Tag: Left

Left holds protest against govt’s anti-people policies

LAHORE: Awami Mazahmat—an alliance of leftist parties, trade and workers’ unions protested against austerity, inflation, privatization and anti-people government policies in front of Lahore...

Cyprus votes tight presidential run-off with incumbent Anastasiades, leftist

NICOSIA: Cyprus votes Sunday in a tight presidential run-off, with incumbent Nicos Anastasiades and his leftist challenger sparring over who is best placed to...

Tourists left high and dry as Statue of Liberty shuts down

MANHATTAN: Tourists who came to Battery Park in lower Manhattan hoping to catch a ferry to the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbour...

Mexican minister quits her post, joins ruling party campaign

MEXICO CITY: Mexican deputy finance minister Vanessa Rubio has left her post to join the campaign team of ruling party presidential hopeful Jose Antonio...

Merkel upbeat as starts government talks with centre-left

BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday she was optimistic her conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) could agree to join forces as they...

Poor, helpless and left in the dark

Over 600 poor Christian families of F-6/2 Kachi Abadi living without electricity despite paying bills Residents say committee formed by J Salik embezzled electricity dues...

PM directs authorities to save what is left

  Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif said on Saturday the Punjab government and the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) should work together for the development of...

The life and times of Hugo Chavez

Every now and then a giant arrives in our midst, one that etches a permanent impression on the course of history. One such figure...

Return of the Left: Will the hammer & sickle be enough?

The Pakistani Left has been rejoicing. They are hailing the creation of Awami Workers Pakistan (AWP) as a step in the right direction for...

Clenching left hand could improve footballers’ success

Scientists found skilled athletes have spent years honing their body into reacting with little active thought, explaining the instant kicks of the martial artist...

End of an error

Ijaz Butt has finally left after three years– three years too many. In this period, Pakistan cricket lurched from one disaster to another. If...

No child to be left behind?

Education is the basic necessity in life for every individual and every child deserves education as epitomised by the slogan ‘No child left behind.’...

Hospitals, offices left understaffed

With Eid holidays coming up, private and government offices, including hospitals, witnessed low attendance on Monday, as a majority of employees had already left...

250 US nationals have left Pakistan since bin Laden operation

Around 250 US nationals including military trainers, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operatives and defense contractors have left Pakistan since the eruption of a serious...

Abbottabad raid left ‘very deep imprint’ on Pakistanis, army

Defence Secretary Lt Gen (r) Athar Ali on Saturday told members of the Inquiry Commission on Abbottabad Operation that the incident had left “a...

Fed may have bullets left, but are they blanks?

When Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke takes the podium next week at the central bank’s annual meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, his sense of...

Malik insists he still has a lot of cricket left in...

Former Pakistani captain, Shoaib Malik insists he will come out of the trouble before the PCB’s integrity committee and would once again be part...