PTI slammed: Rashid condemns use of force against protesters in K-P
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Pervaiz Rashid on Tuesday strongly condemned an act of intimidation and use of force by Imran’s government against the employees of...
View ArticleJoy in the air: Xi brings sense of bonhomie in parliament
ISLAMABAD: Tuesday’s joint session of parliament was a lively event: everyone present in the National Assembly hall was excited. The 111 Brigade was deployed inside and outside the assembly. The...
View ArticlePML-N eyes clean sweep in Punjab cantts
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is confident it will not only succeed in getting majority in cantonment boards of Punjab but will also make significant headways in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...
View ArticleUplifting economy: PPP urges govt to come clean on China deals
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has called upon the government to come clean on the multibillion-dollar Pakistan-China Economic Corridor to be developed on priority basis together with...
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Fresh polio virus case detected in Peshawar
PESHAWAR / MARDAN: Health officials on Tuesday confirmed that a toddler has contracted the polio virus even after being inoculated twice against the crippling disease. The latest case has pushed the...
View ArticleFour murder convicts hanged in jails across Punjab
LAHORE: Four murder convicts were executed in prisons across Punjab early Wednesday morning, Express News reported. Lahore In Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail, murder convicts Muhammed Rizwan and Moazzam Khan...
View ArticleAccountability court: Rehman Malik acquitted for want of evidence
RAWALPINDI: An accountability court on Wednesday acquitted former interior minister Rehman Malik in two references of corruption. Judge Sohail Nasir, while hearing the case, ruled in favour of the...
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Sandra Bullock ‘world’s most beautiful’
LOS ANGELES: People magazine has named actress Sandra Bullock the “World’s Most Beautiful Woman” for 2015. “No, really. I just said, ‘That’s ridiculous’. I’ve told no one,” Bullock said to People...
View Article‘Full House’ returning to TV
John Stamos, producer and guest star has shared the good news about the return of popular TV show Full House, reported IndiaToday. “We’ve been working on this for many, many years,” Stamos said on...
View ArticleStep in right direction: Rs58.4m approved for Aids control effort
ISLAMABAD: The Departmental Development Working Party (DDWP) has approved the PC-1 of National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) worth Rs58.4 million for the year 2015-17. This will be the first new plan...
View ArticleYemen issue: Zardari expresses solidarity with KSA
ISLAMABAD: Welcoming Saudi Arabia’s announcement to end air strike against Houthis in Yemen, former president Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday said that every Muslim is ready to sacrifice his life for...
View ArticleElevation to grade-21: SC reverses high courts’ verdicts on promotions
ISLAMABAD: Setting aside verdicts of two high courts, the Supreme Court has ordered Central Selection Board (CSB) to reexamine promotion cases of 28 grade-20 officers on basis of the criteria for...
View ArticleChallenges at home: Events lacked local focus
ISLAMABAD: In various events organised by the Ministry of Climate Change and other relevant departments marking Earth Day, officials and scientists relied exclusively on foreign documentaries and...
View ArticleSave our planet: Multiple events mark Earth Day (Islamabad city)
ISLAMABAD: A number of activities were organised by various organisations on Wednesday to mark Earth Day. As part of the events, a documentary was screened at National Library and a walk at Marghazar...
View ArticleNew York judge to consider claims that chimpanzees are ‘legal persons’
An animal rights group has been granted a court hearing in which it will argue that two chimpanzees who live at a New York state university cannot be held captive because they are autonomous,...
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Ashwariya clarifies for appearing in racist ad
Former Miss World Ashwariya Rai was under scrutiny by the Indian public after appearing in a racist ad for Kalyan Jewellers. After facing a host of criticism, her publicist was forced to clear the...
View ArticleIndia to host Afghan leader, seeks to regain ground lost to China, Pakistan
When Afghan President Ashraf Ghani makes his first official visit to India next week, it will be a chance for New Delhi to regain ground lost to regional rivals Pakistan and China and push interests...
View ArticleAmbitious project: Ex-minister of G-B sees dark side to corridor
ISLAMABAD: Former finance minister Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Mirza Hussain expressed his concerns over the multi-billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, saying it will have disastrous...
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Indonesia summit: Aziz pleads cause of Kashmir and Palestine
Adviser to Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, lamented the unfulfilled right to self-determination of Palestinians and Kashmiris on Friday, calling it an...
View ArticlePakistan hope Zimbabwe is first step out of wilderness
KARACHI: Deserted grounds, deprived fans and falling standards — Pakistan has suffered badly from six years without hosting international cricket, but Zimbabwe’s planned tour next month could restore...
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