Clash of titans: Anti-corruption dept joins tug-of-war over appointment of...
KARACHI: There is a rumour going around of late: the governor and chief minister of Sindh are at loggerheads over the appointment of a vice-chancellor for the Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS)....
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Moving ahead: Sindh govt approves plan for Orange Line BRTS
KARACHI: With the federal government’s Rs16 billion Green Line Metro Bus service almost ready to be constructed in Karachi, the Sindh government has approved the PC-1 for the Orange Line. The Sindh...
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Driving them mad: Plan to reduce traffic violations derailed
KARACHI: The database software launched last week by the Karachi traffic police’s licence department, in collaboration with a telecom service provider, turned out to be ineffective, as most of the...
View ArticleParties seek court orders to submit new nomination forms
HYDERABAD: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) is not going to win hands down the seats in the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation on which its candidates returned uncontested, it seems. Four political...
View ArticleVideo footage: Rangers ordered to submit report on doctor’s detention
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed the Rangers law officer to submit his reply on a petition against the detention of a doctor of Ziauddin Hospital, allegedly by the personnel of law...
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Rule enforcement: ‘Traffic rule breakers should be imprisoned’
KARACHI: Karachi traffic police DIG Dr Amir Ahmed Shaikh said on Friday that there is a dire need for amendments in the Motor Vehicle Ordinance, 1965, and to extend punishments to traffic law...
View ArticleYounis Khan becomes first Pakistani to score 9,000 Test runs
Days after Younis Khan broke Javed Miandad’s record of 8,832 runs in Test matches, the former skipper on Saturday became the first Pakistani batsman to reach 9,000 Test runs. Playing his 103rd Test...
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Obama likens Republicans to Grumpy Cat
Could you imagine the President of United States making a Grumpy Cat face? Well he did just that this Friday, as he compared the republicans to the ‘grumpy feline’ internet celebrity. PHOTO: FW “Why is...
View ArticleLeJ behind Jacobabad suicide attack: Sindh home minister
KARACHI: Sindh Home Minister Suhail Anwar Siyal said on Saturday that the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) has claimed responsibility for Friday’s suicide attack at a Muharram procession in Jacobabad....
View ArticleUse snail mail to thwart spies, Assange tells journalists
BRUSSELS: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has urged journalists to use regular postal services to thwart government spying. “My recommendation, for people who don’t have 10 years’ experience in...
View ArticlePakistan turn the screw after England collapse
DUBAI: Misbah-ul-Haq and Younus Khan made half-centuries as Pakistan ambled to 222 for three at the close on day three of the second test on Saturday, 358 runs ahead of England after Wahab Riaz and...
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Maldives arrests vice president over plot to kill president
MALE, MALDIVES: Maldives Vice President Ahmed Adeeb was arrested Saturday over last month’s alleged attempt to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen in a bomb blast on board his speedboat, the...
View Article‘Never witnessed such intolerance’ in India, says poet Gulzar
Expressing concern over the growing instances of communal violence in India, noted lyricist and filmmaker Gulzar has said he never witnessed such intolerance in the country before. As many as 50...
View ArticleOperations with Russia achieving ‘big results’: Syria
DAMASCUS: Joint operations between Syrian and Russian forces are achieving “big results,” Syria’s parliament chief told a visiting Russian parliamentary delegation on Saturday, state news agency SANA...
View ArticleNATO report into Kunduz hospital air strike delayed
A preliminary NATO report into a US air strike on a hospital in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Oct 3, originally expected to be released within a few days, has been delayed while investigations...
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Afghanistan celebrate historic series triumph in Zimbabwe
BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE: Afghanistan made history on Saturday when they became the first Associate nation to defeat a Test-playing country in a one-day series with a comprehensive 73-run win over Zimbabwe....
View ArticlePublic health: Commissioner unhappy with medicines shortage
MULTAN: Sahiwal Division Commissioner Azmat Mahmood on Sunday expressed displeasure over lack of some medicines at District Headquarters Hospital, Sahiwal. During a surprise visit to the hospital,...
View ArticleSamanabad: N-League candidate ‘more popular’
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) seems to have an edge over the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in Union Council 83. Mian Muhammad Tariq, formerly a political adviser to the chief...
View ArticleNawankot: 25-year old running for vice-chairman
LAHORE: Muhammad Hanan Chaudhry, a 25-year-old law graduate, is enthusiastically running a door-to-door campaign for vice chairman in UC 89. Chaudhry has a ticket from the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz...
View ArticleOfficial visit: CM to inaugurate Chakdara Bypass
TIMERGARA: A PTI delegation met Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Sunday morning and requested that he visit Lower Dir. He accepted the invitation and agreed to visit Lower Dir in the near future. He...
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