The Express Tribune Newsletter: May 11, 2012

Today's Headlines

State visit to UK: Britain pledges 'enduring friendship' with Pakistan

Our correspondents

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani arrived at 10 Downing Street on Thursday to meet with his British counterpart David Cameron and review the progress made under the Enhanced Strategic Dialogue between Pakistan and the UK.

Certification rules: Amid talks headway, US panel proposes conditional aid

Kamran Yousaf / Huma Imtiaz

Even as a key US Congressional panel placed strict conditions on financial and military assistance to Pakistan on Thursday, diplomats and officials in Islamabad said the estranged allies were on the verge of a breakthrough in negotiations.

Operations review: Red Cross suspends work in Pakistan

Our Correspondents

The Red Cross on Thursday suspended most of its aid projects in Pakistan and recalled foreign staff to the capital, following the brutal murder of a staff doctor.

Punjab rioting: Protests bring 'power' brokers to Presidency

Irfan Ghauri

As power shortfall hit 8,000 megawatts on Thursday, protests fanned across Punjab, prompting the president to convene an emergency meeting on the energy crisis late Thursday night.


Business

ESCAP report: UN urges Pakistan to subsidise agriculture

Shahbaz Rana

The United Nations (UN), in its latest report on Asia, has advised Pakistan to provide agricultural subsidies and introduce modern technologies to increase per acre yield, arrest rising food prices and alleviate hunger.

Pay up, or else: PARCO seeks advance payment for oil supply to PSO

Zafar Bhutta

Pak-Arab Refinery Company (Parco) has warned Pakistan State Oil (PSO) that it will stop the supply of fuel if the latter does not introduce a mechanism according to which it will open letters of credit to make advance payment for oil supply rather than getting deliveries on credit.

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Sports

Cricket: Professor Hafeez handed Pakistan's future

Our Correspondents

The Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) plans for the future gained further momentum as it named separate squads for all three formats while also naming Mohammad Hafeez as the team's Twenty20 captain, ending Misbah's reign at the helm.

Aisamul-Rojer march into Madrid Open quarter-finals

Our Correspondents

Pakistan's top-seeded tennis player, Aisamul Haq Qureshi, along with his Mens doubles partner Jean-Julien Rojer, fought their way into the third round of the Madrid Open to set up a date with his former partner Rohan Bopanna.

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Life & Style

Manto: How relevant is the writer today?

Saadia Qamar

57 years after his death, Manto remains one of the most relevant sub-continental writers in present times. The Express Tribunespoke to current writers regarding the writer's influence.

Out by Royal Park, the 'soul' of film lays dying

Rabia Mehmood

On the third floor of Atif mansion in Royal Park Lahore, Ustad Jahangir gets his canvas, colour palate and brushes out, mixes paints and starts finishing the purple colored dress of a woman in a scene from Heer Ranjha.

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Opinion

The merry-go-round

Kamran Shafi

Breaking the feudal lords

Asad Rahim Khan

The missing link

Salman Masood

Different folks in school

Prakash Belawadi

Military & the media

Afia Shehrbano Zia
 

Blogs

Bringing cricket back, the South African way

Ahmad Fuad

Build your froyo tower at Tutti Frutti Frozen Yogurt

Saira Malik

Why won't NADRA recognise the Kalasha?

Sikandar Khan Kalasha

Refund policy: The end of university looting

Syed Nadir El Edroos

Poll

Have you ever experienced sexual harassment at work? 

No (354 votes, 78%)

Yes (99 votes, 22%)

Total Voters: 453

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