General Musharraf may lack the shrewdness of General Zia-ul-Haq but he appears to have outdone the late military dictator in the art of political manipulation. After micro-managing the elections, his lieutenants are now busy engineering a "dependable" government that the president can live with.........detail

The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) emerged as the third biggest electoral force in the country in the October 10 elections after the PML-Q and PPP. In fact, its performance was better than the PPP's because it won an outright victory in the NWFP and will be able to rule that province on the strength of its own majority..... detail

October 10; 10:00 p.m - and still no sign of the election results. PTV continued to show reruns of an old comedy play, Guest House, with Mustansar Hussain Tarrar and Mehtab Rashdi waiting patiently in the wings - all the more time for last minute make-up adjustments and orders from the PTV management.....detail

Finally a fashion show where the focus was on fashion alone as opposed to being linked with long drawn out charity dinners. As a show, Lawrencepur's "Collection for All Seasons," was almost flawless...detail

Despite border tension and the suspension of trade through rail and road between Pakistan and India since December last year, bilateral trade between the two arch-foes remains almost unchanged. Pakistan and India have exchanged a hefty 90 million dollars worth of goods during the first half of 2002. ...detail

The transition from Sloanie teen princess to conformist Pakistani wife couldn't have been easy for the daughter of British millionaire industrialist-politician James Goldsmith........detail