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OTHER VOICES : Punjab Press : Peanuts for the people

...[T]HE government tends to have the federal budget approved hurriedly while playing up its ‘successes’ in...

Published 07 Jun, 2014 01:41am

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OTHER VOICES: Pashto Press: Afghan polls: second phase

AFGHANISTAN has announced that the second phase of its presidential election [will take place on] June 14. ... Dr...

Published 06 Jun, 2014 01:03am

OTHER VOICES: Far East Press: Top security official

DEFENCE Minister Kim Kwan-jin’s hawkish stance against North Korea has made him No. 1 target of Pyongyang’s...

Published 05 Jun, 2014 01:27am

OTHER VOICES: Sri Lankan Press: Natural hazards

MOST people woke to the news of floods, giving an inauspicious start to the week. Torrential rains continued to lash...

Published 04 Jun, 2014 06:47am

OTHER VOICES: Sindhi Press: State of lawlessness

…DAILY the media is reporting a number of incidents [in Sindh] from tribal feuds to honour killings to dacoities...

Published 03 Jun, 2014 07:07am

OTHER VOICES: Indian press: Welcome initiative

… AS within the country, there is a sense in the wider world that a significant political transformation has taken...

Published 02 Jun, 2014 07:49am

OTHER VOICES: North American Press: Criminals with guns

CHICAGO has many law-abiding gun owners who handle their weapons safely and responsibly. The ordinance proposed by...

Published 01 Jun, 2014 06:06am

OTHER VOICES: Punjab Press: Tobacco addiction

THE World Health Organisation has disclosed that 34pc of Pakistani males and 5.7pc of females are ‘addicted’ to...

Published 31 May, 2014 05:34am

OTHER VOICES: Pashto Press: Nawaz’s visit to India

THE nation has attached great expectations to the recent visit of Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif to New Delhi and...

Published 30 May, 2014 07:18am

OTHER VOICES: Southeast Asia Press: Where the truth leads

THE double standard on the pork barrel controversy is becoming too glaring as [President Benigno Aquino III,...

Published 29 May, 2014 07:16am

OTHER VOICES: Sindhi Press: Black sheep

SINDH is under the rule of criminals. … An operation is continuing in Bagerji forest near Sukkur. … But it has...

Published 28 May, 2014 05:46am

OTHER VOICES: Bangladesh Press: Festering criminalisation

HOW venal and vicious has become criminality in ruling party politics is [being revealed] in shocking detail with...

Published 27 May, 2014 06:54am

OTHER VOICES: Indian Press: Credit Suisse lessons

CREDIT Suisse Group ... has agreed to pay $2.6 billion in penalties after pleading guilty to charges of criminal...

Published 26 May, 2014 07:09am

OTHER VOICES: North American Press: When birth means death

IN Canada, for the most part, the imminent arrival of a child is a time of joyful anticipation.… ... For much of...

Published 25 May, 2014 07:39am

Metro train for Lahore

PUNJAB Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has signed an agreement in Shanghai for … an Orange Line Metro Train in...

Published 24 May, 2014 05:31am

OTHER VOICES: Pashto Press: Fata reforms commission

KHYBER Pakhtunkhwa Governor Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan has constituted a high-level Fata reforms commission with the...

Published 23 May, 2014 05:45am

OTHER VOICES: Middle East Press: Harnessing anti-Semitism

PRIME Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will never miss an opportunity to justify his stubborn refusal to come to an...

Published 22 May, 2014 06:49am

OTHER VOICES: Sri Lankan Press: Marketing leaders

AN article published … [recently] … revealed how Indian businesses … are marketing prime minister-elect...

Published 21 May, 2014 05:29am

OTHER VOICES: Sindhi Press: Teacher recruitment

[RECENTLY] the Sindh chief minister, education minister and secretary education were … expressing their concern...

Published 20 May, 2014 05:23am

OTHER VOICES : Indian Press : A decent man

TEN years as head of government have taken a toll on Manmohan Singh, as they might of any other figure, no matter ...

Published 19 May, 2014 06:51am

OTHER VOICES : North American Press : Project 351

DURING his second inaugural address in 2011, [Massachusetts] Governor Patrick introduced Project 351 — an effort ...

Published 18 May, 2014 06:36am

OTHER VOICES: Punjabi Press: Education emergency

THE Punjab government has enforced the Education Emergency Ordinance in the province with immediate effect. Now it ...

Published 17 May, 2014 05:29am

OTHER VOICES: Pashto Press: The peace process

THE differences among the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan groups have increased, which has also created problems in the...

Published 16 May, 2014 05:58am

OTHER VOICES: Far East Press: Supervisors supervised

NEWS came [recently] that an official of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of...

Published 15 May, 2014 05:46am

OTHER VOICES: Bangladesh Press: Not quite a panacea

BANGLADESH Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s demand … for disbanding the Rapid Action Battalion is...

Published 14 May, 2014 06:01am

OTHER VOICES: Sindhi Press: Tolerance under attack

SINDH was still feeling the heat of the arson attack targeting a dharamshala in Larkana and of the ransacking of a...

Published 13 May, 2014 06:23am

OTHER VOICES: Indian Press: Crime and punishment

NINE months after the National Spot Exchange Ltd … scam surfaced, the law has finally caught up with Jignesh Shah,...

Published 12 May, 2014 07:40am

OTHER VOICES: North American Press: Cyclists’ safety

MAY Mathilde Blais’s death not be in vain. A few hundred people gathered Monday morning to honour the 33-year-old...

Published 11 May, 2014 07:18am

OTHER VOICES: Punjabi Press: Polio restrictions

THE WHO polio-related travel restrictions on Pakistan have awakened our government from the deep slumber of...

Published 10 May, 2014 06:07am

OTHER VOICES: Pashto Press: Price hike in KP

PRICES are increasing rapidly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and there’s no policy to check this. Hence, profiteers are...

Published 09 May, 2014 06:37am

OTHER VOICES : South-East Asia Press : Fund scam

FOR Blue Ribbon committee chairman T.J. Guingona to salvage a measure of credibility … the inquiry into the...

Published 08 May, 2014 06:46am

OTHER VOICES: Sindhi Press: Power crisis

…THE [present] rulers used to criticise the PPP government and publicly claimed they would solve the [electricity]...

Published 07 May, 2014 06:19am

OTHER VOICES : Sri Lankan Press : Power and theft

AS to what really plagues … Sri Lanka even after it defeated terrorism and entered the group of middle-income...

Published 06 May, 2014 06:17am

OTHER VOICES: Indian Press: Royalty treatment

IT is difficult to understand why the outgoing government wants to launch an elaborate exercise of soliciting ...

Published 05 May, 2014 07:30am

OTHER VOICES: North American Press: Think again

SOME critics say the recent decisions by Toyota and Occidental Petroleum to move their US headquarters from Southern...

Published 04 May, 2014 07:05am