Stocks lose 220 points on China equity rout
KARACHI: Stocks went into a tailspin on Monday in line with global markets as several negative developments shook equity investors...
The KSE-100 index took a plunge of 219
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PakistanGoodwill gesture: Pakistan frees 220 Indian fishermen
Pakistan on Sunday released 220 Indian fishermen held for trespassing into its territorial waters as a “goodwill gesture” to New Delhi, officials said...
“We released 220 Indian fishermen today as a goodwill gesture,” Deputy Superintendent of Karachi's Malir prison Hassan Sehto told AFP, adding that 219 others still remain in Pakistani custody...
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ArchivePakistan releases 220 Indian fishermen as goodwill gesture
KARACHI: As a goodwill gesture, the government released on Sunday 220 Indian fishermen who were arrested more than a year ago for crossing over into Pakistani waters...
He is also considered strong enough to travel to India by train,” prison clerk Ameer Baig told Dawn...
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PakistanECP invokes Article 220 to seek help in delimitation
ISLAMABAD: In a rare exercise of its powers, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has invoked Article 220 of the Constitution to seek assistance of the federal and provincial authorities concerned in the delimitation of constituencies and revision of electoral rolls...
A senior ECP official told Dawn that traditional lethargy had forced the commission to invoke Article 220, which reads “it shall be the duty of all executive...
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WorldVisas issued to 220 Indian pilgrims to participate in Hindu temple celebrations in Sukkur
More than 220 Indian pilgrims are expected to visit Sukkur to attend religious celebrations, the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi announced on Wednesday...
Under the framework of the Pakistan-India Protocol on Visits to Religious Shrines of 1974, a large number of Sikh and Hindu pilgrims from India visit Pakistan every year to observe various religious festivals...
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Archive220 centres for accelerated learning set up in Balochistan
QUETTA: The Balochistan Education Department, with the financial support of Unicef, has set up 220 centres under the Accelerated Learning Programme in different districts of the province...
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ArchiveFiery Anderson burst spells doom for West Indies
That left England chasing a small target of 143 to win and captain Alastair Cook (59 not out) and Gary Ballance (81 not out) helped them clinch their first test victory on foreign soil since beating India in Kolkata in December 2012...
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ArchiveThe doom boom
But the greatest doom boom in recent memory took place just three years ago when the dreaded Mayan apocalypse was around the corner...
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ArchiveFaces of doom
DEEP in the Arctic Circle, in the land of permanent ice and snow, in the Svalbard archipelago on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, a long, narrow mass of concrete protrudes out of the landscape, its sides exuding frost like smoke...
This is the Global Seed Vault, also known as the doomsday vault, run by the Norwegian government -
ArchiveDoom, gloom and Boom Boom
These days, however, Afridi is rather more suited to be labelled as ‘Doom Doom’ after overseeing a disaster World Twenty20 trip across the border where the green-shirts only succeeded in defeating Bangladesh in their four Super 10 stage fixtures...
Afridi’s most profitable year was 2011 during which he scalped 45 victims in 27 games, 21 of them during the World Cup staged in spin-oriented conditions of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and...
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ArchiveRehan spells doom for Acme Technology
KARACHI: Inspired by a mesmerising spell of spin bowling from skipper Rehan Sheikh, Rivo Mobile overwhelmed Acme Technology by eight wickets in the third Naya Nazimabad Ramazan Cricket Tournament at the Lawai Cricket Stadium here on Thursday night...
In a one-sided Group ‘A’ match, Acme Technology mustered a meagre total of 80 in 19 -
ArchiveFata farmers see doom in ban on fertiliser
PESHAWAR: The tribal area farmers hit hard by militancy are facing another monetary setback as the renewal of a ban on different types of fertilisers may deprive them of a good yield this season...
Officials said the local authorities on the military’s directives had placed a complete ban on the transportation of different types of fertilisers to three of the seven tribal agencies, including Kurram, Bajaur and Mohmand -
ArchiveCrack and doom
IN the midst of the First World War, an English poet in uniform imagined encountering a German equivalent...
They are both dead, and Wilfred Owen imagines the adversary he had slain saying to him:“Whatever hope is yours,/ Was my life also; I went hunting wild/ After the wildest beauty in the world,/Which lies not calm in eyes, or braided hair,/ But mocks the steady running of the hour,/ And if it grieves, grieves richlier than here -
ArchiveContinuing political disputes to spell doom for Imran: Shahbaz
“If Imran Khan doesn’t refrain from continuing with his policy of disputes and controversies, then he won’t find a chance to flee the country,” the PML-N president warned the prime minister at an event held here in Model Town on Sunday to show solidarity with the people of India-held Kashmir...
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ArchiveTrump rejects climate 'prophets of doom' as Thunberg warns Davos
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday assailed environmental "prophets of doom", delivering an uncompromising message in Davos after Swedish teenage campaigner Greta Thunberg slammed government inaction on the climate crisis...
"We must reject the perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse," said Trump, growling that "they want to see us do badly"...
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