New DFB boss ‘worried’ about German future
BERLIN: Incoming German Football Association (DFB) boss Rudi Voeller said on Friday he was “worried about the future of football in the country,” promising changes in the way the game is......
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ArchiveTrack star fails drugs test, claims innocence
MELBOURNE: Australian Olympic track star Peter Bol said he was innocent and “in total shock” on Friday after being provisionally suspended for failing an out-of-competition drugs test.The 800-metre......
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ArchivePHF banks on PSL platform to revive hockey
LAHORE: Aimed at bringing national sport in the limelight, the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) with the support of national cricket stars has decided to hold a five-match series between Karachi and......
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ArchiveKP CM orders early start of work on Dir Motorway
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Friday directed authorities to ensure an early start of work on the Dir Motorway saying the project is a major move towards sustainable......
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ArchiveMultan to host defending champions Lahore in HBL PSL opener
LAHORE: The eighth edition of the HBL Pakistan Super League will kick off with defending champions Lahore Qalandars taking on 2021 winners Multan Sultans at the Multan Cricket Stadium on February 13,......
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ArchivePressure mounts on embattled India wrestling chief after sexual harassment allegations
India’s wrestling federation chief on Friday cancelled a press conference meant to reveal a “conspiracy” against him as top athletes, including Olympic and Commonwealth medallists, mounted a third......
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ArchiveNasir Khan Musazai says he won’t quit National Assembly
PESHAWAR: MNA Nasir Khan Musazai has said he has no intention to resign from the National Assembly.Mr Musazai, who recently left Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and joined Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl, stated......
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ArchiveTwo transgenders stopped from boarding flight due to ‘x’ gender
KARACHI: Two transgender rights activists were denied flying by a foreign airline due to their ‘x’ gender on Friday.Shahzadi Rai and Zehrish, the two transgender rights activists at the Gender......
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ArchiveATC grants pre-arrest bail to PTI’s Ali Zaidi
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court granted on Friday interim pre-arrest bail to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf senior leader Ali Haider Zaidi in a case pertaining to attacking and ransacking the office of the......
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ArchiveJI keeps all options open ahead of Karachi mayor election
• Siraj urges ECP to fulfil responsibility of fair, transparent results • Hafiz Naeem invites all stakeholders for development of city • Party delegation set to meet PTI todayKARACHI: A day after......
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ArchiveLahore Master Plan: 33,000 acres of housing projects’ land declared green areas
LAHORE: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) claims to have added undeveloped 33,000 acres of brown areas (the land allocated / notified for housing projects) into the green areas in the Lahore......
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ArchiveLHC orders hefty fine on shops not closing by 10pm
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday ordered the district administration and the police to impose a fine of Rs200,000 each on traders not closing their shops by 10pm.Justice Shahid Karim had......
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ArchivePM likely to open Margalla Avenue by month end
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is likely to inaugurate Margalla Avenue by the end of this month as the road is being given final touches.Sources in the Capital Development Authority (CDA)......
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ArchiveShahbaz Gill’s indictment deferred till Feb 2 in mutiny case
ISLAMABAD: Additional District and Sessions Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra on Friday deferred the indictment of Shahbaz Shabbir Gill — the former chief of staff officer of PTI chairman Imran Khan — in a......
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ArchivePresident urges nation to vote for capable leaders
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday urged the nation to cast votes with responsibility and due diligence to elect leaders who could rid the country of prevailing crisis and put the country......
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ArchiveHamlet in Yemen: tragedy offers respite from war
ADEN: “To be, or not to be”: on a stage in Yemen, William Shakespeare’s Hamlet rings out in Arabic, a tragedy that resonates with an audience suffering from years of civil war.In the......
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ArchiveGreenland at its warmest in 1,000 years, says study
COPENHAGEN: Temperatures in parts of Greenland are warmer than they have been in 1,000 years, the co-author of a study that reconstructed conditions by drilling deep into the ice sheet said on......
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ArchiveLebanese MPs sleep in parliament to press for end to impasse
BEIRUT: Two independent Lebanese lawmakers have spent the night in parliament to press for the election of a new president, as factional deadlock leaves the country largely leaderless amid a......
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ArchiveNo deal at Nato meeting on tanks for Ukraine
WARSAW: No decision on supplying Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine was reached at a meeting of allies in Germany, Poland’s defence minister said on Friday, though he remained optimistic that efforts to......
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ArchiveGoogle to lay off 12,000 workers
MOUNTAIN VIEW (California, US): Google’s parent Alphabet Inc has decided to cut about 12,000 jobs, or six per cent of its workforce, the company said on Friday, as the technology sector reels from......
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ArchiveFew jobs and meagre pay for youth despite India’s economic growth
FARIDABAD: Ravi Verma, hired by an electrical parts manufacturing firm early last year as India’s economy surged, was fired in November when the company lost several export orders. He has since......
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ArchiveGovt refused to name gay lawyer as judge, says India’s apex court
NEW DELHI: The Indian government has refused to appoint a senior lawyer as a judge because he is gay and has a foreign partner, the country’s apex court said on Friday.New Delhi decriminalised gay......
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ArchiveKerry cries out for ‘money, money’ to stop climate change
DAVOS: US climate envoy John Kerry bluntly summed up in one word what the planet needs to avoid a global warming catastrophe at the World Economic Forum this week: money.The annual meeting of the......
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ArchiveStocks lose 424 points on IMF uncertainty
KARACHI: Bears made a return to the trading floor of the Pakistan Stock Exchange on Friday as uncertainty around the talks for the revival of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan programme......
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ArchivePakistan, Russia to sign oil supply agreement in March
• Both sides sort out technical issues on insurance, transportation, payment mechanism • Sign three accords for cooperation in customs, aviation • Moscow says Islamabad can pay for oil in currencies......
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ArchivePM forms body on austerity measures
ISLAMABAD: In line with the government’s decision to meet IMF demands to cut the fiscal deficit, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday constituted a 15-member committee on austerity measures for......
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ArchiveLook beyond ‘patchwork’ reforms, says BoP chief
KARACHI: Zafar Masud of the Bank of Punjab is an oddity among bank CEOs. After all, which other top banker would endorse the ideas espoused by Thomas Piketty, a radical French economist who western......
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ArchiveNPC profit raised by up to 150bps
KARACHI: The government has increased the rates of returns on Naya Pakistan Certificates (NPCs) after most investments in these certificates have been withdrawn in the past nine months amid political......
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ArchiveKCCI seeks urgent release of 2,500 containers
KARACHI: In compliance with the State Bank of Pakistan’s directive, the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) on Friday submitted details of 2,500 stuck-up containers at ports out of a......
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ArchiveShipping lines may stop Pakistan operations, warns PSAA
ISLAMABAD: The ship agents have forewarned the government that all export cargoes could come to a halt as foreign shipping lines are considering stopping their services for Pakistan after banks......
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ArchivePoll credibility
THE first major test of the current Election Commission, in fact the entire nation, is less than 90 days away. With the dissolution of the provincial assemblies of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the......
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ArchiveAnalysis: Why a financially stable Pakistan is in US interest
IN recent weeks and months, the US has made no secret of the fact that it is closely monitoring developments in Pakistan, both on the security and economic fronts.In the past three months, over a......
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ArchiveSC bars use of word ‘disabled’ in official correspondence
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) Lahore to use “persons with disabilities” or “persons with different abilities” instead of “disabled” — to......
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ArchiveNawaz to handpick candidates for next polls, says Sanaullah
LONDON: As PML-N eagerly awaits the impending return of the party’s supreme leader Nawaz Sharif to provide impetus to its electoral campaign, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Friday hinted that Mr......
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ArchiveMajor political players demand ‘do over’ of Karachi LG polls
• PTI delegation meets ECP bosses • TLP workers hold protest outside ECP offices • JI, PPP discuss strategy to name own mayorKARACHI: About a week after the local government elections in Karachi and......
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ArchiveImran set to become ‘patron in chief’ of own party
LAHORE: Terming the current economic situation a “manufactured crisis” following one man’s decision, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has said the only way out left is to establish rule......
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ArchiveUN deputy chief in Kandahar for talks with Taliban
KABUL: The United Nations’ deputy secretary-general met the deputy governor of Afghanistan’s Kandahar, provincial authorities said on Friday, a rare meeting by a foreign envoy with the Taliban’s......
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ArchiveShort-term inflation spikes to 31.83pc
ISLAMABAD: Weekly inflation, measured by Sensitive Price Index (SPI), posted an increase of 31.83 per cent for the combined income group on a year-on-year basis ending Jan 19 due to a massive surge......
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ArchiveSaudi Arabia links Israel normalisation with two-state solution
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will not normalise ties with Israel in the absence of a two-state solution with the Palestinians, the kingdom’s top diplomat has said, according to a tweet by the foreign......
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ArchiveECP to pick CM as Punjab fails to reach consensus
LAHORE: After a parliamentary committee constituted by the Punjab Assembly speaker failed to build a consensus on a candidate for the slot of the caretaker chief minister, the matter landed in the......
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ArchiveJinnah’s citizens
HISTORIANS have aptly noted that Jinnah kept his notion of Pakistan ambiguous — more promised homeland and less concrete reality, a tactical manoeuvre that ensured its clarion call would appeal to......
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ArchiveAnalysis: Why a financially stable Pakistan is in US interest
IN recent weeks and months, the US has made no secret of the fact that it is closely monitoring developments in Pakistan, both on the security and economic fronts.In the past three months, over a......
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