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Over two dozen houses flooded in canal breach
Jun 12th
Villagers come out to protest against irrigation officials.
Local govt conundrum: ‘PPP is ready for polls but coalition isn’t’
Jun 12th
LG minister addresses meeting, discusses new drainage plan, cyclone preparation.
Tentacles Of Social Media: With great power comes great responsibility
Jun 12th
Several questions raised on wthics, morality, objectivity, fact-checking and biases of mainstream and social media.
KP budget with Rs249bn outlay today
Jun 11th
PESHAWAR: The provincial budget of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) for the fiscal year 2011-12 will be presented at 3 pm today (Saturday), Geo News reported.
Official sources have revealed that the budget is likely to have an outlay of Rs249 billion with no n…
Outlook for next year: Punjab budget boasts record uplift funds
Jun 11th
The funds will be used on 1,904 ongoing and new development schemes in the financial year 2011-12.
Budget 2012: Sindh mixes populist pandering with institutional reform
Jun 11th
Police stations to be given their own budgets; health gets 40% more than last year.
Sindh Cabinet approves budget for 2011-12
Jun 11th
KARACHI: Sindh Cabinet has granted approval to the provincial budget for the fiscal year 2011-12.
The meeting of Sindh Cabinet was held under the chairmanship of Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah.
Sindh Finance Minister Murad Ali Shah briefed t…
VS Naipaul: Proud and prejudicial
Jun 11th
http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/6377/vs-naipaul-proud-and-prejudicial/
What’s Going Right in Pakistan
Jun 10th
Adil Najam There is much – way too much – that is going terribly wrong in Pakistan. But not all is lost. Not just yet. One must never deny that which is going wrong. Indeed, to accept and acknowledge it is itself the first step towards finding ways to reverse the wrong. But nor should [...]
