6.8 magnitude earthquake jolts parts of country
A 6.8 magnitude earthquake — with its epicentre being the Hindu Kush region — jolted parts of the country on Tuesday, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department. ......
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ArchiveFM Bilawal felicitates Iranian, Saudi counterparts on resumption of ties
In phone calls with his Saudi and Iranian counterparts, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday hailed the resumption of ties between the two countries and termed it a “harbinger for......
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Archive3 soldiers martyred during exchange of fire with militants in DI Khan: ISPR
Three soldiers embraced martyrdom while three terrorists were killed during an exchange of fire in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district, the army’s media affairs wing said on......
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BusinessDebt-stricken Sri Lanka to get first tranche of IMF bailout funds in two days
Sri Lanka will get the first $330 million tranche of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout in the next two days, the global lender said on Tuesday, putting the onus on the cash-strapped......
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ArchiveOver 10m flood affectees still lacking access to safe drinking water: Unicef
The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) warned on Tuesday that over 10 million flood affectees, including children, still lacked access to safe drinking water after last year’s catastrophic......
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PakistanImran’s nephew Hassaan Niazi remanded in police custody for 2 days
An Islamabad district and sessions court on Tuesday granted police two-day physical remand of former premier Imran Khan’s nephew Hassaan Niazi in a case related to misbehaving with officials.Shortly......
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WorldLondon police institutionally racist and sexist, major review finds
London’s Metropolitan Police is institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic and unable to police itself, an independent review said on Tuesday, heaping pressure on the Met’s new chief to......
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PakistanReligious scholar shot dead in ‘targeted attack’ in Karachi’s Gulistan-i-Jauhar
A religious scholar was shot dead in a suspected targeted attack in Karachi’s Gulistan-i-Jauhar locality on Tuesday morning, according to the police.Gulistan-i-Jauhar police said that Mufti Abdul......
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ArchiveEmaar to invest $60m in held Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Dubai’s Emaar Group is going to build a $60million shopping and office complex in India-held Kashmir, a region claimed by both Pakistan and India.As per an announcement made by Emaar, the......
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PakistanBol News journalist Siddique Jan was arrested in Judicial Complex violence case: police
The Islamabad police said on Tuesday that Siddique Jan, a journalist affiliated with Bol News, had been apprehended in connection with the violence and rioting that erupted outside the Judicial......
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PakistanImran arrives at LHC seeking protective bail in terrorism cases
PTI Chairman Imran Khan arrived at the Lahore High Court on Tuesday seeking protective bail in two terrorism cases registered against him in Islamabad following clashes at the Federal Judicial......
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ArchiveStarc sticking to tried and tested formula ahead of World Cup
VISHAKAPATNAM: Mitchell Starc said he has not deviated from his game plan in over a decade and after taking five wickets against India on Sunday there seems little reason to change things as......
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ArchivePakistan tweak schedule for NZ series
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday announced a revised schedule for national side’s upcoming white-ball series against New Zealand. The PCB and New Zealand Cricket “unanimously agreed to......
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ArchiveXavi ‘proud’ after Clasico, Barca move 12 points clear of Real
BARCELONA: Barcelona snatched a 2-1 Clasico win over Real Madrid with Franck Kessie’s late goal Sunday to move 12 points clear at the top of La Liga.The victory dents Real’s ambitions of retaining......
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ArchiveEx-Rangers man among three held for robbing DHA mobile shops
KARACHI: Police claimed to have arrested three suspected robbers, including a former Rangers man, on Monday for allegedly looting two mobile phone shops in the Defence Housing Authority.They said......
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ArchiveImran will be arrested at all cost, predicts Wassan
HYDERABAD: Sindh chief minister’s adviser on agriculture Manzoor Hussain Wassan has predicted that PTI chief Imran Khan will be arrested at all cost either this or next month.Addressing a programme......
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ArchiveUrban water authority proposed to regulate KWSB, tanker operators
• Moot calls for plugging leakages, theft in city’s water supplies • Former SC judge says ex-CJP Gulzar let govt off the hook by dissolving Water Commission in 2020KARACHI: Criticising an inordinate......
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ArchivePeople snatch 1,000 flour bags in Kasur
KASUR: People snatched more than 1,000 flour bags without following the prescribed procedure from two free flour distribution points at Kot Radha Kishan and Kanganpur on Monday.On the other hand,......
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ArchiveLHC seeks Imran’s presence at hearing of bail plea
LAHORE: A Lahore High Court division bench on Monday directed the lawyer of PTI chairman Imran Khan to ensure the appearance of his client if he wanted the court to hear petitions for protective bail......
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ArchiveBilawal rejects LG by-poll on remaining UCs in Sindh during Ramazan
• Asks chief minister to move SHC against poll schedule given by ECP • Lays foundation stone of cardio complex in KorangiKARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party chairman and Foreign Minister Bilawal......
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ArchiveRaja Riaz urges Qureshi to remove Imran from party
TOBA TEK SINGH: The opposition leader in the National Assembly, Raja Riaz, has demanded that Imran Khan be removed from the office of chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI).Addressing a press......
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ArchivePolice crackdown on PTI second-tier leadership continues in Lahore
LAHORE: Amid the allegations of harassment and misuse of powers, the Lahore police continued massive raids in various parts of the city here on Monday and arrested dozens of more workers of the......
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ArchivePunjab govt wants to ‘sabotage’ Minar-i-Pakistan rally: Imran
LAHORE: Two days ahead of the much-touted rally at Minar-i-Pakistan slated to be held on Wednesday, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said the caretaker government wanted to......
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ArchiveNAB delivers summons at Imran’s residence
LAHORE: A National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team from Rawalpindi visited Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan’s Zaman Park residence on Monday to deliver summons for Tuesday (today) in......
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ArchiveImran’s nephew re-arrested minutes after getting bail
ISLAMABAD: Hassaan Khan Niazi, nephew of PTI Chairman Imran Khan, was re-arrested in a separate case on Monday when he was leaving the Federal Judicial Complex (FJC) after securing pre-arrest bail in......
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ArchiveFrench govt narrowly survives no-confidence vote
PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron’s government narrowly survived a no-confidence motion in the National Assembly on Monday, after bypassing the lower house to push through a deeply unpopular change to......
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ArchiveICC prosecutor urges Russia to ‘repatriate Ukrainian children’
LONDON: International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan urged countries on Monday to find “the stamina to deliver on justice,” as ministers from dozens of capitals met to discuss boosting......
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ArchiveNorth Korea holds drill ‘simulating N-counterattack’
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un led two days of military drills “simulating a nuclear counterattack”, including the launch of a ballistic missile, state media reported on Monday.Kim expressed......
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ArchiveRussia scrambles fighter as US bombers ‘neared border’
MOSCOW: Russia scrambled an SU-35 fighter jet over the Baltic Sea on Monday after two US strategic bombers flew in the direction of the Russian border, but then left, according to the defence......
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ArchiveIf law is not respected, uncertainty prevails: CJP
QUETTA: Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Atta Bandial has underlined the need for shunning all differences in view of the current and said ‘we all should think for the country’s betterment’.Speaking at......
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ArchivePakistan Navy ship delivers relief goods to quake-hit Syria, Turkiye
KARACHI: Pakistan Navy ship Nasr, which was deployed on the international Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) mission, reached the Turkish port city of Mersin on Monday.PNS Nasr, which......
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ArchiveContempt trial of KP governor sought over poll date delay
ISLAMABAD: Former Speaker of KP Assembly Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani approached the Supreme Court on Monday, seeking contempt proceedings against Governor Haji Ghulam Ali for allegedly violating its March......
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ArchiveIndex loses 412 points amid political uncertainty
KARACHI: Stock prices slightly went up as trading began on Monday before bears took over the exchange on the negative news flow.Arif Habib Ltd said the benchmark of representative shares of the......
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ArchiveEmaar to invest $60m in held Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Dubai’s Emaar Group is going to build a $60million shopping and office complex in India-held Kashmir, a region claimed by both Pakistan and India.As per an announcement made by Emaar, the......
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ArchiveMuch more is needed
AVERTING sovereign default is important, so let’s assume we manage to do it. A more relevant question is why is Pakistan facing default?Looking at the seven years from FY16 to FY22, Pakistan’s......
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ArchiveDiscos, KE seek to charge Rs8.5bn additional fuel cost
ISLAMABAD: In an unending tariff increase streak, the ex-Wapda distribution companies (Discos) and K-Electric have demanded permission to charge about Rs8.5bn additional fuel cost to their consumers......
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ArchiveTyre maker suspends production in Pakistan
KARACHI: The crisis in the automobile sector continues to metastasise, with local tyre manufacturing Ghandhara Tyre and Rubber Company Limited (GTR) announcing its second plant shutdown for 2023 and......
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ArchiveFBR amends refund process to facilitate exporters
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has made changes in the procedure for automatically processing refunds for five sectors in what it says is a step taken to facilitate exporters.The......
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ArchiveFinding a sales pitch
SOMETIMES, even a cursory read inhabits a nook in one’s mind. Permanently. In my case, however, it is rarely beautiful poetry or prose with some insights into life but more prosaic political stuff —......
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ArchivePakistan remains ‘country of concern’, says US HR report
WASHINGTON: In its first assessment of the human rights situation in Pakistan under the incumbent government, the US State Department notes the human rights situation in the country remains a cause......
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ArchiveIHC to decide maintainability of Tyrian White case today
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) is expected to decide on Tuesday (today) the maintainability of a petition seeking the disqualification of former prime minister Imran Khan for......
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ArchiveCentre looks to implement ‘discounted’ fuel regime
• Musadik announces Rs100 fuel discount for motorcyclists, owners of cars up to 800cc • Monthly quota for motorbikes will be 21 litres, cars to be allowed one full tankLAHORE: Just a day after the......
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ArchiveImran’s nephew re-arrested minutes after getting bail
ISLAMABAD: Hassaan Khan Niazi, nephew of PTI Chairman Imran Khan, was re-arrested in a separate case on Monday when he was leaving the Federal Judicial Complex (FJC) after securing pre-arrest bail in......
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ArchivePTI accused of ‘smearing’ army chief
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday accused PTI of carrying out a smear campaign against Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Asim Munir, an allegation the party has......
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ArchiveCurrent account deficit declines 68pc
KARACHI: Current account deficit declined by 68 per cent to $3.8 billion during the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY23) from $12bn during the same period last year.February showed a......
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ArchiveFinding a sales pitch
SOMETIMES, even a cursory read inhabits a nook in one’s mind. Permanently. In my case, however, it is rarely beautiful poetry or prose with some insights into life but more prosaic political stuff —......
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ArchiveMuch more is needed
AVERTING sovereign default is important, so let’s assume we manage to do it. A more relevant question is why is Pakistan facing default?Looking at the seven years from FY16 to FY22, Pakistan’s......
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