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Today's Paper | October 12, 2021

Authority to appoint DG ISI lies with the prime minister: Fawad Chaudhry

Minister says Prime Minister Imran and the army never take any steps that could "undermine" each other.

Updated 12 Oct, 2021 06:47pm

Balochistan CM Alyani denies stepping down as BAP chief

Denial comes as BAP announces acting party president, intraparty elections in the second week of November.

Published 12 Oct, 2021 09:32pm

EU announces 1bn euro aid package for Afghanistan

Funds will be channelled to international organisations working on the ground, not to the Taliban's interim govt, says EU chief.

Published 12 Oct, 2021 06:53pm

SC remands Saad Rizvi's detention case back to LHC for two-member special bench to decide

Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi notes that perhaps the matter was not handled properly by the parties in the case.

Published 12 Oct, 2021 03:01pm

Faulty submarine cable that caused internet disruption in Pakistan repaired: PTA

"Work is underway to make the services fully functional," says the telecommunication authority.

Updated 12 Oct, 2021 01:44pm

Afghan Taliban minister wants good relations, needs more time on girls' education

The group has come under sustained criticism by the international community for its approach towards girls' education.

Published 12 Oct, 2021 11:49am

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Russia registers another record in daily deaths

Govt's coronavirus task force reports 973 new coronavirus deaths, the highest daily toll since the start of the pandemic.

Updated 12 Oct, 2021 07:08pm

IHC seeks response from health, interior ministries on petition challenging MDCAT results

The petition has been filed based on late nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan’s will.

Published 12 Oct, 2021 12:59pm

North Korea's Kim Jong Un vows to build ‘invincible’ military while slamming US

Accuses the US of "continuing to create tensions in the region with its wrong judgments and actions".

Published 12 Oct, 2021 12:29pm

Talks with Taliban candid and professional, says US

US official describes meeting as continuation of Washington’s “pragmatic engagement” with Taliban on issues of national interest.

Updated 12 Oct, 2021 08:06am

Editorial: Pakistan owes it to Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan to probe the nuclear proliferation accusations

The last coup and Musharraf's agenda

Explainer: Can the Taliban suppress the potent IS threat?

Docuseries House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths starts much needed conversation on mental health awareness

Bollywood star Sonam Kapoor's husband finds inspiration in the streets of Lahore for fashion brand Bhaane

Mental health is important — take it from Meesha Shafi and Meera

Stained fingers and a lot of nostalgia: Desi Twitter users recall the joys of using fountain pens in school

An unstable Afghanistan will be a serious threat to Pakistan, irrespective of who rules it

Why the govt's decision to continue with the current NAB chairman makes sense

Rahul Gandhi — a non-serious politician or seething with ambition to become India's prime minister?

Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari gives birth to a baby boy

Dr Khan planned to challenge MDCAT hours before his death

According to the Pakistan Medical Commission, around 125,000 candidates have failed to get passing marks.

Newspaper , Updated 11 Oct, 2021 07:41am

Dr Khan planned to challenge MDCAT hours before his death

Failure to engage with Taliban could push group back 20 years: PM Imran

Says Afghanistan would become a fertile ground for terrorists if it descends into chaos once again.

Pakistan , Updated 11 Oct, 2021 03:25pm

Failure to engage with Taliban could push group back 20 years: PM Imran

India, China trade blame as talks to defuse border tensions fail

"The Indian side sticks to unreasonable and unrealistic demands, adding difficulties to the negotiations," says Chinese official.

World , Updated 11 Oct, 2021 12:20pm

India, China trade blame as talks to defuse border tensions fail

Security chief endorses $169m theft charge against Ghani

Senior member of Ghani's security staff claims former president stole hundreds of millions, perhaps billions before fleeing.

Newspaper , Updated 11 Oct, 2021 08:12am

Security chief endorses $169m theft charge against Ghani

Nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan given state funeral, laid to rest in Islamabad

Dr Khan was admitted to a local hospital where his health deteriorated early morning.

Pakistan , Updated 11 Oct, 2021 07:45am

Nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan given state funeral, laid to rest in Islamabad

OPINION

Accountability clichés

Politics determines corrupt practices and those who are to be held accountable cannot escape.

Arifa Noor

No more business as usual

Jawed Naqvi

Child beggars

Kishwar Enam

Unstable neighbour

Touqir Hussain

Time of peril

Maleeha Lodhi

EDITORIAL

Incomplete story

Dr Khan kept his discretion all these years after his confession, but he never accepted the charges.

Looming water crisis

“WATER, water, everywhere/ Nor any drop to drink” goes one of the most well-known lines in English literature....

Eliminating criminal gangs

THE cold-blooded murder of nine people by members of the notorious Indhar gang in Sadiqabad near Punjab’s border...

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Muhammad Amir Rana

The growing Taliban challenge

Pakistan’s religious landscape is fertile for radical ideologies.

Fahd Husain

Heat of the moment

The PTI hasn’t met a fight it hasn’t fancied. It is itching for it. Always.

Abbas Nasir

A better day can dawn

Those who rather cleverly undermined popular will also made a bed in which they must lie now.

Maleeha Lodhi

Time of peril

A compelling new book chronicles the dramatic events that almost pushed America over the edge.

Umair Javed

Striking bargains

The problem lies not in elections in the broadest sense possible, but with the type of politics being ...

SPORT

Short camp for T20 World Cup starts

All longstanding matters with PSL franchises resolved: PCB

Veteran Sajjad overwhelms Ahsan to bag national snooker title

BUSINESS

PLL gets no bid for eight LNG cargoes for winter

Nepra slaps Rs26m fine on Hesco over transformer explosion

Stocks lose 648 points on aggressive foreign selling

TECH

Faulty submarine cable that caused internet disruption in Pakistan repaired: PTA

Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Kashmir to have 4G internet services

Germany unveils first self-driving train

Stained fingers and a lot of nostalgia: Desi Twitter users recall the joys of using fountain pens in school

Images Staff Published 12 Oct, 2021 05:31pm

Docuseries House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths starts much needed conversation on mental health awareness

The new Netflix documentary has people talking about the fine line between faith and delusion.

Images Staff Published 12 Oct, 2021 03:26pm

Mental health is important — take it from Meesha Shafi and Meera

Both women spoke about the importance of mental health in separate Instagram posts and we're glad they did.

Images Staff Updated 12 Oct, 2021 03:15pm

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