While the staff member of a local bakery in Lahore may have survived being killed by the “Encounter Specialist” of Punjab before the video evidence of his thrashing was made public by the media, this whole series of events does lead towards people asking a number of questions on what happened and how it was […]
Ruling PPP holds richest, poorest parliamentarians The Election Commission of Pakistan released annual declaration of assets and liabilities of parliamentarians, declaring that the richest and poorest lawmakers belonged to ruling Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP). Noor Alam Khan is the richest Member of Parliament, owning assets worth Rs 32 billion, while Jamshed Dasti, who also belongs […]
Gilani in favour of energy conservation through stricter measures Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said power load shedding will be carried out on an equitable basis in all parts of the country as demanded by the Punjab, two weekly holidays will be observed and commercial markets will be closed at 8pm to save electricity. […]
Apr 10 2012 | Posted in
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Exams Debacle: An attempt to spoil students’ future As we already acknowledged there were numerous flaws in our examination system out of which corruption is not an uncommon feature. But the recent exams fiasco at the Intermediate level in Punjab takes the cream of the cake. After fuming protests by bewildered students and their parents […]
Oct 25 2011 | Posted in
Pakistan |
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