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	<title>The Statesmen &#124; Media you can Believe in</title>
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		<title>Meaningful change: The creation of ignorance and Pakistani media</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There can be no doubt that the past seven years, since private media channels went on air in late 2002, have created a kind of revolution in the country.
Never before in the history of Pakistan have so many different opinions aired so openly on television channels. The majority are fiercely hostile to the government. For [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/meaningful-change-the-creation-of-ignorance-and-pakistani-media/</link>
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		<title>Politicians surrender the policy control and initiative on all key issues to The Establishment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the fairly substantive and meaningful shake-up in the top hierarchy of the Pakistan Army now complete, the key issue of Lt Gen Shuja Pasha continuing as the ISI head being the last major decision, it can be said without doubt that the politicians have surrendered the policy control and initiative on all key national [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/pak-politicians-surrender-the-policy-control-and-initiative-on-all-key-issues/</link>
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		<title>Razzaq &amp; Salman running for captainship in T20 World Cup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LAHORE: Test cricketers Abdul Razzaq and Salman Butt are in race to win captainship of national cricket team for T20 World Cup.
All-rounder Abdul Razzaq has appeared to be a strong contender for this position keeping in view the recent blow to Pakistan cricket in terms of bans on many players.
However, some elements in PCB are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/abdul-razzaq-salman-butt-running-for-captainship-in-t20-world-cup/</link>
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		<title>British child recovered; infant kidnapped in Pindi for ransom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RAWALPINDI: Police in Pakistan have dismissed reports that British boy who was kidnapped last week has been released.
Five-year-old British boy Sahil Saeed was seized by an armed gang while staying with relatives in Jhelum (Pakistan) last week.
Punjab&#8217;s Law Minister, Rana Sanaullah has been reported as saying the boy was found on Wednesday and has been handed over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/british-child-recovered-infant-kidnapped-in-pindi-for-ransom/</link>
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		<title>Extremists may trigger a nuclear war in South Asia: USA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON: The United States continues to worry that groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba, RSS, VHP &#38; Bajrang Dal can cause a war between India and Pakistan, a senior US military commander told a congressional panel on Wednesday.
Lt-Gen Francis Kearney, deputy commander, US Special Operations Command, told the Senate Committee on Armed Services that while the United States was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/us-worries-extremists-may-trigger-a-nuclear-war-in-south-asia/</link>
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		<title>Target killing: Son of Ahle Sunnat chief shot dead in Karachi</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KARACHI: In yet another incident of target killing, also sectarian in nature, the son of the Ahl-e-Sunnat Chief, Maulana Ghafoor has been shot dead in Nazimabad, Karachi on Thursday, police officials said.
Maulana Ghafoor himself is also said to be in critical condition.
           
Maulana Ghafoor was on his way to the court in the morning when two [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/target-killing-son-of-ahl-e-sunnat-chief-shot-dead-in-karachi/</link>
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		<title>Pakistan sees a massive 36.3 per cent rise in inflation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: The country has seen a massive 36.3 per cent inflation since the present government came to power in 2008, with prices of two basic commodities, wheat flour and sugar, rising by 83 and 168 per cent, respectively.
According to official figures, the price of flour which was Rs16.41 per kg on Feb 21, 2008, shot [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/pakistan-sees-a-massive-36-3-per-cent-rise-in-inflation/</link>
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		<title>Oil crisis awaits as PSO faces default for providing cheap fuel to US-led NATO froces in Afghanistan</title>
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ISLAMABAD: With its receivables rising beyond Rs105 billion, Pakistan State Oil (PSO) needs at least Rs57 billion between now and April 28 to avoid default on international payments for oil imports and ensure smooth oil supplies in the country.

“We have been forced to cut down oil imports and are inviting much lower tenders than usual [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/oil-crisis-in-waiting-as-pso-faces-default-for-providing-cheap-fuel-to-us-led-nato-froces-in-afghanistan/</link>
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		<title>PCB spins again: Yousuf, Younis may be considered for selection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board has barred former captains Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan from the national team indefinitely for behaviour they]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/pcb-spins-again-yousuf-younis-may-be-considered-for-selection/</link>
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		<title>Pak envoy to Syria sacks teacher on defiance, exposing truth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: The Syrian lady teacher of the Pakistan International School of Damascus (PISOD), who went public against the Pakistani ambassador to Syria, has been shown the door, on the pretext that she had jeopardised Syria-Pakistan relations by damaging the reputation of the school.
Ms Manal Suleman, the only teacher in Syria who conducts biology practicals for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/pak-envoy-to-syria-sacks-teacher-on-defiance-exposing-truth/</link>
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		<title>PML-N bags Lahore seat in NA-123 by-polls with thrashing lead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-N won the by-polls for NA-123 in Lahore and PP-82 in Jhang, while PML-Z secured PP-284 in Bahawalnagar after polling for the three seats was completed in a peaceful manner on Wednesday.
Although PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif had replaced himself with Pervaiz Malik for the NA seat in Lahore, the electoral fight [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/pml-n-bags-lahore-seat-in-na-123-by-polls-with-thrashing-lead/</link>
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		<title>Judges get hefty raise in salary, allowances in poor Pakistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari today approved a 30 per cent increase in the salary and allowances of judges of the apex]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/judges-get-hefty-raise-in-salary-allowances-in-poor-pakistan/</link>
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		<title>NAB treating convict FIA officer with velvet gloves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: While the Supreme Court has taken note of how the convicted FIA officer Ahmed Riaz Sheikh got a top job, the NAB is treating him with velvet gloves and has not yet reopened his case although he enjoys no immunity like his friend President Asif Zardari.
As cases of all other NRO beneficiaries have been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/nab-treating-convict-fia-officer-with-velvet-gloves/</link>
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		<title>FIA gets 8 days to submit Pak Steel Mills scam report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: The government has given eight days to the Federal Investigation Agency to submit a first report on alleged corruption in Pakistan Steel Mills and asked it to identify the people who had caused immense losses to the country’s largest industrial unit.
The decision was taken at a high-level meeting held on Tuesday in pursuance of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/fia-gets-8-days-to-submit-pakistan-steel-mills-scam-report/</link>
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		<title>Asif Ali Zardari’s home obstructs flyover construction in Karachi</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KARACHI: District government has been unable to start construction work of a flyover on Shahra-e-Faisal for more than three months now. The delay in construction is not due to lack of funds, but because of a house belonging to president Zardari.
Officials at the district government say that the chief minister of Sindh has ordered to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/asif-ali-zardari%e2%80%99s-home-obstructs-flyover-construction-in-karachi/</link>
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		<title>ISI chief gets extension till 18th March, 2011; 29 brigadiers promoted to maj-general rank</title>
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ISLAMABAD: The Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, has given a one-year extension in service to Lt. General Ahmed Shuja Pasha to allow him to complete his tenure as three-star general and, more importantly, as head of the country’s premier spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

Sources told our correspondent a summary for Lt. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/isi-chief-lt-general-ahmed-shuja-pasha-gets-one-year-extension/</link>
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		<title>Five Pakistani men seized &#8216;days before the planned terror attacks in Britain&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LONDON: Five Pakistani men linked to a terror plot in Britain similar to the attacks on the London transport system in 2005 were arrested days before they planned to strike, a hearing was told Tuesday.
A British intelligence officer, identified only as ZR, told an immigration panel that the group had been planning to stage an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/5-pakistani-men-seized-in-britain-days-before-planned-attacks-on-transatlantic-jets-with-liquid-bombs/</link>
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		<title>100s Held in pre-emptive Tibet crackdown amid anniversary of bloody riots in 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LHASA: Hundreds of Tibetans have been rounded up in Lhasa and armed paramilitaries are patrolling the streets in the run-up to the anniversary of a bloody riot in 2008.
The authorities are anxious to avoid a repeat of the anti-Chinese attacks that left about 20 people dead when Tibetans rampaged through the streets of the Himalayan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/hundreds-of-tibetans-held-in-pre-emptive-crackdown-amid-anniversary-of-bloody-riots-in-2008/</link>
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		<title>Muhammad Yousuf &amp; Younis Khan suspended indefinitely from playing cricket, others heavily fined</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board on Wednesday slapped banned and imposed heavy fines on a number of its top]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/muhammad-yousuf-younis-khan-suspended-indefinitely-from-playing-cricket-others-heavily-fined/</link>
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		<title>Eight powerful cartels refuse to cough up Rs 7 billion in fines and penalties</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: The top guns of the PPP government have made a confession before the National Assembly Secretariat about their failure to recover a mind boggling Rs 7 billion in fines and penalties from eight powerful cartels after 50 sugar barons, 20 cement tycoons, eight banks, five cellular phone companies, energy tycoons and stock exchanges of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestatesmen.net/news/eight-powerful-cartels-refuse-to-cough-up-rs-7-billion-in-fines-and-penalties/</link>
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