Cross-border romance: Indian girl ‘wants to return home’
An Indian girl who had married a schoolteacher in Faisalabad four months ago now wants to go back to her home country, alleging that her husband and in-laws beat her. According to a complaint...
View ArticleWheat export: Punjab, Sindh want subsidy deadline extended
ISLAMABAD: As wheat stocks pile up, the Punjab and Sindh governments have asked the centre to extend the deadline for subsidy on exports that was applicable until May 15. A source in the Ministry of...
View ArticleUrge Cricket-Playing Nations to Tour Pakistan
LAHORE: With a two-match T20 International series and three one-day internationals against Zimbabwe, international cricket finally returned to Pakistan after a long hiatus of six years, two months and...
View ArticlePredicament: Another petrol shortage feared as vessels arrive late
ISLAMABAD: The possibility of petrol shortage is emerging again due to continuous delay in the provision of vessels for the import of petroleum products by the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation...
View ArticleEmphasis on modernisation: Livestock and dairy exhibition kicks off
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that the provincial government is committed to promoting agriculture, livestock, dairy and other sectors and will provide incentives and...
View ArticleLow-cost innovation: Google Cardboard becomes a hit
SAN FRANCISCO: Google said this week one of its least expensive innovations – virtual reality headgear made of cardboard – has become a huge hit. The tech giant said it has a new version of its...
View ArticleIrregularities: Re-elections demanded in five southern districts
SHABQADAR / PESHAWAR: The days following local government polls have been witness to a number of demands for re-polls, over various grounds. Presently, five returning officers have asked the Election...
View ArticleStep forward: Lachi’s good mentor continues to lead by example
KARACHI: Few would have known it, but the first time Nisar Mehmood entered the classroom as a teacher in 1996, he was driven by a dream to bring change through education. Nearly two decades later, his...
View ArticleBring out the brolly: PDMA warns against rainstorms
PESHAWAR: Provincial Disaster Management Authority has issued a rainstorm alert to its district offices on Tuesday. According to PDMA spokesperson Latifur Rehman, the meteorological department has...
View ArticleTaking action: 367 FIRs lodged by PESCO in May
PESHAWAR: The authorities of Peshawar Electric Supply Company have registered 367 FIRs in the month of May in Peshawar, Charsadda and Bannu districts against kundas, illegal use of electricity and...
View ArticleOn notice: Court seeks report on missing Indian national
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has sought the written replies from Kohat DPO and Military Intelligence in connection with missing Indian national Nehal Hamid Ansari on Tuesday. Chief Justice Mazhar...
View ArticleIndependents hold trump card even with PTI sweeps in Hazara
ABBOTABAD: Incumbency and bagging a majority is still not enough to let Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf rest easy in Hazara Division. Both PTI and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz need that unlikely ace in the...
View ArticleRe-polling: Losing candidates accuse PTI of rigging
HARIPUR: Accusing PTI government of rigging, losing candidates from various union councils demanded re-polling. Saleem Khan Tanoli who lost to PTI candidate for the district council seat in Tarbela,...
View ArticleA welcome consensus: PTI to form government in Swat
SWAT: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is going to form the government in the district and all seven tehsils of Swat, stated a press release issued on Tuesday. This was said by Minister for Irrigation Mehmood...
View ArticleCourt matters: Imran’s statement on DRC stay order raises hackles
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday voiced concern over Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan’s criticism of its decision to temporarily suspend the functions of dispute resolution...
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Meeting challenges: Speakers call for regional integration, better policy
ISLAMABAD: Former diplomats, academics and security analysts described terrorism, poverty, energy and water crises as the major problems being faced by South Asian countries and called for regional...
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Lined with gold? After paving paradise, metro bus takes off
ISLAMABAD: On May 5 last year, addressing a gathering at Aabpara Chowk as part of the general elections campaign, Nawaz Sharif had announced that if his party was voted to power, it would ‘gift’...
View ArticleAttempted ‘robbery’: Customs inspector gunned down
RAWALPINDI: A Customs official, in charge of the Customs warehouse, was gunned down during an attempted “robbery” on Wednesday. Inspector Chaudhry Ijaz was at his residence in Qasimabad at the time of...
View ArticleF-8 katcheri attack: ‘It was a cover up to kill the judge’
ISLAMABAD: A terrorist attack was planned to cover up the murder of Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Malik Rafaqat Awan, his brother Safdar Hussain told the Islamabad High Court on...
View ArticleEconomic relations: Awais Leghari meets Mexican envoy
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Mexico enjoy cordial bilateral ties and have huge potential to improve their economic relations especially in service delivery and manufacturing, said Awais Leghari, chairman...
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