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The issue over sales tax is what has delayed the RGST, remember? Provinces have the right to allow Federation to collect and distribute. Same can be done with agriculture but since PASSCO already buys a lot of staples, it might become idiotic to impose a tax. Pay them less. Economically, they...

Chest thumping that we'll continue doing a silly chicken dance? Fake patriotism.

Zaki, that's a national obsession. I've been expecting the Thar reserves to grow to around 1 zillion tons shortly.

As I said earlier, corruption and bribery are not anything we do not expect to happen, but the clairvoyant Shaheen Sehbai predicted corruption to happen, which is funny keeping in mind his track record and the strength of the material evidence he brought forward. Shaheen Sehbai’s Fools...

I'm sick of these we-are-better-than-you posts from either side inspired by nothing other than hate of the perceived enemy.

You are better than other people because of the random nature of birth and the fact that you landed in a house that was in an urban area to a family with a strong financial and socio-economic background? Self-righteous, moralistic, apolitical and downright ignorant behaviour symbolizes lack...

These were sold away for peanuts by Mian Shortcut and possession taken back by GoB only last year. Whilst I have no problem in believing the commissions and bribery that shall take place most definitely, Shaeen Sehbai's clairvoyance has crossed all limits now. He's predicting corruption will...

Everybody's getting an extension. Although Athar had a great working relationship with the government and the military and it's understandable.

General misconduct ISLAMABAD: Two top army generals have been found involved in yet another multi-million-rupee scam in the National Logistics Cell (NLC) after it was disclosed in a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting on Tuesday that the pair had quietly given a loan of Rs75 million to a...

Has the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba split as well? By Ali K Chishti The NATO and ISAF command in Afghanistan has recently witnessed a new kind of enemy, which, according to a NATO commander, “is not the Taliban or the Haqqani group”, Daily Times confirmed. Officials confirm the presence of a new, more...

Agricultural taxation is somewhat of a provincial subject (simplifying the legalese on the issue)

Pakistani criminal justice system proves no match for terrorism cases By Alex Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times October 27, 2010|4:52 p.m. Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan — To find the office of the prosecutor in charge of putting Islamabad's bomb builders and terrorist masterminds...

Thumbs up to the guys at NR3C ! Two boys arrested for hacking SC website By Iftikhar A. Khan Wednesday, 27 Oct, 2010 ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: Two teenagers accused of hacking the Supreme Court’s website have told investigators that they had been consulted for the purpose by a cyber criminal...

Tell the Australians we'll send our prisoners to their continent, just the way it was populated.

India in Afghanistan, part II: Indo-U.S. relations in the lengthening AfPak shadow By Christine Fair, October 27, 2010 Wednesday, October 27, 2010 Despite deepening security threats from both the Taliban and other Pakistan-based proxies operating against Indian personnel and institutions in...

You have to whatever small room to maneuver your career in PAEC. KRL is a dead-end job.

Fair is one of the most what we can call pro-Pakistan academics out there. India in Afghanistan, part I: strategic interests, regional concerns By Christine Fair, October 26, 2010 Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 10:48 AM Share India's profile in Afghanistan has been a quiet but looming...

Keep the discussion civil and within acceptable levels of religious debate that is allowed at PDF. Any bigoted rants from either side will not be tolerated. I'm pretty sure I will have to close this thread shortly.

I was talking about being really, really slim.