Ban on pillion-riding in Karachi from tonight
KARACHI: The Sindh government on Tuesday announced a ban on pillion-riding across the province from Wednesday night to Thursday in line with the Chehlum security arrangement...
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SportLahore Qalandars, 'LOLs' and tonight's must-win match against Karachi Kings
Monday night’s sole Pakistan Super League fixture sees Karachi Kings take on Lahore Qalandars in what was once billed as the clash of titans but has since turned into a battle of sleeping giants...
Karachi, on the other hand, went about their business very smartly in the off-season, signing up Shahid Afridi when many thought the wily veteran had little to offer...
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ArchiveKarachi, Lahore to battle it out tonight for PSL crown
KARACHI: When the Pakistan Super League V came to a shuddering halt midway through last March, nobody would have predicted then that the conclusion of the franchise-based Tweny20 competition could throw up a dream final here on Tuesday between two teams — Karachi Kings and Lahore Qalandars — with very high reputations and expectations but much less achievements...
Prayers of countless ones have been answered at last and Karachi Kings...
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ArchiveCold wave set to hit Karachi tonight
KARACHI: Severe cold conditions combined with occasional gusty winds are likely to grip the city from Monday till Friday with temperature dropping to a single digit for four to five days, an official of the Meteorological department stated on Saturday...
“Low temperature in the south would be an after-effect of the weather system currently passing through the northern parts of the country, causing rain and snowfall there,” said Dr...
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ArchiveMet office predicts another spell of rain, thunderstorm in Karachi tonight
A spell of moderate to heavy rain, coupled with winds and thunderstorm, is expected in all districts of lower Sindh including Karachi till late night on Friday, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department...
The persistent rain or showers may create water logging in low-lying areas of Karachi, Hyderabad, Badin, Thatta, Sukkur, Larkana, Dadu and Shaheed Banazirabad districts during the period, the Met department warned...
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PakistanImran Khan to address PTI power show tonight at Karachi's Bagh-i-Jinnah
PTI Chairman Imran Khan is expected to address a much-anticipated rally of the party tonight (Saturday) at Karachi's Bagh-i-Jinnah...
MPA Shahzad Qureshi said that the stage — set up in the shadow of the Quaid’s mausoleum — "has been built using 100 containers”, adding that “we have never seen such a huge stage for any rally in Karachi...
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PakistanNawaz meets Saudi crown prince, set to return to Pakistan tonight
Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to return to Pakistan on Tuesday night, said his daughter Maryam Nawaz in a tweet...
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ArchivePakistan to witness first lunar eclipse of 2020 tonight
The first lunar eclipse of the year 2020 will be witnessed in Pakistan on Friday night and end in the early hours of Saturday...
According to a private news channel, it will be penumbra lunar eclipse which will be visible in Pakistan as well as in different cities of Asia, Europe, Australia and Africa...
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PakistanZulfiqar Babar replaces Yasir, to depart for Bangladesh tonight
Babar's flight to Bangladesh will depart tonight...
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ArchiveYahoo to shut down maps and other sections
NEW YORK: Yahoo will close its maps page, and several other sites, as it focuses on its search business, communication tools and content...
Yahoo will also close several sites worldwide, including Yahoo Music in Canada and France, Yahoo Movies in Spain and Yahoo Autos in the UK Yahoo’s main Philippines page will also close, and users will be sent to Yahoo Singapore instead...
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ArchiveRelief from heatwave likely tonight
LAHORE: Temperatures in the plains of the country on Tuesday shot up to above their normal value of the month, making weather extremely hot...
The wave was expected to give scattered rain-thundershowers at isolated places of upper KP (Malakand, Hazara, Kohat divisions), upper Punjab (Sargodha, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Gujranwala divisions), Balochistan (Kalat, Makran, Quetta, Zhob divisions), Lower Sindh (Mirpur Khas, Hyderabad, Karachi...
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BusinessYahoo accused of mismanaging fund for dissidents in China
A lawsuit accused Yahoo of breaking a financial promise it made to Chinese dissidents almost a decade ago as penance for helping the Chinese government find and jail other activists...
, federal court by a group of Chinese dissidents, contends that Yahoo mismanaged a $17 million fund set up to provide financial aid to activists...
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ArchiveYahoo sets deadline for buyers to present preliminary bids
SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo Inc...
The paper said some buyers might be interested in Yahoo’s core web business or parts of it, while others might bid for stakes in Alibaba or Yahoo Japan...
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TechYahoo launches site for free Hulu television
SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo on Monday launched a website for watching Hulu television shows in the United States...
Yahoo View was described as an extension of the struggling internet pioneer's partnership with Hulu and promised recent episodes of ABC, NBC, and Fox television shows along with films, anime, and Korean drama...
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WorldAs Yahoo struggles to stay afloat, board weighs future of company
SAN FRANCISCO: The board of Yahoo Inc is weighing a sale of its core Internet business when it meets this week, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters...
Yahoo's core business, which includes popular services like Yahoo Mail and its news and sports sites, could attract private equity firms, media and telecom companies or firms like Softbank Group Corp, analysts have said in the past...
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