of the convenience being residents in the holy land. However they appear set to reconsider the...
The Supreme Court Affair – by Shah Rukh Wani 27 Aug 2013 | 05:54 am
BY SHAH RUKH WANI: In a country of over 170 million there are hardly any institutions we actually trust. Supreme Court emerged as one of them after the much broadcasted lawyer’s movement in 2007 rein...
Waqar Naseem Wamiq: Ahmad Faraz koh khiraj-e-aqeedat 26 Aug 2013 | 07:44 pm
AUG 25: Riyadh-based overseas Pakistani poet, writer, columnist and journalist Waqar Naseem Wamiq is a great fan and admirer of legendary poet Ahmad Faraz. When we asked him to write something on Far...
Javed Akhtar Javed: Ahmad Faraz koh manzoom khiraj-e-aqeedat 26 Aug 2013 | 06:47 pm
AUG 25: Riyadh-based overseas Pakistani poet, writer and journalist Javed Akhtar Javed is a great fan and admirer of legendary poet Ahmad Faraz. When we asked him to write something on Faraz’s 5th de...
Shadow of the past – Dr. Maleeha Lodhi 26 Aug 2013 | 06:58 am
Dr. Maleeha Lodhi: Pakistan’s strategic mistake was to use religion to fight communism August marked the 25th death anniversary of Pakistan’s longest serving ruler, General Zia ul Haq. A quarter of ...
Benazir named her killers – Eric Margolis 26 Aug 2013 | 06:43 am
ERIC S. MARGOLIS: ‘If I am killed, the murderers will be the Chaudhry brothers’ Pakistan’s former military dictator Gen. Pervez Musharraf was indicted last week on charges of murdering former prime ...
Riyadh: Halqa Arbab-e-Ghalib holds Eid Milan party 26 Aug 2013 | 04:12 am
RIYADH, AUG 25: An Eid Milan party was held last week under the auspices of Halqa Arbab-e-Ghalib at a local hall in which more than 150 overseas Pakistanis including women and children participated. ...
Ahmad Faraz: Paanch saal aur sahi… 25 Aug 2013 | 11:08 pm
BY CH REHMAT ALI, RIYADH, AUG 25: It has been 5 years since Pakistan’s, in fact subcontinent’s, legendary poet Ahmad Faraz passed away. Poet and romanticist Faraz was born Syed Ahmad Shah on 14 Janua...
‘What’s wrong with Pakistan’: Babar Ayaz book launched 25 Aug 2013 | 09:03 am
AUG 25: Veteran journalist Babar Ayaz’s book “What’s wrong with Pakistan?” was launched at a ceremony at South Asian Free Media Association’s (SAFMA) Lahore office on Saturday. Barrister Myra Khan mo...
Geopolitics, oil still ‘an explosive mix’ 25 Aug 2013 | 06:30 am
SYED RASHID HUSAIN, GEOPOLITICAL volatility, supply disruptions, state of global economy and macroeconomic management continue to haunt – and indeed impact – the crude markets. Despite a glut-like sc...
