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VIEWPOINT: Who defines Pakistan interests?
ARTICLE (March 11, 2010): In two recent back-to-back interviews with PBS and CNN, US Central Command chief General David Petraeus talked of Pakistan and the US having the same interest in Afghanistan in not allowing al Qaeda to re-establish safe havens. He went on to state, "Pakistan also has an interest that is somewhat different than ours, and that is their strategic depth," adding "this is not unique, of course, just to Afghanistan and Pakistan and thought the world.



Privatising engineering industrial units

ARTICLE (March 11, 2010): Senator Waqar Ahmad Khan, Federal Minister for Privatisation, announced on March 5 that out of 58 of the state-owned enterprises (SOEs) on active privatisation list, 23 entities were being divested through public private partnership on a fast-track basis.




Migrants' health risks need more attention, expert says
ARTICLE (March 11, 2010): Immigrants are often seen as potential disease transmitters, but the reality is that they themselves face the biggest health risks, says Jacqueline Weekers, an expert on migrant health with the World Health Organisation (WHO). The migrants who are most vulnerable to health problems include undocumented immigrants and those fleeing disasters, Weekers said in a telephone interview with the German Press Agency dpa.



Partly Facetious: Investigating the mindset
ARTICLE (March 11, 2010): "The United Nations is investigating the mid set behind Ms Bhutto's assassination."



New markets, new products: Lessons learnt from Expo 2010

ARTICLE (March 11, 2010): Expo 2010 was successfully held at Karachi on February 26-28. Why do we claim success! Well, facts speak loud and clear. 300 Foreign buyers from 36 countries; over 500 Pakistani products show-cased; 350 exhibit stalls, and over a hundred thousand visitors local visitors. Very popular fashion shows, and confirmed export orders of $90 million, were the icing on the cake.




Renaming NWFP
ARTICLE (March 10, 2010): There is a likelihood of the curtain finally dropping on the issue of a new nomenclature for NWFP, a dispute that has continued to hang fire for the last many decades. When Abdul Ghaffar Khan, called Bacha Khan by his followers, suggested the name Pushtunistan in the newly created and insecure Pakistan, his opponents accused him of working for carving out a separate state out of the country.



GOOD MORNING: Sultan Ahmed: in memoriam
ARTICLE (March 10, 2010): A former English-language newspaper editor, Sultan Ahmed, passed away in Karachi on 2nd March 2010, bringing to culmination a formidable and rather fascinating career. He was 87 - and gave as many as almost 65 years to print media - and wrote prolifically with sustained passion, compassion and insight into an amazing variety of themes, engaging them with the seriousness and profundity that was warranted.



Iraqi candidates see opportunity to topple bruised al-Maliki
ARTICLE (March 10, 2010): Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki wasn't running for office in last years provincial council elections. Yet he seemed so strong, and so popular, that his party used his image everywhere on posters ahead of the polls. His face still looked down from banners and posters across the country ahead of Sunday's parliamentary polls, but a series of bombings and sectarian disputes have bruised his image as the champion of post-war unity and security.



Partly Facetious: It's not cricket
ARTICLE (March 10, 2010): "The PCB in its infinite wisdom has decided to fine Shahid Afridi and Kamran Akmal 3 million rupees and ban them from playing cricket for one year."



Commissioner (Legal) clarifies
ARTICLE (March 09, 2010): It is wrong to suggest that I have blocked a proposal by the Karachi Stock Exchange regarding Margin Financing, and Borrowing and Lending of Securities, and that the letter to the Chairman Policy Board ie Finance Secretary was written to clarify my position vis-à-vis this allegation.


  

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