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Archive |2019-02-14 17:45:01
Attempts to isolate

PRIME MINISTER Imran Khan and the military leadership have been expressing a desire for improved relations with India. But India is unlikely to respond anytime soon. And the reasons go beyond its......
Archive |2019-02-14 10:05:02
25 students in held Kashmir injured by blast in classroom

SRINAGAR: At least 25 high school students were injured by an explosion in their classroom in India-held Kashmir on Wednesday, police and medics said.The blast occurred in a 10th grade classroom in a......
Archive |2019-02-13 11:30:04
Lawmakers okay $1.4bn for wall, await Trump’s response

WASHINGTON: US lawmakers reached a preliminary deal to provide some funding for President Donald Trump’s Mexico border wall but waited on Tuesday to see if he accepts the compromise and cancels a......
Archive |2019-02-13 09:05:02
Services trade deficit declines by 29pc

ISLAMABAD: Services trade deficit shrank by 29.11 per cent during the first half of current fiscal year compared to the corresponding period last year, according to data released by the Pakistan......
Archive |2019-02-13 07:07:40
IMF endgame?

“THE best is the enemy of the good” — a saying Pakistan’s pre-eminent economist, Dr Mahbubul Haq, often repeated. As Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) move closer to signing an......
Archive |2019-02-12 12:25:01
Saudi prince likely to sign $10bn MoUs during upcoming visit

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are expected to ink three major memorandum of understanding (MoUs) amounting to over $10 billion during the upcoming visit of Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman......
Archive |2019-02-10 10:35:05
Nude protest, black flags greet Modi in Assam

GUWAHATI: A second day of protests on Saturday tainted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to northeast India where proposals to change a nationality law have sparked outrage.Protesters waved black......
Archive |2019-02-10 07:10:35
Exodus from academia

THERE is a crisis brewing in Pakistan’s universities. Over the last two decades, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) was able to gradually effect positive changes in the academic culture. These......
Archive |2019-02-09 13:25:02
Thai princess in run for political power

BANGKOK: A Thai princess will run for prime minister in March elections in an unprecedented entry by a royal into frontline politics, pitting her against the chief of the ruling Junta and redrawing......
Archive |2019-02-09 12:10:03
Arthur backs Sarfraz to lead Pakistan at World Cup

LAHORE: Throwing his weight behind beleaguered captain Sarfraz Ahmed for leading Pakistan at the World Cup, head coach Mickey Arthur on Friday said he had been in sync with chief selector......
Archive |2019-02-08 10:15:02
SC promises to consider tycoon’s apology in contempt case

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday assured the counsel for property tycoon and Bahria Town (Pvt) Limited chairman Malik Riaz Hussain that it would consider any apology if furnished by his......
Archive |2019-02-05 12:05:03
Sub-committee formed to analyse reasons behind hockey decline

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Inter-provincial Coordination (IPC) on Monday formed a sub-committee to investigate reasons behind the ailing state of Pakistan hockey.The committee......
Archive |2019-02-02 14:55:01
Paragon Housing scam: Khawaja brothers sent to jail on 14-day judicial remand

An accountability court in Lahore on Saturday sent the Khwaja brothers to jail on 14-day judicial remand after rejecting the National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) request for an extension in the......
Archive |2019-02-02 06:58:31
Go fly a kite!

I WAS willing to forgive this government a lot when it announced that it had set aside the ban on Basant, and this year, kites would fly triumphantly over Lahore.But almost inevitably, we saw yet......
Archive |2019-02-01 13:40:03
Opposition parties in Senate reject 63pc hike in Haj expenses, demand subsidy

The opposition parties in the Senate rejected the 63 per cent increase in Haj expenses and tabled a calling attention notice on Friday.Senator Mushtaq Ahmed of Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) submitted the......