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ISLAMABAD: Former senator Faisal Raza Abidi has been acquitted in the contempt case against him.Anti-Electronic Crimes court Judge Tahir Khan announced the verdict reserved on Thursday.The court noted that the accusations against the former senator could not be proven. The case was filed against the former PPP leader for using defamatory language

Details: Category: Pakistan; Published: 19 July 2019

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KARACHI: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has condemned the arrest of former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, calling it a part of witch-hunt of "selected government against the elected representatives".In a statement , the PPP Chairman said that the government wants to hide its utter failures by detaining and arresting

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Karachi: After taking former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi into custody, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is likely to arrest former finance advisor Miftah Ismail.According to sources in the anti-graft body, the NAB has issued instructions to its Karachi office for the arrest of Ismail.The NAB chairman has also signed arrest

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LAHORE: Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has been arrested in the LNG case, the National Accountability Bureau said on Thursday.Senior PML-N leader and former minister Ahsan Iqbal, who was with Abbasi, confirmed that the ex-PM was taken into custody by the anti-graft body from near Lahore Toll Plaza.The former premier was summoned by the

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Islamabad: Government has no plans to replace Shabbar Zaidi, the Chairman of Federal Board of Revenue, and he will keep working on his position, Prime Minister Imran Khan's close aide Naeemul Haq said on Thursday."Shabbar Zaidi not being changed. He will remain in his position," Haq tweeted .The statement comes days after speculations

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ISLAMABAD: Seasonal low lies over western Balochistan. Moderate moist currents from Arabian Sea are penetrating upper and central parts of the country.Weather Forecast for Thursday:Widespread rain-thundershower/windstorm with isolated heavy falls is expected in Hazara, Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Lahore divisions,

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday appreciated the verdict handed down by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rejecting Indiarequest to ‘acquit, release and return& Kulbhushan Jadhav.The United Nations& top court in its final verdict on Wednesday after two-year-long proceedings ruled an effective

Details: Category: Pakistan; Published: 18 July 2019

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ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav shall remain in Pakistan.The Foreign Minister turned to Twitter shortly after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday rejected Indiarequest to ‘acquit, release and return& its national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was sentenced

Details: Category: Pakistan; Published: 18 July 2019

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday stressed upon traders, businessmen and industrialists to come forward and work with the government in cohesion for collection of taxes which were a prerequisite for running the country's financial matters.Addressing an award distribution ceremony of the Gujranwala Chamber of Commerce, the prime

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THE HAGUE: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday rejected Indiarequest to ‘acquit, release and return& of its national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was sentenced by Pakistan on charges of espionage, however, asked Pakistan to provide him consular access.Read The Complete Verdict HerePresident of the ICJ Judge

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ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, chaired the meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet, here on Wednesday.A report on the wheat situation in the country was presented in the ECC by Ministry of National Food Security and Research. It was briefed during the meeting that

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Islamabad: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested the man accused of making controversial video of Accountability Court judge Arshad Malik.Quoting sources Geo News reported on Wednesday that Mian Tariq was trying to flee when he was taken into custody.The sources said video of the judge has been recovered from Tariq's

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Islamabad: No evidence has been found regarding pornographic material being created in Pakistan, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority Chairman told Senate's Standing Committee on Information Technology on Wednesday.The meeting was presided over by Senator Robina Khalid.PTA chairman Azim Bajwa said the prime minister had also taken a

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LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Wednesday arrested Hafiz Muhammad Saeed while he was going to Gujranwala from Lahore, Geo News reported.The TV channel reported that Saeed has been taken into custody as part of government's crackdown against banned organizations.He was on his way to Gujranwala

Details: Category: Pakistan; Published: 18 July 2019

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ISLAMABAD: Seasonal low lies over north Balochistan and its trough is extending Northwestwards. Moderate moist currents from Arabian Sea are penetrating upper parts of the country.Weather Forecast for Wednesday:Rain-thundershower/windstorm with isolated heavy falls is expected at scattered places in Hazara, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore

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SIALKOT: A Lahore bound PIA flight from Paris made emergency landing at the Sialkot Airport, Geo News reported Wednesday.According to details, flight no PK-734 with 324 passengers on-board was diverted to Sialkot after being hit by a bird earlier today.Geo News, quoting a passenger, reported that all the passengers have been in

Details: Category: Pakistan; Published: 18 July 2019

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ISLAMABAD: Following the Lunar Calendar, Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has said that Eidul Azha would fall on August 12 in Pakistan. Fawad Hussain Monday announced that Eidul Azha would fall on August 12 in Pakistan, adding that the ministry would present the Lunar Calendar before the Federal

Details: Category: Pakistan; Published: 17 July 2019

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LAHORE: After heavy rainfall in Lahore this week, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar could be seen monitoring the drainage process personally in the affected areas.Driving his car, CM Punjab reached near Bohar Wala roundabout at Empress Road, where some ladies got stuck in the rain water. The chief minister helped them out by personally

Details: Category: Pakistan; Published: 17 July 2019

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KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday announced to increase its policy (interest) rate by 100 basis points to 13.25 per cent; effective from July 17, 2019.SBP's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), in its meeting here on July 16, took this decision taking into account upside inflationary pressures from exchange rate depreciation since

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QUETTA: Pakistani authorities said Tuesday they had rescued one miner who survived two days trapped in a coal mine after a fire that killed nine other workers in Balochistan.An electrical short circuit sparked the blaze on Sunday at the mine east of Quetta, the capital of oil and mineral rich Balochistan province.Eleven miners were working around

Details: Category: Pakistan; Published: 17 July 2019

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ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan Tuesday said the former ruling families had adopted the lifestyle of ‘Mughal kings& and plundered national wealth on account of setting up camp offices, security arrangements and entertainment.Flanked by Adviser to the Prime

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan expressed hopes Tuesday that Prime Minister Imran Khanmaiden trip to the White House later this month would help repair its relationship with Washington.Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said during a seminar in Islamabad that Trump´s invitation to Khan reflected the "importance of the relationship for both

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LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Saad Rafique and his brother Khawaja Salman Rafique are to be indicted on August 8 in the Paragon Housing Society case, as decided by the accountability court on Tuesday. The National Accountability Bureau(NAB) reference against the Khawaja brothers was heard by Judge Jawad ul

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BEIJING: Pakistan Ambassador to China, Ms. Naghmana A. Hashmi Tuesday said that efforts would be doubled to attract and encourage large and medium size Chinese entrepreneurs through various facilities and incentives for investment in industrial zones set up under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in Pakistan.&Now, we have entered the

Details: Category: Pakistan; Published: 17 July 2019

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TORONTO: Famous Urdu poet and song writer Himayat Ali Shair passed away on Tuesday in Toronto after a prolonged illness. Ninety-three-year-old Shair was born on 14th July 1926 in IndiaAurangabad and was later moved to Karachi after partition.Himayat Ali Shair was based in Canada since an extensive period.Numerous of his songs written for

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ISLAMABAD: Seasonal low lies over north Balochistan and its trough is extending Northeastwards. Moderate moist currents from Arabian Sea are penetrating upper parts of the country.Weather Forecast for Tuesday:Rain-thundershower associated with gusty winds (with isolated heavy falls) is expected at scattered places in Hazara, Rawalpindi,