Country needs stability, not elections: Saad

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique said on Tuesday that country needed stability in current circumstances, and not elections. Talking to media outside an accountability court here, he said that Pakistan T...

Attending Balochistan Politically

Years ago, the Centre used to appease Balochistan by extending offers such as the Aghaz-e Haqooq-e Balochistan package of 2009 – to be implemented in three years. This is no longer the case. The Centre is now least interested ...

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Unaddressed concerns

On March 10, President Asif Ali Zardari cautioned the government against unilateral decisions to build more canals drawing water from the Indus River System. “[It is] a proposal that I, as your president, cannot support. I ...

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Saving the Punjab coalition

The coalition partners, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan Peoples Party, have agreed yet again to try afresh to bridge their differences on power-sharing. During a meeting of their coordination committees in Lahore, ...

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United against terrorism

On March 18, Chief of the Army Staff Gen Asim Munir stressed the need for better governance and transforming Pakistan into a hard state to eliminate terrorism. “For how long shall we continue to fill the governance gaps wit...

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SMOKERS’ CORNER: THE BLA RECKONING

In August 1974, one Abdul Majeed Baloch hid himself in a tree with a grenade in hand. The tree was located just outside a venue in Quetta where the then prime minister of Pakistan, Z.A. Bhutto, was holding a public rally. At the...

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