UK promises ‘more generous’ market access for Pakistan post Brexit

KARACHI: Britain has promised Pakistan of more generous market access post Brexit than what it currently has under GSP Plus regime, a statement received here from London said on Thursday.

The release said Greg Hands, the UK minister of state for trade

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CM Murad blames PML-N for 'political agenda' against Sindh
CM Murad blames PML-N for 'political agenda' against Sindh

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah blamed the PML-N’s federal government unleashed a policy of crushing the province of Sindh by depriving its people of water, power and federal transfers and "this is a political agenda."

This he said while

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Imran invites 'old freind' Nisar to join PTI
Imran invites 'old freind' Nisar to join PTI

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has invited disgruntled PML-N leader and former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan to join his party.

Talking to reporters in Lahore, the PTI chairman praised Nisar for showing courage and refusing to work under

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Islamabad International Airport - In pictures
Islamabad International Airport - In pictures
Islamabad International Airport - In pictures
Islamabad International Airport - In pictures
Islamabad International Airport - In pictures
Islamabad International Airport - In pictures
Islamabad International Airport - In pictures
Islamabad International Airport - In pictures
Islamabad International Airport - In pictures

ISLAMABAD: The opening of new Islamabad International Airport has been delayed and it will be now functional from May 03 instead of April 20, a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) official said Wednesday.

Geo News quoted CAA director planning Nadir Shafi Dar as saying the flight

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ASF man shoots down drone camera at Islamabad's new airport

ISLAMABAD:  An Airport Security Force official was taken into custody after he brought down  a drone camera hovering over the new Islamabad International Airport.

The drone  was being operated by  workers of a Chinese  company who had permission to film the new

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Pakistanfirst-ever digital museum launched in Lahore
Pakistanfirst-ever digital museum launched in Lahore
Pakistanfirst-ever digital museum launched in Lahore
Pakistanfirst-ever digital museum launched in Lahore
Pakistanfirst-ever digital museum launched in Lahore
Pakistanfirst-ever digital museum launched in Lahore
Pakistanfirst-ever digital museum launched in Lahore
Pakistanfirst-ever digital museum launched in Lahore
Pakistanfirst-ever digital museum launched in Lahore
Pakistanfirst-ever digital museum launched in Lahore
Pakistanfirst-ever digital museum launched in Lahore
Pakistanfirst-ever digital museum launched in Lahore
Pakistan’s first-ever digital museum launched in Lahore

LAHORE: Pakistan’s first-ever digital museum recently opened doors in the cultural hub Lahore and has since then become a major tourist attraction.

Launched by The Parks - Horticulture Authority, Government of Punjab ‘The National History Museum’ in Greater Iqbal Par

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Pakistan reacts strongly at Modi's claim over 'surgical strikes'
Pakistan reacts strongly at Modi's claim over 'surgical strikes'

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reacted strongly to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's claim about 'surgical strikes'.

The Foreign Office spokesperson, in his weekly press briefing on Thursday, said that Pakistan has earlier rejected these so called 'surgical

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Senior PPP leader Nadeem Afzal Chan meets Imran, to join PTI on April 25
Senior PPP leader Nadeem Afzal Chan meets Imran, to join PTI on April 25

ISLAMABAD: Senior leader of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Nadeem Afzal Chan is likely to join the Pakistan Tehreek-e- Insaf on April 25.

 A close aide of PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Chan is the latest to jump ship after many other

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Chief Justice of Pakistan summons KP Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak
Chief Justice of Pakistan summons KP Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak

Peshawar: Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Thurday summoned Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak.

The Supreme Court chief justice was hearing cases of public interest in the Peshawar Registry of the apex court.

He also sought

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PEMRA issues show-cause notice to channel for airing 'bawdy content' in 'The Prestige'
PEMRA issues show-cause notice to channel for airing 'bawdy content' in 'The Prestige'

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has issued a show cause notice to an entertainment TV channel for airing content that is "highly offensive and against the commonly accepted standards of decency as

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Uzbek delegation calls on General Bajwa
Uzbek delegation calls on General Bajwa

RAWALPINDI: An Uzbek government delegation headed by Lieutenant General Makhmudov Victor Vladimirovich, Secretary Security Council under the President, Uzbekistan called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday at General Headquarters (GHQ).

During the

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Nawaz meets ailing wife, avoids talks on politics
Nawaz meets ailing wife, avoids talks on politics

LONDON: Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif late on Wednesday arrived in London with his daughter Maryam Nawaz to visit his ailing wife Kulsoom.

Soon after their arrival at Heathrow Airport, they left for   hospital to inquire after Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, who has been under t

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New Islamabad International Airport opening delayed
New Islamabad International Airport opening delayed

ISLAMABAD: The opening of new Islamabad International Airport has been delayed and it will be now functional from May 3 instead of April 20, a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) official said Wednesday.

Geo News quoted CAA director planning Nadir Shafi Dar as saying the

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Murad for early completion of bridges being built on railway crossings
Murad for early completion of bridges being built on railway crossings

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has directed Works - Services Department to complete three under construction overhead bridges on railway crossings at Tando Adam, Kotri and Jacobabad by June 2018 because the incomplete work has

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Khawaja Asif attends SCO foreign ministers meeting in Beijing on April 24
Khawaja Asif attends SCO foreign ministers meeting in Beijing on April 24

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Spokesperson said on Wednesday, foreign ministers of the SCO meeting will be held in Beijing on April 24. Pakistan foreign minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif and Indian foreign minister Sushma Swaraj will attend the

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Indian Sikh pilgrim accepts Islam, marries Muslim boy in Pakistan
Indian Sikh pilgrim accepts Islam, marries Muslim boy in Pakistan
Indian Sikh pilgrim accepts Islam, marries Muslim boy in Pakistan

LAHORE: An Indian Sikh pilgrim girl, Kiran Bala daughter of Manohar Lal, has accepted Islam and married to a Pakistani boy in Lahore.

According to Geo News, Kiran Bala accepted Islam at Jamia Naeemia Lahore. Her Islamic name is Amina Bibi.

Amina Bibi

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IHC observes diplomatic immunity does not allow killing someone
IHC observes diplomatic immunity does not allow killing someone
IHC observes diplomatic immunity does not allow killing someone

Islamabad: Judge of Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Amir Farooq, while reprimanding Deputy Secretary of Interior Ministry on the matter of killing of Ateeq Baig, being hit by car of an American citizen, has remarked if he is a diplomat he will be the

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Imran releases names of PTI MPs who sold their votes in Senate elections
Imran releases names of PTI MPs who sold their votes in Senate elections
Imran releases names of PTI MPs who sold their votes in Senate elections

ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan has disclosed the names of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf lawmakers who swapped their votes for money in Senate elections.

Addressing a press conference here Wednesday, Imran Khan said a committee was constituted to investigate

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Baloch activist Mustikhan says he heckled Nawaz Sharif on behest of India
Baloch activist Mustikhan says he heckled Nawaz Sharif on behest of India

LONDON/WASHINGTON: A prominent Baloch activist has claimed that he heckled former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during his speech in October 2015 in Washington on the behest of Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).

Ahm

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KP govt to purchase 380 buses from China

ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has decided to purchase three hundred and eighty buses from China for Rapid Bus Transit service.

A spokesman of the government told that a delegation will visit China for the purpose on Friday.

The buses will ply on

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The inside story: Fawad Alam 'cried over rejection'
The inside story: Fawad Alam 'cried over rejection'

ISLAMABAD: The Fawad Alam saga continues to haunt Pakistan cricket since the announcement of squad for England tour in which the left-handed batsman was ignored while chief selector's nephew was included.

According to Geo News, Fawad Alam couldn't control over his

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Pakistan cricket captain Sarfraz Ahmed seeks liver donor to save life of ailing niece
Pakistan cricket captain Sarfraz Ahmed seeks liver donor to save life of ailing niece

Suffering from a liver condition, Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed's niece is in desperate need of a life-saving donor.

The cricketer has made an emotional appeal for a donor to step forward to save the life of his niece.

Sarfraz Ahmed

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Pakistani-American sculptor Huma Bhabha brings politics to NY's Met rooftop
Pakistani-American sculptor Huma Bhabha brings politics to NY's Met rooftop

NEW YORK: A Pakistani-American sculptor brings dark times, science fiction and a desire to provoke to New York's famed Metropolitan Museum of Art for this year's rooftop installation overlooking the Manhattan skyline.

Huma Bhabha's "We Come in

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Russian journalist extols 'handsome and smart' Imran Khan after TV interview
Russian journalist extols 'handsome and smart' Imran Khan after TV interview
Russian journalist extols 'handsome and smart' Imran Khan after TV interview

Russian journalist Sophie Shevardnadze is 'shocked and surprised' by her popularity among Pakistanis after her interview with former cricket hero and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan.

Thousands of Pakistanis have followed the the TV

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China Southern Airlines to start Kunming-Islamabad flights
China Southern Airlines to start Kunming-Islamabad flights
China Southern Airlines to start Kunming-Islamabad flights

The China Southern Airlines Co. Ltd will be starting flights between Kunming and Islamabad from mid of this year.

This was underlined in a meeting of the Airline’s Executives with Pakistan’s Consul General to Chengdu, Muhammad Mudassir Tipu.

The delegation of the

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PM Abbasi arrives in London to attend C&wealth summit
PM Abbasi arrives in London to attend C’wealth summit

LONDON: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi late on Tuesday arrived in London to attend a three-day summit of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2018.

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was received by Pakistan's Ambassador to Britain Ibne Abbas

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Nawaz, Maryam leave for London

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday left for London to see Begum Kulsoom Nawaz who undergoing treatment for cancer in UK capital.

"Off to London to see Ami. If exemption not granted, will return before next hearing Insha'Allah. Pls

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CJP clarifies LHC did not bar speeches of any political leader
CJP clarifies LHC did not bar speeches of any political leader

ISLAMABAD: Lahore High Court (LHC) did not bar ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and other political leaders, from making speeches, clarified Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Mian Saqib Nisar.

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Nawaz, Maryam to depart for London as Kulsoom Nawaz hospitalised again
Nawaz, Maryam to depart for London as Kulsoom Nawaz hospitalised again

LAHORE: Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif along with his daughter Maryam Nawaz will be departing for London on Wednesday as Kulsoom Nawaz was hospitalised again.

This was announced by the spokesman for the Sharif family. Nawaz Sharif and Maryam

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China lauds Pak Navyefforts for maritime security in region
China lauds Pak Navy’s efforts for maritime security in region

ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi is on an official visit to China. During the visit, the Naval Chief called on Commander PLA (N) Vice Admiral Shen Jinlong and Deputy Administrator of State Administration for Science,

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