Too early to react to Nawaz’s talks offer: Taliban
TTP says they are waiting for Nawaz Sharif to form a government and see what policies he formulates.
Top News
- RSS
- Today's Paper
- Subscribe
- Friday, 24 May 2013
- beta 2.1
Alerts
Pakistan
Sindh
Turf wars or offshoot of elections?: Violence grips Lyari once again
Kutchi community alleges that its people are being forced to leave their homes.
Punjab
Premiere: Not reluctant to say this film is great
Mohsin Hamid excited to see his novel come to big screen in Pakistan.
Balochistan
Solving Balochistan’s issues is simple, if you have the courage for it: Akhtar Mengal
BNP-M chief talks about his ‘stolen’ mandate and his return from exile.
KP & FATA
Making way: ANP accepts PTI’s mandate, says former CM Hoti
Expresses desire to vacate provincial assembly seat in favour of NA-9.
Opinion
Onward, after the elections
May the new governments complete their tenures so that they have enough time to implement their manifestos.
Comments (12)
Contributors
It’s load-shedding, stupid!
3 issues deserve the government's attention in first 100 days: load-shedding, load-shedding, net outflow of capital.
Fight now, negotiate later
Government must gain military advantage over jihadists to be able to dictate terms so that negotiations lead to peace.
New fault lines
The fact that some parties could not campaign or hold public political activities in 3 provinces is totally forgotten.
Milk — it does a body good
As a mother and a Pakistani, I stand by my conviction that milk is not a luxury or a privilege, but a right of all.
How to make the elephant dance
Nawaz must remember that this time, there is little room for taking odd shortcuts for increasing his relative power.
A Pakistani Spring
Pakistani people must be commended for their ability to pull the proverbial rabbit out of a hat in difficult times.
Imran Khan’s Plan B
With a new playbook, PTI can build upon their modest success in 2013, and prepare for a bigger, national victory.
Sorry kids, we got it wrong
As much as we would like to convince ourselves that the opposition counts for something, it doesn’t.
Old diseases, old problems
We need to end the cycle of those who die of murderous negligence and heinous incompetence in our health system.
Beware of negotiating with the TTP
No matter how one looks at it, one can’t find the bargaining space so essential for negotiations to succeed.
Tigers don’t grow in begging bowls
Destroying agriculture, preventing tax culture, high tariff walls, smuggling, we are the world’s most famous beggars.
Chinese prime minister’s visit
Pakistan remains the one country that China can count on, in an increasingly uncertain regional scenario.
Life & Style
Red carpet: Summer -dos
We’ve spotted fresh and fun hair-dos that celebrities and socialites have sported in recent events.
Comments
Sports
Pakistan awarded 2015 Squash World Cup
PSF earns right to host mega event after successfully staging Asian Championship.
England eye series win as Ashes looms
New Zealand hope for redemption in second Test starting today.
Business
OGDC chief reinstated on Supreme Court orders
Masood Siddiqui had earlier been sacked on charges of financial irregularities.
Energy crisis: PC suggests cutting off gas to inefficient plants
NAB terms giving gas to inefficient captive power plants a criminal act.
As energy crisis tightens its grip, agri-sector runs tube wells on biogas
Dutch-funded organisation encourages farmers to opt for biogas.
World
Obama tackles drones, Guantanamo in reset of war on terror
President Barack Obama addresses the United States in a major policy speech from National Defense University.
Comments
Pakistan arrested American citizen before he was killed in drone strike
Jude Mohammed, killed in a US drone strike in 2011, had been arrested by Pakistani officials in 2009.
China will continue to support Pakistan, promote relations: Prime minister
Chinese premiere appreciates Pakistan's role for bringing peace and stability in the region and the world.
London attack 'beyond belief': Press
Murder of a man believed to be a soldier will only strengthen Britain's support for its armed forces: Newspapers
Iran expanding nuclear activities: IAEA
Tehran had accelerated the installation of advanced uranium enrichment equipment at its central Natanz plant.
Report urges US to go on offense on China hacking
Theft of software and other US-developed products was costing the American economy more than $300 billion each year.
Cartoons
Opinion Poll
Loading ...Letters
PPP’s failure
The top leadership of the PPP is responsible for its electoral rout in K-P, Punjab and Balochistan.
Talking to the Taliban
Are we simply going to ask outlaws to put down their arms and join the mainstream of the country’s politics?
Economic ties with China
Our trade with China runs into billions of dollars and that is something which is not worthless.
Economic ties with China (II)
Pakistanis should focus on reaching to a level where other countries, not only China will also want to invest.
Flight of capital
There is a powerful lobby in Pakistan which facilitates massive flight of the country’s capital.
South Waziristan revolution
People of South and North Waziristan have been ignored by the elected governments of Pakistan for the last 60 years.
Submit a letter
Letters will be edited for policy, content and clarity. All letters must have the writer's
name and address. You may send your letters to:
[email protected]
Facebook
Twitter
Youtube
RSS
Advertise
Careers
Subscription
Nokia App
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, redistributed or derived from.
Unless otherwise stated, all content is copyrighted © 2013 The Express Tribune News Network.
Technical feedback? [email protected]
