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Accord on restoring judges eludes Pakistan's ruling parties as deadline looms | : With a self-imposed deadline looming, Pakistani leaders had yet to clinch a deal Sunday on restoring judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf, an issue that has threatened to break up the rulin... (photo: AP Photo / B.K.Bangash) International Herald Tribune Government Pakistan Photos Politics President |
Fanning flames of Afghan food crisis | Export restrictions and higher taxes in neighbouring countries are worsening an already dire food crisis in Afghanistan. | Rick Corsino, the World Food Program's director in Afghanistan, said intern... (photo: US Army/Spc. Jennifer Barba) Canada Dot Com Afghanistan Aid Canada Food Photos |
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Fight against terror is not for US sake: PM | By Our Correspondent | NEW DELHI, May 10: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said he would not hold talks with any militant group unless they first gave up arms, the... (photo: PID) Dawn Delhi Pakistan Photos Terrorism US |
Federal cabinet to discuss power crisis | By Our Reporter | LAHORE, May 10: Kashmir Affairs, Northern Areas and Information Technology Minister Qamaruz Zaman Kaira said on Saturday the government had decided to... (photo: WN / aruna1) Dawn Energy Lahore Pakistan Photos Politics |
SWABI: Swabi people stock new crop for food security: Flour crisis deepens | By Muqaddam Khan | SWABI, May 10: As the flour crisis deepens, people have started stocking fresh produce of wheat to cope with the situation while flourmills have gear... (photo: WN / patricia) Dawn Flour Food People Photos Wheat |
NWFP blames lack of insight | By Zulfiqar Ali | PESHAWAR: Despite having vast tracts of fertile land, conducive climate and a huge potential for hydel-power generation, the North West Frontier Provi... (photo: creative commons / Steve Evans) Dawn Development Energy Pakistan Photos Politics |
The maze of food subsidy | By Sher Baz Khan | ISLAMABAD: With the rising food prices having made more than 77 million Pakistanis vulnerable to economic shocks, the issue of subsidising the countr... (photo: US DoD) Dawn Agriculture Asia Food Islamabad Pakistan Photos Prices |
Tax cuts to curtail prices | KARACHI: Retailers and wholesalers are seeking a cut in duties and taxes as they say that it is now the only way to bring down prices when all other options to stem inf... (photo: WN/Patricia) Dawn Business Economy Market Photos Tax |
Food crisis is all manmade | By Asif Ali Khan | KARACHI: The world is bracing for a worst kind of food crisis, witnessed in recent memory. In the global village, Pakistan cannot escape the impact. ... (photo: WN) Dawn Agriculture Crop Food Photos World |