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New SoP: Interior minister alters rules for accepting deportees
ISLAMABAD: With deportations of Pakistanis from different countries reaching a record high, the government on Monday decided that no deportee will be accepted unless their nationality is verified.“We...
View ArticleBetween hawks and doves: Good sense to prevail only after Modi: Aiyar
KARACHI: With Narendra Modi in power, Indian peace activist Mani Shankar Aiyar, who is also a former petroleum minister in India, has reasons to be pessimistic.“I am looking forward to the Congress...
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Negligence cited: PML-Q dismayed by poor handling of disaster management
ISLAMABAD: The head of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-e-Azam (PML-Q) in Sindh, Haleem Adil Sheikh, called a news conference on Monday to discuss disaster management in the wake of the October 26...
View ArticleFor regional peace: China ready to work with Pakistan, India against terrorism
China has expressed “willingness” to work with both India and Pakistan in the fight against terror, the Press Trust of India reported on its website.“[The] Chinese side is willing to stay in...
View Article‘Bache do he ache’: Govt aims to control increasing population
ISLAMABAD: The federal health ministry is looking forward to revive the slogan ‘bache do he ache’ in order to control the rapidly increasing population of the country as it has become a challenge to...
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Exit from UN rights body: PM Nawaz orders inquiry
ISLAMABAD: The ouster of Pakistan from the UN’s top human rights body has caught the attention of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who has ordered an inquiry to determine what led to the fiasco.Pakistan’s...
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Market watch: Investors await trigger, stay on sidelines
KARACHI: The index got a push in the black at the start of the day and sustained its positive ride to end marginally north. However, low volume and value of shares traded meant trading still remained...
View ArticlePublic Accounts Committee meeting: SNGPL, SSGCL on verge of bankruptcy, say MDs
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s two gas utility companies are nearing bankruptcy as their annual losses due to unaccounted for gas (UFG) have gone over Rs53 billion, according to their managing directors, but...
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Top 20 banks’ combined earnings total Rs46.6 billion
KARACHI: The combined earnings of 20 listed Pakistani banks in July-September clocked up at Rs46.6 billion, which is 19% up from the same three-month period of the last year.According to data compiled...
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‘Pakistan ranks low in fake medicine trade’
ISLAMABAD: Spurious and sub-standard business of medicine worldwide stands at $490 billion, in which Pakistan’s share constitutes a mere Rs4 billion, informed Minister for States and Frontier Regions...
View ArticleCurbs on SIM sale in place despite end of verification
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court and the telecom regulator imposed a ban on the sale of more than five Sims against one computerised national identity card (CNIC) by all five cellular mobile operators...
View ArticleJul-Oct: Cement sales grow 3.8%
LAHORE: Cement dispatches during the first four months of the ongoing fiscal year clocked in at 11.398 million tons, increasing 3.79% from 10.981 million during the same period of the previous year,...
View ArticleCorporate corner: PFC announces Interiors Pakistan expo
ISLAMABAD: Mian Muhammad Kashif Ashfaq, CEO of the Pakistan Furniture Council and ChenONE, announced that the PFC will be organising the 3rd Interiors Pakistan exhibition in Islamabad. The annual event...
View ArticleFocus: Need to market IT industry: Rahman
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information Technology (IT) Anusha Rahman has said that the Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) should focus on counseling and marketing IT startups in order to...
View ArticleHydropower: 56MW to be added by K-P projects
PESHAWAR: Three hydropower projects of 56.2 megawatt (MW) capacity and 20 micro power stations are ready for execution in Khyber-Pakthunkhwa (K-P), which would generate power by the end of the current...
View ArticleAgriculture research: ‘Subsidy not long-term solution’
ISLAMABAD: Researchers and experts have emphasised the need to focus on targeted research for a long term and sustained development of the agriculture sector rather than sanctioning subsidies for...
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Human Rights Council: Govt policies blamed for Pakistan’s ouster
ISLAMABAD: The opposition in the upper house of parliament on Wednesday launched into a discussion to ascertain the reasons that led to Pakistan’s ouster from the United Nation’s top human rights...
View ArticleSending final warning: Malik delivers double blow to England on day four
SHARJAH: England were 46-2 against Pakistan at the close of the fourth day in Sharjah on Wednesday, chasing a target of 284 to win the third and final Test and draw the series.Captain Alastair Cook was...
View ArticleWomen’s boxing: Qambrani eyes SAFF women’s title
KARACHI: The humble beginning of female boxing in Pakistan is ready to change perceptions. At the first-ever training camp for female boxers held at the Pak Shaheen Club in Lyari, coach Muhammad Younus...
View ArticleChampions League: Benitez shrugs off Real fan whistles, focuses on last-16
MADRID: Real Madrid struggled for long spells in their 1-0 win over Paris Saint Germain and there were whistles from the Bernabeu crowd but coach Rafa Benitez said the most important thing was reaching...
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