RIYADH: Yemen's government in exile wants rebels to pull back from seized territory before it agrees to join United Nations-convened ta...
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Amir fired up after ‘tough’ fix ban
SYDNEY: Mohammad Amir admits he almost gave up cricket after being hit with a five-year ban for spot-fixing, but the paceman is now fired u...
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Zimbabwe eyes improvement in T20I rankings
Zimbabwe will have one eye on the Reliance ICC T20I Rankings when it goes head to head with former ICC World Twenty20 champion Pakistan in ...
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Amateur succumbs to unique no-ball dismissal
LONDON: An amateur cricketer from England is believed to be the first batsman to have been given out for handling a no-ball, British newspa...
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I don't have an attitude problem: Umar Akmal
Flamboyant and swashbuckling, Pakistan’s middle order batsman Umar Akmal has spoken up for himself after a recently concluded disappointing...
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Troops, checkpoints as international cricket revives in Pakistan
LAHORE: Bemused players said they hoped to take the focus off security and put it back on cricket after authorities mounted an unprecedente...
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Living Colours: ‘A platform for free speech, unheard voices’
The Missing Slate (TMS) is an arts and literary journal based in Islamabad but created with the intent of breaking past the litany of geogr...
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Gas cess to weaken federation: Imran
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has criticised the Gas Infrastructure Develop-ment Cess (GIDC) Bill 2014, saying it is an “anti-fed...
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Model Town JIT gives clean chit to Shahbaz, Sanaullah
LAHORE: A joint investigation team (JIT) formed by the government of Punjab to investigate the Model Town incident of police firing on acti...
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Cabinet approves bill to protect women against violence
LAHORE: The Punjab Cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to the bill for protecting women victims of violence, e-stamp paper plan besides decid...
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WHO pushes for legislation on rights of the disabled
ISLAMABAD: People with disabilities form almost 15 per cent of Pakistan’s population but their rights find no mention in the Constitution. ...
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GE to overhaul PIA aircraft engines
ISLAMABAD: The General Electric (GE) entered into an agreement with Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) here on Wednesday to overhaul and...
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Footprints : Sympathy for the model
THE special court for customs, excise and taxation has been derided by beat reporters for being a place where nothing exciting ever happens...
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Pak vs Zim: PCB appoints umpire who survived Sri Lanka team attack
KARACHI: Pakistan appointed a local umpire who survived the 2009 terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team for the Pakistan-Zimbabwe series a...
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Suicide attacks un-Islamic, say ulema
LAHORE: Some 200 religious scholars have issued a decree against suicide attacks and termed them unlawful under Islamic law. The decree i...
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Zulfiqar Mirza booked in another case on Sindh IG's orders
KARACHI: Sindh Police Inspector General (IG) Ghulam Hyder Jamali, “taking serious notice of the besiege, disorder and vandalism by nominate...
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Initial report shows fire brigade was ‘push-start’ vehicle
LAHORE: Initial findings conducted by the City District Government of Lahore into the Shadbagh fire has proved that the fire brigade, which...
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Lahore food diary: My car took me to an excellent ‘puri halwa’ breakfast
When the begum is away, far away, and a Sunday dawns on you and there is just no person to order around, the silence calls for a positive r...
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Artists remember Peshawar tragedy
ISLAMABAD: The images and installations on display at an exhibition took visitors back to December 16 last year and into the classrooms of ...
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Bodybuilders flex muscles for Mr Islamabad title
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Balochistan PA calls for abolition of checkposts
QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly on Saturday unanimously passed a resolution, calling upon the government to abolish checkposts in towns ne...
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Fuel supply to small power houses suspended
QUETTA: Electricity supply to several cities and towns in the border districts of Balochistan has been suspended or curtailed as Pakistan S...
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Pakistan among poor performers in WEF report for human capital
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan ranks at 113 out of 124 countries in the ‘Human Capital Index’ because of its poor performance on educational outcomes,...
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US drone attack in NWA kills six
PESHAWAR: Six suspected militants were killed and two others wounded in a US drone strike in the remote Shawal Valley in the North Wazirist...
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Dr Mirza, associates get interim bail in most cases
BADIN: The Badin district and sessions court on Friday granted interim bail to former home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza in three cases regist...
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Shias have overtaken Christians, Hindus as targets: Fatima Bhutto
NEW DELHI: Saying Shias have overtaken Hindus and Christians as targets of sectarian killings, Fatima Bhutto has said that Pakistan has bec...
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Balochistan opposition leader Maulana Wasey escapes bomb attack
QUETTA: Balochistan Assembly Opposition Leader Maulana Abdul Wasey, who belongs to the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), narrowly escaped ...
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KP to introduce provincial finance award: Imran
MULTAN: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan says the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government is going to introduce the provincial finan...
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Taliban kill youth celebrating cricket win
PESHAWAR: Taliban attacked a group of youths celebrating their victory in a cricket match in South Waziristan, killing one of them and inju...
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Food outlets at Qadhafi Stadium to remain shut
LAHORE: Owners of 12 restaurants outside the Qadhafi Stadium have been issued notices by the City District Government of Lahore to keep the...
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Alarm as ‘brain-eating amoeba’ kills two more in Karachi
KARACHI: Two more deaths caused by Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as the ‘brain-eating’ amoeba, have been reported from a private hospit...
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FBR investigators summon Ayyan’s mother
RAWALPINDI: The intelligence and investigation wing of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has summoned Ayyan Ali’s mother Farhat Sultana to...
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Imran’s ‘war on three fronts’
ISLAMABAD: Despite winning his battle with the government over the formation of a judicial commission to investigate alleged rigging in the...
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