Vol. 5 Num 33 Mon. June 28, 2004       Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Sports Point-counterpoint Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives Editorial Editorial SSC results Reason for hope as well as despair Congratulations are in order for this year's SSC examination results. It is heartening to note that the passing percentage is nearly fifty, which, compared to last year's, is ten percent higher. Editorial MR Akhtar Mukul An inimitable freedom fighter passes away It would be very difficult for any Bangalaee to forget MR Akhtar Mukul -- not just for his sharp-witted columns and writings, but mainly because of his highly satirical and incisive presentation titled Post Editorial Perspectives Baghdad's June 30 political charade M Abdul Hafiz It is not for nothing that the US has now turned to the world body where it has also successfully tabled a resolution stipulating the end of Iraq's occupation and paving the way for the assumption ofoffice Economic policy, populism and the fiscal budget Mahfuzur Rahman Martin Wolf, the noted Financial Times columnist, entitled one of his recent essays in the newspaper "Economic policy should not be a popularity contest. An India-Pakistan defence pact? Dr. Liaquat Ali Khan The time has arrived to cut a new path for the subcontinent. India and Pakistan should consider a defence pact, safeguarding each other's territorial integrity and political independence. Opinion Rethinking Saudi Arabia's soul and future Muqtedar Khan I recently returned from Saudi Arabia, where I attended an international conference on terrorism at the global headquarters of Wahhabism. It wasn't a how-to clinic.     Advertisement