Gagging the media Thursday, November 26, 2009 I have observed that whenever there are signs of a change in government, the pressure on the media increases. This has happened in past governments of the PPP, the PML-N and General Musharraf. Is history...

Saturday, December 05, 2009 Crime pays Almost every day, newspapers publish advertisements by banking courts asking defaulters to pay or face legal action (usually resulting in their properties being auctioned). Sometimes the loans are as low as half...

Gagging the media Thursday, November 26, 2009 I have observed that whenever there are signs of a change in government, the pressure on the media increases. This has happened in past governments of the PPP, the PML-N and General Musharraf. Is history...

Saturday, 21 Nov, 2009 Gilani to quit: This is with reference to the news item “Gilani to quit if wife is found to be NRO beneficiary” (Nov 20). Perhaps, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is not aware that his wife’s loan of Rs171 m (plus a...

I’ve heard of married Pakistani Muslim women having extra-marital affairs and I’ve heard of them killing for love or other reasons, but what Fauzia Sultana has done is truly shocking. A normal woman would never kill her own eight-year old son to...