The Express Tribune Newsletter: June 17, 2012

Today's Headlines   Dr Arsalan case: Govt calls for impartial, expeditious inquiry Irfan Ghauri The government and its allies have decided that an expeditious and impartial inquiry would be conducted into a case of financial irregularities involving real-estate magnate Malik Riaz and the chief justice's son Dr Arsalan Iftikhar. Tehreek-i-Insaf to launch pro-judiciary campaign from 18th Our Correspondent The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) will start a campaign of rallies in support of the judiciary from June 18 with a procession led by party chief Imran Khan in Lahore, said PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Saturday. Annual audit report: Govt entities wasted Rs200b during last fiscal Zahid Gishkori The annual audit report reveals that almost Rs200 billion of taxpayers' money has apparently been squandered by the government through various irregularities and mismanagement in the top ten state-run enterprises during the last fiscal year. Sindh budget documents contradict each other Kazim Alam How many accountants does it take to prepare budget documents whose figures do not contradict each other? Going by the glaring arithmetic mistakes in different documents of the Sindh budget for 2012-13, it is clear that the provincial government is in desperate need of competent accountants.   Business   'Spectrum crunch' may slow US mobile revolution AFP The United States is bracing for a data crunch from the surging use of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices as the explosion of Internet-ready devices eats up the radio spectrum allocated for mobile broadband. Power companies asked to stop unscheduled outages Online Federal Water and Power Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar has directed power distribution companies to strictly follow the load management programme in order to avoid unscheduled load-shedding, maximise recovery of bills, improve efficiency and minimise losses. _______________________________________________ Sports Tennis: Aisam, Rojer reach Halle final AFP Aisamul Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer stormed into the final of the Gerry Weber Open with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Lukasz Kubot and Mikhail Youzhny in the semi-final yesterday. Perera hat trick hands Pakistan 44 run defeat in fourth ODI AFP A hat trick from Thisara Perera handed Pakistan 44 run defeat in the fourth one day international. _______________________________________________ Life & Style Why Father's Day gets less love Hani Taha We may be an annoyingly patriarchal society, but it seems that we have gone all out lately to celebrate women and mothers in particular. Although it's just a niche of society that is busy celebrating these events, any effort in a good direction must be lauded. Make dad dapper this Father's Day Saba Khalid Shopping for my dad is as easy as learning Cantonese in a day. Regardless of how much I try, and believe me I've tried hard enough, whatever I get is too bright, too dull, too small, too big, too pricey, too young or too old for him. _______________________________________________

Opinion Enemy of an enemy Saroop Ijaz Media and the judiciary in a crisis of credibility? Raza Rumi Time for media to hold itself accountable Mazhar Abbas Scanning the fault lines Khaled Ahmed Soniaji, Sardarji and S&P Aakar Patel Blogs Thank you God for giving me my father Khurram Zia Khan Let's not hate Malik Riaz yet Yasir Akram The morning I stood still Safdar Sikandar Saying goodbye to "Durr-e-Shahwar" Hareem Ahmed Poll Do you think media persons should be subjected to accountability? Yes (97%, 681 votes) No (3%, 18 votes) Total votes: 699 Links Contact us Tribune on Facebook Tribune on Twitter About us RSS Feed Subscribe to the Paper Careers Copyrights Jobs Classifieds

 

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Written by M.Ali Salim

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