Pakistani girl killed in Kashmir border firing: officials
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani girl was killed Wednesday when Indian troops opened fire across the de facto border that divides disputed Kashmir, Pakistani officials said.The incident took place in Rawlakot...
View ArticlePML-N suspends female MPA over bus hostess row
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) on Wednesday suspended the party membership of a female provincial lawmaker over a recent altercation with the hostess of a local bus service.A...
View ArticlePakistani stocks rise on IMF visit optimism
KARACHI: Pakistan's stocks closed higher on Wednesday, helped by market optimism that a visiting delegation from the International Monetary Fund could lead to a bailout loan and resolve the country's...
View ArticleThree Balochistan ministers sworn in
QUETTA: After detailed negotiations among the coalition partners, three members of Balochistan Assembly took oath as provincial ministers on Wednesday evening.Governor Balochistan Muhammad Khan...
View ArticleSenators recommend changes to 'controversial' tax proposals
ISLAMABAD: Senators belonging to the main opposition parties have confronted tax officials over controversial proposals presented in the budget and suggested a number of amendments to the Finance Bill...
View ArticleNawaz for early completion of Neelam-Jehlum Project
MUZAFFARABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday directed the concerned authorities to expedite construction work on Rs274.882 billion Neelam-Jehlum Hydro-power Project and make it functional...
View ArticleTrailer review: Pakistani film ‘Zinda Bhaag’
Zinda Bhaag – starring Amna Ilyas, Khurram Patras, Salman Ahmad Khan, Zohaib and Naseerudin Shah, seems like a fast-paced, explosive and entertaining Pakistani film, both comical and serious in certain...
View ArticleHEC submits fresh list of MNAs having suspicious degrees
ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) on Wednesday submitted to the Supreme Court of Pakistan a fresh list of newly-elected National Assembly members whose educational degrees are...
View ArticleGST not applicable on edible, medicines, SC told
ISLAMABAD: Attorney General of Pakistan Munir A. Malik on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that 70 edible items including cooking oil, peppers, seeds, sugarcane, eggs, fish, fruits and medicines...
View ArticleAttack on military convoy kills at least six in Peshawar
PESHAWAR: At least six security personnel were killed and three injured when a military convoy was ambushed by militants in Sara Khwaara area on Kohat Road in the outskirts of Peshawar late on...
View ArticleNo US-Taliban talks scheduled: State Department
WASHINGTON: The United States has not scheduled talks with the Taliban, the State Department said Wednesday, after reports that discussions with the Afghan insurgent group could begin this week in...
View ArticleSame old document: Sindh budget
SINDH’S budget for the next financial year doesn’t betray signs of a party that has just lost the elections in the rest of the country and is willing to change. Nor does it signal a determination that...
View ArticleReprehensible tactics: Mardan funeral bombing
ATTACKING a funeral is diabolical by any standard, yet religious militants in Pakistan have no qualms about using such bloody tactics to forward their aims. Though no group has yet claimed...
View ArticleDifficult path: US-Afghan-Taliban talks
UNHAPPILY, when it comes to anything involving Afghanistan, even extremely cautious optimism can seem misplaced. On Monday, in an announcement clearly timed to coincide with the handover of all of...
View ArticleAn epitaph for Madhubala
MANY years ago, I had climbed to the top of the Qutub Minar by sweet-talking the gardener who also officiated as the underpaid watchman at Delhi’s 13th-century landmark.This was when the government had...
View ArticleBudget blues
“IT’S a budget written by bureaucrats for bureaucrats” goes the refrain in the business community.No sooner had the finance minister finished his speech, the Karachi Chamber of Commerce was up in arms...
View ArticleChaudhry Nisar’s choices
THE deliberations on a national security policy being held under the aegis of the interior ministry in Islamabad today will bear fruit only if the truth is faced squarely and without reservations and...
View ArticleGenetic strains
IT was there somewhere, just waiting to be discovered. After centuries of infusion of blood obtained from the French, the Germans, the Russians, the Spanish, the Danes, the Greeks and even the Dutch,...
View ArticleBrazil faces more mass protests despite concessions
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian authorities braced for new mass protests Thursday as a street revolt against government corruption and wasteful World Cup spending gained steam despite official...
View ArticleAfghan peace plans in limbo as US placates Karzai
KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday mulled his response to US efforts to repair damaged ties after a public spat over the Taliban opening an office in Qatar for peace talks.Karzai and US...
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