The Express Tribune Newsletter: May 20, 2012

Today's Headlines

 

NATO summit: Zardari arrives in Chicago

 

Huma Imtiaz

President Asif Ali Zardari arrived in Chicago on Saturday afternoon (Central Time) to participate in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) Summit 2012.

Mohajir Suba: Nationalists warn government of bloodshed



Our Correspondents

The hue and cry about the Mohajir Suba took a new but ugly turn on Saturday when Sindh's nationalist parties hit out hard at the protagonists of the 'clandestine' movement and warned its leaders as well as the Sindh government of serious consequences if any attempt was made to divide the province or to carve out another province out of it.

A month on, little progress on Bhoja crash



Saad Hasan

It has been one month since Bhoja Air's Islamabad-bound aircraft crashed, killing all 127 people on board. No one has been charged, no arrests made and no official terminated.

Legal affairs: Punjab Police seeks approval to hire three lawyers



Anwer Sumra

The inspector general has asked the chief minister to allow the Punjab Police to hire three lawyers for high-profile cases, as officers have lost faith in the advocate general's office,The Express Tribune has learnt.

Business

Troubled sector: 300,000 units added to housing backlog every year

Kazim Alam

The housing shortage in Pakistan goes up by 300,000 units every year, with the cumulative national housing backlog of at least seven million units, according to the International Housing Finance Programme 2008.

Weekly Review: KSE-100 drops below 14,000 points

Bilal Umar

The stock market continued to suffer heavy losses for the second week in a row, resulting in the benchmark KSE-100 index dropping below 14,000 points during the week ended on May 18.
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Sports

Chelsea crowned Champions of Europe

Reuters

Chelsea stunned Bayern Munich to win the Champions League for the first time as Didier Drogba struck the decisive penalty in a shootout at the Allianz Arena following a tension-soaked final which ended 1-1 after extra time on Saturday.

Cricket: Ajmal wants to be the trump card

Our Correspondent

Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal looks likely to be the team's trump card again.
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Life & Style

Talat Hidayat: 'Good music is a source of solace'

Our Correpondent

Forty six-year-old Talat Hidayat is not your average, 'just another' musician. He comes across as an undercover messiah, who, despite being visually-impaired, spreads the light of God's words through his religiously-inclined melodies.

Entity Paradigm: Fawad and Waqar bow out

Sher Khan

On Friday, it was publicly acknowledged for the first time that former frontman Fawad Afzal Khan — who recently shot to great heights of fame because of super hit drama serial "Humsafar" — and drummer Waqar Khan have called it quits. _______________________________________________




Opinion

The drones club

Saroop Ijaz

Two 'victors' under pressure

Khaled Ahmed

Going cuckoo over a coup

Aakar Patel

Taking lives

Dr Faisal Bari

The French were always the leaders

Anwer Mooraj

Blogs

Can they call Palestine home?

Sidra Taj

Image is nothing: Pakistan as Andre Agassi

Nadir Hassan

The rise of American fanatics

Mani Khawaja

How much killing is too much?

Aneka Chohan

Poll

Which of these two issues should hold greater priority for this year's budget?

Electricity: 74% (418 votes)

Employment: 26% (148 votes)

Total: 566 votes

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