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LAHORE - The impression in the West about Pakistan being a failed state needs to be dispelled as it is a much more resilient state than is usually believed and the wave of extremism cannot destroy it, Professor Anatol Lieven from the Department of War Studies at the King's College London opined.
Lieven, who is currently on a visit to Pakistan, has had decades of experience in Russia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the US. In addition to having had a BA and a doctorate from Cambridge

JOHANNESBURG - Coach Corrie van Zyl admitted Sunday that South Africa lacked the composure to go all the way after a shock 2011 Cricket World Cup quarter-finals loss to New Zealand.
Set 222 to win in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, the hotly fancied Proteas were bundled out for 172 and 'Choker' headlines littered weekend Johannesburg newspapers.
'Horrible! Super chokers do it again', 'What a choke' and 'Chokers' made painful reading for the likes of all-rounder Jacques

TEHRAN - Iranian Oil Minister Masoud Mirkazemi said that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will not increase its crude output.
"Prices were pushed up by political crises in some countries of North Africa and the Persian Gulf, as well as due to the global economic recovery," said Mirkazemi.
Despite the hike of crude price to over 100 U.S. dollars per barrel, extraordinary meeting is not necessary over an increase in the crude output of the

ISLAMABAD - Inter-Provincial Coordination Minister Senator Raza Rabbani, who is also minister in-charge of the Human Rights Affairs, has called for a paradigm shift in the concept of fundamental rights i.e. from the present perception that the state is a violator of fundamental rights to the state being the protector of rights.
He was speaking while chairing a national consultation on the Bill for National Commission for Human Rights at the Ministry of Human Rights. He said that

LAHORE - Former Supreme Court Bar Association president Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan has said that the contributions by the Rotary International are exemplary and Pakistan is fortunate that organisations such as the Rotary International are working in the country.
He was addressing Rotary Peace and Goodwill Conference at a local hotel on Saturday. Appreciating Rotary's role in flood relief, Aitzaz hoped that the organisation would continue its good work. Rotary District Governor

ISLAMABAD - The Punjab government has refused to grant permission to the MQM to organise a public rally at Minar-e-Pakistan on April 10 due to security reasons. Security agencies had submitted the report to the provincial government that MQM's public rally at Minar-e-Pakistan might be targeted by terrorists.
Keeping in view the report of the Home Department, the government of Punjab declined MQM's request. When contacted, MQM leader and Rabita Committee member Wasih Jalil told

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday said that the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) that came into power through political strength, power of votes and support of the masses, would sit in opposition if it lost the masses' support.
"We will remain in power until we have the support of masses... until we have political strength and force... until we have power of votes. It is our right," he remarked while addressing a function on the Pakistan Sweet Home, organised by

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court ordered on Thursday that the investigation against former Establishment Division secretary Ismail Qureshi be conducted by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)'s Additional Director General Syed Jawed Ali Bukhari, subject to a final order that might be passed after hearing the matter in the main case on April 8.
An order passed by Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed in an in-chamber hearing, however, stated that "in the meanwhile, Ismail Qureshi not be

LAHORE - The Pakistan Industrial and Traders Association Front (PIAF) has expressed serious concerns over proposals to observe two weekly holidays, terming it a decision that would further spoil things. In a press statement issued here on Thursday, PIAF Chairman Sohail Lashari said that two weekly holidays would hamper business and industrial activities. He urged the government to evolve policies, to address energy crisis, after consultation with the business community. He also urged

KARACHI - The white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis) considered to be nearing extinction in Pakistan might not be completely wiped out as the bird was recently photographed by a non-governmental organisation worker in Achhro Thar (White Desert), Sanghar district.
The vulture - listed as 'critically endangered' in International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List and in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species - was pictured sitting atop a

LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif had told US senators in a meeting that he wanted to help the government eradicate the menace of terrorism, but some members of his party did not share the same views, India's The Hindu newspaper said in a report, based on cables released by WikiLeaks, on Wednesday.
The report said that Bryan Hunt, principal officer at the US Consulate, in a cable sent on December 3, 2008 (181158: confidential), detailed a

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday that dialogue was the only way forward for normalisation of relations between Pakistan and India and wars were no solution to their decades-old problems.
"My government would like to continue working with the government of India to resolve all outstanding issues peacefully [and] in a just manner," Gilani said while talking to an Indian peace delegation led by journalist Kuldip Nayar at PM's House. The PM appreciated

DHAKA - Pakistan remain supremely relaxed about the identity of their World Cup semi-final opponents after making no contest of Wednesday's opening quarter-final against West Indies. Shahid Afridi led his men to a sweeping 10-wicket victory to set up a semi-final on March 30 in Mohali against the winners of Thursday's tie between India and Australia. "We had done very well so far in this tournament and I am not really fussed who we play," coach Waqar Younis told a news conference. "We

LONDON - General David Petraeus, the US commander of international forces in Afghanistan, played down fears on Wednesday that military action in Libya would divert resources from the Afghan war effort. "The short answer is no," Petraeus told an audience at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) think-tank in London when asked if the coalition action against Moamer Gaddafi would shift the focus from Afghanistan. "There was an examination of whether certain intelligence,

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday adjourned proceedings on the constitutional petition regarding increase in milk price, after it was told that negotiations for the reduction in prices were being held between dairy farmers and the city government. The SHC division bench comprising Chief Justice Musheer Alam and Justice Syed Hassan Azhar Rizvi was hearing the case, where Advocate Manzoor Ahmed, counselling on behalf of the City District Government Karachi (CDGK), appeared

NEW DELHI - A dilemma worthy of Hamlet confronts all batsmen in the World Cup on whether they should walk or not after nicking the ball. Australia captain Ricky Ponting clearly belongs to the school that believes the man in the white coat decides when his time is up. Ponting stood his ground after edging the ball to Kamran Akmal on Saturday even though Pakistan's successful review appeal meant he had to go back. In stark contrast, Sachin Tendulkar, one century away from his 100th

LAHORE - Jamaat Ahl-e-Hadith Senior Vice President (Central) Allama Zubair Ahmad Zaheer said that if Raymond Davis like terrorist was caught in Saudi Arabia, then he would have been beheaded at the earliest.
People who are naming Saudi Arabia for the release of Davis cannot be friends of Islam and Pakistan and they cannot digest the friendly relations of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. He also claimed that Saudi Arab never interfered in the internal matters of Pakistan.
He was