KARACHI: The Meteorological department on Saturday forecast partly cloudy weather for the metropolis for the next 24 hours.The maximum temperature in the city is expected to remain in the range of 34 to 36 degree centigrade with 65 to 75 per cent humidity.Mainly hot and dry weather is likely to prevail in most parts of the Sindh province.However,

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ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, State Councilor and Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi and Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani Saturday agreed to continue their joint efforts for building political mutual trust and supporting reconciliation, regional peace and stability, development cooperation and connectivity, security

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Lahore's Cafe Aylanto was sealed for serving alcohol, following a police raid at the restaurant premises on Saturday.According to sources, numerous bottles of alcohol were recovered from the restaurant after which it has been charged with illegally serving alcohol. The eatery located at MM Alam Road in Lahore's Gulberg area has been

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RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa said on Saturday that martyrs are the pride of the nation and looking after their families is prime responsibility of the armed forces and the country.In a message posted by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General Asif Ghafoor, COAS General

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Pakistan has denied access to its airspace for all Indian operation rejecting president Ram Nath Kovind's request, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told Geo News Saturday.The request put forth by President Kovind seeking usage of Pakistani airspace was turned down in light of the current scenario in Indian occupied Kashmir, FM

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Rawalpindi: Another Indian attempt to prepare ground for false flag operation against Pakistan has gone awry as Pakistan Army on Saturday rejected Indian Army and media's claims about arrest of two Pakistani terrorists."Indian Army and media projecting two Pakistanis who had inadvertently crossed LOC on 21 August, as terrorists is yet another

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Former Accountability Court Arshad Malik-File photoIslamabad: A local court on Saturday acquitted three suspects nominated in a case related to former accountability court judge Arshad Malik's controversial video.According to Geo News, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) submitted investigation report to the court.The agency's investigation

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Rahim Yar Khan: A judge on Saturday launched a judicial inquiry into the death in custody of Salahuddin Ayubi, a man accused of stealing ATM cards in south Punjab's Rahim Yar Khan district.According to Geo News, a senior civil judge is heading the inquiry into the death that sparked outrage across the

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Prime Minister Imran Khan, former Pakistan captain, and Abdul Qadir-File photoIslamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday expressed grief over the demise of legendary leg spinner Abdul Qadir who died of a cardiac arrest last night.The prime minister offered condolence to the aggrieved family and paid tribute to Abdul Qadir who he said was

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ISLAMABAD: General Kenneth McKenzie Jr, Commander of United States Central Command (US CENTCOM) arrived in Islamabad on Saturday.Accompanied by a 17-member delegation, he is due to hold important meetings with Pakistan's civil and military leadership, Geo News reported citing sources.During his first visit to Pakistan in

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Karachi: Swarms of flies are descending on Karachi in what residents say are record numbers this rainy season, adding to the misery of city' s monsoon "hell".Heavy rains have inundated the sprawling port city of nearly 20 million people for weeks, overwhelming shoddy drainage systems clogged with mountains of uncollected garbage and flooding

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Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry took a jibe at the failed Indian moon mission, terming the Indian spacecraft as 'toy' and saying the spacecraft must have landed in Mumbai.The federal minister made the comments in a tweet on Saturday while responding to an Indian user of the micro-blogging website. Chaudhry

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KARACHI: Responding to NEPRAreport related to the recent incidents of electrocutions in Karachi, the K-Electric in a statement said that the company is a responsible, law-abiding organisation and will submit its reply to the authority in stipulated time.NEPRA on Friday found K-Electric responsible for 19 out of 35

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KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Friday morning visited the family of Rashid Minhas Shaheed here in DHA.He met with the mother of Rashid Minhas, inquired her well-being and shared his views with her. Mother of Rashid Minhas Shaheed shared her memories of her son with the chief minister. He said that the defense of this country

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KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that he was committed to resolve water and sanitation issues of the city by taking some drastic steps. This he said while presiding a meeting of Karachi Water Board here at CM House on Friday.The meeting was attended by Minister Public Health Engineering Shabir Bijarani, Minister Local

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KARACHI: Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah has entrusted the status of provincial minister to four of his advisors & Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, Barrister Murtaza Wahab, Syed Aijaz Ali Shah Shirazi and Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani.A notification in this regard has been issued by Chief Secretary Sindh, Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah here on Friday.It says that the

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ISLAMABAD: Mishal Malik, wife of Hurriyat leader Yasin Malik, Friday appealed to the international community to take notice of the worst Indian brutalities in the occupied Kashmir and pressurize New Delhi for lifting of curfew in the held valley.Addressing a meeting on the Defence and Kashmir Day here at the headquarters of Associated Press of

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Weak seasonal low lies over northern parts of Balochistan. Monsoon currents are penetrating upper parts of the country. A westerly wave is also present over upper parts of the country.Weather Forecast for Friday (Night):Rain/wind-thunderstorm is expected at scattered places in Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Malakand, Hazara,

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RAWALPINDI: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Friday said the enemy could not defeat a nation whose history was enriched with the sacrifices of martyrs, who had laid down their lives while protecting their motherland."We owe to the sacrifices of our martyrs, who sacrificed their today for Pakistan's tomorrow," the foreign minister told media

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RAWALPINDI: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan Friday said the dream of permanent peace in South Asia could not be achieved without resolving the Kashmir issue in accordance with the United Nations Security Council resolutions, and as per the wishes and aspirations of the Kashmiri

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ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday said a notification regarding six-day Muharram holidays doing the rounds on social media is fake.Sharing a photo of the letter, the official Twitter account of the federal government said "no such instructions" have been issued by the government."The attached notification is Fake and no such instructions have

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Pakistan former captain Shahid Afridi marked "Defence and Martyrs Day" by paying visit to family of Marium Mukhtiar, a martyred pilot of the Pakistan Air Force."Defence Day is a special day for all Pakistanis. I marked the day with a visit to PAF Pilot Shaheed Marium Mukhtiar's home," he wrote on his social media accounts with a collage of

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