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		<title>Absolut Justice</title>
		<link>http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2012/01/absolut-justice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amir Zia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amir Zia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atiqa odho]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chief Justice Supreme Court Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liquour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[odho]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suo moto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Forget murder, rape, smuggling, terrorism and corruption – in Pakistan drinking liquor is the mother of all crimes.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Pakistan – A Personal History</title>
		<link>http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2011/12/book-review-pakistan-%e2%80%93-a-personal-history/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2011/12/book-review-pakistan-%e2%80%93-a-personal-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amir Zia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A personal history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Imran Khan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan – A Personal History]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Imran Khan’s book will please the right-wingers, but his orthodox views will disappoint most progressive Pakistanis.]]></description>
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		<title>The Shape of Things to Come</title>
		<link>http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2011/09/the-shape-of-things-to-come/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2011/09/the-shape-of-things-to-come/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amir Zia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Altaf Hussain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amn Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr Zulfiqar Mirza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MQM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PPP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[press conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rehman Dakait]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rehman Malik]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sindh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uzair Baloch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zulfiqar Mirza]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newslinemagazine.com/?p=24879</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Zulfiqar Mirza’s diatribe will be damaging to the PPP’s policy of reconciliation and to democracy itself. ]]></description>
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		<title>Obey or Depart: Being a State Bank Governor</title>
		<link>http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2011/08/obey-or-depart-being-a-state-bank-governor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2011/08/obey-or-depart-being-a-state-bank-governor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 04:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amir Zia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News & Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[16th Governor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accountant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asif Ali Zardari]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[July 18]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kardar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PPP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Zardari]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resignation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SBP governor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[September 9]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shahid Kardar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sindh Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Bank of Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syed Salim Raza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newslinemagazine.com/?p=23807</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What exactly led to Shahid Kardar’s departure from the State Bank of Pakistan?]]></description>
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		<title>The Inner Conflict</title>
		<link>http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2011/06/the-inner-conflict/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2011/06/the-inner-conflict/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amir Zia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viewpoint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al-Qaeda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bin Laden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drone attacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Zia-ul-Haq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jamaat-e-Islami]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[militant groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non-state actors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Osama bin Laden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistani Taliban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Zardari]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religious parties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sovereignty]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[WAR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war on terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newslinemagazine.com/?p=22701</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Time has run out – we must decide: are we with the terrorists or against them?]]></description>
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		<title>Hostage to Political Players</title>
		<link>http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2011/06/hostage-to-political-players/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2011/06/hostage-to-political-players/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amir Zia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abraaj Capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electricity theft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karachi Electric Supply Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KESC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KESC privatisation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labour dispute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labour mafia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labour unions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overstaffing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[power supply]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PPP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[restructuring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sabotage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tayyab Tareen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[violence]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newslinemagazine.com/?p=22640</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By using the labour unions to thwart KESC’s attempts to revamp and restructure, the government is defeating the very purpose of privatisation and scaring away potential investors.
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		<title>Interview: Tayyab Tareen, Chief Financial Officer of KESC</title>
		<link>http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2011/06/interview-tayyab-tareen-chief-financial-officer-of-kesc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2011/06/interview-tayyab-tareen-chief-financial-officer-of-kesc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amir Zia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Q & A]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chief Financial Officer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electricity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electricity rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electricity theft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KESC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KESC privatisation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labour dispute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[losses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[power generation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[power theft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privatisation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privatisation programmme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retrenchment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sabotage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subsidies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tayyab Tareen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[violence]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newslinemagazine.com/?p=22642</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“We are ready to negotiate, but for this, the violence must stop first,” says Tayyab Tareen, Chief Financial Officer, KESC.]]></description>
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		<title>The Stalling Game</title>
		<link>http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2011/05/the-stalling-game/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2011/05/the-stalling-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 22:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amir Zia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abdul Hafeez Shaikh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agricultural income]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disbursement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finance minister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inflation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Monetary Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[programme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RGST]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suspension]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VAT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newslinemagazine.com/?p=22296</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Faced with increasing pressure from the IMF and the World Bank, will the PPP government swallow the bitter pill of reforms or resort to stalling tactics yet again?]]></description>
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		<title>The Business of Crime</title>
		<link>http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2011/04/the-business-of-crime/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2011/04/the-business-of-crime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 18:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amir Zia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karachi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MQM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PPP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[violence]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.newslinemagazine.com/?p=21638</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the crime mafia's vise around Karachi's business community tightens, the country's economic hub braces itself for another flight of capital. ]]></description>
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		<title>Interview: Muhammed Saeed Shafiq</title>
		<link>http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2011/04/interview-muhammed-saeed-shafiq/</link>
		<comments>http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2011/04/interview-muhammed-saeed-shafiq/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 18:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amir Zia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chamber of commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[criminals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gangs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karachi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KCCI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muhammed Saeed Shafiq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ransom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[traders]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Leading businessmen and small shopkeepers alike are the criminals’ targets,” says Muhammed Saeed Shafiq.]]></description>
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