LANDI KOTAL: Displaced persons of the restive Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency expressed disappointment over the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor’s ...
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PkMAP, PML-N reach accord for Quetta mayor polls
QUETTA: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party have announced to put joint candidates for the slots of Mayor and ...
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Alleged Jamia Hafsa detainee sent to new shelter home
ISLAMABAD: Sessions Judge Nazir Ahmad Gujana sent Uzma Qayyum, the girl who her family alleged was detained at Jamia Hafsa, women’s seminar...
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92 suspected militants killed in strikes
PESHAWAR: Seventy-six suspected militants were killed in North Waziristan and 16 in Khyber Agency when planes pounded their hideouts in the...
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Qadri’s legal team outnumbers police presence at IHC
ISLAMABAD: The legal team representing the convicted murderer of former Punjab governor outnumbered the police presence at the Islamabad Hi...
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Govt yet to appoint lawyer in Taseer murder case
SLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) adjourned the hearing of an appeal filed by Mumtaz Qadri against his death sentence for the murder...
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PM retreats to Murree for key meetings
ISLAMABAD: A day after retreating to his favourite hill station hideaway, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif held two key meetings with top minist...
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PAT accuses Punjab govt of squandering loans
LAHORE: Already reeling under a Rs500 billion debt, Punjab has got a fresh loan of $50 million in the first month of 2015, taking the total...
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IHC directs OGDCL to clear Bugti’s dues
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Monday directed the Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDCL) to clear the dues of Shah Zain Bugti. ...
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PAF plane makes refuelling landing in India
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) passenger aircraft made a refuelling stop at Lucknow on Sunday afternoon. The Phenom-100 jet, which ...
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Pakistan's Haris Sohail changes hotel room after 'supernatural encounter'
WELLINGTON: Pakistan team management says cricketer Haris Sohail was left “visibly shaken” after a ghostly encounter in a Christchurch hote...
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Sharif greets Modi, calls for friendly ties
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif greeted his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on India’s Republic Day on Monday and said both leader...
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Biometric system planned along borders with Iran, Afghanistan
QUETTA: Commander Southern Command Lt Gen Nasser Khan Janjua has said that biometric system will be installed at borders in order to streng...
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Policeman escorting polio team shot dead in Nazimabad
KARACHI: Gunmen shot dead a policeman deputed for the security of volunteers administering polio drops to children in Nazimabad on Monday, ...
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54 cases selected for military courts
QUETTA: The government of Balochistan has selected 54 terrorism cases for trial by military courts set up under the 21st Constitution Amen...
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Oil crisis: ‘entire supply chain to blame’
ISLAMABAD: The commission set up by the prime minister to investigate the 10-day oil crisis which almost paralysed the country this month h...
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‘Amir could return to cricket next month’
KARACHI: Pakistan paceman Mohammad Amir could return to first-class cricket as early as next month after a relaxation of the conditions of ...
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Obama says elements behind Mumbai attacks must face justice
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama, who begins his second, three-day visit to India on Sunday, has said that it’s unacceptable for Paki...
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Food festival opens at Frere Hall
KARACHI: Against the backdrop of the magnificent Frere Hall building, a line of food stalls, around 50 in number, buzzed with activity as t...
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Arrival and sale of Iranian petrol, diesel decline
KARACHI: Fall in prices of petrol and diesel, coupled with tight security on the borders, has slowed down sale of Iranian petroleum product...
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PA session adjourned amid uproar over sugar cane price
KARACHI: Deputy Speaker of Sindh Assembly Syeda Shehla Raza on Friday had to close the question hour related to food and kutchi abadis depa...
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Presidency accused of helping Sethi in ‘tax evasion case’
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf accused the president’s secretariat on Friday of helping the family of Najam Sethi, former Punjab c...
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Arrested Indian accused of passing military secrets to ISI
BHUBANESWAR: Indian police arrested a 35-year-old man on Friday in the eastern state of Odisha, accusing him of passing military secrets to...
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All PSDP projects available on website for scrutiny
ISLAMABAD: The recent fuel crisis was one of the main topics of discussion at Friday’s advisory committee meeting at the Planning Commissio...
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Prestigious award for 145 Peshawar martyrs
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain has decided to confer Tamgha-i-Shujaat on 145 students and staff members of the Army Public School in ...
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PM directs ministries to improve coordination for smooth petrol supply
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chaired a meeting Thursday on the petrol crisis in the country during which he directed all the conc...
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One year on, KU law school still without proper faculty
KARACHI: The Karachi University (KU) administration has not yet hired proper faculty for its law school even after an entire year to its co...
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Bill Gates sees eradication of polio: 'Spotlight's on Pakistan'
NEW YORK: Former CEO of Microsoft and famous philanthropist Bill Gates predicts the end of polio and three other diseases from the world in...
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Akshay Kumar's 'Baby' banned in Pakistan
As largely expected, Akshay Kumar starrer Baby will not be seeing the light of day in Pakistan as the censor board of Islamabad and Karach...
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Maulana Abdul Aziz under house arrest?
ISLAMABAD: Rumours are circulating in the federal capital that Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz has been placed under house arrest in a...
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Development work in KP to be refocused, says Imran
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday said that his party will redirect all its focus on making Khyber Pakhtunk...
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Registration of cases under amplifier act angers clerics
ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: As the police continued registering cases against khateebs for violating the ban on the use of loudspeakers except fo...
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Nationwide protest held against French magazine
ISLAMABAD: Protests against French magazine Charlie Hebdo were held across the country on Sunday as thousands of people in almost all major...
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Fuel shortage — black market exploiting panic
RAWALPINDI: Rather than enjoying a leisurely Sunday residents of the twin cities spent the day queued outside fuel filling stations as they...
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2 Pakistanis held for drug smuggling
RIYADH: Saudi and United Arab Emirates security agents have disrupted a heroin trafficking network, seizing large amounts of the drug and ...
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Law enforcers sitting on intel regarding ‘black sheep’ among madressahs
ISLAMABAD: It’s either that law enforcement agencies do not trust information gathered by their own departments, or that they just don’t ta...
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Smartphones to help map dengue-hit areas
KARACHI: The Sindh health department has provided 42 smartphones to the dengue prevention and control programme for digital mapping of deng...
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Quetta schools to reopen only after adequate security: police
QUETTA: Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operations Aitzaz Goraya has ruled out reopening of private schools and colleges without adeq...
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A tryst with gol gappas for US Consulate staffers
Who would have thought that putting flavoured water (pani) in hollow spheres (puris) to eat a snack of the very popular gol gappas would b...
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Inconceivable courage
THE students of Army Public School Peshawar return to school this week, as do millions of other children around Pakistan. Let us recognise ...
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PM takes notice of fuel crisis as anger escalates
LAHORE: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif took notice of the fuel crisis in Punjab as he returned Saturday, with Minister for Petroleum and Natur...
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Mamnoon wants Charlie Hebdo to apologise for hurting Muslims
SLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain condemned on Friday publication of controversial cartoons in a French magazine and sought apology from...
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PCB to put Amir under six-month assessment process
Following rumours that Pakistani team players did not want to play with the tainted Mohammad Amir, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) decided...
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Reopening APS: Courage against terror
PESHAWAR: With a strong resolve to not be gagged by threats from terrorists, Peshawar's Army Public School reopened for educational act...
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Highway tragedy: bodies burnt beyond recognition
KARACHI: The relatives of more than 60 people, who died in the head-on collision between a Shikarpur-bound passenger bus and an oil tanker ...
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DSP’s guard arrested for distributing hate material
BAHAWALPUR: The Civil Lines police have arrested the guard of a deputy superintendent police (DSP) when he was distributing hate material o...
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58 arrested for ‘provocative speeches’
LAHORE: The capital city district police claimed to have registered 269 cases and made 58 arrests in connection with the ongoing crackdown ...
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Peanuts for young boiled eggs vendors
SIALKOT: Come winter and with it begins the sale of boiled eggs which school-going age children vend in every nook and cranny of the distri...
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