It is rubbish to say I select my close mates in Test team: Steve Smith
“All this rubbish about me picking my mates is absolute garbage, I certainly don’t agree with that,” Smith said...
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ArchiveAJK authorities rubbish Indian claim of 12-year-old caught 'spying' in held Kashmir
Civilian authorities in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Saturday rubbished Indian claims that a 12-year-old boy had crossed over into the Nowshera sector of India-held Kashmir 'for the purpose of spying...
'“In a region where inadvertent crossings across the unmarked Line of Control (LoC) are a regular occurrence, the claim by Indian authorities is simply ludicrous,” said Chaudhry Tariq Farooq, a senior AJK minister -
PakistanPak, India rubbish Nawaz-Modi 'secret meeting' reports
The Government of Pakistan on Thursday termed reports of a 'secret meeting' between Prime Minister Sharif and Indian counterpart Narendra Modi as baseless, Radio Pakistan reported...
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ArchiveProblems ? and rubbish ? pile up for Delhi’s new leader
The new chief minister’s problems spilled over into the streets last month when putrid rubbish was left to pile up at the hottest time of the year after the city’s sanitation workers went on strike over non-payment of salaries...
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ArchiveRubbish, security fears overshadow French build-up to Euro 2016
PARIS: Two days before the start of Euro 2016 in France, rubbish piled up in parts of Paris on Wednesday and trains were disrupted as strikes and political turmoil over labour reforms dragged on...
The piles of uncollected household rubbish accumulating in parts of the capital, giving off a foul smell as the temperatures rise, was hardly the image of France that the Euro 2016 organisers want to convey...
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PakistanKarachi's rubbish bins becoming threat to life of citizens
Police have yet to find out what caused the rubbish to catch fire but it spread quickly to their first floor apartment, filling the lone bedroom they shared where the family were all sleeping together...
“This city has been turned into a huge rubbish bin,” Karachi's former mayor Mustafa Kamal roared at a public rally recently...
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ArchiveCountry’s financial capital turned ‘into rubbish bin’
Police have yet to find out what caused the rubbish to catch fire but it spread quickly to their first floor apartment, filling the lone bedroom they shared where the family were all sleeping together...
“This city has been turned into a huge rubbish bin,” Karachi’s former mayor Syed Mustafa Kamal roared at a public rally recently...
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WorldMount Everest, the high-altitude rubbish dump
Decades of commercial mountaineering have turned Mount Everest into the world's highest rubbish dump as an increasing number of big-spending climbers pay little attention to the ugly footprint they leave behind...
Five years ago Nepal implemented a $4,000 rubbish deposit per team that would be refunded if each climber brought down at least eight kilogrammes (18 pounds) of waste...
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ArchivePCB, ECB and CA rubbish spot-fixing claims from recent documentary
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board, England and Wales Cricket Board and Cricket Australia as well as the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA) have termed the claims in a recent documentary on spot-fixing, released by an Arab television, as unsubstantiated and have urged the broadcaster for evidence to back their claims...
In the documentary, aired on Sunday, the Qatar-based broadcaster reported that some players... -
ArchiveFour bodies and 10 tonnes of rubbish collected from Everest
Global warming means melting glaciers are revealing human remains and rubbish, which has gathered over decades of commercial mountaineering and as an increasing number of big-spending climbers who pay little attention to the ugly footprint they leave behind...
Six years ago, Nepal implemented a $4,000 rubbish deposit per team that would be refunded if each climber brought down at least eight kilos of waste, but only half of the...
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ArchiveRubbish cleaning delays PIA’s Manchester flight
RAWALPINDI: A chartered flight of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) from Manchester to Islamabad was delayed for four hours due to deep cleaning as the entire fuselage was littered with rubbish...
He said that whenever a plane was littered with rubbish, especially if toilets were choked, it was handed over to engineers who thoroughly check all pipes and then give clearance...
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ArchiveMinisters rubbish claims some PTI MNAs supporting opposition
LAHORE: Responding to the opposition’s daily claims of having lured some ruling party lawmakers to its side, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) rubbished the rumours that several party MNAs have assured the opposition of their support on the proposed no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan...
Defence Minister Pervez Khattak, on the other hand, claims that over 15 opposition lawmakers will go “missing” on the day the... -
ArchiveRubbish priorities
PAKISTAN’s envoy to Kabul has survived an assassination attempt; the western border is heating up over the fence built to stop terror incursions in erstwhile Fata, incurring the Taliban’s wrath; and the Chaman-Spin Boldak border crossing has seen bloody firefights with several casualties...
If it weren’t for the valour and professional training of the SSG bodyguard who covered the envoy’s body with his own, taking the bullets meant for... -
ArchiveNearly half of Asia absolute poor: ADB
4bn population in Asia, based on a new poverty measure of Asia-specific consumption basket, was absolute poor...
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PakistanAD Khawaja seeks absolute compliance to Supreme Court directives
Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) AD Khawaja on Wednesday ordered strict compliance to the directives of the Supreme Court to block bank accounts as well as national identity cards of the absconding prisoners...
In his directives issued to the authorities concerned, he said immediate measures must be taken to block the CNICs as well as respective bank accounts of the two prisoners, who managed to escape from Karachi Central Prison
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