Migration Fraud: Man with fake Pakistani papers held
ISLAMABAD: Immigration officials on Saturday held a man booked on an Oman-bound flight. During clearance for a flight to Muscat on a private airline, Fazal Karim son of Mero Khan, resident of Tittho,...
View ArticleLG polls: TMO suspended for not paying staff members
RAWALPINDI: Secretary local governments Punjab on Saturday suspended Town Municipal Officer, Rawal Town, Mir Akmal, reportedly for not giving paying staff members who performed duties during the...
View ArticleMan booked for threatening woman
RAWALPINDI: A man was booked for allegedly threatening a woman on Saturday in the Airport area of Rawalpindi. Masuma Maqsood lodged a complaint against the local police stating that Ijaz used foul...
View ArticleImproving quality: Draft on distance learning adopted
ISLAMABAD: Draft on Open Distance Learning, to ensure access to affordable quality education to all sections of the society across the country, was adopted by prominent educationists. Educationists at...
View ArticleMan goes missing
ISLAMABAD: A man went missing from F-8 Kacheri on Saturday. Rehan Mufti* lodged a complaint with the Margalla police that his brother went to F-8 Kacheri and did not return. He suspected that he might...
View ArticleTurkey to modernise Pakistan’s F-16s
ISTANBUL: Turkey has agreed to modernise the Pakistan Air Force’s fleet of F-16s at a cost of $75 million amid the controversy surrounding the purchase of new jets from the United States. A senior...
View ArticleLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan wants to ‘educate’ Trump on Islam
London’s new mayor Sadiq Khan said he would welcome Republican front-runner and presidential nominee Donald Trump to London to “educate” him about Islam and its compatibility with Western values. Khan,...
View ArticleImproving facilities: Wafaqi Mohtasib to report on prison reform
ISLAMABAD: The Wafaqi Mohtasib (Federal Ombudsman) has compiled a report that will soon be submitted before the Supreme Court, it is learnt. The report calls for overcoming overcrowding in the...
View ArticleHamilton, Rosberg crash out in Barcelona clash
BARCELONA: Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg crashed out of the Spanish Grand Prix when their Mercedes’ collided on the first lap on Sunday. Hamilton started from pole but was quickly overtaken by his...
View ArticleUAE military jet crash kills two crew
ABU DHABI: A United Arab Emirates military jet crashed on Sunday during training, killing both crew on board, the armed forces said in a statement carried by the WAM state news agency. A pilot and a...
View ArticleControlled explosion carried out at Man Utd stadium after match abandoned
A controlled explosion was carried out on a suspect package inside Manchester United’s stadium on Sunday and the club’s Premier League match against Bournemouth was abandoned. Two of the Old Trafford...
View ArticlePanama leaks and the way forward
The political crisis caused by the Panama leaks has intensified. The refusal of the chief justice to set up an investigation commission on the expanded terms and conditions set out unilaterally by the...
View ArticleHalf the sky
Chairman Mao said in one of his famous proclamations that women hold up half the sky. Not so in Pakistan where, it seems, women are prevented from doing any such thing, except instead to sit at home...
View ArticlePushing the limits
The limits of influence that can be gained from material wealth are being tested across the world. Money can buy a top-class education, multiple homes in the richest neighbourhoods in London, and...
View ArticleConfusing Greek methodology
A well-known historian and philosopher of science, Pierre Duhem reflects the typical Eurocentric attitude: “There is no Arabian science. The wise men of Mohammedanism were … faithful disciples of the...
View ArticleThe lost children
A complicated legal system with dead ends and incomplete legislation does not result in an easy life for anyone in Pakistan. But for the thousands of abandoned, homeless and orphaned Pakistani...
View ArticleTurning the Trump way
It is late May and there are still about six months left for the United States presidential poll. Even before the November elections, the rise of Donald Trump has convulsed the political landscape. The...
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Delving into NAP
A brief but well-researched “Overview of Security” during the first four months of the current year, prepared by a non-governmental think tank, has taken stock of the progress of the National Action...
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Horoscope: May 23, 2016
Aries | March 20 – April 19 If you’re feeling restless, it’s no surprise. Recent discussions didn’t just rouse an interest in certain ideas, pursuits or even studies, these excite you more than...
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Lorenzo the champion of Italy
LUCO DI MUGELLO: Jorge Lorenzo overtook Marc Marquez at the line to win the Italian MotoGP yesterday, as home favourite Valentino Rossi retired with a mechanical problem. Spaniard Lorenzo took the lead...
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