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RAWALPINDI: Two prisoners were found dead on Saturday morning in Adiala Jail.Jail administration said the bodies would be handed over to families after medico-legal formalities are total.Citing unnamed sources, Geo freshs reported that the deceased has been identified as Basharat and Abbas who were serving jail sentence after
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UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has quoted the lack of implementation of UN Security Council resolutions on Kashmir, which pledged self-determination to the Kashmiri people, as an example of the 15-member body's inability to fulfill its responsibility.Speaking at the UN General Assembly's negotiations on Security Council reforms, Pakistan's Permanent
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Mainly dry weather is expected in most parts of the country, while hot in South Punjab and Sindh. However, light rain-thunderstorm (with gusty winds) expected at a few places in Malakand division, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.Weather Forecast for Sunday: Mainly dry weather is expected in most parts of the country, while hot in South Punjab and
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National Accountability Bureau's has filed an application with Model Town police station for registration of a case against PML-N leader Hamza Shahbaz's security guards and others.NAB's van driver Mumtaz Hussain filed the application wherein security guards were appointd. The complainant alleged that the accused interfered in the
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KARACHI: The Sindh government extended the special powers of the Rangers in Karachi for an additional three months on Friday.According to muchification issued by Sindh Home Leavement, the grant of extension to the special authority to the Rangers was given from April 6 and shall run out on July 4. Sindh Chief Minister Murad Syed Ali Shah
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LAHORE: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has filed an application with Model Town police station for registration of a case against PML-N leader Hamza Shahbaz's security guards and others.Sub-Examineor Umar Draz, SHO Cop Station NAB, filed the application wherein nine security guards and 15-20 unknown PML-N workers were appointd.It was alleged
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ISLAMABAD: Three hundred and sixty Indian prisoners shall be getting released through four phases by Pakistan in April announced Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal.During a press conference, Dr Faisal hoped for India to react positively to the news of the Indian soldiers getting released in four phases. He further stated that while
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RAWALPINDI: Unprovoked firing by the Indian forces across the Line of Control (LOC) left six Pakistani civilians injured on Friday.According to a press release issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Indian forces targeted the civilians on this side of the LOC in Chirkot sector that left a man, woman and four children injured.It was
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ISLAMABAD: Names of former finance minister Miftah Ismail, leader of opposition Hamza Shehbaz and his brother Salman Shehbaz and former chief of Pakistan Steel Mill Moin Aftab have been added to the Exit Control List (ECL) on Friday.As per sources, the government approved the addition of these names into the ECL upon the appeal of the national
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SUKKUR: Labourers in Sindh shall be supplyd with 1,000 flats, as announced by Sindh Minister for Labourer Ghulam Murtaza Baloch on Friday.According to reports, Baloch, during an inauguration of the social security dispensary in Sukkur stated that the labourers shall be given all facilities in the fresh Labour Colony adding that the provincial
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RAWALPINDI: Additional evidence contradicting the Indian claims of shooting down Pakistan Air Force (PAF) F-16 was issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Friday.Director general of ISPR, Major General Asif Ghafoor tweeted on Friday the pictorial proof of all four missile heads of the Mig 21 Bison that was shot down in Pakistani
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LARKANA: Pakistan PeopleportionyShaheed Bhutto (PPP-SB) faction chairperson Ghinwa Bhutto taking a jibe at Bilawal Bhutto Zardari proposeed him to change his final name to Benazir. The widow of Murtaza Bhutto made a cutting comment to the PPP co-chairman on the death anniversary of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, saying he should change his
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ISLAMABAD: President Dr. Arif Alvi on Friday said Pakistanyoung talent had huge potential in modern scientific and technological advancements, which was basis of countrydevelopment.In his address at the closing ceremony of the third Huawei-Pakistan ‘ICT Competition 2018-19&, held at Higher Education Commission (HEC),
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RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa met with Zalmay Khalilzad, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, on Friday.Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) stated in press release that the two had met at the General Headquarters (GHQ) upon Khalilzadvisit where the two went into discourse about
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RAWALPINDI: Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military), Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) and Tamgha-i-Basalat were conferred on Army officers and soldiers on the occasion of Corps investiture ceremony of Rawalpindi Corps on Friday.The event was graced by Commander Rawalpindi Corps, Lieutenant General Bilal Akbar, who was the chief guest for the evening which was also
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister of Information and Widecasting Fawad Chaudhry announced on Friday the launch of an operation against dollar hoarding and speculative currency trade.The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader announced on Friday that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) shall be taking stern action against dollar hoarding and
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ISLAMABAD: Previous prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasiname was added to the Exit Control List (ECL) on Friday.According to reports, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leadername was added to ECL upon the appeal of National Accountability Bureau (NAB), and was also approved by the federal cabinet.The ex-premiername
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LONDON: The London School of Economics (LSE) has sentenceed Indian spiritual leader Jaggi Vasudev's comments calling a Pakistani student &Taliban& during an interaction at the LSEpremises.Bilal Bin Saqib, who is from Lahore, was the host of the event at the LSE where Vasudev delivered a lecture at the university called
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ISLAMABAD: Federal information minister Fawad Chaudhry held former prime ministers Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari accountable for the ccorridorenges the country is presently engulfed in. Talking to the media on Friday, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader stated that the raid at Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz
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JAMRUD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday that that the government is going nowhere but Pakistan People's portiony (PPP) chairman Asif Ali Zardari shall soon be headed to jail, while offering the two co-chairmen of the party to conduct a sit-in in Islamabad.Addressing a gathering at Jamrud stadium, the premier stated that
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LAHORE: Reacting to the NAB raid at his residence, Hamza Shehbaz o Friday said the anti-corruption watchdog flouted the high court orders.Speaking to the media, he said the NAB violated the sanctity of his home and acted in manner as it was dealing with terrorismists.He said he seemed before the NAB despite his reservation
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ISLAMABAD: Continental air is prevailing over most parts of the country.Weather Forecast for Friday:Mainly dry weather is expected in most parts of the country, while hot in South Punjab and Sindh. However, rain-thunderstorm (with gusty winds) expected at loney places in Malakand, Hazara, Rawalpindi divisions and Gilgit-Baltistan.Weather Forecast
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The posters at the Aurat March 2019 were just part of the colourful spectacle as tens of thousands of women took to the streets for the moment year in major cities across Pakistan, marking International Women´s Day on March 8.But this year the slogans caught the attention of the media, many of whom showcased them online, while a handful of
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Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday graced the ongoing Pakistan Tourism Summit aimed at opening new avenues of tourism in the country while highlighting the undiscovered potential the country possesses.In his speech addressing the esteemed conference gathered at the summit that also included famed international travel bloggers, PM Imran said,
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RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Army on Friday asked India to speak truth about false claims and actual losses it incurred during the recent hostilities between the two countries.Military spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor tweeted a link to a Foreign Policy magazine that denied Indian claims that Indian Air Force had shot down
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KARACHI: Indiaclaims of shooting down a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet in an aerial battle during the February standoff between the two two nuclear powers have been debunked by the US Defence officials, Foreign Policy Magazine reported on Thursday.The US officials with direct knowledge of the
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NEW DELHI: Simhakutty Varthaman, Indian air marshal (retd) and father of wing commander Abhinandan who was captured by Pakistan and then released in a gesture of peace, said that PakistanF-16 and its AMRAAM missiles are a "real threat" to India.Speaking at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras on Wednesday, he said
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan shall perform ground-breaking ceremony of two major housing projects in Islamabad and Quetta (Balochistan) during this month.The decision was taken during a assembly to review progress on housing projects being constructed under the Naya Pakistan Housing Project. The Prime Minister was informed that under the
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KARACHI: Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister on Information Barrister Murtaza Wahab on Thursday while criticizing Prime Minister Imran Khan said that to lay a foundation of a university for Hyderabad in Islamabad was an act of mocking the people of Sindh. Among many of his zany undertakings, that was perhaps the most irresponsible, he added. Barrister
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LARKANA: Previous president and Pakistan Peopleportiony (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has warned that his party shall soon oust the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan.Addressing the public gathering to pay tribute to Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in Garhi Khuda Bux here Thursday, Asif Ali Zardari without naming Pakistan
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