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The World Cup so far in pictures
In just 23 matches, cricket’s biggest tournament has already provided many talking points Pakistan were unable to beat India in the sides’ first match of the tournament as the defending champions...
View ArticleEnvironment-friendly: Plant to extract fat from flesh operational
LAHORE: A fat-extraction plant, first of its kind in the country, was test run in Kasur on Monday. It uses a safe, environment-friendly and cost-effective technology to extract fats from fleshing...
View ArticleNew resolve: ‘Lawyers will oppose military courts till the end’
LAHORE: Pir Masood Chishti, newly elected president of the Lahore High Court Bar Association, said the legal fraternity would never accept military courts. He was speaking at a ceremony held on Monday...
View ArticleOn the cards: Seven new E&T projects get go ahead
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday gave approval to four Excise and Taxation projects. Three other projects were approved in principle but the chief minister asked an implementation...
View ArticleGas leakage: Explosion in house leaves three dead
QUETTA: A woman and her two children were killed and three others wounded in an explosion caused by the leakage of gas inside a house in Hazara community’s neighbourhood Marriabad in Quetta on Monday....
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4 dead as rains cause building to collapse in Rawalpindi
At least four dead bodies were pulled from the rubble of a building that collapsed in of Wah Cantt area of Rawalpindi on Monday evening, as heavy rains claimed as many 13 lives in different parts of...
View ArticlePrizes not promises: Gifts galore continues on ‘Josh Cricket World Cup Inaami...
FAISALABAD / LARKANA / KHAIRPUR / TAMIWALA: The gift bonanza on ‘Josh Cricket World Cup Inaami Scheme’ continues with cooperation of Express Media, McDonald’s Pakistan, and Fast Food Marketing. M...
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No more welcome: 2,000 unregistered Afghans deported since APS attack
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has deported around 2,000 unregistered Afghans after the attack on Army Public School in Peshawar in December 2014. “Pakistani authorities have clearly conveyed to the Afghan...
View ArticleWorld Cup extravaganza: Gifts windfall in ‘Josh Inaami Scheme’
KARACHI / HYDERABAD / SIALKOT: Distribution of gifts on ‘Josh Cricket World Cup Inaami Scheme’ continued with cooperation of Express Media, McDonald’s Pakistan, and Fast Food Marketing on Tuesday....
View ArticleDownpour: PM sad over rain deaths
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday expressed grief over the deaths caused by a heavy spell of rain in different parts of the country. Regretting the loss of valuable lives, he directed...
View ArticleBalochistan horse-trading: PML-N fails to pull clout over member
QUETTA: The committee formed by PML-N central leadership to end horse trading in Balochistan has failed to persuade its own member to withdraw an independent candidate nominated by him for the upcoming...
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Rare criticism: Lawmaker’s taxing remark leaves government red-faced
ISLAMABAD: In a rare criticism, a lawmaker of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Tuesday accused his own party of making parliament ‘redundant’, as National Assembly’s Standing...
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Civil servants’ jobs hang in the balance
ISLAMABAD: Some four dozen senior government officers may lose their jobs if parliament endorses a proposed piece of legislation barring dual citizenship holders from the civil service. Presenting its...
View ArticleSenate polls: ECP bars use of camera inside polling places
ISLAMABAD: After attempts of some political parties to change the procedure of Senate polls failed, now it is a challenge for Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to ensure secrecy of the ballot – one...
View ArticleJaishankar’s visit: Pressure mounts on Lakhvi case, says lawyer
ISLAMABAD: A lawyer for the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, voiced fear on Tuesday that the Indian foreign secretary’s visit to Islamabad would influence his...
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Unrestricted access: Cyber units fail to disable or block TTP website
ISLAMABAD: Senior officials admitted on Tuesday that they had no effective legal mechanism to take down or block access to the website of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the banned outfit...
View ArticleKargil Operation: Musharraf kept Kayani in the dark, book reveals
ISLAMABAD: Former federal minister Lt General (retd) Abdul Majeed Malik has disclosed that General Pervez Musharraf kept former army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani in the dark while carrying out...
View ArticleIn Sindh, maddeningly slow but steady reform on teacher hiring
KARACHI: The Reform Support Unit (RSU) has the mandate to reform teacher hiring rules. The RSU is part of the government’s education and literacy department, so the good news is that its involvement...
View ArticlePress conference: MQM pays tribute
KARACHI: The void left after the death of lawyer Syed Ali Hasnain Shah Bukhari can never be fulfilled as he specialised in dealing with cases of missing workers of the party, said Muttahida Qaumi...
View ArticleShot in close range: Advocate shot dead on his way to work
KARACHI: A Sindh High Court (SHC) advocate was gunned down in front of his house in Korangi on Wednesday morning in what looks like a targeted attack. He was also a member of the Muttahida Qaumi...
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