Combating corruption: NAB chief stresses three-pronged strategy
The country’s top anti-graft czar has said that corruption is one of the major cause of all evils and stressed on a three-pronged strategy to combat this menace. “Corruption not only undermines...
View ArticleFace-lifting, development: Upgradation of Super Market planned
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has announced its plans to modernise F-6 Markaz, through renovation and restoration projects, on a design-build (DB) basis. The civic body described...
View ArticleUS visa seekers: Remand of fake media persons extended
ISLAMABAD: A judicial magistrate on Saturday extended physical remand of four imposters for four days. The suspects had been seeking US visa by impersonating as journalists. The Federal Investigation...
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Insufficient funds: Govt earmarks only Rs2m for research & development
ISLAMABAD: The government has allocated Rs2 million to the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) for Research and Development (R&D) for the year 2016-17 against its demand for...
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Battling the odds: Ombudsman acts on complaint of stranded expats
ISLAMABAD: The federal ombudsman has directed the foreign affairs ministry to immediately set up a cell at the Pakistan Embassy in Riyadh for easing the troubles of thousands of unpaid Pakistani...
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Baloch folklore: Music in a time of uncertainty
QUETTA: Some of the world’s best art is often produced at the darkest and most turbulent hour. So it is hardly surprising for a place like Balochistan, which has seen decades-long political upheaval...
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Tricky and delicate: Christian clerics, MPs invited to vet marriage bill
ISLAMABAD: Top Christian clergymen from across the country along with minority lawmakers will gather in the capital next week to reach a consensus over the proposed Christian Marriage and Divorce Bill,...
View ArticleCrash landing: TTP denies holding copter crew hostage
ISLAMABAD: The outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Sunday dismissed reports that one of its commanders had seized and taken hostage the crew members of a Pakistani chopper that crash landed in...
View ArticleSelling false hopes: FIA books four human traffickers
RAWALPINDI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has registered a criminal case against four men for sending Shahid Iqbal to Saudi Arabia. Iqbal committed suicide on July 31 over non-payment of...
View ArticleNew sub-campuses : HEC to improve physical, academic infrastructure
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has launched the first phase of establishing the physical and academic infrastructure of new sub-campuses of different universities, in a total of 31 districts of...
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Bilateral ties: Pak-Iran relations are based on a solid foundation, says...
ISLAMABAD: Iran rejects sectarianism as the basis of its foreign policy and believes in Muslim unity worldwide. This was said by Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Dr Kazem Sajjadpour, while giving a...
View ArticleEnforced disappearance case: Court seeks report from interior ministry
ISLAMABAD: While directing the Ministry of Interior to submit a detailed report in a case pertaining to “enforced disappearance” of a capital resident, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) ordered on...
View ArticleNational youth conference: Youth advised to take part in politics
“The youth of Pakistan must participate in politics and vote with their conscience at every opportunity”, said National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq. He made this statement at the opening session...
View ArticleCombating climate change: Saarc members told to enhance cooperation
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank country director has suggested increasing regional cooperation through the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) platform to meet climate change challenges....
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Draft bill: Clergymen oppose divorce bit in Christian law
ISLAMABAD: Christian clergymen from across the country along with minority lawmakers on Wednesday opposed the proposed Christian Marriage and Divorce Bill, 2016 but agreed that the age of a Christian...
View ArticleImran Farooq murder case: Supreme Court rejects co-accused Moazzam Ali’s bail...
ISLAMABAD: The top court dismissed the bail plea of Moazzam Ali Khan, co-accused in Dr Imran Farooq murder case on Wednesday, upholding Islamabad High Court’s June 13 order. The two-judge bench, headed...
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Electoral rolls update: Voter verification campaign kicks off
ISLAMABAD: A nationwide door-to-door verification exercise kicked off on Wednesday to update the electoral lists, with estimates suggesting that the number of voters will rise to around 98 million...
View ArticleCM Murad Ali Shah vows: Govt ‘committed to protect minorities’
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday said the provincial government is “committed to protecting minorities” and added that “it is mindful of their considerable contribution...
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Gambat South: PPL starts production from second processing facility
KARACHI: Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) has started production from the second gas processing facility located in Sindh, which will produce significant amount of crude oil, pipelined gas and...
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PSO receives 42 vessels of LNG in 17 months
KARACHI: Pakistan State Oil (PSO), the sole importer of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) for the country, has received as many as 42 vessels of the fuel in the first 17 months of the import facility being...
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