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. _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ |
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