Kashmir: facing multiple assaults
Just about every aspect of life for Muslims in occupied Jammu and Kashmir is under assault by India’s ruling BJP.The year 2022 saw Indian actions aimed at disempowering its Muslim population by......
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Archive‘Race against time’: PM Shehbaz, Guterres chair opening session of Geneva climate conference
The opening session of the International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan — co-hosted by Pakistan and the United Nations — began in Geneva on Monday as Prime Minister......
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ArchivePunjab IGP for expediting action against banned groups, Fourth Schedulers
LAHORE: Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Amir Zulfiqar Khan on Sunday told the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and Special Branch to speed up the search and combing operations against......
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ArchiveFritz beats Berrettini as US win inaugural United Cup
SYDNEY: World number nine Taylor Fritz battled past Italian Matteo Berrettini with a powerhouse performance to steer the United States to the inaugural mixed teams United Cup title in Sydney on......
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Archive‘Yadav makes batting easier for India team-mates’
NEW DELHI: The impact of Suryakumar Yadav’s incendiary shotmaking makes batting easier for his India team-mates, captain Hardik Pandya said after the team’s T20 series victory against Sri Lanka in......
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ArchiveSouth Africa dig in to hold Australia to Sydney draw
SYDNEY: South Africa dug deep and denied Australia a 3-0 series sweep with a battling draw in the rain-disrupted third Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday, finally finding some fight on the......
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ArchivePervez ups mills wheat quota, doubles flour sale points
LAHORE: In a bid to overcome the flour crisis, Chief Minister Parvez Elahi has issued directions for an increase in the wheat quota of flour mills, doubling the number of subsidised flour sale......
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ArchivePPP flexes muscles ahead of LG polls
KARACHI: The Pakistan Peoples Party on Sunday reiterated that its candidate would be elected as the next mayor of Karachi after the January 15 local government elections as the ruling party of the......
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ArchiveAfter Test struggles, Pakistan enter their comfort zone with New Zealand ODIs
KARACHI: Five Tests in a row, losses in three and victory in none. Add to it an abrupt change of regime in their cricket board, Pakistan have gone through a lot in the last six weeks. Finally,......
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ArchiveChina reopens borders after three years of quarantine
BEIJING: China lifted quarantine requirements for inbound travellers on Sunday, ending almost three years of self-imposed isolation even as the country battles a surge in Covid cases.The first people......
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ArchivePeople rally against price hike in several cities of KP
SWAT: People in various cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday held protest demonstrations against rising prices of flour and other essential commodities and asked the government to take immediate......
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ArchiveOver half of vehicles stolen in Peshawar last year remain untraced
PESHAWAR: The shortage of resources and basic equipment has been hindering the performance of Peshawar’s anti-car lifting cell (ACLC) as it has recovered only 80 of the 180 stolen vehicles in the......
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ArchiveCDA still hasn’t called tenders for construction of five parking plazas
ISLAMABAD: The city managers are yet to call tenders for construction of five parking plazas in the capital while final touches are being given to the base work of a plaza in Blue Area. The latter......
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ArchiveNaan price shoots up in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Amid unprecedented inflation in the country, the price of the staple Naan has increased up to Rs10 in the capital, with tandoorwalas charging between Rs25 and Rs30.On the other hand,......
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ArchiveSupporting the dairy industry
Historically, Pakistan has been a major player in the global dairy market. Its important role is reflected in the sector growth of 3.26 per cent in 2020-21, accounting for......
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ArchiveThe lurking threat of EV batteries
In his late 20s, Hassan Naqvi is one of the few people who ride electric vehicles (EV) in Lahore, but the number is estimated to rise dramatically in the coming decade. Every year Mr Naqvi has to......
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ArchiveHundreds rally in French city in support of Iran protesters
LYON: Some 1,000 people rallied in the French city of Lyon on Sunday in support of unprecedented anti-regime protests in Iran, journalists saw.The protesters walked through the streets of the eastern......
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ArchiveStorm leaves over 330,000 without power in California
Santa Cruz: Torrential downpours and damaging winds left hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses without power in California late on Sunday as the area braced for the next onslaught of severe......
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Archive‘Once in a century’ flood cuts off communities in Australia
SYDNEY: Military helicopters airlifted hundreds of people from communities cut off by “once in a century” floods in Australia’s northwest, an official leading relief efforts said on Sunday, noting......
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ArchivePrince Harry set to deliver more broadsides at UK royals in TV interviews
LONDON: Days after Prince Harry’s memoir accidentally went on sale early with new allegations of discord and conflict within the British royal family, a series of TV interviews with him started......
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ArchiveThe challenge of shrinking farm sizes
Countries in South Asia, including India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, have been experiencing a decline in agricultural farm sizes because of increasing population and division of land among......
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ArchiveIMF denied govt claim about visit: Hammad
ISLAMABAD: While calling the current financial crunch worse than that during wars and Covid-19 pandemic, former state minister for finance Hammad Azhar on Sunday alleged the International Monetary......
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ArchiveRecovery from flood disaster a long process, says Bilawal
UNITED NATIONS: As Pakistan and the United Nations are co-hosting a conference in Geneva on Monday to mobilise international support for the flood victims, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari......
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ArchiveGreener pastures
A few weeks ago, a news report gave the figure of Pakistanis migrating abroad in 2022 for work-related purposes as 765,000. The bulk of these were in blue-collar occupations, but it seems a......
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ArchiveMore politicians join PPP as ‘winds change’ in Balochistan
KARACHI / QUETTA: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) continued to strengthen its ranks in Balochistan after a number of senior politicians joined the party.The experts are seeing these moves as signs of......
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ArchiveKashmir: facing multiple assaults
Just about every aspect of life for Muslims in occupied Jammu and Kashmir is under assault by India’s ruling BJP.The year 2022 saw Indian actions aimed at disempowering its Muslim population by......
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ArchiveSouth Punjab electables await ‘right political move’
LAHORE: With political lobbying taking a centre stage across the country, electables belonging to south Punjab are also weighing options to make a “right political move” after they received “signals......
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ArchiveFootprints: Fishermen live in fear of sea
IT’S a misty winter morning in the Indus Delta. Haji Muhammad Moosa Jatt jumps into his boat like a young man.Moosa, now in his 60s, has been a fisherman for decades, but this year’s fishing season......
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ArchiveShujaat rules out dissolution of Punjab Assembly
ISLAMABAD: Just a day before the fresh session of Punjab Assembly, Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has ruled out the possibility of dissolution of provincial......
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ArchiveNadra hands over 17,600 tablets to PBS for digital census
ISLAMABAD: In a significant move towards commencement of the first-ever digital population and housing census, the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) on Sunday handed over the last......
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Archive‘Court-martialled’ general continues legal battle to clear his name
ISLAMABAD: A retired general convicted of sharing ‘classified information’ with foreign spies has been pardoned by the new military leadership and released from prison.However, he still plans to......
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ArchiveIrregularities spotted in KP govt’s financial affairs
ISLAMABAD: The Auditor General of Pakistan has identified multibillion rupees irregularities in the financial affairs of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government, with a major chunk of them related to the......
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ArchiveBalochistan sends SOS as it runs out of wheat
QUETTA: Despite an SOS sent by the Balochistan government a day earlier, no consignment of wheat reached the province on Sunday.At a press conference on Saturday night, Food Minister Zamarak Khan......
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ArchiveElahi’s trust vote not part of today’s Punjab Assembly agenda
LAHORE: A day after former prime minister Imran Khan changed his mind and agreed to put off the vote of confidence that he insisted the Punjab chief minister must take before Jan 11, it appears......
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ArchiveGreener pastures
A few weeks ago, a news report gave the figure of Pakistanis migrating abroad in 2022 for work-related purposes as 765,000. The bulk of these were in blue-collar occupations, but it seems a......
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ArchiveAsset or time bomb?
THAT the youths of any nation are a great asset to its future is no news. They represent new blood pumping into the body of a community, keeping it alive and moving forward with hope. On the......
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