Marquez takes pole at French Moto GP
LE MANS: Spain’s defending two-time world champion Marc Marquez rode a powerful final lap to clinch pole position at the French Moto Grand Prix on Saturday...
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PakistanChief justice takes suo moto notice on ECP's lack of performance
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali has taken suo moto notice over the lack of performance by Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)...
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PakistanSenate adopts resolution seeking laws to review suo moto decisions
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution, moved by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Farhatullah Babar, to enact laws providing the right to revise decisions taken by the Supreme Court in suo moto cases...
Senator Babar termed the unanimous adoption of the resolution a “landmark development because it placed an obligation on the government to adopt appropriate legislation to streamline the suo moto...
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PakistanSupreme Court takes suo moto notice of rape, torture of minor in Karachi
Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Friday took suo moto notice of the rape and torture of a six-year-old girl in Karachi, Radio Pakistan reported...
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PakistanSC takes suo moto notice of child maid's alleged torture
Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has taken suo moto notice of the alleged torture of a child maid in Islamabad, a Supreme Court spokesperson told DawnNews...
A medical board comprising a general surgeon, a plastic surgeon, a burn surgeon and a psychiatrist, was constituted by the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) after the Office of District Magistrate Islamabad issued a letter to the hospital administration, asking it "to...
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ArchiveMartin takes Styrian Moto GP pole
SPIELBERG: Jorge Martin grabbed pole position for the Styrian Grand Prix in a frantic finish to qualifying on Saturday...
Championship leader Fabio Quartararo crossed with a faster time at the end of the session, but his lap was scrubbed out because he exceeded track limits, while six-time world champion Marc Marquez, pushing hard, crashed on his final lap -
PakistanECP withdraws notice to Imran Khan, mist covers the reason
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday withdrew summons it had issued to Imran Khan just the previous day to explain his purportedly illegal plan to campaign for his PTI candidates in the upcoming local government election...
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WorldItaly covers nude sculptures for Iran president
ROME: Italy's desire to court visiting Iranian President Hassan Rouhani extended to covering up classical nude sculptures in the museum where he met Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, it emerged on Tuesday...
The two men made speeches in Rome's Capitoline Museum after a Monday signing ceremony which saw Italian companies tie up $18 billion worth of deals with the Islamic Republic -
ArchiveFootprints: Between the covers
While art historian Naman Ahuja and historian Rosie Llewellyn-Jones spoke of the flowering of the arts in 18th century India, historian Ayesha Jalal and others discussed the different facets of the Partition story and how, as Jalal put it, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh need to end finger-pointing and focus on healing the wounds of the divide...
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PakistanGlobal Fund report: Health dept ‘covers up mega bungling case’
LAHORE: The Punjab Primary and Secondary Health Department has ‘dumped’ a report of the Global Fund (GF), an international partnership organisation, wherein it has levelled allegation of misuse of funds by the health authorities...
In a first communication of its kind, the organisation took up the issue with the National Coordinator Common GF Management Unit, National Institute of Islamabad, exposing many senior officials of the Punjab... -
PakistanAnti-measles drive covers 11.8m kids in six days
LAHORE: As many as 11...
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ArchiveWhat's in a name: Bakery in India's Bengaluru covers 'Karachi' on signboard following protests
An outlet of the Karachi Bakery in India’s Bengaluru covered up the word ‘Karachi’ on its signboard on Friday after a mob protested against the name, Indian media reported...
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Archive'Imran promised Naya Pakistan but it turned out to be expensive Pakistan': Bilawal at PDM's Hyderabad rally
PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday once again hit out at the government over inflation and allegedly usurping the rights of provinces, saying Prime Minister Imran Khan had promised a Naya Pakistan "but it turned out to be more expensive Pakistan"...
He was speaking in Hyderabad where leaders of the 10-party opposition alliance, Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), had gathered for its latest power show against the...
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WorldBritish court rejects Indian attempt to strike out Pakistan’s claim to Hyderabad Fund
ISLAMABAD: The British High Court of Justice on Tuesday rejected India’s attempt to strike out Pakistan’s claim to the Hyderabad Fund in a judgment the Foreign Office said is a “clear vindication of Pakistan’s stance”...
is a clear vindication of Pakistan’s principled stance, and the effective legal strategy being pursued by the new legal team,” Foreign Office Spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said in a statement...
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ArchiveRising Pakistan children festival held in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: A large number of students of public and private schools were enthralled by daylong activities in a programme titled ‘Rising Pakistan Children Festival’ held at Mehran Arts Council Latifabad here on Saturday...
The programme was organised by Bazm-i-Sathi Hyderabad and sponsored by the Al-Khidmat Foundation Orphan Care Programme...
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