Financial scams: NAB investigating 311 corruption cases
KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) Karachi office is currently investigating 311 cases of which 231 are at the inquiry stage and 80 are in the initial stage. These figures were shared...
View ArticleOut of the fray: PML-N decides to go solo in LG polls
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has announced its decision to steer clear of any political alliances in the upcoming local bodies’ elections in the province. The decision comes at a time...
View ArticleSECP directive: Committee formed to uplift stock markets
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has constituted a committee to recommend a way forward, in an attempt to review progress and suggest ways to improve Pakistan’s...
View ArticleMisbah backs India against Australia
Pakistan captain believes India will start as favourites in Thursday’s World Cup semi-final against Australia The post Misbah backs India against Australia appeared first on The Express Tribune.
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Will make all kinds of sacrifices to eliminate terrorism: Corps commander...
KARACHI: Corps Commander Karachi Lieutenant General Naveed Mukhtar said on Saturday that we will make all kinds of sacrifices to eliminate terrorism from the country, Express News reported. The corps...
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A Banksy in the making amid Karachi chaos
KARACHI: Representative of art, symbolic of culture and a means of communication, we have come a long way from shunning graffiti art as vandalism. A real talent to treasure and treat to see, graffiti...
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Miley & Patrick’s relationship on the rocks
Yikes! Another celeb couple following in the footsteps of the Zayn-Perrie drama. Miley Cyrus ignores calls from her boyfriend, Patrick Schwarzenegger as pictures of his spring break surface all over...
View ArticlePakistan did not face challenges like terrorism, energy crisis in 1999: PM
SIALKOT: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif claimed on Saturday that Pakistan did not face challenges like terrorism and energy crisis during his previous regime spanning from 1997-1999, Express News...
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Armed groups: Imran says all parties agreed on across the board action
BANNU: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has said that all political parties had acquiesced to across-the-board and indiscriminate action to purge the country of terrorists and armed...
View ArticleDeath row prisoner: Jail officials insist Shafqat wasn’t underage
KARACHI: As questions reverberated in the news media about the age of death-row prisoner Shafqat Hussain at the time of his conviction in 2004, jail officials insisted on Saturday that the inmate was...
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Karachi operation: Nawaz seeks to set the record straight
SIALKOT: The prime minister on Saturday sought to allay concerns about the ongoing surgical operation in Karachi, saying it was not a plot against any political party. “The crackdown is targeting only...
View ArticleSBP cuts benchmark interest rate to 8%
KARACHI: In line with analyst expectations, the State Bank of Pakistan reduced the benchmark discount rate on Saturday by 0.5% to 8% for the next two months, bringing the cumulative decline in interest...
View ArticleFinancial scams: NAB recovered Rs1.432 billion last year
KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested 70 people and recovered a sum of Rs1.432 billion from them in 2014. These figures were shared with NAB Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry, who...
View ArticleTrade deal: Germany’s SPD won’t back down in US talks
BERLIN: Germany’s economy minister has promised to block any clauses in a trade deal between the European Union and the United States that go against the ideals of his centre-left Social Democrats...
View ArticleScripted screenplay: Saulat’s video a defamation ploy, says Altaf Hussain
Altaf Hussain has said the authorities have used Saulat Mirza to tarnish the Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s (MQM) image all over the world. In a statement issued from the London Secretariat, the MQM chief...
View ArticleShort reprieve: No executions until March 24
QUETTA: The Balochistan home secretary announced on Saturday that no condemned prisoners will be executed in the country until March 24, citing provisions in the law. Akbar Hussain Durrani said...
View ArticleBattle for Pakistan: TDPs resettlement won’t be over until Dec 2016
ISLAMABAD: Even as the phased return of the families displaced by the ongoing military offensive against the Taliban begins, the government on Saturday cautioned that the last of the internal refugees...
View ArticleSri Lankan authorities launch inquiry into Pakistani ‘sex racket’
Sri Lankan authorities claimed to have launched an inquiry into a Pakistani sex racket through which young girls are forced to work as sex workers in Sri Lanka. According to Sri Lanka’s department of...
View ArticleTTP spokesperson rejects reports of Fazlullah’s death
ISLAMABAD: Outlawed militant group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) rejected on Monday reports that its chief Mullah Fazlullah was killed in airstrikes and ground raids in parts of Khyber Agency’s...
View ArticleHindu group attacks cathedral in central India: police
NEW DELHI: Indian police said on Monday they have arrested six people after Hindu fundamentalists were shown vandalising a cathedral in central India, the latest attack on Christian establishments in...
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