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Sharing instruments : That pedicure may not look drop dead gorgeous if it kills you
Apr 13th
Beauty parlour owners react to study that shows 300 salons do not sanitise equipment.
Domestic despair, foreign pressures
Apr 12th
The country appears to be lurching from one crisis to another.
I Spy Something Beginning with “BS”
Apr 12th
According to news outlets, “Pakistan has demanded that the U.S. steeply reduce the number of Central Intelligence Agency operatives and Special Operations forces working in Pakistan, and that it put on hold C.I.A. drone strikes aimed at militants in northwest Pakistan.” Or as Jeremy Scahill (@jeremyscahill) tweeted, “You mean Pakistan tells the U.S. it must [...]
Asian shares off as Japan aftershocks renew fears
Apr 12th
HONG KONG: Asian shares mostly fell Tuesday after strong aftershocks in Japan following last month”s devastating quake-tsunami stoked fresh concerns over the nuclear crisis, while the yen also surged. With Wall Street providing a weak lead after poor …
Top post: NBP gives Hussain permanent role
Apr 12th
Qamar Hussain joined the bank in 2009 as Chief Operating Officer.
ISI chief meets CIA head and leaves Washington
Apr 12th
WASHINGTON: Pakistan”s ISI chief Lt General Ahmed Shuja Pasha held an important meeting with the CIA chief on Monday but apparently cut short his visit and was leaving the US capital on Monday night. A Pakistan Embassy official confirmed that Gen Pash…
Auction: Actor’s possessions to be sold
Apr 11th
Elizabeth Taylor’s renowned collection of jewellery, works of art, clothing and memorabilia will be sold at auctions.
Asian shares mostly fall, Tokyo hit by trade data
Apr 11th
HONG KONG: Asian stocks ended mostly lower Monday as news that the United States had agreed a budget to avert a shutdown was tempered by profit-taking and weak Japanese pre-quake trade data. Tokyo fell 0.50 percent, or 48.38 points, to 9,719.70 after t…
ISI chief visits Washington in patch-up trip
Apr 11th
Lieutenant-general Ahmad Shuja Pasha’s visit comes days after the government extended his tenure for the second time.
