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Posts published in “Day: November 5, 2009

As allies struggle in battle, China moves in to do business: The Times, Nov 5

ByBronwen Maddox: World Briefing Will it be China that finally pays the huge bills for repairing and rebuilding Afghanistan and Iraq — and reaps the rewards? It’s looking that way: as the US and Britain look for an exit from the battle zones, China is digging in. From its point of view, the wreckage of other governments’ half-completed wars offers a chance to strike deals on terms that look cheap on all but the most…

Spies to monitor teachers playing truant

By Tariq Naqash in The Dawn, Nov 5 MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 4: Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider issued on Wednesday a stern warning to teachers against absenteeism, saying the government would take punitive measures to arrest the unfortunate trend. Speaking at the oath-taking ceremony of AJK Headmasters Association, Mr Haider announced that the government would monitor the attendance of teachers in schools through intelligence agencies which were supposed to serve as its…

GB officials told to mend ways

By Farooq Ahmed in The Dawn, Nov 5 GILGIT, Nov 4: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has come down hard on the bureaucracy in Gilgit-Baltistan and warned to mend its traditional way or face the music. PPP leader Chaudhry Manzoor Ahmed, while talking to party leaders and candidates here on Wednesday, said that the common people were source of power and the bureaucrats were mere public servants. He stressed accountability of officials. Mr Ahmed claimed…