KARACHI: Mainly hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country, while very hot in south Punjab and Sindh. However, dust-thunderstorm/rain with gusty winds is expected at loney places in Malakand, Hazara, Kohat, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala divisions, Gilgit-Baltistan, Kashmir and its adjoining areas.Weather Forecast for Thursday:

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Pakistan's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Mohammad Nafees Zakaria, said the law and order has improved in Pakistan and international investors are fairly confident about investing in the country. He said this while addressing a reception hosted in his honor by Consul General of Pakistan Rumman Ahmed Wazir at the Pakistan consulate in

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TOKYO: Ness Wadia, the great-grandson of Quaid-i-Azam has been sentenced to jail for two years for possessing drugs in Japan.Wadia, whoalso the co-owner of the Kings XI Punjab cricket league team, was arrested final month at the fresh Chitose Airport in JapanHokkaido island for possessing drugs.Soon after the

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LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Local Government (LG) Raja Basharat Tuesday termed the PML-N's claims of deep affiliation with the Local Bodies a joke. During its tenure, PML-N passed LG Act in 2013, conducted LBelections on directions of the Supreme Court in 2015 and made them functional in 2017, he said.

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HYDERABAD: Cop Tuesday arrested a doctor in Larkana on charges of spreading HIV amongst his patients.The accused Dr Muzaffar Ghanghar, who himself is an HIV patient, was employed at a public hospital in Ratodero district of Larkana. He was allegedly responsible for spreading the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) among his patients.The

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KARACHI: The Sindh Cabinet in order to implement Supreme Court orders has approved the revival of Cop Order 2002 as it is relevant in Punjab, however it has been referred to standing committee for considering degree amendments to make it a progressive law in associateion with modern requirement of policing.This decision was taken in the cabinet

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LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar Tuesday directed to pay the advertisement dues to the newspapers and media houses at the earliest and also issued directions to the finance department in this regard.He was presiding over a assembly of media committee at his office here on Tuesday.Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information

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Pakistan has been named the tenth angriest country in the world, as per a recent survey conducted recently. The survey conducted by Gallup Global Emotions Report contained interviews by over 150,000 people from more than 140 countries around the world, naming Pakistan the tenth angriest of the lot.According to the findings published, levels of

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By Natasha AliKARACHI: In the wake of the heatwave warning issued by the Pakistan Meteorological Leavement (PMD), the city administration has set up 115 heat prevention camps across Karachi as a first response initiative to supply relief to citizens. The Pakistan Met department issued a heat wave warning final week, predicting that

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KARACHI: Pakistan Peopleportiony (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Tuesday that the labourers& rights remain the cornerstone of portionydemocratic ideology adding that the Constitution of 1973 guarantees justified wages, personal security and equal rights.In his message on the eve of Labour Day being

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ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi on his official visit to Nigeria called on NigeriaChief of Defence Staff, Chief of Naval Staff and also visited various Nigerian Naval facilities including training units.Upon his arrival at Naval Headquarters in Abuja, the Admiral was getd by Chief of the Naval Staff

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LAHORE: National Accountability Bureau(NAB) plea to wrap up the undergoing inquiry against Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, has been approved on Tuesday by an accountability court. The two had been undergoing probe going for buying 28 plots in the LDA Scheme with the case being heard by an accountability court on

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ISLAMABAD: Previous ousted premier Nawaz Sharifpetition for an extension in bail on medical grounds, shall be heard by the Supreme Court on Friday.According to reports, under the headship of Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, a three-member bench shall hear the petition which was filed earlier nowadays by the former

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ISLAMABAD: The decision for a hike in petroleum prices has been stalled for now, revealed Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Widecasting, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Tuesday.Addressing a presser, after the Federal Cabinet assembly, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader announced that after reviewing the summary of Oil and Gas

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan wants the ECC to review a summary seeking increase in petroleum prices and pass on minimum burden to the people, said Firdous Ashiq Awan, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information .Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, she said the cabinet assembly disstubborn OGRA's

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KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau on Tuesday decided and recommended corruption cases against former PML-N minister Kamran Michael, Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani and senior PIA officers. DG NAB Karachi Brig (R) Farooq Naser Awan reiterated the resolve to retrieve illegal lands of the state and looted money to be restored to

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan shall perform ground-breaking of Mohmand Dam on Thursday, Senator Faisal Javed said on Tuesday.The chairperson Senate's Standing Committee on Information thanked all the donors, who contributed to the cause.Cabinet assemblyThe prime minister is chairing cabinet assembly to discuss overall

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ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce and Industries Abdul Razak Dawood Tuesday directed the Utility Stores corporation (USC) to endegree smooth supply of daily use commodities during Ramzan.During a assembly regarding Ramzan relief package the adviser further said that timely supply of required stock at all stores and provision

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KARACHI: Sindh government has announced summer vacation for all the public and private colleges under the administrative control of College Education department Sindh, commencing from May 1 to June 30. Every colleges would open on July 1 after the summer vacation, said a statement issued on TuesdayMoreover, the timing of schools have

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ISLAMABAD: Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto on Tuesday congratulated the senators for approving a bill fixing the age of puberty as 18 years for the girls.The PPP chairman castigated the ruling party for much supporting the essential legislation. &Government trying to justify underage marriage and opposing our bill was specificly pathetic,&

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is making honest efforts for success of the Afghan peace process,Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Tuesday.Speaking at Seventh Circular of Pakistan-Afghanistan Track-II Dialogue, he said he has visited different countries and also held several assemblys with US Special Representative for Afghanistan

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