Open-ended stay?
With America’s longest war getting longer, the latest indication of an open-ended commitment came from Lt-Gen John Nicholson, Obama’s pick for commander of US operations in the war-devastated country...
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ArchiveFM Qureshi lauds launch of open-ended UN probe into Palestine violence
Pakistan, on behalf of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), had requested the UNHRC on May 19 to call a special session in view of Israel’s atrocities in Palestine...
The text of the resolution, which was presented by Pakistan on the OIC’s behalf, said the investigators should probe “underlying root causes of recurrent tensions and instability, including systematic discrimination and repression based on group identity”... ...
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Archive‘Lack of international tours ended Pakistan boxers’ Olympic hopes’
KARACHI: The dreams of Pakistan’s boxers to qualify for this year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro came crashing down last week in the Azeri capital of Baku when five hopefuls lost their matches in the final qualifying round for the Games...
With no wildcards on offer, the losses in Azerbaijan effectively ended Pakistan’s hopes of fielding boxers at the quadrennial multi-sport extravaganza...
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PakistanUS-Pakistan ties misgivings being ended: Mamnoon
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain said on Wednesday that Pakistan and the United States were trying to mend fences and repair the damage caused by ‘misgivings’...
Although the foreign policy part of the speech was interspersed with tones of optimism, it was not difficult to find out that Pakistan’s external relations were passing through a crisis wherein ties with the US were on a downward spiral, dialogue with India was on hold,...
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PakistanNaqeebullah murder: The 'encounter' that ended Pakistan's passivity over extra-judicial killings
“We saw people from all the four provinces (of Pakistan) — men and women, kids, youngsters and sisters — show solidarity with him”...
In its wake, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said there were at least 598 extrajudicial killings in 2014 and an additional 343 the following year...
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ArchiveWhen Pakistan ended Australia’s unbeaten run
KARACHI: Pakistan had the honour of bringing an end to Australia’s remarkable 34-match World Cup streak without a defeat...
That streak also included the shortest-ever final in World Cup history when Steve Waugh’s charges completed an eight-wicket rout of a Pakistan side — skippered by Wasim Akram — which was tipped red-hot favourites to lift the global one-day trophy, a fact confirmed by Pakistan defeating Australia by a close...
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ArchiveANALYSIS: Porto’s Euro run ended by 45 minutes of nightmare
The defeat also ended Porto’s 11-game unbeaten run in the Champions League this season with Lopetegui also blaming the first half madness...
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WorldHouthi violations ended truce: Yemen foreign minister
RIYADH: A Saudi-led coalition resumed airstrikes in Yemen on Monday after a five-day humanitarian ceasefire because the Houthi militia and its allies violated the truce, Yemen's Foreign Minister Reyad Yassin Abdulla said by telephone...
The coalition is now not considering any new ceasefire offer despite a United Nations plea to extend the truce, Abdulla said, but he added that the renewed strikes would avoid Sanaa airport and Aden and... -
BlogsHow a medical exam at a top notch Karachi hospital ended in sexual harassment
In-depth: Pakistan: No country for womenIt was then that I decided to bury it deep into the recesses of my mind...
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PakistanThe world as he knew it ended the day Afghans attacked Chaman
The world, as I had known it, ended for me then and there when I saw the blood-stained clothes of my innocent kids, narrated Abdul Hadi with tears in his eyes, the ill-fated father of the two kids who lost their lives when Afghan forces attacked their village in Chaman on Friday...
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PakistanPolitics of strikes must be ended, says minister
”The minister did not just answer queries about the MQM; he also addressed questions about the Pakistan Peoples Party who have their back to the wall these days...
When asked about PPP lawmaker Syed Ali Nawaz Shah’s conviction in a land revenue fraud case by in accountability court, he replied: “There is a judiciary in Pakistan and should anyone feel that injustice has been done then he should go to the court...
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PakistanA cross-border love story that ended in prison
An Indian man who fell in love with a Pakistani girl was accused of passing state secrets to Pakistani intelligence officials and jailed for more than 11 years under India's controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act (Pota), BBC reported...
Muhammad Javed, now 33, first met Mobina when he travelled to Karachi in 1999 with his mother for a family wedding -
PakistanOperation almost ended killings, extortion in Karachi: Sial
SUKKUR: Sindh Home Minister Suhail Anwar Sial has said that police try their best to execute court orders be it the one regarding arrest of Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain...
He was commenting on the warrants issued by a court for the arrest of the MQM chief in a case in which he had recently been declared absconder -
PakistanShe left cruel master’s house for home and ended up in shelter
TOBA TEK SINGH: A 15-year-old girl, rescued by people from a rickshaw driver near Pirmahal some nine months ago, has been waiting for her family in the shelter (Darul Aman) of Toba Tek Singh...
Shelter home in charge Rai Abdul Shakoor Marth told reporters that Madeeha was sent to the shelter on April 13, 2016, by civil judge Tahira Parveen Cheema -
ArchiveArsenal’s FA Cup defence ended by second-tier Nottingham Forest
LONDON: Long protected at Arsenal by FA Cup glory, Arsene Wenger endured his earliest elimination Sunday when his title defence ended at managerless, second-tier side Nottingham Forest...
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