Costa dazzles as Bayern rout Hamburg
BERLIN: Bayern Munich launched their bid to win a historic fourth successive Bundesliga title on Friday with a 5-0 rout of Hamburg as new signing Douglas Costa shone on his league debut. Bayern’s...
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Kashmiris mark India’s independence as black day
ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of thousands of Kashmiris living on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) and elsewhere in the world observed August 15, India’s Independence Day, as a black day to protest...
View ArticlePTI demands inquiry into ‘baseless allegations’
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Saturday demanded the government constitute another inquiry commission, this time to investigate a federal minister’s allegation that the party’s marathon...
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Loose talk: Cabinet minister faces the music
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Mushahidullah Khan resigned Saturday, a day after his controversial interview with the BBC in which he claimed a former chief of the Inter-Services...
View ArticleEx-ISI chief, strategist Hamid Gul is no more
ISLAMABAD: Former chief of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Lt Gen (retd) Hamid Gul, died of a brain haemorrhage late Saturday night. Television reports, citing a member of his family, confirmed...
View ArticleVindicating Pakistan: Top Indian official faces court martial
ISLAMABAD: A senior officer of India’s Coast Guard, who had contradicted the government’s version of events in connection with the interception of a ‘Pakistani’ boat in January, will face court martial...
View ArticleLacking in regulation: System lapses lead to rampant tax forgery
ISLAMABAD: Print and electronic media buzzes with the mantra: yax payment is the duty of each nation-loving citizen. But everyone knows that the ‘respectable’ lot in Pakistan is those who carry the...
View Article68 years and counting: Chaos in absence of ‘national transport policy’
ISLAMABAD: Has our national transport policy led to sustained growth in the infrastructure sector or is it the other way around that the policy has evolved through our experiences with infrastructure...
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Services at affordable costs: Financial inclusion – where does Pakistan stand?
KARACHI: Financial inclusion is the delivery of financial services at affordable costs to all sections of disadvantaged and low-income segments in society. According to the World Bank, around 2 billion...
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Shawal air blitz kills 40 terrorists
RAWALPINDI: Hours after two suicide bombers mowed down 19 people, including Punjab Home Minister Col (retd) Shuja Khanzada, in Attock, the military killed at least 40 terrorists in air strikes in...
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Leading the way for a terror-free Punjab
ISLAMABAD: Punjab Home Minister Col (retd) Shuja Khanzada was a man on a mission. “My prime aim is to clear Punjab of militants. Countering sectarian militancy in the province is my mission,” he told...
View ArticleTerror in Attock: Punjab’s security czar assassinated
ATTOCK / ISLAMABAD: Two suicide bombers on Sunday killed Punjab’s top security czar, who had campaigned against militants, and at least 18 others, after detonating a bomb at a meeting he was attending...
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Security lapse or sign of terrorists’ invulnerability?
ISLAMABAD: The assassination of Punjab Home Minister Col (retd) Shuja Khanzada is the first major high-profile terrorist attack since the country’s civil and military authorities crafted a new...
View ArticleIndia violated ceasefire 70 times since July: Basit
NEW DELHI / MUZAFFARABAD: Pakistan’s High Commissioner in New Delhi Abdul Basit on Sunday said Islamabad is ‘very’ concerned about the recent ceasefire violations by Indian forces along the Line of...
View ArticleKasur child abuse scandal: Protest over death in ‘police custody’
LAHORE: The alleged custodial death of a suspect in the Kasur child abuse scandal led to a protest by his family members on Sunday. They blocked Lahore’s Ferozpur Road for nearly four hours for...
View ArticleBrazen attempt: Three FC men killed in check post attack
QUETTA: Terrorists mounted an attack on a check post in Balochistan’s Chaghi district and gunned down three security personnel. In the retaliatory move, the security forces also killed two of the...
View ArticleFront foot forward: 47 new grounds for K-P’s sportsmen
PESHAWAR: The Sports, Tourism, Culture, Archaeology, Museums and Youth Affairs department plans to establish 47 grounds on an urgent basis to promote sports activities across the province. The...
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Protecting environment: Project to recycle waste launched in Kohat
PESHAWAR: The provincial government has launched a new solid waste recycling plant to bring pollution down to a minimum. This was stated in a handout issued on Monday. According to the document, this...
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Taxes hurt export competitiveness: Dastgir
ISLAMABAD: Taxes on commodities having demand in regional markets hurt Pakistan’s competitiveness compared to its rivals and lead to a decline in exports, says Khurram Dastgir, the federal minister of...
View ArticleSolving energy crisis: Landmark deal seals finance of Thar coal mine
KARACHI: After years of hollow promises, a landmark agreement was signed on Monday to finance Pakistan’s first open-pit coal mine in the natural-resource rich Tharparkar district, which boasts holding...
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