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Model Town Society stopped from listing judge as member
LAHORE: Last week, the Lahore High Court (LHC) stayed the process of listing an LHC judge as member of the Model Town Cooperative Housing Society (MTCHS). Through their counsel, the petitioners,...
View ArticleBad blood: Police volunteer kills mother over property
FAISALABAD: A police volunteer allegedly shot and killed his mother over some property dispute in Bhowana police area on Sunday. The Bhowana SHO told The Express Tribune that Ilyas Dhidduana, a...
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The struggle for Pakistan: Pakistanis have no choice but to keep up hope,...
LAHORE: Pakistanis have no choice but to keep up hope, historian Ayesha Jalal said on Sunday. She was in conversation with lawyer Saroop Ijaz at Books n Beans. Ijaz said The Struggle for Pakistan,...
View ArticleFor the people: ‘We will support farmers if they revolt’
MULTAN: “Farmers make up an important segment of the country’s population and contribute greatly to the economy. The government cannot ignore them,” said Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq on...
View ArticleResistance: Youth jumps in well, drowns
FAISALABAD: A 19-year-old girl committed suicide by jumping into a well in Rajoa police area in Chiniot on Sunday. The Rajoa SHO told The Express Tribune that the girl, a resident of Chak 144, had been...
View ArticleRigging: Final arguments sought on NA-125 petition
LAHORE: An election tribunal on Saturday sought final arguments on a petition filed by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) Hamid Khan alleging electoral rigging in NA-125 by April 11 after recording...
View ArticleIn the line of duty: Sindh IG pays tribute to slain cops
KARACHI: The police department is fully conscious of its responsibilities towards the bereaved families of policemen killed in the crackdown against militant and criminal elements in the city, claimed...
View ArticleInequality of law: The traffic police’s fancy for ‘model roads’ in the red zone
KARACHI: The traffic police hold a penchant for what they call the ‘model roads’ in the South zone. Unsurprisingly, this becomes quite evident to anybody who lives in Karachi. The enforcement and...
View ArticleKidnapping case: Eight policemen remanded to police custody
KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) remanded eight policemen on Monday for their alleged involvement in kidnapping a civilian for ransom. The suspects included police officer Faisal Jaffri, ASI...
View ArticleDecade-old murder case: Alleged target killers sent to police custody
KARACHI: The incompetency of the Sindh Police came to the forefront on Monday when law enforcers presented two alleged target killers implicated in an ‘untouched’ decade-old murder case before an...
View ArticleCombating malnutrition: Festival aims to spread awareness about health in Thar
HYDERABAD / MITHI: The last two years have proved catastrophic for the people of drought-hit Tharparkar, who not only sank deeper into poverty but also suffered from health consequences. As the death...
View ArticleInvestigating claims: JIT notified to probe Saulat Mirza allegations
KARACHI: A joint investigation team (JIT) has been notified to investigate the allegations made by death row prisoner Saulat Ali Khan, also known as Saulat Mirza. According to a notification issued by...
View ArticleThunderbolts and lightning: Torrential rain lashes in upper Sindh, claims one...
SUKKUR: Heavy rain lashed in parts of upper Sindh on Monday morning, submerging main roads and streets and suspending the power supply in many cities and towns till the afternoon. Meanwhile, a man was...
View Article‘Financer’ of target killers gunned down
KARACHI: The Rangers claimed to have killed an alleged financer of target killers affiliated with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) along with two of his accomplices in an encounter on Monday. Saleem...
View ArticleIn protest: Hockey umpire announces retirement
FAISALABAD: International hockey umpire Pervaiz Akhtar announced his retirement on Monday to protest against the government’s ‘step-motherly’ treatment of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF). The...
View ArticleFor uniformity: Mushtaq Ghani to be K-P spokesperson
PESHAWAR: The government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has declared Minister for Information Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani the province’s official spokesperson. All provincial dignitaries including ministers, advisers,...
View ArticleMonths gone, OGDC and PSO still without permanent MD
ISLAMABAD: Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDC) and Pakistan State Oil (PSO) have been running without permanent heads for months as the government has failed to fill the top slots despite repeated...
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9MFY15: Cement dispatches increase 4%, read 25.65m tons
KARACHI: Cement dispatches increased 4% to 25.65 million tons in the first nine months (Jul-Mar) of fiscal year 2015 (9MFY15) compared to 24.78 million tons in the same period previous year, according...
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8MFY15: Savings mobilised 93% higher
KARACHI: Savings mobilisation by the National Savings Schemes (NSS) in the first eight months of 2014-15 remained Rs246.5 billion, which is 93% higher than the amount of savings mobilised in the...
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Market watch: Index breaks positive streak, ends in red
KARACHI: The index broke its five-day positive streak to end Tuesday in the red as banks and cements settled lower on institutional selling. At close, the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE)-100 Index closed...
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