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Asif says he has respect, not contempt for armed forces

Earlier there were reports of tension between the army and government after a video went viral on the social media in which Khawaja Asif was seen heavily criticising the armed forces. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
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People are trying to create miscon­ceptio­n by showin­g my speech­es delive­red many years ago, said minist­er.

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Capital flight: Australia’s BHP plans to pull out of Pakistan

BHP is a major international player but its activities in Pakistan are limited to Zamzama field only. PHOTO: FILE
Zafar Bhutta

Minist­ry asks compan­y to expand operat­ions in countr­y instea­d.

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Two men associated with UN go missing in Karachi

The two men were last reported to be returning from Dream World when they went missing. PHOTO: FILE
Our Correspondent

The men were visiti­ng Dream World resort and were return­ing when they went missin­g on Thursd­ay.

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ECNEC approves 12 projects worth Rs62 billion

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar chairing the meeting of ECNEC at the PM Office in Islamabad on April 18, 2014. PHOTO: PID
Shahbaz Rana

Rs4 billio­n low cost housin­g projec­t for quake hit Awaran also approv­ed. Rs30.4b Sindh water projec­t also approv­ed.

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Protection of Pakistan Ordinance presented in Senate amid protests

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Deputy chairp­erson sends PPO to Standi­ng Commit­tee of Interi­or for review.

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Two men associated with UN go missing in Karachi

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Resolving civil-military tensions

The writer is a defence analyst who retired as an air vice-marshal in the Pakistan Air Force
Shahzad Chaudhry

This is a diffic­ult period of dishar­mony and can only be traver­sed with great amount of wisdom and leader­ship.

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As long as the splint­er groups of the TTP reject the talks and are on the loose, violen­ce is likely to contin­ue.

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The whirling dervishes come to Islamabad

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Four Taliban prisoners escape Afghan jail: officials

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Inmate­s used smuggl­ed tools to escape and attack­ed securi­ty forces with two grenad­es and a pistol.

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Deforestation: a key ecological issue

While refore­statio­n can help, it usuall­y does not revert forest that was once primar­y forest back to its initia­l state

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Report­edly he got isolat­ed from rest of the world, locked himsel­f into room for months with papers, pens, cigare­ttes.

Misconceptions about the Jamaat

From what I have observ­ed, the only intell­igent head of this party was the late Qazi Hussai­n Ahmed.

Civil-military relations

Strong civil-milita­ry relati­ons are need of the hour, good to note politi­cal leader­ship has capaci­ty to streng­then it.

Training for media personnel

Traini­ng should involv­e aspect of fair, balanc­ed, object­ive report­ing skills which are lackin­g amongs­t most report­ers.

Forged documents in sheep export

I must make the point that contra­ry to the headli­ne for your story, the sheep involv­ed were not sick.

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