The Express Tribune Newsletter: June 22, 2012

Today's Headlines Premiership race: On election day, PPP keeps up the intrigue Irfan Ghauri Parliament will elect a prime minister today (Friday) – but with the previous frontrunner suffering a setback in the form of a non-bailable arrest warrant, the speculation surrounding who the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)'s top candidate continued on Thursday. Double jeopardy: Forget ephedrine – ever heard of dextropropoxyphene? Arif Rana Already faced with the ephedrine case, another controlled substance-related scandal is shaping up against Makhdoom Shahabuddin. Ephedrine scandal: Arrest warrant issued for PPP's PM candidate Mudassir Raja Premiership in Pakistan, it seems, is a curse these days. Days after a sitting prime minister was dismissed by the apex court, the would-be prime minister has been made a wanted man. Liver transplants: Pioneering surgeons may leave Sheikh Zayed Hospital Ali Usman Two of Pakistan's pioneering liver transplant surgeons, responsible for leading the first transplant without the help of a foreign doctor, are likely to discontinue their services at the Sheikh Zayed Hospital (SZH) due to a lack of operating facilities. Business No trespassing: OGRA to cancel pipeline allocation of LNG importers Zafar Bhutta The liquefied natural gas (LNG) import programme is facing major hiccups as the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has decided to cancel the pipeline capacity allocated to LNG importers after taking the petroleum ministry into confidence because of the failure of the importers to meet commitments within the set timeframe. Mystery visit: Why was the Google chairman in Pakistan? Farooq Tirmizi If the Google chairman's quick, unannounced visit to Pakistan has anyone optimistic about Google investing in Pakistan; they should not get their hopes up. Eric Schmidt was here for nothing of the sort. _______________________________________________ Sports Pakistan thrash India in kabaddi semi Nabeel Hashmi Abrar Khan's successful touch in the dying seconds gave Pakistan a thrilling 32-30 win over defending champions India in the kabaddi semi-final of 3rd Asian Beach Games being played in Haiyang, China. Deported to Pakistan, Salman Butt says he is innocent of spot-fixing Gibran Ashraf Returning to Pakistan after spending close to nine months in prison in Britain, former Pakistan national cricket team captain Salman Butt maintained that he was innocent of spot-fixing, clarifying that he had served a sentence for "failure to report" advances from a bookie. _______________________________________________ Life & Style Is Asim Jofa talking about you? Atika Rehman Are you a spoilt woman who is not ashamed to say it? If that description is fitting, then Asim Jofa's newest billboards are all about you. If you (like us) were bewildered by the bizarre slogans "Why drive when I'm driven?" and "Why wait when I'm waited upon?" that have mushroomed around the city, then wonder no more. We got the brains behind the campaign to enlighten us about the ads that have been the centre of ridicule on social media forums. From New Orleans, with love: Bringing people together Sher Khan "America has no right to point fingers at another nation because our history textbooks are brimming with stories of bloodshed." This strong statement was made by John Cannon, a member of the New Orleans-based The Stooges Brass Band (TSBB) that is visiting Pakistan. _______________________________________________

Opinion Gates, gates everywhere Kamran Shafi Power and popularity Arif Rafiq Blood money Rasul Bakhsh Rais A terrible responsibility Amber Darr Punjab's budgetary allocations Dr Pervez Tahir   Blogs Imran Khan's strategy: End corruption Azeem Ibrahim CJ Chaudhry and Zardari are here to stay Sultan Babar Mirza How not to lose your kid Bushra Anwar It's not all Sami's fault Amna Lone   Poll Who do you think will be the next prime minister of Pakistan? Qamar Zaman Kaira (43%, 249 Votes) Raja Pervaiz Ashraf (17%, 97 Votes) Maulana Fazlur Rehman (15%, 85 Votes) Sardar Mehtab Abbasi (12%, 72 Votes) Makhdoom Shahabuddin (14%, 79 Votes)  Total Voters: 580 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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