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Heritage lost: After the fire, Empress Market shops nearly open for business
May 17th
Fire department, shopkeepers, CDGK rule out arson.
Canal breach: Crops worth millions damaged
May 16th
The affected farmers said the breach occurred due to the negligence of officials.
Not a drop to drink?
May 15th
Despite laws and social taboos, there is no shortage of either alcohol or alcoholics in Pakistan.
Scary statistics: Pindi residents, traders worried by rising crime
May 15th
Officials say strategy being formulated to curb rising cases of theft, burglaries.
Public health: Waste dumping won’t be easily stopped
May 15th
Pollution penalty far cheaper than installing treatment plants for factories.
In search of clean water
May 14th
at a fair recently held in Karachi. He claimed, and I was convinced, that the task of supplying pure drinking water to millions of people of the country could be achieved by just promoting a method of water purification that uses ultraviolet rays and the sun’s heat. The method is called solar water disinfection (SODIS) and is recommended by the World Health Organization. The man came up with the idea as a solution for the
Currency: Rupee weakens, overnight rates rise
May 14th
The rupee ended weaker at 85.18/23 to the dollar compared with Thursday’s close of 84.84/89.
Subsidies reduced due to resource constraints: FM
May 14th
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Sheikh has said that subsidies had to be reduced due to the resource constraints and added that efforts were afoot for the increase in income in a bid to ease the provision of funds with more resources thus…
Defence of the nation
May 13th
Do the funds requested for the next budget include allocations from the Coalition Support Fund and other military aid?
Annual Plan 2011-12 : No concrete solutions to unemployment, poverty and energy crisis
May 13th
Govt pins hopes on building consensus on imposition of taxes.
