Dawn Spelling Bee 2015
The National ChampionshipTHE National Championship for the ‘11th Dawn In Education Spelling Bee 2015’, was held in Islamabad on November 19, 2015...
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ArchiveUnderstanding Karachi and the 2015 local elections
Karachi confuses people – sometimes even those who live in it...
The capital of Pakistan’s Sindh province, it is the country’s largest city – a colossal, ever-expanding metropolis with a population of above 20 million (and growing) -
ArchiveBoE ends 2015 with interest rates on hold
LONDON: The Bank of England (BoE) has kept interest rates at a half a per cent, it announced on Thursday in the last monetary policy decision of the 2015...
Published in Dawn, December 11th, 2015...
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ArchiveTimeline of major earthquakes in Pakistan: 1971-2015
On October 26, 2015, a strong earthquake measuring 7...
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Archive5.5pc GDP growth target approved for fiscal year 2015-16
5 per cent for the upcoming fiscal year 2015-2016 (FY15-16)...
The meeting approved the macroeconomic framework for the 2015-2016 Annual Plan...
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Archive971 killed in first six months of 2015 in Karachi
KARACHI: Over 970 people were murdered in the first half of 2015 — about 57 per cent less than the killings reported during the same period last year, it emerged on Tuesday...
”It said that the analysis of first six months “shows that average murders reported in 2015 are 2...
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ArchivePakistan football in 2015: A horror show on and off the pitch
It was a year that promised so much for Pakistan, yet it ended with little to show for on the football pitch...
There was more action in the courts with a protracted case being fought out between the two factions of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF), formed in acrimonious circumstances -
PakistanBudget 2015-16: What went up, what went down
The federal budget for the fiscal year 2015-16 introduced some new taxes and measures that, ideally, should provide relief to burdened citizens...
5 per cent increase in their net pensions from July 1, 2015, and their medical allowance has also been enhanced by 25 per cent...
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WorldParty on: Bollywood A-listers kick off the 2015 IIFA Awards in Malaysia
Bollywood's A-listers have flocked to Kuala Lampur, Malaysia for the weekend bash that is the 16th IIFA Awards 2015...
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ArchiveYear 2015
RARELY has a democratic government enjoyed a year such as 2015...
As the year draws to an end, how much progress did we really see on these fronts?NAP has had mixed results, and the last few days of the year 2015 have seen the political consensus behind it starting to come under pressure...
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ArchiveOil hits highest since July 2015
37 a barrel by 11:33 am EDT (1533 GMT), its highest since July, 2015...
61, the widest since August 2015...
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WorldSaudi beheads Pakistani, 84 executions in 2015
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani sentenced to death for drug smuggling on Sunday, bringing to 84 the number of executions in the ultra-conservative kingdom this year, the interior ministry said...
Iftikhar Ahmed Mohammed Anayat was found guilty of attempting to traffic heroin into the kingdom in balloons concealed in his stomach, the ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency -
ArchiveBudget 2015-16: hunger for growth
It is difficult for the cash-strapped government, burdened with high debts and a not-so-easily manageable fiscal deficit, to present a ‘please-all budget’ for fiscal year 2015-16...
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PakistanBudget 2015: between push and pull
Also read: Budget must not have unrealistic targets: PM“The fiscal 2015-16 will consolidate the gains made by the government in stabilising the economy, yet enabling the growth to accelerate for providing jobs and reducing poverty,” says the government’s budget strategy paper...
In line with the move to punish non-filers, an additional 2pc general sales tax would be imposed on supplies to unregistered persons while the rate of...
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