A decade of growth, stability, and continuity," is how close confidants of Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, describe the ruling General's stint in power. But the phrase is misleading. The starting point of the 10-year clock is not October 1999, when General Musharraf's corps commanders overthrew Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's government and set off the third phase of military rule in the country.,................detail

Despite the government's insistence that the privatisation of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) has been entirely transparent, economic experts, opposition parties and the plant's employees are skeptical about the sale of this strategically important unit, for what they contend is a paltry sum. Critics maintain that the government has sold the main plant and the valuable land it is situated on at a throwaway price...........detail

The drum beat is getting louder. Even as the largely predictable aftermath of the aggression against Iraq gets messier by the day, Iran appears to be increasingly at risk of being scorched by the burning Bush. George W. continues to claim that diplomacy will be pursued as far as a possible, but at the same time insists that all options remain on the table. .........detail

Newsline handpicks five designers from Karachi and Lahore to make you sparkle through hot summer nights.........detail

When Pakistani cinema began to lose its hold on the public, one of the gimmicks it adopted to lure audiences back to the silver screen was shooting films in exotic locales. The idea was that the general public would be attracted to the movies for, if nothing else,..........detail

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Wasim Frembgen recently launched his book and exhibition titled The Friends of God - Sufi Saints in Islam: Popular Poster Art from Pakistan at the Goethe Institut in Karachi. He is chief curator of the Oriental Department at the Museum of Ethnology in Munich as well as lecturer of anthropology and Islamic Studies at various universities in Germany ............detail