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LAHORE, March 4: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan said on Monday support to terror outfits by major political parties busy making seat adjustments with organisations like Lashkar-i-Jhangvi has added to the menace of terrorism in Pakistan. He said both ruling parties – the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) – were involved

Published in daily Dawn on March 5, 2013. By Khaleeq Kiani ISLAMABAD, March 4: A federal minister who once volunteered to ensure recovery of the entire electricity dues from defaulters has turned out to be one of the biggest defaulters and has not paid a single penny on this account over the past 56 months.

KARACHI: American fast-food and Western fashion outlets are taking Pakistan\’s growing middle class by storm, defying stereotypes about the country ‘plagued’ by Al-Qaeda and Taliban-linked violence. The rupee may have nose-dived, a third of the population may live in poverty and sectarian violence may be at a record high, but remarkably, consumer spending is up