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Income transfer programme: BISP beneficiary data audit to weed out fraud
ISLAMABAD: Fearing widespread fraud and abuse of the system, the government has decided to scrutinise the database of the Benazir Income Support Programme, an income transfer scheme that provides an...
View ArticleNisar hands British diplomat dossier against MQM chief
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has handed over to the United Kingdom (UK) ‘evidence of use of threatening language’ against Pakistan’s security agencies by a British citizen, Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf...
View ArticleFour more death row prisoners executed in Punjab
MIANWALI: Four murder convicts have been hanged across several jails in Punjab early Thursday morning, Express News reported. In Mianwali Central Jail, Abdul Sattar Khan was hanged for a murder he...
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Rejoinder: Altaf Hussain rejects Mirza’s allegations as ‘lies’
KARACHI: Reacting to the allegations made by convicted target killer Saulat Mirza in a video aired on a TV channel, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain said the video was released by the...
View ArticleCCI session: Population census next year with military help
ISLAMABAD: Disregarding the Balochistan government and Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s reservations about census, the prime minister succeeded in getting the approval of the Council of Common Interests...
View ArticlePM Nawaz to meet army chief, review Saulat Mirza’s statement
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to meet Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Thursday, Express News reported. Karachi operation, case against Muttahida Qaumi Movement...
View ArticleGordon Brown announces project for school security in Pakistan
United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education, Gordon Brown announced on Wednesday a 1,000-school pilot project in Pakistan under the Safe Schools Initiative to access risk preparedness of school...
View ArticlePakistan game a ‘World Cup final’, says Clarke
Australia captain says he expect a 'tough challenge' from Misbah men in the make-or-break game The post Pakistan game a ‘World Cup final’, says Clarke appeared first on The Express Tribune.
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Death-row convicts: Hangings halted for 72 hours only, says Nisar
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Thursday cleared the air about the 72-hour delay ordered by the authorities in the execution of two death-row prisoners Saulat Mirza and Shafqat...
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Capital punishment: Three death convicts hanged in Adiala jail
RAWALPINDI: The authorities on Thursday hanged three murder convicts, including two brothers, at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi. Brothers Ghulam Muhammad and Asghar Ali of Jalti were sent to the gallows at...
View ArticleNew initiative: School security project unveiled
UN special envoy for global education Gordon Brown announced on Wednesday a 1,000-school pilot project in Pakistan which will help access risk preparedness of educational institutions and draw up...
View ArticleDid Bruce Jenner get a nose job?
LOS ANGELES: Former athlete and TV personality Bruce Jenner reportedly had surgery on his nose to ‘soften’ his features a few weeks ago. Jenner, who is in the midst of a gender transition, got his nose...
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Cheat your way to Anushka Sharma’s full lips
Not long ago, Anushka Sharma’s full lips were talk of the town as they made headlines. Attention has however been diverted to her brilliant performance in PK and more recently in the high intensity...
View ArticleInterior ministry requests 90-day stay of Saulat’s execution
ISLAMABAD: Just a day after Saulat Mirza’s confessional video was released, a summary report pertaining to the stay on his execution for 90 days was sent to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif by Interior...
View ArticleSuspected militants storm police post near Srinagar, kill two
SRINAGAR: Suspected rebels stormed a police station near Srinagar on Friday, killing at least two officers and triggering a gun battle with government forces, police said. Another two people were...
View ArticleIslamic State claims deadly attack on Tunis museum
TUNIS: Militant group Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on foreign tourists at Tunisia’s national museum that killed 21 people, as the security forces swooped on suspects. Authorities...
View ArticleLHC reserves judgment on petition challenging Lakhvi’s detention
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday reserved its judgment over Mumbai attacks ‘mastermind’ Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi’s petition challenging his detention. Justice Mahmood Maqbool Bajwa reserved the...
View ArticleParis mayor awards honorary citizenship to Aasia Bibi
The Council of Paris unanimously adopted a proposal by the city’s mayor Anne Hidalgo to award honorary citizenship to Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy four years ago. “To...
View ArticleTill further orders: Saulat Mirza’s execution put off
ISLAMABAD: Saulat Mirza’s execution has been put off “until further orders” instead of only 72 hours as initially announced by the government, interior ministry officials said on Friday. The notorious...
View ArticleUsing public office for personal gain
The right to self-rule is what the people of Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) have long demanded. Such a mode of governance was introduced in 2009 by the PPP government in the shape of the Empowerment and...
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