Blasphemy stigma: Village boy cuts off own hand
A 15-year-old boy cut off his own hand believing he had committed blasphemy, only to be celebrated by his parents and neighbours for the act, police told AFP on Friday.Local police chief Nausher Ahmed...
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Balochistan’s Zehri vows to uproot polio
QUETTA: Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Sanaullah Zehri said on Friday that the provincial government was committed to rooting out terrorism and polio from the province.Chairing a high-level meeting...
View ArticleUniform fees: POEPA announces ban on overseas work visa
ISLAMABAD: Irked by the government’s unresponsive attitude, Pakistan Overseas Employment Promoters Association (Poepa) announced to impose a ban Friday on sale and purchase of overseas work visa across...
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Lashing of woman: Swat flogging video was fake, ministry tells SC
ISLAMABAD: After the passage of seven years, the federal government has told the Supreme Court that the incident of whipping of a woman in Swat during Taliban’s rule in 2009 had never taken place and...
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Govt pleads ignorance on Sindh terror financiers
ISLAMABAD: The government told the Senate that as many as 37 people had been arrested on charges of financing terrorism across the country, but failed to provide details on all the suspects on Friday....
View ArticlePM Nawaz vows to eradicate honour killings
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif vowed Pakistan would eradicate “evil” honour killings as he congratulated director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on her Oscar nomination for a harrowing documentary on...
View ArticleFIRs registered: 10 rounded up over Quetta suicide hit
QUETTA: Police have registered two separate FIRs on Thursday against the proscribed organisations that claimed responsibility for the Satellite Town suicide attack which left 15 persons dead, including...
View ArticleAl Qaeda attack on Burkina hotel kills 20
OUAGADOUGOU: At least 20 people have been killed and another 15 wounded Friday in an ongoing al Qaeda attack on a hotel in the capital of Burkina Faso popular with United Nations staff and...
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Trend forecast
Interior Design trends to watch out for in 2016! For those of you yearning to make dynamic edits in your homes, here are key insights that will help you achieve perfection.Colour it rightIt’s all about...
View ArticleIslamic State ‘brand’ spreading worldwide: experts
PARIS, FRANCE: The Islamic State group may be losing ground in its strongholds of Iraq and Syria but as the attack in Indonesia this month showed, the militants are rallying other groups under their...
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The modern man’s winter essentials
Whether a man’s looking to create an impeccable Sunday brunch look, or he’s just got an eye for classics, these essentials are the necessary building blocks that wont look out of date next winter. With...
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One piece three ways
While trends fade, style remains eternal and one piece can be put together in many different manners. In this feature we show you how one item from a designer’s collection can be owned by various...
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LIVE: Pakistan win toss, bat in second T20 against New Zealand
KARACHI: Pakistan T20 captain Shahid Afridi stole the limelight from the returning left-arm pacer Muhammad Amir on Friday in the first T20 of the three-match series when he returned an all-round...
View ArticleThe vault
When did you get interested in jewellery?I’ve always had a fascination towards design, whether it’s textile or jewellery. I remember noticing and admiring things even as a child. Having been trained as...
View ArticleUS Scout troop balances Muslim faith, American values
GETTYSBURG: In a bus taking them to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania – site of the US Civil War’s most famous battle – the members of Boy Scout Troop 114 are all ears.“Listen up during the trip! This is a...
View ArticleWest Bank city’s only church keeps the faith in turbulent city
HEBRON, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: Father Eliseev enters the cavernous church, room enough for 200 people, on a Sunday morning. But he won’t be giving a sermon today, nor any week in the foreseeable...
View ArticleBaby born in Hawaii with brain damage confirmed to have Zika infection
A baby born with brain damage at a hospital in Oahu, Hawaii, was infected by the Zika virus, US health officials confirmed on Saturday, apparently the first case of the mosquito-borne virus in a birth...
View ArticleTrump booed for criticising Cruz
MYRTLE BEACH: The growing feud between Republican front-runner Donald Trump and his central rival Ted Cruz intensified on Saturday with tit-for-tat attacks that put to rest any notion that their debate...
View ArticleUS prisoners leave Iran, arrive in Germany, as Obama hails win for diplomacy
WASHINGTON/ANKARA: Three Iranian-Americans arrived in Germany after leaving Tehran on Sunday in a prisoner swap that followed the lifting of most international sanctions on Iran under a deal US...
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Horoscope: January 18, 2016
Aries | March 20 – April 19Few things are more exciting than ideas or offers that come from out of the blue, which judging by your ruler Mars’ link to fortunate Jupiter is exactly what’s happening....
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