WILDLIFE: MADHUBALA’S LAST STAND
Five months after her ‘pen pal’ Noor Jehan passed away, Madhubala, caged behind concrete bars at the Karachi Zoo, stands under the tree where her best friend is now buried. She gazes at onlookers......
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ArchiveKP traders shutter markets, stage rallies against inflation, power tariff increase
PESHAWAR: Traders on Saturday observed a shutter down strike and took to the streets across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa against inflation and power tariff hike.The call for protests was given by trader bodies......
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ArchiveSMOKERS’ CORNER: POPULISTS AND PANDEMICS
In the 14th century CE, a bubonic plague killed 75-200 million people in Europe. The plague drastically reduced Europe’s population. This triggered some significant economic, political and social......
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ArchiveSHC maintains life term in policeman’s murder case
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has upheld life imprisonment handed down to a policeman by an antiterrorism court (ATC) for murdering his colleague.The ATC had sentenced Tajdar Ali to life in prison in......
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ArchiveRoads empty, businesses closed in Sindh cities on day of strike
• JI and traders’ protest call draws mixed response in upper Sindh • ‘Successful’ strike over rising price hike, inflated electricity bills termed verdict of people against ruling eliteKARACHI:......
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ArchiveAryna Sabalenka powers into US Open last 16
ARYNA Sabalenka of Belarus celebrates a match point against France’s Clara Burel during their US Open third-round match on Saturday.—AFP NEW YORK: Second seed Aryna Sabalenka of......
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ArchiveLahore welcomes Asia Cup with potential eliminator
LAHORE: The Gaddafi Stadium will welcome the Asia Cup with what can prove to be a potential eliminator when Bangladesh take on Afghanistan here on Sunday.Having lost their opener against Sri Lanka in......
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ArchivePML-N plays religious card on reports of PTI’s international lawyer
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: On the reports that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is engaging eminent human rights barrister Geoffrey Robertson to represent its incarcerated chief Imran Khan in international......
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ArchiveMarkets remain shut across Punjab against hike in power, POL prices
LAHORE: On the call of traders’ associations, the business community, especially the shopkeepers observed on Saturday a complete shutter-down strike in Lahore and other cities and towns across Punjab......
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ArchiveGoat vibrations: Animals teach surfers in California
PISMO BEACH: On an inflatable surfboard in prime California waters, first-time surfers Rebekah Abern and Elizabeth French paddle out to catch a wave under the watchful eye of their unusual......
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ArchiveJI’s strike call garners lukewarm response
• Twin cities’ traders refuse to become part of ‘political gimmicks’ • Attock’s major business centres shut down to protest inflationISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: A shutter-down strike announced by......
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ArchivePeople at risk of contracting Naegleria in absence of chlorinated water at Pims
ISLAMABAD: Although the National Institute of Health (NIH) time and again issues advisories for prevention and control of Naegleria, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) employees, their......
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ArchivePope offers apparent gesture to China during visit to Mongolia
ULAANBAATAR: Pope Francis appeared to seek to reassure China on Saturday, using a gathering of Catholic missionaries in Mongolia to state that governments had “nothing to fear” from the Catholic......
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ArchiveA hope and a prayer
WITH the Election Commission of Pakistan now saying that national elections could be held in January after the new delimitations — even sooner, if the Supreme Court orders it to advance this date to......
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ArchiveUK orders review into police ‘political activism’
LONDON: UK interior minister Suella Braverman said on Saturday she has ordered a watchdog to review “political activism and impartiality” in the police after an independent review found the force......
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ArchiveIran adds Russian combat jets to air force
TEHRAN: Iran’s air force has received a batch of advanced Russian combat trainer jets to “improve the training and combat capability of the air force”, local media reported on Saturday.“A number of......
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ArchiveTaliban and their neighbours
INITIALLY eager to see the Afghan Taliban take control in Afghanistan, Pakistan now grapples with unmet expectations. Two years on, issues like cross-border terrorism remain unresolved and pose......
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ArchiveNorth Korea fires several cruise missiles towards sea
SEOUL: North Korea fired several cruise missiles towards the Yellow Sea in the early hours of Saturday, according to the South Korean military.Details of the launch were being analysed by South......
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ArchiveStrike partially affects industrial production
KARACHI: As the industries had not given any green signal to join the countrywide strike call given by the Jamaat-i-Islami, the overall industrial activities showed a mixed trend due to the low......
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ArchiveMengal calls for joint struggle to seek recovery of missing persons
QUETTA: Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) President Sardar Akhtar Mengal has called upon all political parties “to join hands for the recovery of missing persons” as it has become a national......
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ArchiveStrategic export revival programme to be unveiled this month
ISLAMABAD: The overall export earnings showed a modest month-on-month recovery in August as the commerce ministry is set to announce a plan for reopening the operations of more than 1,600 textile......
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ArchiveSugar mills extort Rs50bn from buyers: Punjab govt official
LAHORE: Since the Punjab government has so far been unable to fix the sugar price for sale in the market, it is being estimated that the sugar mills have extorted some Rs50 billion from people in the......
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ArchivePM Kakar did not dismiss power protests as ‘non-issue’: info minister
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar did not dismiss protests over inflated electricity bills as a “non-issue”, the government’s spokesperson clarified on Saturday.In a statement,......
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ArchiveFootprints: Sutlej’s fury threatens the breadbasket
The current spike in the flow of the Sutlej has unleashed over eight million acre feet (MAF) of water into Punjab so far. To put this into perspective, this is more than the total capacity of the......
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ArchiveOil demand rises 4pc in August
KARACHI: The country’s oil demand dipped by eight per cent year on year in August while it saw a 4pc rise month-on-month to 1.41m tonnes, Arif Habib Ltd (AHL) said.During the first two months......
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ArchiveStrike partially affects industrial production
KARACHI: As the industries had not given any green signal to join the countrywide strike call given by the Jamaat-i-Islami, the overall industrial activities showed a mixed trend due to the low......
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ArchiveForeign banks seeking 10pc commission to endorse LCs
KARACHI: Foreign banks are now demanding a 10 per cent commission to endorse letters of credit (LC) for importable consignments, banking insiders revealed on Saturday.They said the move came as the......
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ArchiveBritish Pakistani TikToker, mother jailed for life
LONDON: TikTok influencer Mahek Bukhari and her mother Ansareen Bukhari were sentenced to life in prison by a UK court over the double murder of two men in a deliberate fatal crash in......
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ArchiveAl Fayed — ‘upstart’ billionaire who railed against the UK royals
Mohamed Al Fayed LONDON: Mohamed Al Fayed, the self-made Egyptian billionaire who bought the Harrods department store, was laid to rest next to his son, Dodi, after a funeral......
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ArchivePakistan needs energy reforms to break free of debt: US official
WASHINGTON: Pakistan needs to undertake energy reforms and opt for renewable energy sources, said a senior US official, stressing that reforms suggested by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) would......
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ArchiveExpanding BRICS
BRICS, WHICH seeks to promote cooperation amongst Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, is expanding its ambit. The recently held summit in Johannesburg (Aug 22-24) invited Argentina, Egypt,......
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ArchiveBritish Pakistani TikToker, mother jailed for life
LONDON: TikTok influencer Mahek Bukhari and her mother Ansareen Bukhari were sentenced to life in prison by a UK court over the double murder of two men in a deliberate fatal crash in......
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