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Daily Archives: November 13, 2010

Transparency in governance

Gulmina Bilal Ahmad All the anti-democratic forces and conspiracy theorists that are seen active these days are only calling for the Dark Age of dictatorship to come back. Past experiences have shown us that dictatorships in any form are not only harmful for a country’s survival and development, but also deprive its people of the […]


Freedom of press & society

WHEN we were growing up during the days of Gen Zia, we were told that freedom of the press meant that it contributed to removing evils from society and that it was important for intellectual development of a society. I started believing that a change in society can be brought about without this very important […]


ISI, IB, MI chiefs issued notices by SC

By Sohail Khan ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the heads of secret agencies, directing them to submit a report by November 25 pertaining to 11 prisoners who had gone missing from the Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi. A three-member bench of the apex court, comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Tariq Parvez […]


Mirza lambastes media’s ‘exaggerated’ coverage of CID blast

By Imtiaz Ali Karachi: Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza came down hard on the media on Friday, accusing it of being a “partner of the terrorists”. He levelled this allegation against the media while speaking in the Sindh Assembly on a motion condemning the terrorist attack on the CID office in the city on […]