Necklace donated by Turkish PM’s wife for flood victims goes missing
ISLAMABAD: A necklace donated by wife of Turkish Prime Minister for the flood affected people has gone missing from the stores of National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA). Chaudhry Nisar...
View ArticleAxact bosses’ plea for ‘cushier’ prison turned down
KARACHI: A Karachi court on Wednesday rejected a plea filed by the head of controversial IT firm Axact and eight others for better facilities in prison. Axact CEO Shoaib Shaikh, COO Viqas Atique and...
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Senate body seeks funds for APS victims’ families
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee has recommended the government to set aside funds for the families of martyrs and injured of Army Public School (APS), Peshawar attack in the new budget. The Senate...
View ArticleAid cut, travel restrictions: Human trafficking may invite global curbs
ISLAMABAD: With an alarming rise in human trafficking, Pakistan may devolve to the ‘Tier-3 List’, a group of 23 countries, which face various sanctions due to their failure to comply with the minimum...
View ArticleTwo police officials killed, five injured in Peshawar blast
PESHAWAR: A blast in Peshawar’s Hayatabad area Thursday left two police officials dead while five others were injured. The outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the...
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PM Nawaz pens letter to thank Mugabe for bringing cricket back to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif wrote a letter to Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe on Thursday thanking the Zimbabwe Cricket Board for organising the series and visiting Pakistan. Following...
View ArticleEU calls on Pakistan to reinstate death penalty moratorium
The European Union (EU) on Thursday expressed concern over increasing executions in Pakistan and demanded the government to reinstate the death penalty moratorium to fully respect all of its...
View ArticleSmile away stress for long-term health
Adults who fail to maintain positive moods such as cheerfulness or calm when faced with the minor stressors of everyday life appear to have elevated levels of inflammation that can undermine their...
View ArticleTwitter fans pay tribute to departing CEO as Wall Street cheers his exit
As Twitter Chief Executive Officer Dick Costolo’s departure was cheered by stockholders, his fans struck a different note, flooding the micro-blogging site he has steered for nearly five years with...
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Musician Usman Riaz to tie the knot with best friend
The talented Pakistani musician Usman Riaz, announced on Facebook that he will be tying the knot with his best friend Mariam. The young artiste, known for his extraordinary music talents did not reveal...
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Pakistan eager to secure first ever-order for the JF-17 at Paris Air Show
PARIS: All eyes will be on the sky at the International Paris Air Show with flying displays by around 40 aircraft each day, including fighter jets such as Pakistan’s new JF-17 Thunder, France’s Rafale,...
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5 myths about your pearly whites put to the test
LONDON: You can use strawberries, banana peel or even coconut oil to get sparkling white teeth. Do you know how much truth there is to these myths? Uchenna Okoye, clinical director at London Smiling...
View ArticleWorld Food Programme to spend $535m to assist 8 million people in Pakistan
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will be providing $535 million in assistance to eight million people in the disaster-prone areas of Pakistan, Radio Pakistan reported. A WFP official,...
View Article25 militants killed in Shawal Valley, several others injured
NORTH WAZIRISTAN: At least 25 suspected militants were reportedly killed while several others were injured in a raid by security forces in North Waziristan’s Shawal Valley on Friday, Express News...
View ArticleBetween ‘Raees’ and ‘Dilwale’: Shah Rukh Khan sports a moustache
SRK knows how to keep his fans happy. The Bollywood megastar is a regular when it comes to tweeting about his life, this time he posted a picture sporting a tash. A bushy moustache and coloured...
View ArticleOne dead, two injured in targeted attack in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: Unidentified assailants opened fire at a car near Peshawar’s Tablighi Markaz Pajagi Road Friday, leaving one dead and two others injured. Police sources revealed that the incident may have...
View ArticlePakistani-born brothers sentenced for plot to detonate bomb in New York City
MIAMI: Two Florida brothers, one of whom said he bicycled around New York City to scope out targets, were sentenced on Thursday to prison for plotting to explode a bomb in the city in 2012, the US...
View ArticleDG Rangers’ claims need to be backed by solid proof: Aitzaz Ahsan
ISLAMABAD: Refuting claims by director general of Sindh Rangers that terrorism and illegal rackets generate over Rs230b a year in Karachi, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Aitzaz Ahsan on...
View ArticleTwo shot dead in Quetta
QUETTA: Two people were killed when unidentified men opened fire at a barber shop on Mano Jaan Road on Khalifa Chowk, PS Saddar in Quetta on Saturday morning. The killed were identified as Mohammad...
View ArticleIndian men okay with women earning more: Survey
In a survey conducted by matchmaking service Shaadi.com to understand how single Indian men feel about their wives earning more than them, it was revealed that 32.1 per cent of men are fine with it....
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