Contract officials: Committee proposes axing fifty bureaucrats

 Prime minister reserves the right to dismiss officials from service. ISLAMABAD: A committee constituted by the government to recommend contract officials whose services are...

Would Gaddafi’s Fall Really Bring Peace to Libya?

 Demonstrators in Benghazi Is it the End of Days for Libya? "Only the south, Tripoli, and Sert are under Muammar Gaddafi's control," says Mustafa Abd...

The Davis Spy Crisis: Top Spooks in the U.S. and Pakistan Get in the Act

 U.S. consulate employee Raymond Davis is escorted by police and officials out of court in Lahore, January 28th, 2011. The CIA has opened direct...

Promoting disharmony: Police officers wait while juniors climb up the ladder

 Claim selection board politicised procedure, many officers do not fill criteria ISLAMABAD: Senior police officers including members of the Islamabad police were bemused by...

Transferring life: ‘Brain-dead people could give new life to the dying’

 Health experts discuss the need and scope of cadaveric transplant in the country ISLAMABAD: Imran, 21, was brought for treatment to Shifa International Hospital...

National Police Foundation: 10 plots ‘illegally’ allotted at throw-away prices

 Scrutiny shows more dubious deals struck by PML-N legislator Anjum Aqeel Khan worth billions of rupees in the NPF. LAHORE: The managing director (MD)...

Suicide attempt: Girl overdoses on anti-malarial drugs

  ISLAMABAD: An unconscious 23-year-old girl was brought to the Benazir Bhutto Hospital on Friday night by two men, who fled the scene after admitting...

Mideast Unrest Spreads to Nicaragua — Virtually

 Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega Under the banner "We Will Not Remain Quiet: No More Reelection," some 16,000 Nicaraguan youth activists joined forces Friday to protest...

The Big Taboo: Confronting Russia’s Human-Rights Abuses

 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (left) and Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov walk before a meeting in Grozny, June 14, 2010. Mikhail Klimentyev /Kremlin / RIA Novosti...

Bahria Town race: Relatives of victims show mercy

 Family members of the killed spectators extend forgiveness to three accused. RAWALPINDI: The relatives of the five people who were run over by a...