Poll preparedness: What are you voting for tomorrow?
ISLAMABAD: The campaign season for the first-ever local government elections in the federal capital concluded here on Saturday.Tomorrow (Monday), for the first time in the federal capital’s 55-year...
View ArticleConfusion prevails: Hundreds protest against Gordon College’s proposed...
RAWALPINDI: Hundreds of students and teachers of Government Gordon College Rawalpindi on Saturday took to the streets to protest against what they claim is the Punjab government’s proposed plan to...
View ArticleJudge on leave: Ayyan yet to get back passport
RAWALPINDI: Money-laundering suspect Ayyan Ali is yet to get back his passport after a court ordered customs officials to return the model’s passport on November 25.Ali appeared before a banking court...
View ArticleLooking ahead: Waste management major challenge for local government
ISLAMABAD: Municipal waste management and supply of clean drinking water, especially in rural areas, will be among the key challenges for the upcoming local government bodies in Islamabad.Residents in...
View ArticleCandidates lure voters with promises to fix healthcare
ISLAMABAD: Candidates from various parties as well as independents contesting the local government elections in the capital have vowed to fix the healthcare services in the outskirts of the city.A...
View ArticleHistoric elections tug at city’s ethos
ISLAMABAD: For some, the local body elections in Islamabad indicate a paradigm shift in the city’s culture.My Art World Curator Zara Sajid admits this is the first time she is actively and willingly...
View ArticleEducation—a neglected subject in capital
ISLAMABAD: Even mainstream political parties have little to offer in the way of out-of-the-box solution for issues that the capital’s public education sector faces, especially schools and...
View Article‘Beginning of a new era’: Professionalism essential for all practitioners,...
“We have come a long way in terms of training judicial officers, but equally important is the promotion of professional ethics among members of the Bar,” said Judge Islamabad High Court Justice Noorul...
View ArticleSolemn advice: PCB must invest in foreign coaches, says Waqar
DUBAI: While England’s tour of Pakistan has not been going according to the home side’s plans — losing both the ODI and T20I series — Pakistan head coach Waqar Younis has termed the series as an...
View ArticleChelsea, Tottenham play out drab draw
LONDON: Jose Mourinho dropped his main striker Diego Costa for Chelsea’s Premier League visit to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday but the champions still proved toothless up front as they ground out an...
View ArticleNew era: I’ll be the most charismatic champion since Ali: Fury
DüSSELDORF: Britain’s Tyson Fury has vowed to be ‘the most charismatic champion since Muhammad Ali’ after delivering on his promise to dethrone Wladimir Klitschko and become the new world heavyweight...
View ArticleAustralia claim series 2-0 under lights
ADELAIDE: Australia claimed a thrilling three-wicket victory over New Zealand inside three days at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday in the first-ever day-night Test match.Shaun Marsh anchored Australia to...
View ArticleAbu Dhabi Grand Prix: Three-in-a-row Rosberg ends season on a high
ABU DHABI: Nico Rosberg wrapped up the Formula One season on a high by winning in Abu Dhabi on Sunday with teammate and triple world champion Lewis Hamilton second in a record 12th one-two finish of...
View ArticleLa Liga: Barca front three wreak havoc again
MADRID: Barcelona maintained their four-point lead at the top of La Liga on Saturday thanks to another clinical display from Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez to down Real Sociedad 4-0.Atletico...
View ArticleNational Boxing Championship: Naimatullah bags 60kg title in Karachi
KARACHI: The 2010 South Asian Games gold-medallist Naimatullah proved his mettle at the 35th National Boxing Championship as he took the title in the lightweight category by outclassing Ali Ahmed 3-0...
View ArticleWarning: Stop harassing madrassa students: JUI-F chief
SUKKUR: Eponymous chief of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, took up the cudgels for seminary students on Sunday, warning that any harassment on the part of the government could...
View ArticleCost of loyalty: JI chief rails against rulers for silence over executions
LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Sirajul Haq on Sunday likened Bangladesh Prime Minister Hasina Wajid’s administration to the rulers in Islamabad, saying there was no difference between two with regards...
View ArticleEconomic corridor: Mushahid champions rights of locals to CPEC rewards
QUETTA: Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed on Sunday championed the cause of the local population at least when it comes to reaping the benefits of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and other...
View ArticlePolice duty: Security plan for local government polls ready
BAHAWALPUR: Security arrangements for local government elections and the chehlum of Hazarat Imam Hussain (RA) are almost complete and relevant departments have been informed about their duties,...
View ArticleLevel playing field: PTI accuses police of harassing its workers
BAHAWALPUR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Bahawalpur chapter leaders held a press conference on Monday alleging that police officials had been harassing their candidates on the behest of the Pakistan...
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