Zeeshan

“Two wrongs do not make a right.” – An old proverb In my article, titled Re-inventing the Role published in TheNation on December 12, 2007, I advocated a new strategic-management doctrine for civil-military relations in a democratic Pakistan. At the time, it was hailed by many prominent progressive political personalities as the most important policy-orientated document ... - Zeeshan

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday became the first head of government in Pakistan’s history to have been indicted for committing contempt of court. He is accused of flouting the Supreme Court’s decision advising the government to write to the Swiss authorities about reopening the corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. The court told Mr Gilani, who appeared ... - Zeeshan

The Difa-i-Pakistan Council’s rally in Karachi was just one of the series, and apparently served merely to introduce its agenda, but for once its most important announcement was not that its next rally would be in Quetta on February 27. More immediate, and perhaps more significant, was its announcement of a sit-in in front of Parliament on February 27, to protest the resumption of ... - Zeeshan

It is heartening to observe that Railways has swung into action to recover the encroached pieces of lands. The clean-up drive, coinciding with the launch of the Pakistan Business Express, apparently aims to give the impression that Railways is setting its house in order. But that is only partly true. There are currently three types of encroachments; commercial, domestic and governmental. It ... - Zeeshan

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa visit to Pakistan has, undoubtedly, given a new dimension to bilateral relations between the two countries, in view of the fact that they have agreed to enhance bilateral trade from the current volume of $375 million to $2 billion within the next three years, besides expanding cooperation in the field of economy, defence, media and technical education. ... - Zeeshan

The American officials are holding vigorous negotiations with the Pakistani leadership convincing the latter to backtrack from the Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project. As an alternate, they have offered to sell Liquefied Natural Gas, or LNG, at a discounted rate to Pakistan. While such economic altruism from the United States is welcoming, any decision to this effect will have major legal, ... - Zeeshan

Our country is presently facing judicial crisis. Like me, millions of people are worried about the present situation and being a lay person, they ask some legal questions in order to know the situation better. Hope some jurists would guide us. 1. The President Asif Ali Zardari enjoys full immunity under the prevailing Constitution. Why he is not being allowed to avail? 2. All the head of ... - Zeeshan

The Supreme Court has suspended the membership of 28 Senate, National and provincial assembly members elected in the by-elections held after the 18th Constitutional Amendment under an incomplete Election Commission (EC). After being suspended as legislators Dr. Asim Hussain and Dr. Hafeez Sheikh have been made advisors to the Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. The decision was made hours ... - Zeeshan

We in Pakistan are rightly crying wolf every time India undertakes any construction on our rivers. We must also bother to find out whether it is a hydropower station with allowable capacity that is being built or a dam with a reservoir which exceeds the allowable limits. The former is allowed under IWT but the latter is not. It is imperative that the government acquire complete information on ... - Zeeshan

The sorry state of Aitzaz Ahsan’s case in representing PM Yousuf Raza Gillani in a contempt of court case dismays his supporters. How could a super lawyer of Aitzaz’s caliber end up in a whimper in the apex court which he so ardently strived in its resurrection from Musharraf’s clutches. It is stated in a famous Hadees-i-Nabvi that a person commits devilish acts throughout ... - Zeeshan

‘Dictatorships don’t always die when the dictator leaves office --- I learned this lesson quickly. My country, the Maldives, voted out President Maomoon back in 2008 in historic elections that swept away three decades of his authoritarian rule. And yet the dictatorship bequeathed to the infant democracy a looted treasury, a ballooning budget deficit and a rotten judiciary’. ... - Zeeshan

A few days back, Chaudhry Aslam khan, the SSP CID Karachi said in an interview with a private TV channel that unless courts give a legal authenticity to the evidence of the police officials particularly in cases of terrorism, the scourge of terrorism cannot be controlled. It is a common complaint that in most of the cases people from common public lack courage to appear before the court and ... - Zeeshan

The wide-eyed boy, perhaps all of 10 years old, shivers in a worn out sweater with holes in the elbows and his bare feet are only partially encased in a falling to bits pair of overly large joggers minus laces. At first glance, it looks as if he has been crying. However, a closer look reveals that he has not and that his eyes are watering from the bitterly cold wind sweeping through the ... - Zeeshan

SHE was one of the most attractive and glamorous women the world has ever known. So when a former footman and valet in the Royal Household received this Valentine’s Day card from Princess Diana, you can imagine how thrilled he must have been. The pink personalised card - addressed to ‘George’ and signed by the popular Princess - was anonymously sent by Diana in 1989, when she ... - Zeeshan

ASIAN honeybees signal to their enemies - bee-eating hornets - to let them know they have been spotted. An international team of scientists watched the bees as they guarded the entrance to their hive. The researchers described how the bees shook their abdomens when a hornet approached, a signal that triggered the hornet to retreat. Researchers already knew of this “characteristic shaking ... - Zeeshan

A BRITON who devours eight hotdogs for breakfast has won the dubious accolade of being named the world’s fattest man. Keith Martin, 42, tips the scales at 58 stone, and is so large that he is bed-ridden. His needs are putting an extra drain on NHS resources and costing the taxpayer thousands of pounds as he requires an army of 18 medical professionals to look after him, including ambulance ... - Zeeshan

A MAN was caught on camera as he stripped and crawled across a frozen river on his hands and knees to rescue his dog.  The dog walker was photographed slowly edging his way across the frozen River Stour in the village of Dedham, Essex, to save his pet.  However, he ended up having to swim to safety after the ice suddenly gave way and the man fell in to the freezing water 30ft from the ... - Zeeshan

LOS ANGELES  - British soul diva Adele made a triumphant return to the stage at the Grammys Sunday, winning a clean sweep of six awards and a standing ovation, in a show clouded by the death of Whitney Houston. The 23-year-old Londoner, who has been out of action since October to undergo throat surgery, wowed a star-studded audience with a storming rendition of her worldwide hit ... - Zeeshan

TRADITIONAL fairytales are being ditched by parents because they are too scary for their young children, a study found. Research revealed one in five parents has scrapped classics such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarves in favour of more modern books. One third of parents said children have been left in tears after hearing the gruesome details of Little Red Riding Hood. And nearly half of ... - Zeeshan

THE Artist has continued its awards season dominance by winning seven 2012 Orange BAFTA Film Awards. The black and white homage to silent cinema, which centres on a Hollywood actor struggling to make the transition to talkies, took home BAFTAs for ‘Best Film’, ‘Director’ and ‘Original Screenplay’ for Michel Hazanavicius and a ‘Best Actor’ gong for ... - Zeeshan

NEW YORK  - A controversial radiation treatment for patients who’ve had lung cancer surgery may not help elderly people live longer, US researchers have found. Postoperative radiotherapy, or PORT, is thought to cut the chances that a tumor will return. But it can damage the heart and lungs, which might cancel out any potential benefits - particularly in seniors. “Thus, these ... - Zeeshan

KOUROU, French Guiana - A lightweight rocket aimed at securing Europe a stake in the market to launch small satellites lifted off from Kourou space base on its maiden flight on Monday. Vega, whose development has cost more than a billion dollars, raced into the sky from the launch site in French Guiana in a streak of light, carrying a test payload of nine satellites, mission controllers ... - Zeeshan

NEW DELHI  - Botox developer Alan Scott says he rues the day he handed over rights to the best-selling wrinkle-smoothing drug to a US company for just $4.5 million, saying he might have become a billionaire. Botox has become a front-line weapon in cosmetic medicine for erasing wrinkles - while therapeutic applications of the drug are being used to help a wide variety of disorders from ... - Zeeshan

A LOS Angeles coroner has said there were no signs of foul play surrounding the death of singer Whitney Houston. After a post mortem examination, the coroner said there were no visible signs of trauma on Houston’s body and that foul play was “not suspected at this time”. He added officials were not ruling out any causes of death until they had the results of toxicology tests. ... - Zeeshan

BERLIN  - Directors from around the world have tried to recreate the drama and trauma of captivity at this year’s Berlin film festival, though not all of them found a captive audience. From kidnapping to political repression, and from a queen trapped in her palace to detainees on death row, how humans behave when their freedom is denied them has dominated the annual cinema showcase so ... - Zeeshan

Gareth Porter An analysis by Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis, which the US Army has not approved for public release but has been leaked to Rolling Stone magazine, provides the most authoritative refutation thus far of the official military narrative of success in the Afghanistan War since the troop surge began in early 2010. In the 84-page unclassified report, Davis, who returned last ... - Zeeshan

Gareth Porter An analysis by Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis, which the US Army has not approved for public release but has been leaked to Rolling Stone magazine, provides the most authoritative refutation thus far of the official military narrative of success in the Afghanistan War since the troop surge began in early 2010. In the 84-page unclassified report, Davis, who returned last ... - Zeeshan

As the misguided war in Iraq made clear, intelligence analysis is an uncertain game, all too vulnerable to error and politically motivated distortion. That experience has done little to change the intelligence community’s passion for secrets, whether or not they need to be kept. Three decades later, we still do not know for certain - but have good reason to believe - that flawed or ... - Zeeshan

As the misguided war in Iraq made clear, intelligence analysis is an uncertain game, all too vulnerable to error and politically motivated distortion. That experience has done little to change the intelligence community’s passion for secrets, whether or not they need to be kept. Three decades later, we still do not know for certain - but have good reason to believe - that flawed or ... - Zeeshan

LOS ANGELES Love story “The Vow” won the hearts of moviegoers with $51.4m in global ticket sales over a pre-Valentine’s Day weekend. “The Vow,” starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, took in $41.7m at US and Canadian theatres from Friday through Sunday in the biggest domestic opening so far this year, according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters on ... - Zeeshan

LOS ANGELES Love story “The Vow” won the hearts of moviegoers with $51.4m in global ticket sales over a pre-Valentine’s Day weekend. “The Vow,” starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, took in $41.7m at US and Canadian theatres from Friday through Sunday in the biggest domestic opening so far this year, according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters on ... - Zeeshan

GEORGE Clooney wants to work with Kate Winslet. The actor says he’s a huge fan of the actress and she is top of his list of dream costars. “I’ve never worked with Kate Winslet and I’d love to work with her,” he said. “There are a million more out there. Pretty much any actress - I love working with actresses in general.” George - who is currently dating ... - Zeeshan

GEORGE Clooney wants to work with Kate Winslet. The actor says he’s a huge fan of the actress and she is top of his list of dream costars. “I’ve never worked with Kate Winslet and I’d love to work with her,” he said. “There are a million more out there. Pretty much any actress - I love working with actresses in general.” George - who is currently dating ... - Zeeshan

SIALKOT - Four leading solar energy producing companies of Germany have offered solar energy producing technology to the export-oriented industries of Sialkot along with German investment. The German companies made this offer while addressing an important meeting with Sialkot business community held at the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry here. SCCI President Naeem Anwar Qureshi presided ... - Zeeshan

SIALKOT - Four leading solar energy producing companies of Germany have offered solar energy producing technology to the export-oriented industries of Sialkot along with German investment. The German companies made this offer while addressing an important meeting with Sialkot business community held at the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry here. SCCI President Naeem Anwar Qureshi presided ... - Zeeshan