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PML-N silence over own video a question mark: Mian Aslam Iqbal
TPunjab Information & Culture Minister Mian Aslam Iqbal has said that the silence of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) over their own video is a question mark. In a statement issued here on Sunday, Mian Aslam said that Opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif should break his silence and face the ...
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PTI slams Bilawal’s Skardu presser
TReacting strongly to the news conference of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the PTI leadership has expressed severe anger and has termed Bilawal’s address “ludicrous”. Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Information and Broadcasting Dr ...
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UAE gives Modi its top civilian award amid Kashmir crisis
TThe United Arab Emirates (UAE) conferred its highest civilian honour to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, as a human rights crisis brews in occupied Kashmir with the Indian government continuing its clampdown in the disputed territory. Images and video released by the UAE government ...
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Kartarpur Corridor project completion till November: Ch. Sarwar
TGovernor Punjab Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar has said that let it be war or peace, the Kartarpur Corridor Project will be completed till November, under any circumstances. He said that if India imposed war on Pakistan, then it will be the last war of Sub-Continent. Addressing a press ...
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Govt’s failure to bring back money exposes its tall claims: Siraj ul Haq
TJamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Siraj ul Haq has said that the government failure to bring back the money stashed by Pakistani elites in foreign banks exposes its tall claims made in this regard. While talking to the party workers at Mansoora on Saturday, the JI chief said that the government has not ...
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Pak-China trade jumps to $15.6b under FTA
TISLAMABAD - China, Pakistan Free Trade agreement (CPFTA) has appeared to be a milestone in the two countries’ bilateral economic cooperation, as their bilateral trade has jumped to $15. 6 billion in the recent Years. According to official sources quoted by ...
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Economic situation worsened due to incompetent govt
TBUREWALA-PML-N Secretary General Pakistan Ahsan Iqbal has said that the economic situation in the country has worsened after 2018 general elections and Pakistan’s economic crisis poses a great threat to domestic security as inflation and unemployment break previous records. He claimed that ...
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Two dead, 12 injured in Balochistan
TAt least two people died and 12 others injured in various incidents in different areas of Balochistan on Friday. Police said that armed culprits gunned down a man identified as Imad s/o Ghulam Rasool over personal grudge in Kuchlak area of Quetta and fled the scene. Another person ...
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CEC refuses oath-taking of new ECP members
TChief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan on Friday refused the oath-taking of the newly appointed Election Commission members. A statement issued by the CEC said that the appointment of new members is a violation of the constitution. “The appointment of new members ...
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FATF to examine Pakistan's progress in plenary meeting on Oct 16-18
TFinancial Action Task Force (FATF) will examine Pakistan’s progress on its existing action plan during plenary meeting on October 16 to October 18 in Paris. FATF official told a private Tv news channel that Pakistan’s efforts will be thoroughly analyzed in the meeting before taking any ...
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FM Qureshi discusses Kashmir issue with Japanese Counterpart
TForeign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi telephoned his Japanese counterpart, Taro Kono, today and apprised him about the blatant human rights violations in occupied Kashmir and the regional peace and security situation. The Foreign Minister said that India intends to change the demography of ...
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Infectious diseases on rise
TKARACHI - More than 12,000 cases of gastroenteritis and diarrhoea have been reported in the last 10 days in Karachi. The city is witnessing a sudden rise in the number of gastroenteritis and diarrhoea patients after heavy rainfall and Eid-ul-Azha in the city. Medical experts believed that ...
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Govt to impose unified education system: Shafqat Mahmood
TFederal Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training Syed Shafqat Mahmood has announced that the government will gradually impose a unified education system in the country, so that rich and poor could equally benefit from the national resources and to have a better place in the ...
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SHC seeks reply from K-Electric over rain-related deaths
TKARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday sought a reply from K-Electric over the recent rain-related deaths in the city. The SHC was hearing a petition on the rain-related deaths, with the petitioner’s counsel maintaining that 30 people had lost their ...
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Married couple found dead
TKARACHI - The bodies of a man and his wife were recovered on Wednesday from a house in Karachi’s Railway Colony, near Kala Pul. The deceased have been identified as Shareef Masih and Erum. According to the police, Masih hanged himself after ...
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Two killed, four injured in armed clash
TDERA GHAZI KHAN - A woman and her son were killed and another four persons including a child sustained gunshot wounds in an armed clash between two rival groups here on Wednesday. Police said that armed men of two groups hailing from Choti Zaireen area of Dera Ghazi Khan, having old enmity over ...
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Hub plant to meet power needs of millions of people: China
TBEIJING - China has hoped that the successful commercial operations of a $2 billion 1,320 MW coal-fired power plant will meet electricity needs of the millions of people. Commenting on its successful operation, a spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry ...
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SHC converts death sentence of two convicts into life imprisonment
TKARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday converted death sentence of two workers of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London (MQM-L) into life imprisonment in Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaaf leader Zahra Shahid murder case. The MQM activists Zahid ...
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PARC marks ‘Plant for Pakistan’ Day
TISLAMABAD - Federal Secretary for Ministry of National Food Security and Research Dr Hashim Popalzai said that tree plantation was necessary to tackle the negative impacts of climate change and all citizens have equal responsibility in this connection. He was addressing an event organised by ...
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Indian atrocities can’t repress enthusiasm of Kashmiris for independence: Mian Aslam
TPunjab Minister for Information & Culture Mian Aslam Iqbal has said that India cannot prolong its undue occupation on Held Kashmir as unarmed Kashmiris by virtue of their valour, bravery and shedding their blood are framing a new history. He said that by grace of Allah Almighty the ...
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COAS ratifies life imprisonment handed to serving Pak Army major
TChief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa ratified on Tuesday the sentence of life imprisonment handed down to a serving Pakistan Army major found guilty of misusing his official position. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), a Field General Court Martial had found ...
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All political parties in Parliament united on Kashmir issue: Speaker NA
TSpeaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser has said that Pakistan is committed for moral and diplomatic support to Kashmiri people till resolution of Kashmir issue in accordance with their aspiration and UN Resolution. He stated this while talking to Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mr. ...
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FIA arrests 33 Pakistanis deported from Turkey
TAs many as 33 Pakistanis deported by Turkish authorities were taken into custody by the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) officials on reaching Faisalabad International Airport on Tuesday. According to sources, the illegal immigrants reached the airport on Turkish Airways ...
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Bilawal vows to struggle for human, democratic rights of people of GB
TSKARDU - Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has vowed to struggle for human rights and democratic rights of the people of Gilgit Baltistan (GB) and to fulfill the promise made by Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto with the people of area. The Chairman PPP on Monday arrived ...
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Police arrest three more in murder of teenage ‘thief’
TKARACHI - The police on Monday claimed to have rounded up three more accused involved in the murder of a teenage thief in Bahadurabad area of Karachi. Rehan, aged around 16 or 17 years, was beaten to death by angry people in Bahadurabad area on Saturday. The accused ...
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Action ordered against private schools raising fee by more than 5pc
TKARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday ordered action against schools raising the fee by more than five percent. The ruling was passed by the Sindh High Court while hearing a contempt of court plea filed by the parents against schools raising more ...
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PARC marks ‘Plant for Pakistan’ Day
TISLAMABAD -Federal Secretary for Ministry of National Food Security and Research Dr Hashim Popalzai said that tree plantation was necessary to tackle the negative impacts of climate change and all citizens have equal responsibility in this connection. He was addressing an event organised by ...
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Opposition’s APC terms extension in COAS tenure usual decision
TThe All Parties Conference (APC) of Opposition parties terming the three-year-extension in tenure of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) as usual decision has said that the decision should not be looked from political point of view as extension in tenures of government employees is routine matter. The APC ...
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Pak exports to EU flat in four years
TLAHORE - Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) former chairman Irfan Iqbal Sheikh has expressed his serious concern for not availing full potential of Generalized System of Preferences Plus (GSP plus), which is yet to be achieved despite the fact that the facility has been in ...
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Govt’s first year turns out to be difficult for consumers
TKARACHI - The first year of PTI government turned out to be a difficult one for consumers as the cost of living witnessed sustained increase over the period. High food prices, increasing petroleum, CNG and LPG rates, rupee depreciation against the dollar, rise in utility bills and ...
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