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Election-year budget aims high
By Sajid Chaudhry

ISLAMABAD: Prepared while keeping in view the election 2013 considerations, the government presented the federal budget 2012-13 with an outlay of Rs 2.960 trillion and deficit of Rs 1.105 trillion in both the houses of parliament on Friday. The budget includes Rs 63 billion new tax burden and Rs 31.77 billion tax and... Full Story
Slaps and scuffles overshadow budget
Rs 208.5 billion subsidy for public in budget
Rs 192bn for enhancing power generation
Rs 545.386 billion set aside for defence

National
Glowing tribute paid to BM Kutty for his services
PPAF stresses strategy to cope with natural calamities
Punjab govt’s pro-women bill under discussion
‘No justification for drone strikes’
Zardari to attend SCO summit next week
Malik for zero tolerance for human trafficking
SC to hear pleas against speaker’s ruling on 6th
JUI-F leader’s son shot dead in Quetta
Dr Shakeel Afridi appeals conviction
Nisar regrets govt’s failure to achieve economic targets
PTI terms budget futile exercise
‘Govt’s 5th consecutive budget historic achievement’]
Rs 39.16bn allocated for PAEC
Budget termed ‘capitalists’ document for record-breaking price hike’
More ‘butter’ for Presidency, PM’s Secretariat
Provinces’ share increases by Rs 255 billion
PML-N’s itinerary from ‘friendly’ to rowdy opposition
Balochistan killings case
Parliamentary body asks for new CEC nominees
Nasreen Jalil elected Senate’s finance committee head
PML-LM for commission on Hazara province
Sindh Medical College gets university status
‘NATO supply through Balochistan not acceptable’
Rs 3.5m looted from bank in Karachi
Missing persons’ relatives to boycott investigation team
BNP chief becomes party in target killings case
Inflation-hit Karachiites show no interest in budget
Finance Bill proposes ‘suitable security’ for ex-presidents, PMs
Qaim congratulates PM, FM for ‘people’s budget’
British Muslim celebrate queen’s Diamond Jubilee

Islamabad
Transporters to challenge new Pindi fare list
Over 100 VCs from OIC states to attend forum on higher education
Hard work pushed universities up the ladder, says HEC chairman
Polio plan launched
Pak children bury time capsule to celebrate UK Queen’s jubilee
Qavi performs to bring Manto’s heroics back to life
Budget allocation for visual arts projects hailed
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    Editorial
EDITORIAL: State of the economy
ANALYSIS: Pakistan army must transcend its narrow institutional interests — Sonali Ranade
VIEW: Where are we going? — Naeem Tahir
VIEW: Pity the nation — Riaz Ali Toori
VIEW: Our foreign policy gap — II — Professor Farakh A Khan
OVER A COFFEE: The 33 million dollar man — Dr Haider Shah
LETTERS:
KHALID’S CARTOON

Karachi
Sindh Medical College gets university status
Four robbers loot Rs 3.5 million from bank
23 positions still lying vacant
‘Encroachments big hurdle in cleaning rainwater drains’
5,000 new jobs demanded for doctors across Sindh
Call to sensitise women against hazards of tobacco use
KU dept organising workshop on intellectual property rights
Inflation-stricken Karachiites show no interest in budget
CM congratulates PM, FM for ‘people’s budget’

Lahore
In protest against load shedding
Opponents of KBD responsible for load shedding: PML-Q
LHC summons EPD secy on plea against waste disposal in Ravi
Green economy urged to tackle environmental challenges
Seminar held to pay tribute to Manto
US diplomat visits city’s historical sites, educational institutes
Volkswagen Beetle-themed degree show at BNU
Delicate

Business
Federal budget 2012-13
5 to 10% CGT imposed on sale of property
Govt plans to spend Rs 41.2bn on water resource uplift
Rs 192bn allocated for enhancing power generation
Federal budget 2012-13
FPCCI welcomes relief to people
ICCI sees no visible measures for industrial revival in budget
RCCI terms federal budget 2012-13 balanced
Govt criticised for not taking some important decisions
Pharmaceutical sector’s concern
‘Duty cut on pharma raw material hailed’
Financial sector to face mixed impact
Hafeez to address post-budget press conference today
Baig hails relief to industrial sector in budget
Mixed reaction on federal budget
KPCCI terms federal budget balanced
Budget missing inflow, outflow of financing: exporters
KSE recovers 90 points on pre-budget rally
Dollar falls vs rupee
Euro near 2-year low on Spain woes
Indian chips fall 1.6pc; economy fears weigh
European scrips slide on worsening eco outlook
Futures drop, eco worry escalates
Asian markets fall on weak US, China data
Federal budget 2012-13: Taxpayers to bear Rs 63bn burden, get Rs 31.77bn relief
SC allocated Rs 1.038bn in budget
Tax revenue target increased 22% to Rs 2.381tr
SECP okays ‘Letter of Agreement to Ijarah’
SBP injects Rs 125 billion
ADP envisages 4.3% GDP growth; investments, savings to improve
PIA launches nationwide fire safety awareness campaign
ICI separates paints business
Bid to generate Rs 30bn revenue
Karachi-Hyderabad M-9 Motorway

Region
Suu Kyi urges ‘healthy scepticism’ over Myanmar reform
Kazakh head says ‘terrorist act’ behind border deaths
Media censorship in Myanmar to ease
Shanghai residents want smoking banned indoors
Taiwan president says hopeful about China’s next leader
Bhutan introduces weekly ‘pedestrian day’
Iran commander’s trip to disputed islands frays UAE nerves

Foreign
UN seeks aid to avoid power vacuum in Somalia
Putin heads to Europe amid outcry over Syria
Kosovo Serbs, NATO troops clash in tense north
Mubarak’s trial verdict to be aired live
South Sudan calls on UN to impose sanctions on Sudan
4 foreign aid groups expelled from east Sudan
Experts cast doubt on Norway gunman’s sanity
Thai parliament defers contentious debate
Egypt Islamist says he is choice for revolutionaries

    Sport
Tsonga, Berdych through to third round
US PGA Memorial Golf
Ethiopian marathon runner banned for doping
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey Tournament
Athletics: Bolt sets year’s fastest time in Rome
Pole vaulter Hooker upbeat about Olympics
MOTO GP: Casey Stoner out to cement Catalunya love affair
Sri Lanka ease to Twenty20 win over Pakistan
England to start 2013 Ashes defence at Trent Bridge
ICC decides to keep Duckworth-Lewis and DRS
sailing: Telefonica surrender Volvo lead after seven months
Snooker: Asjad moves up to second spot in national rankings
Willing to play for Pakistan anytime, says Yousuf
Anger, sympathy for ‘great leader’ Cronje

Infotainment
Gravity-defying ‘spider cat’ becomes online favourite]
‘Queen is extremely funny’
New York could ban supersize drinks
US man’s heirs get hidden cash
Staff ‘insulted’ at Kit Kat thanks
Gang members stupidly brag of heists, ‘friend’ cop on Facebook
Third of MPs ‘slam Commons toilets’
Blast from the past!
The artist duo Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset made the sculpture,
Veet Miss Super Model back with Season 3!
Justin Timberlake dubbed absolute sweetheart by ex
Imran Khan to play lead in ‘2 States’
Orange Prize for fiction goes to Homer’s era
Subhash Ghai celebrates Indian movies centenary with Cinema 100
Nicki Minaj pays tribute to dead fan
‘Devdas’ is apt for 3D: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Usher feels ‘near a rebirth’ on new album
Bollywood director Dibakar Banerjee(R) Kalki Koechlin (C) and actor Abhay Deol
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