By-polls: PML-N’s Tarar bags NA-108 seat
MANDI BAHAUDDIN: Fireworks and bhangra dance announced the victory for Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz candidate Mumtaz Ahmed Tarar in the NA 108 by-polls in Mandi Bahauddin. According to unofficial...
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Quetta militant hunt: Suspects in airbase attack rounded up
QUETTA: Paramilitary troops have arrested three militants, with bounty on their heads, involved in Khalid Airbase attack, during an operation in Balochistan’s capital city on Monday. “Police carried...
View ArticleLG polls: K-P government, ECP row intensifies
ISLAMABAD: The row between Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) government is aggravating as both continue to shift blame to each other for alleged anomalies in last...
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7 natural sleep inducers to help you sleep at night
LONDON: If you feel restless and end up lying awake in bed, try natural tips like inhaling through your left nostril and rolling your eyes to get instant sleep. A survey by Crampex tablet makers has...
View ArticleFour murder convicts hanged in jails across Punjab
Four prisoners convicted for murder were executed in jails across Punjab early Tuesday morning, Express News reported. Two murder convicts Abid Maqsood and Sanaullah were handed death sentence for...
View ArticleModi’s anti-Pakistan remarks ‘regrettable’: FO
ISLAMABAD: Claiming Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s anti-Pakistan statements are ‘regrettable’, the Foreign Office said on Tuesday that the statements confirm Pakistan’s stance on India’s...
View ArticleDSP gunned down in Karachi
KARACHI: District Superintendent Police (DSP) Majeed Abbasi was killed when unidentified assailants opened fire at a police van in Karachi’s Shah Latif Town on Tuesday. Initial reports revealed that...
View ArticleBangladesh urged to tackle child marriage ‘epidemic’
BANGLADESH: Bangladesh must ramp up efforts to tackle its “epidemic” of child marriage; a problem fueled by the country’s repeated natural disasters, rights campaigners said on Tuesday. Human Rights...
View ArticlePolicy enforcement: 77 schools issued notices over vacation fees
LAHORE: The Education Department informed the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday that show-cause notices had been issued to 77 private schools for collecting fees for three months of summer vacations....
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Glad tidings: Sanaullah promises a tax-free budget
LAHORE: Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Tuesday the provincial budget for 2015-2016 would be tax-free. He said it would focus on public welfare. He told a press conference at the Assembly chambers...
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Not enough: Clerks reject federal budget, demand 25 per cent salary raise
LAHORE: Punjab chapter of the All Pakistan Clerks’ Association (APCA) observed a pen-down strike on Tuesday across the province in protest against the federal budget. They also held a demonstration in...
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Inspection report: Form-15 for nearly 30 per cent polling stations missing
LAHORE: A judicial team probing polling record for Form-15 in the Lahore constituencies on a directive of the judicial commission set up to investigate allegations of rigging during 2013 general...
View ArticleTwo injured in ‘hit-and-run involving police’
FAISALABAD: Two people were injured in a hit-and-run accident with a police vehicle on Samundari Road on Tuesday. Akhtar Ali, who claimed to have witnessed the accident from across the road, told The...
View ArticlePerformance monitoring: Districts doing poorly given 2 weeks to improve
LAHORE: Districts performing poorly on key performance indicators have been given two weeks to shape up. This was announced at a meeting of district officers at the office of the health services...
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Partial strike in Peshawar as opposition protests over LG rigging
PESHAWAR: The tripartite alliance of the Awami National Party (ANP), Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is holding a strike in the province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa...
View ArticleSC rejects Shafqat Hussain’s appeal against IHC order
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday rejected Shafqat Hussain’s appeal against an Islamabad High Court (IHC) order. The decision comes a day after the SC adjourned the hearing of Shafqat...
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Lola the cat survives migrant crossing to Italy
A cat which accompanied her owner across the desert from Sudan to Libya and then on a migrant boat to Italy has been taken into quarantine on the island of Lampedusa after authorities promised to...
View ArticleTwo death row convicts die ‘mysteriously’ in Kot Lakhpat Jail
LAHORE: Two death row convicts in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail mysteriously lost their lives on Wednesday, Express News reported. Although the reason of the deaths remained unknown, prison wardens said...
View ArticleUnited Nations peacekeepers commonly involved in ‘transactional sex’: UN study
UNITED NATIONS: United Nations peacekeepers commonly pay for sex with cash, dresses, jewelry, perfume, cell phones and other items, despite a ban on such relationships with people the world body is...
View ArticleRaining down: Extreme monsoon weather looms
ISLAMABAD: The rising sea surface temperature will impact the upcoming monsoon due to which few extreme weather events are likely to occur in Pakistan, potentially causing floods. Talking to The...
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