Karachi needs revenues of the size of a country, not of a municipality
Pakistan’s largest city is also its least liveable...
A paramilitary force, Pakistan Rangers (Sindh), has been drafted to fight violent crime...
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ArchiveCotton rates firm up as crop size fears ruled out
The sentiment was induced by Pakistan Central Cotton Committee’s (PCCC) review which said that no major loss was suffered by the crop and production would be close to official estimates...
The PCCC cotton review has set aside all fears and apprehensions that were afloat about the size of the crop in the light of heat wave, smog and fog impact, said Naseem Usman, chairman Karachi Cotton Brokers’ Forum...
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ArchiveUS experts size up Cuba’s untapped oil wealth
HAVANA: US experts were briefed by Cuban authorities for the first time Wednesday on technical details of a possible partnership to tap Cuba’s deep-sea oil wealth, in another sign of warming ties between the two nations...
The United States and Cuba in December made a surprise announcement that they would end five decades of Cold War-era bad blood, and move toward normal relations -
ArchiveFilipino baker makes life-size cake of Pacquiao
MANILA: Fans of boxer Manny Pacquiao have a new way of showing how much they love the boxing superstar — by eating him or a life-size replica cake at least...
The 41-year-old said the biggest challenges were their lack of experience in making life-size statues and formal training in cake design...
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ArchiveIncrease in size of pictorial warning on cigarettes delayed for two months
ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Health Services (NHS) Saira Afzal Tarar on Thursday said the implementation of the decision to enhance the size of pictorial warning on cigarette packets had been delayed for two months...
On February 11, Ms Tarar had announced that the size of the pictorial warning would be increased from the current 40 per cent to cover 85 per cent of the cigarette packets...
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ArchiveTunisians unfurl their national flag the size of 19 football pitches
ONG JMEL: Tunisians have unfurled a national flag the size of 19 football pitches in a bid to set a Guinness world record and promote patriotism in the face of Islamist extremism...
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ArchiveJimmy Kimmel mocks Sean Spicer to his face about Trump inauguration crowd size
But Kimmel was especially animated about one particular topic — Spicer’s debut in front of the White House press corps back in January, with his statements about Trump’s inauguration crowd size...
Kimmel pointed out that inaugural crowd size and electoral victory are two very different things, and Spicer admitted many in the White House would have rather focused on other issues...
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ArchivePope risks joke about Trump’s size
In one of the lighter moments of his meeting with the US president at the Vatican on Wednesday, Francis made an apparent allusion to Trump’s imposing physical size...
Against that backdrop, Francis’s diplomatic advisers would no doubt have counselled the outspoken pontiff against any reference to Trump’s size, which came under considerable scrutiny during the US election campaign...
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ArchiveNew Jupiter spot is continually changing in shape and size, say scientists
And unlike the giant planet’s familiar Great Red Spot, this newly discovered weather system is continually changing in shape and size...
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WorldChina to limit family size for up to 30 years, despite concerns
”He said it was difficult to give a specific time on how long the restrictions on family size would be maintained, saying it was an issue that had to be dealt with “in line with the times”...
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ArchiveWhy a consensus on e-commerce market size remains elusive
KARACHI: Estimates about the size of Pakistan’s e-commerce industry have been many and varied, and there seems to be no ballpark number...
Part of the reason why some people underestimate the size could be their lack of understanding of the concept of e-commerce, believes Adam Dawood, the managing director of online marketplace Kaymu...
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ArchiveSize does matter
Without giving too much away, shrunk to the size of ants, the two battle it out in a city which gets leveled...
When Ant-Man shrinks down to size, the world is large enough for him to ride insects as if they were elephants, with our hero running around dynamically in an urban jungle...
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ArchiveOfficials fear massive Alberta wildfire could double in size
LAC LA BICHE: Canadian officials fear a massive wildfire could double in size by the end of Saturday as they continue to evacuate residents of fire-ravaged Fort McMurray from work camps north of Alberta’s oil sands city...
The Alberta provincial government, which declared a state of emergency, said the size of the blaze had grown to 250,000 acres or about 1,000 square kilometres...
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WorldLomu, who revolutionised rugby with size, speed, dies at 40
WELLINGTON: Jonah Lomu, who bulldozed opponents with his size and blistering speed only to be felled by a kidney illness that extinguished his meteoric All Blacks career, died suddenly at his home in Auckland...
”The son of immigrants from Tonga, innately humble off the pitch, was at his devastating best at the 1995 and 1999 World Cups, scoring 15 tries in 11 games but never winning the trophy...
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ArchiveNadal cuts Murray down to size to reach semi-finals
LONDON: Rafael Nadal cut world number two Andy Murray down to size with an impressive 6-4, 6-1 victory at the ATP World Tour Finals on Wednesday which provided further evidence of the Spaniard’s return to his former powers...
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