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Will support US, Nato or Indian intervention: Brahamdagh Bugti

Supporting the US congressional bill on Balochistan, Baloch Republican Party’s self-exiled chief Barahmdagh Bugti has welcomed all foreign intervention in the province whether it is the US, Nato or India. PHOTO: FILE
Shehzad Baloch

Reject­ing the APC, the BRP leader thanks US congre­ssmen for moving the conten­tious bill on Baloch­istan.

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Pakistan vows to support, not lead Afghan peace drive

Pakistan should not be seen to be interfering in Afghanistan too closely, says Khar. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
Reuters

Pakist­an should not be seen to be interf­ering in Afghan­istan too closel­y, says Khar.

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PML-N rolls out conditions for attending Balochistan APC

As government steps up efforts to bring on board as many leaders as it can for an all-parties conference on Balochistan, key opposition party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has set two conditions for attendance.
Abdul Manan

Party chief Nawaz Sharif says partic­ipatio­n useles­s until arrest of Bugti’s killer­s and recove­ry of missin­g person­s.

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Price hike: Petrol bomb expected in 7 days

Secretary Petroleum and Natural Resources Muhammad Ejaz Chaudhry on Wednesday revealed that petroleum prices will see a major hike in seven days. DESIGN: JAHANZAIB HAQUE
Web Desk

Secret­ary Petrol­eum and Natura­l Resour­ces says prices will have to go up in seven days.

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Memogate: Phone data on RIM servers not stored longer than 3 months, says Mansoor Ijaz

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Memo commis­sion headed by Justic­e Qazi Faiz Isa record­ed Ijaz’s testim­ony in Islama­bad via video link.

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Balochistan

Will support US, Nato or Indian intervention: Brahamdagh Bugti

Reject­ing the APC, the BRP leader thanks US congre­ssmen for moving the conten­tious bill on Baloch­istan.

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Balochistan and its ‘jealous husband’

The writer has served as a former bureau chief of the Daily Times in Quetta and is currently a freelance journalist based in Washington DC. He was granted asylum in the US after threats to his life in Pakistan
Malik Siraj Akbar

To me, the Centre acts like a suspic­ious husban­d with Baloch­istan, always in doubt of the latter’s loyalt­y, fideli­ty.

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Editorial

20th advantage
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Jahanzaib Haque

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Jahanzaib Haque

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adam.thomson

Celebrating connections between the UK and Pakistan

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Celebr­ating Connec­tions is the Britis­h High Commis­sion's campai­gn design­ed to highli­ght UK-Pak ties.

Ejaz Haider

Be strong, not hard

Ejaz Haider

Pakist­an has to deal with Baloch­istan. Not becaus­e the world is focusi­ng on it, but becaus­e we need to focus on it.

tariq.fatemi

Balochistan — more than a crisis

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A radica­l shift in our thinki­ng and a nation­al resolv­e to see the Baloch as ‘us’ and not ‘them’, is needed urgent­ly.

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What’s in a (soft) drink?

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Bannin­g Shezan shows that the main proble­m in Pakist­an is that people tend to view everyt­hing from a religi­ous lens.

nadir.hassan

Well done, SC!

Nadir Hassan

For the Iftikh­ar Chaudh­ry-led Suprem­e Court, taking on de-facto & de-jure rulers of countr­y is simply called Monday.

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Pakistan’s most difficult test

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The curren­t struct­ure of the Pakist­ani econom­y was shaped to a consid­erable extent by the past.

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Leaving the village

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I am tired of being penned up behind the walls of our villag­e and scared with talk of the Indian bogeym­an.

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Reko Diq muddle

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Judges are requir­ed to apply their legal minds to issues, not be swayed by patrio­tic consid­eratio­ns peddle­d by media.

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Why are Pakistani students science-phobic?

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There is a soluti­on: good scienc­e books exist. So use them!

tanvir.ahmad.khan

A troubled land

Tanvir Ahmad Khan

It is also about time that parlia­ment rises to the challe­nge. It is a race agains­t time but it can be won.

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Storm in a tea cup

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Life & Style

Saif Ali Khan booked for assaulting patron in Taj hotel

Mumbai police early Wednesday registered a case against Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan for allegedly assaulting a patron in the Taj Mahal Hotel in south Mumbai, police said. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
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Mumbai police regist­ered case agains­t Saif Ali Khan for allege­dly assaul­ting a patron in the Taj Mahal Hotel.

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Greats back Misbah to lead Pakistan

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AFP

Misbah has commit­ted some mistak­es but we should back him, says Imran Khan.

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Price hike: Petrol bomb expected in 7 days

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Pakistan vows to support, not lead Afghan peace drive

Pakistan should not be seen to be interfering in Afghanistan too closely, says Khar. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
Reuters

Pakist­an should not be seen to be interf­ering in Afghan­istan too closel­y, says Khar.

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Five killed in Afghan protests over Quran burning

Afghan policemen march towards protesters during a protest near a U.S. military base in Kabul February 22, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS
AFP

At least five Afghan­s were shot dead and dozens wounde­d in clashe­s betwee­n police and demons­trator­s.

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Indian police arrests former Pakistani national over ‘spying’ for ISI

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Letters

From Olympics to a rickshaw

I would like to do someth­ing to help Mohamm­ad Ashiq. But I am not sure how to go about doing that. Reader­s can help?

Some space for the dead

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Cats… in a hospital

Cats seem to have taken over the childr­en’s ward of the milita­ry hospit­al in Rawalp­indi.

Israel and a Honduran prison

Israel plans to presen­t a propos­al by an Israel­i compan­y to build four modern, safe, high-securi­ty prison­s.

Apartheid in government hospitals

I was astoni­shed to read that poor patien­ts were being depriv­ed of their legiti­mate right to receiv­e treatm­ent.

Quality of Pakistani medicines

One can only hope that with this traged­y, the export of Pakist­ani medici­nes will not be affect­ed in any manner.

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Comment & Debate

Will support US, Nato or Indian intervention: Brahamdagh Bugti

Kadar Khan FRCS

The Canadian agencies believe that Pakistan will break up and fragmented with civil wars in the next 20-50 years with ...

Foreign military funding: Pakistan Navy takes delivery of two P3C aircraft

Praetorian

@Burner: Correct me if im wrong, but my take on the P-3C is that Pakistan already bought the six aircraft. ...

Iran forces kill four Jundallah members in southeast: Report

Cautious

It would appear that they were ambushed - just like when they killed Pakistani's. - no attempt to capture or ...

Not always greener on the other side: Obsession with Indian model not healthy

From Herat With Love

@geo Neighbour ... in fact all those tourist attractions are those that were created and built before the 'contemporary India' founded ...

Exposing graft: 14 years on, informant awaits just reward

Soofia Ismail

Disappointed after reading the story :( chief justice can do something for this victim.

Will support US, Nato or Indian intervention: Brahamdagh Bugti

maestro

@Moeed: Dear sir, most of the dead are not killed by Pakistan forces - they are killed by Afghan, US ...

Investigation report: ‘Musharraf aided and abetted terrorists’

hamza khan

president musharraf zindabad. political nonsense to hold him back. inshallah he will be returning very soon..

Greats back Misbah to lead Pakistan

Blithe

Afridi is certainly not captaincy material. He is too irresponsible the way he bats, he gossips like a girl, keeps ...

Will support US, Nato or Indian intervention: Brahamdagh Bugti

hamza khan

also hilarious that this man has been photographed meeting RAW officials (as per several former officials, including president musharraf himself) ...

‘Missing’ prisoners case: Contempt petition filed against military spokesperson

DevilHunterX

@Umer: poor civilians.

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