America’s China preoccupation
THE already fraught relationship between the US and China has plunged to another low in the wake of President Joe Biden’s first foreign trip that took him to Europe. The visit turned out to be more......
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ArchivePM Imran orders formal action to be taken against Hyderabad AIG over 'financial, moral corruption'
Prime Minister Imran Khan has ordered the Establishment Division to take action against Additional IGP Hyderabad region Dr Jamil Ahmed for "financial and moral corruption, misuse of authority and......
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ArchiveCCI approves National Electricity Policy 2021 to reform power sector: Hammad Azhar
Federal Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar said on Monday that the Council of Common Interests (CCI) had unanimously approved the National Electricity Policy 2021 to streamline matters related to the......
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ArchiveDubai's Sheikha Latifa appears to have degree of freedom, says lawyer for campaign group
Sheikha Latifa, one of the daughters of the ruler of Dubai, appears to be enjoying an increasing degree of freedom and is travelling, a lawyer for the group which campaigned for her freedom told......
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ArchiveDozens detained from outside Bilawal House as police foil protest against Gujjar nullah demolitions
Affectees and civil society organisations on Monday held a protest outside Bilawal House in Karachi against the demolition of homes situated on Gujjar and Orangi nullahs in an anti-encroachment......
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ArchiveSenate opposition members sound alarm, demand investigation into Usman Kakar’s death
Members of the opposition in the Senate on Monday raised suspicion over the "sudden death" of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) leader and former senator Usman Khan Kakar and demanded a......
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ArchiveMufti Azizur Rehman confesses to sexually assaulting student, says he is ashamed of his actions
A day after his arrest from Mianwali, former JUI-F leader and cleric Mufti Azizur Rehman confessed to sexually assaulting a student during interrogation, police said on Monday.Deputy Inspector......
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ArchiveOccupied Kashmir's leaders to urge India's Modi to restore region's autonomy
Kashmiri politicians will urge Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to restore occupied Jammu and Kashmir's autonomy when they meet him on Thursday for the first talks since he took away the region's......
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ArchiveOpposition leader, MPAs in Balochistan turn themselves in to police in assembly violence case
Several members of the Balochistan Assembly, including the opposition leader, turned themselves in to police on Monday, two days after a first information report (FIR) was registered against them on......
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Archive'Country with no inflation will eventually stop progressing', Pervez Khattak tells NA
Defence Minister Pervez Khattak on Monday told the National Assembly that a country where there was no inflation would eventually stop [progressing] and termed the opposition's denigration of the......
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ArchiveWill not allow anyone to bring Altaf Hussain's politics back in Sindh: Bilawal
PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Monday stressed that the Sindh government would ensure that efforts by some "scheming forces" to disturb peace in the province failed, vowing "we will not......
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ArchivePkMAP's Usman Kakar passes away in Karachi
Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) leader and former senator Usman Khan Kakar passed away in Karachi on Monday. He was 60.Kakar's personal physician, Dr Samad Penzai, while talking to Dawn.com,......
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ArchiveIsrael says top diplomat to visit UAE in first official trip
Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will visit the United Arab Emirates, in the first official ministerial visit since the two nations agreed to normalise ties, his office said on Monday.Israel and......
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ArchiveThose who kill innocents are terrorists, says Fawad
Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Monday categorically said that those who kill innocent people are terrorists.In a tweet, the minister said that there was "no confusion......
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ArchiveBitcoin slumps in wake of China crackdown
Bitcoin tumbled as much as nine per cent on Monday as recent volatility in the cryptocurrency market showed no signs of dampening down, with market players citing thin liquidity and China's expanding......
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ArchiveNo need for nuclear deterrents once Kashmir issue is resolved, says PM Imran
Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that once the Kashmir issue is resolved, there will no longer be any need for nuclear deterrents.He said this while speaking to journalist Jonathan Swan on Axios on......
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ArchiveSindh Budget : Plan with a populist flavour
The Sindh government doubts the GDP growth numbers. It is also not as optimistic for the year ahead as the federal government. The Sindh budget made the divergence in the opinions of the PTI and the......
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ArchivePunjab Budget: Revving up for elections
Punjab’s Rs2.23 trillion budget for the next financial year lays the ground for the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s 2023 election campaign in the largest province of the country. The hefty boost of......
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ArchivePreferring personal gains to game has wrecked Pakistan snooker
KARACHI: From millions of rupees to peanuts. This is how an individual has brought the wonderful game of snooker to this stage allegedly due to personal gains including Pride of Performance.“When......
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ArchiveShadab demands extra efforts from team in pressure situations
KARACHI: Despite winning a record eight matches during the league-phase of the HBL Pakistan Super League 6, Islamabad United skipper Shadab Khan warned his charges not to get complacent during the......
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ArchiveJamieson stars with five-for before NZ openers frustrate India
SOUTHAMPTON: New Zealand’s Kyle Jamieson dismissed Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant in quick succession on his way to a superb five-wicket haul as India were bowled out for 217 in their first innings of......
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ArchiveIslamabad eye Multan scalp to reach grand finale
KARACHI: Just imagine where were Islamabad United during the last season of HBL Pakistan Super League? And the answer is nowhere at all. A bottom-placed finish in the group stage epitomised how the......
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ArchiveCovid-19 restrictions spur illegitimate beggary business
KARACHI: A woman vlogger impersonating as a beggar shows how she has collected a few thousand rupees in a short time.In the video, she also narrates how other beggars were irked by an alien’s joining......
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ArchiveProsecution closes side in Perween Rahman murder trial
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court has recorded testimony of the head of a joint investigation team (JIT) constituted to re-investigate the Perween Rahman murder case.Five accused — Abdul Raheem Swati,......
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ArchiveSpanish firm approaches FIA, NAB over ‘fraud’ in Green Line project
KARACHI: The much-awaited Green Line service seems to be surrounded by a financial controversy even before its launch. A European giant, which has offered its technological support and services for......
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ArchiveVisitors entering Saiful Muluk park to pay fee
MANSEHRA: The wildlife department has imposed fee on tourists and vehicles entering the Saiful Muluk National Park in the Kaghan valley.“We have imposed fee on each individual, and the revenue so......
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ArchiveView from the courtroom: Legislation to curb child marriages continues to face delay
For the last around a decade successive provincial governments and civil society members have been grappling with the question as to what should be the marriageable age for a female in Khyber......
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ArchivePhysical therapists perturbed over being bracketed with paramedics
PESHAWAR: A law recently passed by National Assembly to constitute ‘allied health council’ has perturbed members of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Physical Therapists Association and they have demanded of the......
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ArchiveDrug test of police personnel begins in Rawalpindi
RAWALPINDI: Following police department’s directives to point out drug addicts among the force from the rank of constable to the Police Service of Pakistan (PSP), drug testing of the police force has......
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ArchiveWoman held in acid attack case in Muzaffarabad
MUZAFFARABAD: A woman accused of throwing acid on another woman was apprehended by the police within five hours of the incident.Rashid Habib Masoodi, station house officer (SHO) of City police, told......
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ArchivePakistan chairs in 14 varsities abroad vacant for years
ISLAMABAD: All Pakistan chairs in 14 universities abroad have been vacant for years but the federal government’s education ministry has turned the selection process farce.On the other hand, India......
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ArchiveShelter house’s ex-head, her husband held in Lahore
LAHORE: Police on Sunday arrested former superintendent of Kashana Welfare Home, a shelter home for the destitute girls, and her husband over hurling threats to a naib qasid.Kashana Welfare Home naib......
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ArchiveTeenage girl gang-raped, minor sister stripped in Toba Tek Singh
TOBA TEK SINGH: Three youths gang-raped a 15-year-old girl and stripped her eight-year-old sister at Chak 324-JB Paira on Sunday.The suspects made footage of the crime with a mobile phone while they......
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ArchiveUltrasound machines’ purchase: Bahawalpur health dept defrauded of millions of rupees
BAHAWALPUR: A local firm has allegedly defrauded the health department of almost Rs10 million by supplying 18 ‘substandard’ ultrasound machines meant for the rural health centres in the district.It......
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ArchiveTrained UC officials reassigned job of registration of births, deaths, marriages in Punjab
LAHORE: Some 6,000 staffers of the defunct union councils (UCs) have again taken over the registration record of births, deaths, marriages, divorces and verification from the octroi clerks, naib......
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ArchiveTaliban say Islamic system only way to peace in Afghanistan
KABUL: The Taliban said on Sunday they remain committed to peace talks but insisted a “genuine Islamic system” in Afghanistan was the only way to end the war and ensure rights — including for......
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ArchiveAshraf Ghani, Abdullah to visit White House on 25th
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden looks forward to welcoming Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Dr Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, to the White House on......
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ArchiveAstronauts install new solar panels on space station
WASHINGTON: A French and an American astronaut embarked on a spacewalk on Sunday to complete the installation of new solar panels to boost power supplies to the International Space Station (ISS),......
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ArchiveChina administers one billionth Covid-19 vaccine
BEIJING: China on Sunday announced it had administered its one-billionth shot in the world’s biggest coronavirus inoculation drive.The global death toll from Covid-19 is now more than 3.8 million and......
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ArchiveFormer UK speaker Bercow denounces Johnson and defects to Labour
LONDON: The colourful former speaker of Britain’s House of Commons John Bercow said he has left the Conservatives to join the opposition Labour Party, saying the country is “sick of lies” under......
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Archive10 children, two others killed as storm lashes US state
ATLANTA: Tropical Depression Claudette claimed 12 lives in Alabama as the storm swept across the southeastern US, causing flash flooding and spurring tornadoes that destroyed dozens of homes.Ten......
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ArchiveThird pandemic wave arrives as Brazil surpasses 500,000 deaths
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil on Saturday became the second country after the United States to surpass 500,000 Covid-19 deaths as the South American giant grapples with a third wave of the pandemic.“500,000......
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ArchivePoll consensus
LEADER of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif has written a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja urging him to convene an All Parties Conference to build......
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ArchiveThe roots of hate
THE brutal murder of a Pakistani-origin family in the city of London, Ontario, by 20-year-old Nathaniel Veltman caused a wave of outrage in Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau openly condemned it......
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ArchiveAmerica’s China preoccupation
THE already fraught relationship between the US and China has plunged to another low in the wake of President Joe Biden’s first foreign trip that took him to Europe. The visit turned out to be more......
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ArchiveLeaders of ruling, opposition parties boycott meeting called by speaker
QUETTA: The ruling coalition’s parliamentary leaders and the opposition parties on Sunday boycotted a consultation meeting summoned by Balochistan Assembly Speaker Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo in the......
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ArchiveOpposition leader, 9 Balochistan MPAs booked
QUETTA: Police have registered an FIR against 10 MPAs of opposition parties of the Balochistan Assembly, including the opposition leader Malik Sikander Khan, and scores of political workers on......
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ArchiveWB approves over $440m for water, sanitation services in Punjab
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has approved $442 million to help improve access to water and sanitation services for the most vulnerable rural communities in Punjab.The ‘Punjab Rural Sustainable Water......
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ArchiveUS assured of help in recovering hostages from Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: Pakistan assured the United States on Sunday that it would continue to assist America and other countries in recovering their hostages from Afghanistan, but only as “a moral duty” and not......
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ArchivePakistan calls for joint efforts to counter rising Islamophobia
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday called for joint efforts to counter the growing tendency of Islamophobia and religious bias in different parts of the world.The foreign......
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ArchiveCall for withdrawal of cases against Bahria Town protesters
ISLAMABAD: Scores of Sindhi nationalists staged a protest demonstration outside the National Press Club here on Sunday against the Sindh government and Bahria Town Karachi (BTK) for registration of......
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ArchiveGovernor returns media protection bill to Sindh PA
KARACHI: Sindh Governor Imran Ismail has refused to give his assent to the Sindh Protection of Journalists and other Media Practitioners bill, which was passed by the Sindh Assembly recently, and......
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ArchiveMarginalised souls in heart of old Lahore
CHILDREN run up and down the stairs, in and out of a two-storey building deep inside the Bagh Munshi Ladha locality of old Lahore. A while later some of them are seen learning pottery, a few......
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ArchiveFM refrains from calling Osama bin Laden martyr or terrorist
KARACHI: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi refrained from calling Osama bin Laden a terrorist in an interview with Afghanistan’s Tolo News.When the interviewer quoted Prime Minister Imran Khan as......
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ArchiveCentre for third-party monitoring of Sindh funds
KARACHI: In a sign of intensification of a tussle between Centre and Sindh, federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Sunday accused the provincial rulers and top PPP leadership of misusing......
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ArchiveArmy should stay away from polls, says Fazl
PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that army and intelligence agencies should stay away from the election process, as police are enough to provide security......
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ArchiveMinistry seeks action over violation of terms for LNG supply
ISLAMABAD: As background engagements continue to call another special meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) to allow replacement of Engro’s LNG terminal for maintenance and statutory......
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ArchivePML-N, PPP call for audit of Covid funds
ISLAMABAD: Expressing concerns over the reports coming from various parts of the country regarding shortage of Covid-19 vaccine, major opposition parties — the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)......
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ArchiveGovt-opposition rapprochement turns out to be vain effort
• Minister claims opposition violated pact of not targeting party heads • Bilawal says treasury benchers made provocative speeches • PML-N insists NA speaker had decided to form panel to review......
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ArchiveThe roots of hate
THE brutal murder of a Pakistani-origin family in the city of London, Ontario, by 20-year-old Nathaniel Veltman caused a wave of outrage in Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau openly condemned it......
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ArchiveBalochistan Budget: At the expense of the people
What happened outside the Balochistan Assembly on the budget day is but another reminder of how politicised ‘development’ in this country has become over time. It also is reflective of the factors......
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ArchiveKP Budget: A friend for all... except the industry
Following in the footsteps of the Centre and Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s budget for 2021-22 also focuses on spurring economic growth and offsetting the impact of Covid-19 through massive development......
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