Satanic times, as Josh warned
“SHAITAN ek raat mein insaan ban gae/ Jitney namak haraam thay kaptaan ban gae.” Josh Malihabadi in his plain-speaking verse was describing what he saw as a satanic subversion of India’s democracy by......
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday unveiled long-awaited details of a US plan for solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, warning it may represent the last chance at statehood for the......
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ArchiveCabinet decides to recover billions of rupees 'illegally spent' by ex-PMs, CMs: minister
Minister for Communications and Postal Services Murad Saeed on Tuesday said the federal cabinet has decided to recover billions of rupees allegedly spent illegally by a former president, prime......
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ArchiveFake emergency notification on coronavirus attempts to mislead public
A fake ‘emergency’ notification is doing the rounds on social media, claiming that Pakistan’s health ministry has advised the public to avoid crowded places till the end of March in view of the novel......
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ArchiveIn snub to US, Britain will allow Huawei in 5G networks
Britain decided Tuesday to allow Chinese tech giant Huawei to supply new high-speed network equipment, ignoring the US government's warnings that it would sever intelligence cooperation if the......
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ArchiveRights groups decry Pemra's proposed regulation as 'attempts to curtail free speech'
Digital rights activists on Tuesday categorically rejected the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority's (Pemra) proposal on regulating web TV and Over the Top TV (OTT).The remarks come in the......
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Archive‘Inclusion of women with disabilities imperative for women's economic empowerment’
The inclusion of women with disabilities in the economy is imperative for achieving the overall goal of women's economic empowerment, said experts at a dialogue on 'Leaving no one behind —......
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Archive'Ministers and lawmakers have occupied state land' in Sindh, remarks CJP
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Sindh authorities to cancel the illegal allotment of land belonging to the provincial forest department in a case pertaining to deforestation and leasing out of......
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ArchiveFederal cabinet rejects Mahar for Sindh IGP slot, seeks more names from province
The federal cabinet on Tuesday decided against appointing Mushtaq Mahar as the Sindh inspector general of police (IGP) after cabinet members from the province expressed strong reservations over the......
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ArchiveState Bank maintains policy rate at 13.25%
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday held its main policy rate at 13.25 per cent as it acknowledged economic improvement coupled with continued inflationary pressures.“While controlling......
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ArchivePTM leaders Mohsin Dawar, Ali Wazir arrested outside Islamabad press club
Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) leaders and MNAs Mohsin Dawar and Ali Wazir were taken into custody on Tuesday in Islamabad, Akhtar Ali, the station house officer of Kohsar police station,......
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ArchiveEngland's Broad fined after 'audible obscenity' in South Africa Test
England fast bowler Stuart Broad has been fined 15 percent of his match fee for "use of an audible obscenity" during the fourth Test against South Africa.Broad was cited by the match officials after......
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Archive'Delhi protesters will rape your sisters, mothers': BJP lawmaker spews hate in bid to woo voters
A lawmaker from India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday, while vying for votes in the upcoming Delhi election, resorted to hateful comments about Indian citizens protesting against the......
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Archive'Big conspiracy being staged against me,' says Sindh IG Kaleem Imam
Amid uncertainty over the future of his post, Sindh's police chief Dr Syed Kaleem Imam on Tuesday said that he would not be transferred from his position so easily, adding that a "big conspiracy" was......
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ArchiveQatar ruler appoints top aide as prime minister
Qatar's ruler has appointed a new prime minister, the office of Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani said on Tuesday, choosing a close associate for an influential role that seeks to ensure the......
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ArchiveSo far, OCI card holders have enjoyed benefits. With CAA, India has put a price on the scheme
For just over a month, India has been fixated on the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 and the protests it has triggered. The debate has largely centred around the provisions of the law that draw a......
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ArchiveFederer saves 7 match points to reach Aussie Open semis
Switzerland's Roger Federer was not going to go gently, of course, no matter how daunting the number of match points — his opponent accumulated seven! — no matter how achy his 38-year-old legs, no......
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ArchivePeshawar court rejects Manzoor Pashteen's bail request, orders transfer to DI Khan jail
A Peshawar court on Tuesday ordered Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) chief Manzoor Pashteen's transfer to a Dera Ismail Khan jail, a day after he was arrested and sent to Peshawar Central Jail on a......
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ArchiveBrexit's new chapter: The 'impossible' trade deal
With just days to go before Brexit, European diplomats are already hard at work for the next phase: negotiations to hammer out a future with Britain after its EU divorce.In the words of EU negotiator......
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Archive12 killed, 2 injured after cylinder blast at Lahore perfume factory
At least 12 people were killed and two others were critically injured on Tuesday after gas cylinders exploded at a perfume factory in Shahdara area of Lahore, setting the entire building ablaze.The......
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Archive'You should have resigned after train tragedy', CJP tells Sheikh Rashid
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid to submit in court a business plan to uplift Pakistan Railways from it current condition, giving the minister two......
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ArchiveUS reporter barred from Pompeo Ukraine trip
A correspondent for National Public Radio in the United States has been excluded from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's plane for a trip this week, after a tense exchange between him and another NPR......
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ArchiveRallies held in 30 US cities against controversial Indian law
WASHINGTON: Protests against India’s new citizenship laws were held in 30 US cities on Sunday as thousands of Indian-Americans came out on the streets to vent their anger.In Washington, hundreds......
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ArchivePPP questions PM’s foreign visits at friend’s expense
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has expressed reservations over Prime Minister Imran Khan’s foreign visits funded by his ‘friend’ and demanded that the issue be debated in the National......
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ArchiveWashington Post's suspension of reporter over Kobe Bryant tweet sparks outrage
The Washington Post came under fire Monday for its decision to suspend a reporter a day after she tweeted about the rape case against Kobe Bryant, only hours after the former basketball star and his......
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ArchiveEngland thump South Africa in final Test to take series 3-1
JOHANNESBURG: England blew through South Africa’s resistance quickly in the end to win the fourth and final Test by 191 runs on Monday and clinch a convincing 3-1 series victory.Mark Wood took four......
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ArchiveSteady Nadal beats animated Kyrgios at Australian Open
MELBOURNE: Rafael Nadal left the muttering and the preening, the underarm serving and the ‘tweening’, to his younger, flashier opponent, Nick Kyrgios.Surely, Nadal was content to collect the win in......
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ArchiveWilliams ton gives Zimbabwe upper hand against SL
HARARE: A fine second Test century by Sean Williams enabled Zimbabwe to dominate the opening day of the second Test against Sri Lanka at the Harare Sports Club on Monday, as they reached 352 for six......
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ArchiveBasketball and cycling join Chinese events shut down by virus
PARIS: The Olympic women’s basketball qualifying tournament was on Monday moved out of China because of the coronavirus outbreak while cycling’s Tour of Hainan was cancelled.That follows the......
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ArchivePCB award for Umar Gul
LAHORE: Fast bowler Umar Gul was honoured in Lahore on Monday for his Pakistan record figures of five for six in T20Is when PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani presented him with a crystal plaque. The ceremony......
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ArchivePAC body directs action against former Comsats rector
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee on Monday directed the authorities to take action against the former rector of Comsats University, who was reemployed at the end of his tenure, for offering......
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ArchiveFIR reforms key to improving criminal justice system, says FIA official
ISLAMABAD: Additional Director of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Dr Ehsan Sadiq on Monday said implementation of First Information Report (FIR) reforms could improve the criminal justice......
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ArchiveContractors face fine for missing BRT deadline
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar Development Authority has approved fine for contractors over failure to meet the deadline to complete their respective work on the much-delayed Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit......
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ArchiveMinister seeks blasphemy case over vandalising of Chhachhro temple
KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Minorities Affairs Hari Ram Kishori Lal on Monday asked the police authorities in Mirpurkhas division to register a blasphemy case against those who vandalised a Hindu......
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ArchiveShahbaz absence harming opposition cause: PPP
LAHORE: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) believes the opposition is losing ‘very vital space’ under the present circumstances due to the prolonged absence of the opposition leader from the active......
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ArchiveSix members of a family gunned down in their sleep in gruesome honour killing
HYDERABAD: Six members of a family were gunned down in their sleep in the name of ‘honour’ in Salaro village in Matiari district’s riverine area early on Monday morning.The victims were identified as......
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ArchiveRana Sanaullah expects Shahbaz return in March
LAHORE: For the first time a senior PML-N leader has declared that there is a reason behind the extended stay of its president Shahbaz Sharif in London and he will return at an appropriate time,......
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ArchiveBuzdar meets MPs from Multan after MNA’s angry outburst
MULTAN: During the parliamentary meeting of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Punjab, with Prime Minister Imran Khan in Lahore on Sunday, an MNA from Multan complained about unfair distribution of......
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Archive10,000 policemen deputed for Chinese security ‘vulnerable’ to coronavirus
LAHORE: More than 10,000 personnel of the Punjab police deputed for the security of nearly 4,000 Chinese experts at various sites of CPEC across the province have been declared vulnerable to......
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ArchiveRow over police chief’s appointment resolved after PM-Murad meeting
KARACHI: A surprising drop in political temperature in Sindh was witnessed on Monday when Prime Minister Imran Khan not only cancelled his scheduled visit to the Central Police Office (CPO) but also......
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ArchiveSC urged to set principles for filing references against judges
ISLAMABAD: A senior counsel defending Justice Qazi Faez Isa pleaded before the Supreme Court on Monday to lay down principles defining procedures for forwarding references to the Supreme Judicial......
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ArchiveUK faces choice on Huawei with global implications
LONDON: Britain faces a crucial choice on Tuesday over whether to allow China’s Huawei Technologies to build its next-generation wireless networks.The decision has implications for the country’s......
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ArchiveHoliday extended, businesses shut as virus toll rises to 81 in China
SHANGHAI: The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in China rose to 81 on Monday, as the government extended the Lunar New Year holiday and more big businesses shut down or told staff to work from......
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ArchiveTurkish rescuers find last quake victims; death toll hits 41
ANKARA: Turkish emergency teams on Monday recovered the bodies of the last two missing quake victims from the rubble of a collapsed building, raising the death toll from the powerful tremor that hit......
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ArchiveElection Commission of Pakistan complete as new chief, members sworn in
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is complete after a little over a year’s hiatus as the new chief election commissioner (CEC) and two ECP members from Sindh and Balochistan took......
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ArchiveLaw protecting business community from NAB may be extended
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability and Interior Division Mirza Shahzad Akbar on Monday said the presidential ordinance that excluded the business community from the......
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ArchiveTrump insists Israeli-Palestinian plan has a ‘chance’
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said alongside visiting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday that his Israeli-Palestinian peace plan has a “chance” — despite being flatly rejected by the......
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ArchiveBolton revelation puts Republicans under pressure in Trump impeachment trial
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans in the US Senate came under fresh pressure on Monday to allow witnesses and new documents in his impeachment trial after a news report that a......
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ArchiveIranian plane overshoots runway; passengers safe
TEHRAN: An Iranian passenger plane overshot a runway as it landed on Monday in the southwestern city of Bandar-e-Mahshahr, barrelling into an adjacent highway without causing casualties, state TV......
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ArchiveSharif Al Mujahid: Authority on Pakistan movement
SHARIF AL MUJAHID, who died at his home in Karachi on Monday morning after a long illness, was one of South Asia’s most prolific writers on the history of the freedom movement, the most-quoted......
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ArchivePakistan needs $234.5bn to achieve key SDGs
KARACHI: Pakistan needs at least $234.5 billion investment by 2030 to deliver on three sustainable development goals (SDGs) — power, digital access, transport and clean water and sanitation.The......
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ArchiveIMF urges Kuwait to impose new taxes
DUBAI: The International Monetary Fund on Monday urged Opec member Kuwait to introduce a package of reforms that includes imposing taxes and phasing out subsidies to plug a chronic budget......
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ArchiveIndia’s direct tax collection set to fall after two decades
MUMBAI: India’s corporate and income tax collection for the current year is likely to fall for the first time in at least two decades, several senior tax officials told Reuters, amid a sharp fall in......
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ArchiveIndex loses 94 points on value hunting
KARACHI: Stocks moved in a tight band on the first trading day of the week with the KSE-100 index recording a drop of 93.79 points (0.22 per cent) and closing at 42,539.23.While the results season......
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ArchiveGeneral Motors plant set to close will produce electric cars
DETROIT: General Motors said on Monday one of its US manufacturing plant set for closure will instead shift to producing new electric trucks and SUVs.The US auto giant announced a massive......
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ArchiveDiscos start filing petitions for increase in tariff
ISLAMABAD: The power distribution companies (Discos) of Wapda have started filing fresh petitions for increase in tariff under the newly introduced two-part tariff mechanism to pass on full......
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ArchiveRallies held in 30 US cities against controversial Indian law
WASHINGTON: Protests against India’s new citizenship laws were held in 30 US cities on Sunday as thousands of Indian-Americans came out on the streets to vent their anger.In Washington, hundreds......
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ArchiveTrial in absentia against principles of natural justice, rules LHC
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has ruled that the concept of trial in absentia is not only inconsistent with the doctrine of Islamic justice enunciated in the Holy Quran and Sunnah but also against......
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ArchiveEstablishment of coastal development authority questioned
ISLAMABAD: Opposition senators belonging to Balochistan and Sindh on Monday questioned the establishment of the National Coastal Development Authority (NCDA) and termed it an attack on provincial......
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ArchivePSX, brokers to meet today over new rules
ISLAMABAD: Amid growing concerns over the New Brokers Regime (NBR), the PSX management has convened a meeting on Wednesday to bring brokers on board.Sources in the Securities and Exchange Commission......
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ArchiveCareem axes over 150 jobs
KARACHI: Careem, the Dubai-headquartered ride-hailing company, has reportedly laid off around 150 employees just weeks after its $3.1 billion acquisition by Uber was officially closed.The news was......
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ArchiveStocks, oil tumble as China virus rattles markets
LONDON: Global stocks and oil plunged on Monday as panicked investors fled risky assets for safer bets gold, bonds, the dollar and the yen, after China warned that a deadly new coronavirus was......
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ArchiveSenate body concerned over ‘indifferent attitude’ to child abuse
ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s special committee established to suggest ways for controlling the increasing cases of child abuse in the country on Monday expressed dismay over what it called the indifferent......
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ArchiveSatanic times, as Josh warned
“SHAITAN ek raat mein insaan ban gae/ Jitney namak haraam thay kaptaan ban gae.” Josh Malihabadi in his plain-speaking verse was describing what he saw as a satanic subversion of India’s democracy by......
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ArchiveNo govt dept more corrupt than railways: SC
ISLAMABAD: Taking exception to financial losses incurred by the railways, a Supreme Court bench headed by the chief justice of Pakistan on Monday observed that no department in the country was more......
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ArchiveMany cabinet members worried about inflation: PM
• Imran says mafia behind price hike will be taken to task • Assures CM of giving priority to Sindh’s issues • Visits Kingri House to discuss political situation with GDA leadershipKARACHI: Amid......
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ArchiveGovt devises plan to combat coronavirus as students send SOS
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed that an inter-ministerial meeting be held at the earliest to discuss preventing measures against deadly novel coronavirus (NCV) and formulate a......
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ArchiveFrom Peshawar to Lahore
IT’S pouring for PTI these days. The opposition is happy (even smug); allies are up in arms; party dissenters are busy dissenting (publicly); and its chief ministers are under attack in the......
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ArchiveFrom Peshawar to Lahore
IT’S pouring for PTI these days. The opposition is happy (even smug); allies are up in arms; party dissenters are busy dissenting (publicly); and its chief ministers are under attack in the......
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