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Opening the door : South Korea urges free trade agreement
PESHAWAR: Ambassador of Republic of South Korea Jong Hwan Song said there was room to increase trade volume between his country and Pakistan. He said lack of a free trade agreement and people to people...
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Shabqadar Fort: Even an earthquake couldn’t free chained gates
SHABQADAR: With court martialed gates and a bed once occupied by Winston Churchill, Shabqadar Fort is a magnificent building with a fascinating history. However, the earthquake on Monday damaged the...
View ArticleA new emergency: 110 govt schools collapse, 603 partially damaged
PESHAWAR: Buildings affected by the earthquake included 110 government schools which collapsed, while 603 schools in nine districts were partially damaged. “An initial survey shows 603 government...
View ArticleJudicial complex attack: PHC issues notice to government
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court issued a notice to the provincial government on Tuesday for failing to compensate families of victims who died in an attack on the judicial complex in 2013. A...
View ArticleAdding insult to injury: Doctors up in arms over medical superintendent’s...
BATKHELA/PESHAWAR: Doctors and administrative staff of District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital Batkhela took offense at Minister for Health Shahram Tarakai’s decision to suspend the medical...
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Jirga convinces parents to immunise children
JAMRUD: Political administration officials held in-depth negotiations with 17 parents from Tedi Bazaar areas of Jamrud Tehsil. These parents had earlier refused polio vaccination for their children....
View ArticleTwo suspects held for beating woman ‘thief’
KARACHI: Two suspects were rounded up on Wednesday after a video which went viral on social and electronic media showing a woman allegedly caught for stealing valuables from a shopping centre in...
View ArticleNo black flags: Parties withdraw protest planned for Imran’s visit
SWABI: Seven political parties withdrew their call for a protest planned for the arrival of PTI Chairperson Imran Khan in Swabi ANP, JUI-F, PML-N, QWP, PPP, JI and Swabi Democratic Alliance announced...
View ArticleUnprecedented move: ECP secretary gets 3-year extension
ISLAMABAD: Secretary Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Babar Yaqoob Fateh Malik, who would be reaching superannuation on October 31, has been given an unprecedented extension for another three...
View ArticleBeijing moot: ‘Pakistan ensured free education’
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Education and Professional Training Muhammad Balighur Rehman on Wednesday said Pakistan has ensured free compulsory education and established centres for research to...
View Article139th foreign execution: Pakistani executed in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH: A Pakistani national, convicted of murdering an Indonesian couple, was executed in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. The interior ministry said that Amal Jan Hajji had been found guilty of killing...
View ArticleSC disposes of plea for Dr Asim’s hospitlisation
ISLAMABAD: A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday disposed of a petition seeking Dr Asim Hussain’s hospitalisation after it reviewed report of a seven-member medical board that declared...
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Punjab police looking into possible extremist infiltration
ISLAMABAD: A Punjab police team investigating bogus police recruits is looking into possible infiltration into the force by terrorists and members of banned outfits, especially Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ)...
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Pakistan greatest obstacle to a polio-free world: ICG
ISLAMABAD: An international non-governmental organisation has criticised Pakistan on reporting the highest number of polio cases than any other country and, therefore, becoming the ‘greatest obstacle...
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Twin church bombings: ATC indicts 20 in Youhannabad lynching case
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Wednesday framed charges against 20 accused belonging to the Christian community for allegedly lynching two Muslim men following deadly suicide bombings in the...
View ArticleFour former prisoners describe life under the thumb of Islamic State
SALAHADDIN, IRAQ: Muhammad Hassan Abdullah al Jibouri had little hope that he would ever make it out of the Islamic State’s jail alive, and he had not even seen the sun in more than a month. Then,...
View ArticlePolice register cases against PML-N leaders for flouting election rules in...
FAISALABAD / ISLAMABAD: Faisalabad police registered on Friday cases against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Chaudhry Sher Ali and three other party members for violating the code of...
View ArticleFault lines aren’t where the faults lie
MUZAFFARGARH: Pakistan has a problem. It lies in one of the most active quake zones in the world. But it also has an even greater problem. It lies in the hands of an incapacitated and defective...
View ArticleRevisiting laws
KARACHI: Those who manufactured the killer doctrine of the Houbara as the cornerstone of our foreign policy must be credited for their honesty, if not for their wisdom. Perhaps, it is now for the...
View ArticleThe wrong embarrassment
KARACHI: There was a short news item in the print media reporting that a schoolteacher suffered injuries in a scuffle with officials of the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) in Kakki subdivision...
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