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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways is launching "Clean, Green and Act excellent" campaign from February 1, to 28 with planting trees and spreading messages among the passengers to adopt tolerance and patience.Announcing the campaign on Monday, Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad said under the campaign cleaning drive shall be held at platforms
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday said that the new visa policy announced by the government would prove to be a milestone for promoting tourism in the country.In a assembly with the Members of the National Assembly from Malakand Division on Monday, the prime minister said the government was giving special attention to promotion of
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ISLAMABAD: The Senate held a debate on a report submitted by SenateStanding Committee for Law and Justice regarding travel blacklist.Taking part in the debate on Monday, Senate Javed Abbasi famous names of ordinary citizens have been put on the blacklist. He said that the travel blacklist was mostly being misused at Karachi and Peshawar
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MIANWALI: In pursuance of his dream of spreading education specially to the downtrodden segments of the society, Prime Minister Imran Khan is building multi-million dollar Oxford-style 'Namal Knowledge City' in his hometown of Mianwali.Built in as early as 1096, Oxford University is one of the top rated universities of the world. The university is
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ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Asad Umar on Monday said that commerce communityproposals and proposeions were vital to resolve various trade and industry related issues in the country.Addressing the commerce community at Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce (FPCCI) office Lahore, the minister said that the proposals of the traders
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BEIJING: The ambassadors of Pakistan, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Malta and Bosnia and Herzegovina to China were conferred Silk Road Super Ambassador Award in Beijing on January 24. Awards were also given to those who contributed to the Belt and Road initiative (BRI), including former Prime Minister of Italy Massimo D'Alema, Global Times reported
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The sight of dancing animals draws large crowds all over Pakistan. The spectators cheer and clap as wild animals are forced to act and dance for them. Once the spectacle is over, the animals gather a mkeen amount of money from their audience and hand it over to their masters.Unluckyly, the delighted bystanders are often unaware of the abuse that
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KARACHI: Thousands of patients in Sindh were suffering due to doctors' strike over non-acceptance of their demands regarding increase in pay and allowances.Every the OPDs in Karachi's major hospitals including JPMC, Civil Hospital and District Headquarters hospitals across the province were shut.The doctors preserveed that the OPDs shall continue
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President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi went on a private dinner with family amidst protocol at a restaurant in Karachi's DHA area on Sunday.The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) stalwart also interacted with the general public and posed alongside them for pictures.Final month, the father of the nation was seen offering Friday prayers at Bilal
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LAHORE: An eye specialist doctor was found dead after being reported lost earlier, following which three of his friends were arrested on Sunday night.As per a report by Geo freshs, Dr Waseem resident of the cityNasirabad area, had been kidnapped by three of his friends who later assassin him after mining an adequate amount of money from
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DUBAI: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said assembly between Prime Minister Imran Khan and the US President Donald Trump is on the cards but shall be possible after Afghan peace speechs.In an interview with Gulf freshs, the minister said that Pakistan is playing its role at a ‘fairly advanced level& in Afghan speechs which has also
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ISLAMABAD: Mainly cold and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country. Foggy conditions are likely in plain areas of Punjab and upper Sindh during morning hours.Synoptic Situation:Continental air is prevailing over most parts of the country.Weather Forecast for Tuesday:Mainly cold and dry weather is expected in most parts of the
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WASHINGTON: Pakistani-American top chef stoutima Ali wrote a powerful and moving essay three months before she lost a prolonged battle with cancer on Friday.Pakistan-origin 'Top Chef' stoutima Ali passed absent from a rare form of bone cancer called Ewing's sarcoma. She was only 29-years-old.The reality TV star, whose death became top
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GHULAM KHAN: Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor Sunday said work on around 900-kilometre fence along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border had been totald, adding that the fence has stopped cross-border attacks.Briefing a team of journalists and anchorpersons at Ghulam Khan, a
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KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan's Syed Hashim Raza won the by-election held on Sunday for the Sindh Assembly constituency of PS-94 in Karachi's Korangi area with a landslide victory against the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI).According to the unofficial and unverified result of 147 off 149 polling stations, Raza bagged 21.136
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ISLAMABAD: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Pakistan Sunday agreed to constitute a joint committee for resolving the issues of Pakistanis languishing in the UAE jails at the earliest.The agreement to this effect was reached during a assembly between Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development,
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran KhanSpecial Assistant Naeem ul Haque has said that PML-N leadership met National Assembly Speaker and agreed to stop personal criticism of leaders in the lower house.Haque made the claim in a Twitter message on Sunday evening. &PMLN leadership met the Speaker of NA yesterday and offered to stop all
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Widecasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Sunday said nowadays's Pakistan under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan was a changed Pakistan which was moving towards the right direction. Talking to media persons in Dubai, the minister said final year the Pakistani nation found its political
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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Consulate General in Mazar-e-Sharif was shutd after an Afghan woman was caught trying to sneak a hand grenade into the consulate, in her personal bag.According to a press release issued by the Foreign Office on Sunday, the woman was arrested by the police and is under investigation to find perpetrators of the failed attack.
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ISLAMABAD: Nawaz Sharifpersonal physical Dr Adnan Khan has called for an urgent response regarding health concerns of former prime minister who has been serving seven-year imprisonment at Kot Lakhpat jail.Dr Khan, who is also the Chief Executive of Sharif Medial City, took to Twitter on Sunday to share a copy of recommendations made by
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Brumadinho: An alarm warning of an imminent mining dam rupture was activated early Sunday in Brumadinho, the same Brazilian community where a dam break downd eliminateing 34 and leaving measure 300 lost, firefighters and the mining company said.The alarm went off at 5:30 am (0730 GMT) warning of dangerously high water levels at a dam that is part
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MIANWALI: Prime Minister Imran Khan used his speech at Namal College convocation to defend Punjab Chief Minister , sentenceing Shehbaz Sharif for using inappropriate language against Usman Buzdar.He said Usman Buzdar is a humble man who won't use his office to make money."Usman Buzdar is a humble man, he is much
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SUKKUR: Pakistan People's portiony leader Syed Khursheed Shah on Sunday said parliament shall much function if Opposition Leader Shahbaz Sharif's production orders were cancelled.When asked what would opposition do if Sharif's production orders were cancelled, he told the media : Ministers shall much be able to come to parliament. We shall
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MULTAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday said the negotiations between the Taliban and US is major diplomatic victory and more good news were in the offing.Speaking to the media, he said : "Our task was to bring the two parties to negotiating table and arrange the speechs. Pakistan has achieved success in on this front".He said
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KARACHI: The Board of Secondary Education's website has been defaced in an attack by hackers, according to Geo freshs on Sunday. After being defaced the website is now showing the name of hackers who identified themselves as SMOG. Image of website after defacementThe website defacement is considered a minor form of cyber attack.
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ISLAMABAD: After PPP and MQM-P, senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader has also spoken up against the Supreme Court orders of razing buildings built in violation of laws saying ‘demolishing them would create a big catastrophe&.Prime Minister Imran Khanshut aide and advisor Naeemul Haq on Sunday requested the apex court to
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Protests by wedding corridor owners held on Saturday following SC orders.KARACHI: The decision of wedding corridors shutdown across the city was overturned by the Karachi Marriage Halls Association on Sunday, reported Geo freshs.As per reports, the decision was taken back by the organization following reassurances issued by the Sindh local bodies
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ISLAMABAD: Mainly cold and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country.However, cloudy weather with light rain is also expected in Makran coast and Karachi division during morning hours. Foggy conditions are likely in plain areas of Punjab and upper Sindh during night and morning hours.Rainfall (mm)/Snowfall (inch) during Final 24
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Karachi: Various areas of Karachi getd light rain and drizzle, turning the weather pleasant late on Saturday night.Defence, Clifton, Shahrah-e-Faisal, I.I Chundrigar, F. B Area and other getd light drizzle.Sources at Met Office said light rain is expected in Karachi tonight and on Sunday.The sources added that new rain system has entered in
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THE HAGUE: The lawyer of Asia Bibi, who was acquitted of blasphemy, Saturday jetted out of the Netherlands to "hopefully assist his client for the final time" in a Pakistani court hearing, a Dutch MP said.Saif-ul-Malook fled to the Netherlands from Pakistan in November final year after violent protests erupted over the Supreme Court´s
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