Sixty-four years ago, almost to the day today, premiered Beckett's Waiting for Godot. The absent character, Godot, gave rise to all kinds of theories - religious (divinity questioned?), social (proletariat vs. bourgeoisie?) and political (allegory

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In order to usher in some kind of order and sanity in the national economy, the government urgently needs to take some long- and some medium- term steps before announcing the next budget. These steps

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The Punjab cabinet approved the controversial Civil Administration Ordinance (CAO). The new law, which has not been placed before the Punjab Assembly in line with the Punjab government's reluctance to allow the elected representatives of

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Drinking water shortage in Gwadar is reportedly extremely severe with bottled water being sold at a price well above the available rates in other parts of the country. At present, trucks escorted by military vehicles

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Anti-Corruption Establishment Punjab has arrested Qazi Amjad, Naib Tehsildar Kot Addu, Muzaffargarh, involved in illegal mutation of 1872 kanal of state land worth Rs 150 million out of which 1504 kanal has been retrieved while

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ANZ Bank Tuesday agreed to sell its stake in Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank for Aus$1.84 billion (US $1.32 billion) as it continues to offload Asian assets as part of a restructure. The Australia and New

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Global banking regulators on Tuesday postponed the approval of new capital rules designed to avert a repeat of the financial crisis, saying they needed more time to finalise the long-awaited and contentious reform. Central bank

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Global banking regulators on Tuesday postponed the approval of new capital rules designed to avert a repeat of the financial crisis, saying they needed more time to finalise the long-awaited and contentious reform. Central bank

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Global banking regulators on Tuesday postponed the approval of new capital rules designed to avert a repeat of the financial crisis, saying they needed more time to finalise the long-awaited and contentious reform. Central bank

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Dozens of foreign workers have been sentenced to flogging and jail for unrest during protests over unpaid wages by Saudi Binladin Group several months ago, reports said on Tuesday. Al-Watan newspaper and Arab News did

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