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Pak-US Dialogue:
PM Expects Success in Achieving Tangible Goals

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Saturday expressed the hope that the fourth session of Pakistan-US Strategic Dialogue scheduled for next week in Washington D.C would be successful in achieving  concrete results and tangibl

Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani speaks with Ms Anne W. Patterson, US Ambassador in Islamabad Saturday, March 20, 2010.
Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani speaks with Ms Anne W. Patterson, US Ambassador in Islamabad Saturday, March 20, 2010.
O T H E R T O P S T O R I E S


M E T R O
COAS leaves for United States

ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Saturday left on an official visit to United States.

He is visiting USA on the special invitation of the US Centcom General Davi

K A S H M I R
Dozens injured in anti-India protests in IHK

SRINAGAR (IHK): In occupied Kashmir, dozens of people were injured when Indian police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel used brute force on peaceful protesters in Sopore and Baramul

B U S I N E S S
Worst load-shedding paralyses industry in Pakistan

LAHORE: The country is facing severe load-shedding, causing hardship to the people besides jamming the wheel of industry.

The situation may lead to contribute towards the problem unemployme

S P O R T S
Pakistan appeals against Davis Cup tie switch

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan appealed against its Davis Cup Asia Oceania tie being switched to New Zealand over security fears, demanding it should be played at a neutral venue, officials said Saturday.


E D I T O R I A L
Oil Hits Again

LEAST bothered about manifold problems – being faced by the poor on multiple facets – the government has given yet another rickety jerk and jolt to the people by inflicting an alarming rise in the

A R T I C L E S


Cultural imperatives in Development
By Dr Zafar Altaf

The development process in Pakistan has never taken the regional culture into consideration while developing projects and the net result has been that projects have been so implemented that the int



N E W S W I R E

S P E A C I A L R E P O R T
Kashmir Solidarity Day

LIKE past, the observance of the Kashmir Solidarity Day—on Feb-5 and that too, with one voice is a clear expression of the bona fide reality that India can in no way delude the world opinion – any

L I F E & T I M E S


Memory Lapses:
Common in Elderly Men than Women

When it comes to remembering things, elderly men are more likely than women to falter, a new study has found. A study of 2,050 people between the ages of 70 and 89 who were interviewed, examined an

S O C I E T A L


Zara Sheikh:
Model-cum-Actress

Pakistani fashion Model Zara Sheikh is gigantic name of the fashion world. Of-late, the model did another fas


Kareena:
Wants Swiss Love Nest

And they are grand, naturally. What might seem great for lesser mortals is not good enough for Bollywood’s reini


Katrina Kaif:
Goes the Yoga Way

Katrina Kaif is inclined towards spirituality these days. Either because she wants more success or because she






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